Daily Trivia for August 28, 2024

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37 Comments

Level 89

Aug 28, 2024

9/10 this time, getting back up there, had a couple of lucky guesses, especially with the last question, but it was the Wilt Chamberlain one that got me, didn't have a clue haha

Level 68

Aug 28, 2024

Ohhhh noo that was going to be my 10! Unfortunately I never heard of Charlemagne's father

Level 68

Aug 28, 2024

I guessed and got lucky! But same, never heard of him.

Now I have to go learn some history.

Also guessed on Wilt Chamberlain, but that was a more informed guess. :)

Level 41

Aug 28, 2024

Same! I didn't have clue on the Wilt Chamberlin one though.

Got 7/10 not too shabby :)

Level 87

Aug 28, 2024

if legend of 10K is true, perhaps Wilt was Charlemagne's father?

Level 89

Aug 28, 2024

I completely guessed and managed to get it right, but I was thinking about Neville Chamberlain. I did think it was weird that he was just posing with a piece of paper.

Level 89

Aug 28, 2024

I've never heard of Wilt Chamberlain. So I guessed, and got it wrong...

Level 73

Aug 28, 2024

Why are the questions suddenly 'know it or get it wrong' once again?

Level 83

Aug 28, 2024

Isn’t that kinda the point of trivia?

Level 73

Aug 28, 2024

I think you should be able to reason things out a bit

Perhaps it's just me

Level 68

Aug 28, 2024

Have you submitted any questions?

I think I've submitted 10-20, and it feels like I've had maybe 10-20% acceptance. I haven't noticed much of a pattern with what QM is looking for yet. Some of the stuff which I find really interesting & refreshing gets rejected.

I'm enjoying DTC overall. If I could change something it'd be even more data, and somehow excluding cheaters from data. Maybe more history, and STEM subjects.

I guess I can see some "know it or don't" recently; seems like a lot of celebrity/famous people fall into that category for me.

Level 73

Aug 28, 2024

I have submitted around three questions, none of them accepted. I love this challenge, starts my brain up in the morning, however specific questions on relatively obscure information are frustrating to guess.

Level 34

Aug 28, 2024

I agree Maxibon, trivia should be about trivial things and not esoteric

Level 66

Aug 28, 2024

The definition of trivial is "of little value or importance", it has nothing to do with how well known something is.

Level 83

Aug 28, 2024

Wow, that felt fairly easy but I kinda Slumdog Millionaired the hardest questions. I went to Drumheller museum as a child and learned about a T-Rex being found in Alberta. I did a research essay on tall Charlemagne decades ago, but remembered how Pepin was petit. Teaching Comp Civ means I absolutely know what an atlatl is, and have even used one (I suck). And one of my coworkers is obsessed with basketball and we chat about how Chamberlain was very good in a pretty unathletic era of basketball. I don’t have a good excuse for why I lost 50 points thinking about Overtired’s questions, though!

Level 69

Aug 28, 2024

It being overtired's question justifies the time taken to double-check your answer :)

Level 88

Aug 28, 2024

Ha, nice Slumdog tale :)

What's Comp Civ? Sounds like playing competitive Civilization (the computer game).

Level 83

Aug 28, 2024

Comparative Civilizations. It does get competitive when we do simulations though!

Level 69

Aug 28, 2024

T-Rex also lived in Asia

Level 83

Aug 28, 2024

From what I’m reading the specific T. rex species was only in NA, but other Tyrannosaurs were in Asia.

Level 65

Aug 28, 2024

missed the top gun one, but i got first on my friend leaderboard so cant complain

Level 77

Aug 28, 2024

7/10

1 silly mistake and 2 I had no idea at all and were complete (and incorrect) guesses. Learning opportunity!

Level 46

Aug 28, 2024

Same for me! I misread "though" as "trough", which was my silly mistake

Level 79

Aug 28, 2024

A shocking number of people thought Wilt Chamberlain was celebrating Pi Day in March.......

Level 49

Aug 28, 2024

I mean, I didn't have any idea who that guy was. Googled after the question, he does not seem very relevant. I'm forgetting him already

Level 81

Aug 30, 2024

For people who care about basketball and its history he is very much relevant

Level 72

Aug 28, 2024

Wilt Chamberlain 20,000 LOL

Level 68

Aug 28, 2024

That was the only number I've heard associated with him x.x He was born in 1936, so It would have been quite a stat at March 1962

Level 41

Aug 28, 2024

i guessed on the wilt chamberlain one (i got it right), but after reading the comments i remembered he played basketball and still holds the record for the most points in a single game.

Level 60

Aug 28, 2024

Shocked at how many don't know about the GOAT Wilt

Level 71

Aug 28, 2024

I think most of the world have never heard of him - I certainly haven't, and from the comments it seems most non-US people will be the same.

One day I should try and learn about American sports if I want to do well here!

Level 68

Aug 28, 2024

Boy do I have some thoughts to share about Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic!

Level 67

Aug 29, 2024