mas3cf wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:53 am
Good catch. My first source said 99 was the record, but NOAA says 100. Unfortunately, that ruins the clue because Alaska would also fit. Deleted.
Or you could do what CasketRomance said and just change "of" to "over."
Did that, but had to add the qualifier "other than Alaska" because both states have a record of exactly 100.
We've lost the element of "I'd guess Alaska, but would that be too obvious?" which I thought was one of the neat things about that clue.
didn't realise alaska was on exactly 100...knew hawaii was on the nose, but for some reason thought alaska had eclipsed 100
CasketRomance wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:19 am
didn't realise alaska was on exactly 100...knew hawaii was on the nose, but for some reason thought alaska had eclipsed 100
Not yet, but it's bound to one of these days. Amazingly, the 100 record is from 1915!
I guess the silver lining is, once Fairbanks hits 110, I'll be able to word the clue the way I originally wanted to....
CasketRomance wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:19 am
didn't realise alaska was on exactly 100...knew hawaii was on the nose, but for some reason thought alaska had eclipsed 100
Not yet, but it's bound to one of these days. Amazingly, the 100 record is from 1915!
I guess the silver lining is, once Fairbanks hits 110, I'll be able to word the clue the way I originally wanted to....
I think it's a nice clue lots of ways. Maybe just ask for both states that have never gone over 100 F. You'd have to verify there's no lower 48 state that is not at least 101. There's also a little ambiguity in the word "state" since the 1915 record doesn't apply. It is still true in any event.
Disclaimer - repeated exposure to author's musings may cause befuddlement.
Wrote this one today, very much liking the job I did with it.
THE SUPER BOWL
The most recent time two teams from the same state faced each other in the Super Bowl was when these two teams met; the losing team making their only appearance, and the winning team making their fifth appearance, and first with a different quarterback. Spoiler
Got it! Nice one. You probably could have gotten rid of some or all of the TOM after the semicolon and made people think: Spoiler
- States with 2+ teams: Florida, Texas, Ohio, Penn, New Jersey, California, Missouri (for a while)
- Florida: Dolphins/Jags vs. Bucs? Haha, no.
- Ohio: Browns/Bengals, ROTFLOL no. Also both AFC.
- Penn: Steelers have never faced Eagles
- Texas: Texans and Oilers have never been in it, so no.
- Jets vs. Giants, no.
- Chiefs vs Rams, no.
- That leaves California: NFC = 49ers and Rams. More likely 49ers. Last time they were in it, who did they face? Bingo!
mas3cf wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:15 pm
Got it! Nice one. You probably could have gotten rid of some or all of the TOM after the semicolon and made people think: Spoiler
- States with 2+ teams: Florida, Texas, Ohio, Penn, New Jersey, California, Missouri (for a while)
- Florida: Dolphins/Jags vs. Bucs? Haha, no.
- Ohio: Browns/Bengals, ROTFLOL no. Also both AFC.
- Penn: Steelers have never faced Eagles
- Texas: Texans and Oilers have never been in it, so no.
- Jets vs. Giants, no.
- Chiefs vs Rams, no.
- That leaves California: NFC = 49ers and Rams. More likely 49ers. Last time they were in it, who did they face? Bingo!
That's solvable in 30 seconds, IMHO.
Spoiler
avoiding negbait of are the Giants in NJ or Ny for this question and avoiding people thinking about the Bills
triviawayne wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:44 pmThe most recent time two teams from the same state faced each other in the Super Bowl was when these two teams met; the losing team making their only appearance, and the winning team making their fifth appearance, and first with a different quarterback.
In a real game the clue would be 1/3 this length (e.g., would end at the semicolon) and would only ask for the state. Probably even at ToC level.
triviawayne wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:44 pmThe most recent time two teams from the same state faced each other in the Super Bowl was when these two teams met; the losing team making their only appearance, and the winning team making their fifth appearance, and first with a different quarterback.
In a real game the clue would be 1/3 this length (e.g., would end at the semicolon) and would only ask for the state. Probably even at ToC level.
Should we then have a thread of simply trivia questions we wrote and would like to share that aren’t worthy of FJ?
mas3cf wrote:
Got it! Nice one. You probably could have gotten rid of some or all of the TOM after the semicolon and made people think: Spoiler
- States with 2+ teams: Florida, Texas, Ohio, Penn, New Jersey, California, Missouri (for a while)
- Florida: Dolphins/Jags vs. Bucs? Haha, no.
- Ohio: Browns/Bengals, ROTFLOL no. Also both AFC.
- Penn: Steelers have never faced Eagles
- Texas: Texans and Oilers have never been in it, so no.
- Jets vs. Giants, no.
- Chiefs vs Rams, no.
- That leaves California: NFC = 49ers and Rams. More likely 49ers. Last time they were in it, who did they face? Bingo!
That's solvable in 30 seconds, IMHO.
Spoiler
avoiding negbait of are the Giants in NJ or Ny for this question and avoiding people thinking about the Bills
By mas3cf's logic, your solution wasn't the most recent time, it was the only time.
mas3cf wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:26 am
A couple more made-ups:
GEOGRAPHY
Of the world's 100 most populous countries, it has the highest population density. Spoiler
What is Bangladesh?
I like this one but think it needs a little more detail or perhaps a TOM.
I guessed Spoiler
Singapore
which has a much higher density but apparently falls outside the top 100 most populous. I'm curious to see the ranking - can you provide a link?
Here is the ranking. Spoiler
Bangladesh is unusual because it's one of the 10 most populous countries, but it's pretty tiny. It has about half the population of the US in an area smaller than the state of Georgia!:
Singapore is probably going to be the most common wrong guess here, but it is so small, it would need about 80% more population to get to the top 100.
I thought about more TOM, but I wanted people to have to resist the temptation to guess a city-state. I suppose I could have said "top 50" or something to make it clearer that I was looking for something bigger....
triviawayne wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:44 pmThe most recent time two teams from the same state faced each other in the Super Bowl was when these two teams met; the losing team making their only appearance, and the winning team making their fifth appearance, and first with a different quarterback.
In a real game the clue would be 1/3 this length (e.g., would end at the semicolon) and would only ask for the state. Probably even at ToC level.
Should we then have a thread of simply trivia questions we wrote and would like to share that aren’t worthy of FJ?
Amazingly, the 100 record is from 1915!
