This Game is the Worst-Case Scenario [Q.166]

[Cheery Dog]

137 A
138 B
139 B
140 Fall Over.

B

141 A
142 B
143 B
144 A
145 A
146 B

[Cheery Dog]

Are the unanswered individual questions going to come up for everyone?

[Mitillos]

#137: A
#138: A
#139: B
#140: B
#141: A
#142: A
#143: A
#144: B
#145: A
#146: A

[sthar8]

137- A
138- A
139- B
140- A
141- A
142- A
143- A
144- A
145- A
146-A

My test taking instincts are nervous at the number of A's, but oh well.

All three answers for 146 are incorrect, btw.

[KingdomAces]

Might as well get back in to this now.

AB
C-Why drunk drivers sustain less damage than the people they crash into.
AABAABB

[inspiratieloos]

137- B
138- A
139- B
140- B
141- A
142- A
143- A
144- A
145- A
146-A

[Cheery Dog]

Did this die?

[diginova]

No, I've just been away from the question cards. I'll update tomorrow.

[sthar8]

Did this die?

[DarkLightA]

Did this die?

[Feirei]

/out

[diginova]

It seems like the parking ticket is all-powerful and will prevent your car from being stolen. That must suck for those people who lose their tickets, their car being trapped in the garage forever.

137

HOW TO KEEP YOUR CAR FROM BEING STOLEN FROM A PARKING LOT

 

A

Take your exit ticket with you when you leave the car.
 

B

Always park on the first floor, near the attendant.
 

C

Park next to a wall or structure. Pull the car all the way into the spot and turn your wheels tightly against the wall.

So it seems that jumping off a train and a car are very similar... who would have guessed?

138

HOW TO JUMP FROM A MOVING CAR

 

A

Tuck-in your arms and legs, jump at an angle, then roll when you hit the ground.
 

B

Jump in the opposite direction that the car is moving, then roll like a log with your arms and legs straight.
 

C

Climb to the window and push off the steering wheel with your foot, steering the car away from you.

I don't know how to pull your feet underneath you when you're seated in a car, but the rest of the advice is sound.

139

HOW TO ASSUME THE IMPACT POSITION WHEN IN A CAR

 

A

Cover your eyes with one hand and the back of your neck with the other. Extend your legs and take deep breaths.
 

B

Drop your chin to your chest and put your hands behind your head. Tuck you elbows together and pull your feet underneath you.
 

C

Try to completely relax any muscles in your body.

You may slide around a bit, but at least you're in a controlled fall when you drop down instead of one caused by sudden deceleration.

140

HOW TO REACT WHEN A TRAIN SUDDENLY BRAKES

 

A

Throw yourself on the floor and rest your chin on your chest.
 

B

If you are standing, sit on another passenger; if you are sitting, pull another passenger onto you.
 

C

Immediately run to the closest exit and jump off the train.

I'm not sure about the medical benefits of warm milk, but being properly hydrated and having potassium in your system is supposedly a good way to prevent cramps.

141

HOW TO PREVENT NIGHTTIME LEG CRAMPS

 

A

Eat a banana before bed and drink plenty of water throughout the day.
 

B

Drink a cup of warm milk before bed.
 

C

Take an over-the-counter diuretic to reduce the potassium in the system.

Eww. Eww. NOPE. Then you only have dead fly larvae in your skin instead of live ones... I guess that's a benefit? Also, I originally read that as hot bacon fat, which is a very different way of solving that issue... much more painful.

142

HOW TO TREAT A FLY LARVAE SKIN INFESTATION

 

A

Cover the larva's breathing hole with bacon fat or chewing gum.
 

B

Submerge the infested area in hot water.
 

C

Leave infected area alone; the larvae will come out on their own.

Yeah, flavor error there... Trichinosis worms take a while to reveal their presence, but then they take up residence in your muscles, causing aches, pain and swelling.

143

HOW TO RECOGNIZE TRICHINOSIS

 

A

Within two weeks of ingesting infected meat, symptoms include high fever, muscle aches, swelling around the eyes, and joint pain.
 

B

Within 48 hours of ingesting infected meat, symptoms include sore throat, headache, delirium and frequent nosebleeds.
 

C

Within a few hours after ingesting infected meat, symptoms include swelling of the feet, ringing in the ears, and flushed skin.

Lower tire pressure increases friction, but also increases the surface area of the wheels allowing more traction. Luckily none of you thought blasting the heater in the desert was a good idea.

144

HOW TO DRIVE ON DESERT SAND

 

A

Deflate the tires a little bit and don't change gears once you start driving.
 

B

Do not exceed 15 mph and apply the brakes only when absolutely necessary.
 

C

Turn on the heater and headlights, and turn the wheel as little as possible.

