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[GSM] Blockbusters: end

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:19 pm
by Save The Dragons
Contestants:

xofelf

doctorwho


Board:

Image

Gameplay:


The gameboard is a hex containing 25 hexes with all the letters of the alphabet (X and Y are together), randomly distributed. Whomever has control of the board will pick a hex (or a random hex in the middle of the board will be selected at first).

When a hex is selected, a question that has an answer that starts with that letter will be asked in thread. Both players will be required to submit an answer to me via PM.

If both players answer correctly or incorrectly, nothing happens, and the person who had control keeps control. When one person answers correctly and the other does not, that player will get the hex for their color, and will gain control of the board.

The first player to connect their color from one side of the hex to the other will win. With this board I believe it is only possible by connecting 5 or more hexes.

I don't really care about time but let's (me
especially
included) try to make sure it doesn't drag on. I will try to keep the board updated in pictorial form but don't rely on that.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:22 pm
by Save The Dragons
We start now. Submit your answers to me via PM.

The random letter chosen was the center hex:

B


Question 1:

What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:24 pm
by xofelf
Ooh it's here!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:26 am
by Save The Dragons
Both have given Belfast as the answer which means nothing happens. (Both are correct, anyway!)

Still on B

Question 2:
What voice actor plays the titular roles on the animated shows Archer and Bob's Burgers?

Pm me your response!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:24 pm
by JDGA
Also I believe it is possible to have a draw (eep)

Not possible :P

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:09 pm
by Save The Dragons
I think you're right

shhhh

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 4:16 pm
by Save The Dragons
Speaking of right, both contestants have provided at least the Benjamin part of H. Jon Benjamin.

For the sake of expedience, I will ask a list of questions, and I will go down the list. The first person to miss a question the other gets (in the order that they are presented to you) will give the other person control. I probably won't do this when one of you has control of the board but for now I don't want to spend a month determining who's going to take the first hex. Lastly, I'm moving around the middle a bit, depending on the question answered, that will be the hex filled in.

Q

Question 3: The first U.S. president that had a father be a previous president has what middle name starting with Q?

B

Question 4: What is a common writing system for the blind, which is named after its creator?

M

Question 5: Skopje is the capital of which European nation?

V

Question 6: Who served as Dante's guide through Hell in Dante's Inferno?

A

Question 7: Which band received 3 Grammy nominations for their 2012 southern rock album "Boys and Girls"?

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:36 pm
by Save The Dragons
Both contestants have answered all 5 correctly:

Quincy
Braille
Macedonia
Virgil
Alabama Shakes

Here are 5 more:

A

The phrase "game over, man, game over!" comes from which 80s movie?

I

What Canadian city was called Frobisher Bay until 1987?

V

Who served as both head writer and celebrity square for Hollywood Squares from 1998-2002?

L

The text of an opera is known as what?

Q

What party game similar to Cranium features card types called Stuntz, Quizzle, and Rulez?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 4:47 am
by Save The Dragons
The phrase "game over, man, game over!" comes from which 80s movie?

xofelf said: Alien
doctorwho said: Aliens

The correct answer is:
Spoiler:
Aliens

Image

Doctorwho, it is your board, please select a letter.


And for the record, both players correctly answered with:
Iqaluit
(Bruce) Vilanch
Libretto
Quelf

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:35 am
by doctorwho
M, please.

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:23 am
by xofelf
Oh, it's gonna be like that. Okay.

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:56 am
by Save The Dragons
M

_____ Beacon Teaches Typing is a series of software applications that teach keyboarding. What is the name in the blank?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:40 am
by Save The Dragons
The correct answer is Mavis, both players got it right.

I will ask a new question later today.

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 4:06 pm
by Save The Dragons
I'm going to slowly add questions but this time they'll only be with the current letter.

M


A tabby and a pug go on adventures together in a movie titled "The Adventures of _____ and Otis." What is the cat's name?

What organelle, in which much of the process of cellular respiration occurs, has been affectionately dubbed "the powerhouse of the cell"?

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 3:44 pm
by Save The Dragons
Both players provided Milo and mitochondria, and both are correct.

M


Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sports an orange mask?

Who co-founded both Tesla Motors and PayPal?

What Tracy Bonham song, later covered by The Veronicas, topped the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart?

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:53 am
by Save The Dragons
Michealangelo
Elon Musk
Mother Mother

New questions will be up soon!

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 6:20 am
by Save The Dragons
M


Complete this 1948 movie title: "The Treasure of the Sierra _____"

Who's played Rachel Matheson, Dr. Juliet Burke, and Ingrid the Snow Queen on various TV shows?

Complete this antacid's catchphrase: "My doctor said ______"

Which New Orleans alternative band made 120 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the Transformers Theme, performed for the first Transformer movie's soundtrack?

Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 6:28 am
by Save The Dragons
I am waiting on a pm. I will prod.

I am V/LA until monday the 17th or whatever date that is.

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 3:10 pm
by Save The Dragons
Both players got the answers right

For those playing along at home:

Madre
Elizabeth Mitchell
Mylanta
mutemath

More questions soon

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 6:38 am
by Save The Dragons
What artist came out with the 2014 hit "Rude"?

What Disney XD show is about teenagers working at a hospital that caters to superheroes?

Shrove Tuesday is better know by what name?

Olympus ________ is the largest volcano in the solar system. Fill in the blank.

What island nation in the Indian Ocean is made of 26 coral atolls?

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 7:41 pm
by Save The Dragons
What artist came out with the 2014 hit "Rude"?
Magic!

What Disney XD show is about teenagers working at a hospital that caters to superheroes?
Mighty Med

Shrove Tuesday is better know by what name?
Mardi Gras

Olympus ________ is the largest volcano in the solar system. Fill in the blank.
Mons

What island nation in the Indian Ocean is made of 26 coral atolls?

xofelf said: Maldives
doctorwho said: Marshall Islands

Correct answer:
Spoiler:
Maldives

xofelf takes M and picks a new letter.

Image

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 1:26 am
by xofelf
Let's have some fun,
V

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 4:55 am
by Save The Dragons
V


Commanding respect due to great age, impressive dignity, high office, or noble character is a definition of what word?

What element has the atomic symbol of V?

Who's the lead singer of the band Pearl Jam?

In Game Of Thrones, what is a form of metal that keeps its edge without sharpening?

In the Elder Scrolls III Morrowind takes place mostly on what island in the province of Morrowind?

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 12:04 pm
by Save The Dragons
Answers are:
Venerable/Venerability
Vanadium
Eddie Vedder
Valyrian Steel
Vvardenfell

All correct, so new questions:

"We were only freshmen" is a lyric from which alternative band?

In an internet meme, which anime character refers to someone's power level as being over 9000?

What occupation did this woman previously have?
Spoiler:
Image


Which actor played himself on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23?

A wine merchant or maker is also known as a what?

Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 2:21 pm
by Save The Dragons
doctorwho has conceded

Congrats to xofelf!