Shade: then why do so many people see fit to scan every comments section for them, read them, and obsessively comment back themselves? As I say (over and over and over again because so many people apparently do care intensely what I have to say): if you don't like my comments I invite you to stop reading them.
Difluzi: if you'd never heard this before fair enough, but if you've been reading comments here long enough you start to see it brought up over and over again, as if it really matters that she's identified simply as "Marie Curie" or as if there's something wrong with the quiz for not including her Polish name.
Shade: Replying to a harsh comment with an even harsher one is kind of pointless. And to Kal's defense, even though I do find that his comments can sometimes be ridiculous, they are rarely boring. :)
If Curie lived today perhaps her maiden name would be relevant as so many women hyphenate their maiden and married names, or simply keep their maiden names after marrying. However, in her day, women mostly assumed their husbands last names and dropped their own, so it would be irrelevant to include it here. As for a previous comment about Kalbahamut; his comments are sometimes controversial, and I have often disagreed with him, but I would never refer to them as boring.
I actually thought the question was asking for one particular clan and had just opened my "Clans & Tartans" guide (yes, I actually have one) when the time was up.^^
Because knowing Cuneiform is the best way to judge the school education... In a matter of fact I did know the answer... in my mother tongue... from a game in a Mickey Mouse magazine more than 15 years ago. It still didn't help to get it here since I've never heard the English word before and I wasn't quick enough to google it.
ow we definitely learned it as well, elementary/primary school even I believe (though I knew it even before, like when I was 8 or something allways found that kind of stuff interesting). I do think it is something that people should be educated about, more important than who was minister when etc. But yea doesnt remotely come close in my mother tongue, and other might have forgotten the specific name. Not knowing anything about it is a bad thing in my opinion aswell, forgetting the exact name... meh, names are made up anyway.
or not everybody is english, eventhough I know many english terms that have never been taught to me, they are things that come up in books or movies etc, cuneiform would only come up if you read a book specifically about the subjects. The term isnt widely spread like runes that pop up everywhere these days.
I watched a Tom Scott video on Cuneiform, but had forgotten about it. More importantly, not acquiring the knowledge of the existence of Cuneiform is not a sign of intellect or schools failing to teach it being a sign of incompetency, rather the display of arrogance and disrespect is a sign of stupidity and incompetence as a decent human being.
Or, you know, maybe some people just couldn't think of the word within the time frame. I learned about cuneiform in school and about kicked myself when I saw the answer. Sometimes you have something called a "brain fart" and cannot think of a certain term. I'm sure that has never happened to you, though. Comments like yours are SO weird on this site. Like, what do you get from it? Surely you're intelligent enough to realize that just because someone misses a question on a timed quiz doesn't mean they never learned about the topic at hand. Right?
I thought the kilt picture wanted a particular clan, and kept trying different ones. On the other hand, I didn't know the king picture, put various kings (including Charles) so I got a freebie there.
that was my initial thought aswell, but before I could form a real clan in my head, the word clan popped up. I think it sort of went Mac.. Ca.. Cl.. cloud clan. something like that haha too fast to register.
Ditto on Celts being the problem, but only 6 seconds to spare for me. Getting desperate, tried Christians and Croats.Getting really desperate, tried 'Curds'.
Is it arrogance or stupidity (or both) on my part that when I have absolutely no idea about an answer (Mesoamerican city) I am surprised that over half the people here know it?
Even if you are well-educated and well-read you're not going to have encountered every bit of trivia out there. Even some things that a lot of other people have.
I'm pretty sure the first time I saw that answer it was playing the computer game Civilization IV. I've since seen it pop up many times on this site, and maybe some other places as well.
I think it is, it is similar like hearing about the pyramids, you hear slightly less about them, but quite a lot still. I can understand though if the name doesnt stick or you are not sure how to spell it. I guess a good comparison is machhu pichu, but maybe some people have never heard about that either.
I have never been there and there are many reason to remember it. You wouldnt say the say about the pyramids would you? that everyone that knows it must have been there.
The picture you used for 'Colosseum' is not the Colosseum. There is only one Colosseum, the amphitheater in Rome. The picture you put is of an aqueduct.
Difluzi: if you'd never heard this before fair enough, but if you've been reading comments here long enough you start to see it brought up over and over again, as if it really matters that she's identified simply as "Marie Curie" or as if there's something wrong with the quiz for not including her Polish name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartanry
I'm pretty sure the first time I saw that answer it was playing the computer game Civilization IV. I've since seen it pop up many times on this site, and maybe some other places as well.