You seem to have somehow time traveled to 1340s Europe, as there haven't been too many plague outbreaks in the last 50 years; it hasn't been considered a pandemic since 1959.

145

HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE BUBONIC PLAGUE

 

A

Symptoms include fever, chills, severe fatigue, vomiting and enlarged and tender lymph nodes.
 

B

Symptoms include persistent coughing and wheezing, inability to sleep, and bloody urine.
 

C

Symptoms include swelling of the tongue, dry mouth, and an unbearable throbbing in the throat and neck, followed by the inability to hold up one's head.

Pine nuts roasting on an open fire... The issue is pine nuts are a lot of work. You have to shell the nuts, and the size of them greatly depends on species of tree and time of year. The bark is also edible, but you just have to shave off the inner bark, and then either boil or fry it. No need to make a paste.

146

HOW TO GET FOOD FROM A PINE TREE

 

A

Roast closed pinecones over a fire to open them, then when they open, take out the pine nuts and eat them.
 

B

Shave the bark off the tree and mash it into a paste, then bake or fry the paste.
 

C

The whole pinecone can be eaten raw or cooked.

Spoiler: Full Results

Player	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146	Acc	Overall
Answers	A	A	B	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
JDGA	A	A	B	A	A	B	B	A	B	B	6-4	12-9 (.571)
swyellowtail	A	A	B	B	B	A	B	B	C	B	4-6	9-9 (.500)
xalxe	A	A	B	A	A	B	B	B	A	B	6-4	6-4 (.600)
DiplomatDC	B	A	B	A	B	B	C	A	B	C	4-6	6-7 (.462)
Cheery Dog	A	B	B	B	A	B	B	A	A	B	5-5	9-8 (.529)
Mitillos	A	A	B	B	A	A	A	B	A	A	8-2	15-4 (.789)
sthar8	A	A	B	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	10-0	16-3 (.842)
KingdomAces	A	B	C	A	A	B	A	A	B	B	5-5	9-10 (.474)
inspirateloos	B	A	B	B	A	A	A	A	A	A	8-2	14-5 (.737)
DarkLightA	B	A	B	A	A	B	A	A	C	A	7-3	8-4 (.667)

New questions in a couple hours.

[JDGA]

sthar8

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10-0

WHAT.

[sthar8]

[Cheery Dog]

So it seems that jumping off a train and a car are very similar... who would have guessed?

I went with the wrong part of the jumping from the train. (I just read roll like a log in both of them)

I was also almost at what to do if the train suddenly breaks as i said fall over, but i didn't answer throw to the ground because i felt if you didn't already have a seat, the train was way too crowded to be able to throw yourself down.

[sthar8]

"cop a feel" is great advice in any disaster fwiw

[inspiratieloos]

What I always learned it that you should sit with your back towards the direction the train is moving, so you're pressed into your seat when it crashes, so I went with the closest to that.

[diginova]

These 10 questions are posed to everyone; answer any or all of them.
Post your answers in the thread; you can PM if you want to keep your answers a secret, but it doesn't matter much with these questions.
The next set of questions will be posted in (expired on 2014-10-21 06:51:34). (For real this time.)

Text in italics is flavor text. I write it before looking at the choices for the question that's coming up, so do not use any text that appears there to help determine the answer. There is only one correct answer to each question, but I know that answer about as much as you do. Good luck everyone!

With apologies to Xalxe.

Xalxe never knew that quitting his job as Mish Mash Janitor, though a good idea in and of itself, would cause through some combination of quantum mechanics and butterflies a series of events that can only be described as...

Worst-Case Scenarios.

Or not. With this game you can never tell.

It all started with the freak blizzard in the middle of October, that forced him to remember...

147

HOW TO DEFROST A FROZEN CAR LOCK

 

A

Light a match and use it to heat the key; the heated key should defrost the lock.
 

B

Place your mouth over the lock, and breathe into it to melt the ice.
 

C

Throw hot water into the lock, then quickly insert the key.

As he was the moderator of an Internet forum, he was used to receiving death threats from members that were unhappy with him (hopefully not!). That's why he learned by heart...

148

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR CAR HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH

 

A

When you park at night, spread sand around the car so you can check for suspicious footprints.
 

B

Dust the entire car with baby powder inside and out.
 

C

Put matching colored clay on the floor mats of the car.

Safe that he was secure and that there was no lemonade, potato, and Save the Dragons nearby, he decided to go on a cruise as part of a well-deserved rest. Things went amazingly smoothly for the first couple days, until the ship hit an iceberg in the middle of the Caribbean and started to sink. Hopefully someone on board knew...

149

HOW TO PREPARE FOR A LIFEBOAT RESCUE

 

A

Send the sick or injured aboard the rescue craft first; supporting them as much as possible as they are pulled to safety.
 

B

The fittest survivor should board the rescue craft first, securing a line under the armpits and between the legs.
 

C

The heaviest survivor should board the rescue craft first while the crew is fresh.

After five days at sea, everyone else had been voted overboard one by one in a real-life game of Mafia, and only Xalxe (the Godfather of course) remained. Land was nowhere in site though, so he thought up ideas on...

150

HOW TO SLOW DEHYDRATION

 

A

As your water supply dwindles, wean yourself from water by decreasing your ration amount.
 

B

Substitute urine or sweat for water.
 

C

Do not eat.

Land! Glorious land! There was an island in the distance, but sadly a sand bar prevented him from bringing the boat all the way to shore. He decided to swim, but did he know...

151

HOW TO SWIM IN THE OCEAN SAFELY

 

A

Only swim alone during the day in moderate to calm to moderate* sea conditions.
 

B

Try swimming in waste** deep water to check the currents and water/whether*** conditions before heading out over your head.
 

C

Stay away from patches of plants, pilings and diving platforms when swimming.

*Yes, that's as it's written on the card. Roll with it. Total typos: 5
**Twice on the same card! Yes, they got mixed up on waste and waist. They really put no effort into this game. Total typos: 6
***Holy crap, THREE TIMES on the same card! Hint: it's weather, not whether. Lrn2spl. Total typos: 7

He made it to shore, but as it started to get dark he started to miss everyone on MafiaScum, even the members of F62. He stayed up all night worrying, but he wouldn't have had to if he had known...

152

HOW TO FALL ASLEEP IN UNFAMILIAR PLACES

 

A

Eat foods high in tryptophan, such as turkey, figs and nut butters before bed.
 

B

Eat foods high in tyramine, including potatoes, sauerkraut, or sausages, before bed.
 

C

Increase the temperature in the room by 10°F of what it usually is when you sleep.

The next day, he wandered into the mountains to try finding fresh water or food so he could start surviving and hopefully getting back to civilization. Too bad he wandered too close to a den, so he had to quickly decide...

153

HOW TO ESCAPE FROM A MOUNTAIN LION

 

A

Crouch down and stay very still.
 

B

Stand still, holding your coat open.
 

C

Start hissing and spitting at the lion until he retreats.

Luckily for him, a wild Toto decided to scare away the cowardly (mountain) lion for him, but after, the dog turned its attention to him! If only he had known...

154

HOW TO RESPOND TO A DOG ATTACK

 

A

Try to run away, climb a tree, or jump onto a high surface.
 

B

Scream for help, but do not fight back.
 

C

Try and put something between you and the dog, such as a stick or a coat.

He took the mountain lion carcass back to camp, and carved up the meat so he wouldn't starve. He also decided to not let any part of the animal go to waste, so he looked in his survival manual and looked up...

155

HOW TO CURE FURS

 

A

Stretch the skin as tightly as possible, and leave it in the sun to dry, ensuring it does not get wet.
 

B

Stretch the skin as tightly as possible, then repeat the process of soaking it in water and drying it until the fur has a sheen when dry.
 

C

After thoroughly cleaning the skin, roll it, fur side in, into a tight roll. Cover it with clay, and bury it in hot coals for two hours.

As the furs were curing, he saw something that made his blood freeze. A poor, defenseless little bird was lying there with what looked like a sprained wing. Luckily, he knew this one! He was 100% sure...

156

HOW TO AID AN INJURED BIRD

 

A

Move the bird to a high place in a tree. Give it water, and call a veterinarian.
 

B

Carefully place the bird in a box or bag punched with holes, and call a veterinarian.
 

C

Immobilize the bird by placing it in a confined, ventilated space, so it will not cause itself further injury. Call a veterinarian.

After the local veterinarian on the deserted island nursed the bird back to health, strangely it flew onto Xalxe's shoulder and whispered into his ear, "You've been able to get back all along. Just click your heels together three times, and say "There's no place like MafiaScum!" and you'll find yourself back home." Xalxe thanked the bird, and did what he said...

...And woke up back at home. Turns out it was all just a dream. What a gyp.

[JDGA]

Probably the best story Mafiascum has ever seen.

147. A
148. A
149. A
150. A
151. B
152. B
153. A
154. B
155. B
156. B

[Cheery Dog]

during the say? (is it a fourth of 151 or did you make that error?)

147. B
148. A
149. A
150. B
151. C
152. B
153. B
154. C
155. B
156. C
Seriously depends on what it's injuries are though.

[Xalxe]

*sheds a single tear of beauty*

[Mitillos]

147. B
148. A
149. B
150. B
151. B
152. C
153. C
154. C
155. B
156. B

I may have rolled a die for some of these.

[KingdomAces]

BACAACACBB

[Xalxe]

BABBBBAABB

[DarkLightA]

AAAAAABCAB