Look Smart Trivia 2: Islands With A Twist
9Funny how all those shapes on the map that seem so familiar look so foreign when north isn’t “up”. For today’s quiz, I’ve taken five highly recognizable islands and rotated them by varying degrees (literally). It’s disorienting (literally)! The first player to untwist all five islands and post the correct answers in a comment will win a $5 coupon from Meh. We’ll announce those winners tomorrow.
Yesterday’s winners are down below. By the way, we’ve decided to limit winners to once every seven days to give more people a shot at that prize fiver. Good luck! Insert signoff catchphrase here!
Yesterday’s game, Famous Firsts, was won by lichme. Your Meh coupon code is LOOKSMART (it expires in a year). Congratz ‘n’ stuff - you’re a famous first now too! Now you can kick back and spectate for the next seven days. The correct answers were:
- Laika (first dog in space)
- Wings (first best picture winner)
- Delaware (first US state to ratify the constitution)
- Roger Bannister (first person to run a mile in less than 4 minutes)
- Sandra Day O’Connor (first woman on the US Supreme Court)
- 10 comments, 24 replies
- Comment
As with most trivia, it’s possible to find ways to cheat. And there’s even varying opinions on what cheating is. We recommend not cheating, however you define it - it’s not as fun. But this is mostly going to be the honor system. We’re not interested in the arms race of battling cheaters.
@dave Yeah, cheating is lame!
@lichme only real lame-os use google!
@dave So… looking at a map could be considered cheating? Oops…
@medz
@lichme I always finish second.
/giphy twss
bah… fucking @limewater and @medz.
@carl669
TMI Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarl
@lichme
Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiich!
I’ve always been pretty good at
/image spatial cognitive tests
@medz B
@mschuette That’s what I thought as well. There are tougher ones out there.
@medz E
@eonfifty nah, it’s just been turned 90 degrees clockwise twice. For it to be E, it would have to be knocked on it’s side.
@mschuette @medz I must disagree. The original appears to have been rotated 180 degrees clockwise, or 90 clockwise twice.
/giphy I object no ponies
@eonfifty @mschuette that’s what I said
@medz Ah, now I see it.
/giphy my bad
@eonfifty
/giphy de nada
@eonfifty @medz @mschuette Why couldn’t it have been rotated 540 degrees counterclockwise thrice?
@dave - Have you sought advice for your persecution complex?
I am sure I am correct on all 5 and the rest of you are wrong. Well, pretty sure.
@shahnm Ceci n’est pas un île.
@dave L’île de la goutte verte. Avez-vous jamais été?
@dave @shahnm serre ma vache qui rit, s’il te plait
@dave @shahnm that is a phrase that me and a couple friends came up with in 8th grade with my game boy game that was a french translator. Not sure how or why I still remember it…
@sicc574 - Presser ça, klaxonnier:
@medz #1 could even be the same creature from the last good Warcraft imo: Warcraft 2!
If you would choose a random winner from all correct entries, we lazy left coasters would have a chance too.
I suppose guesses would have to be whispered though. That doesn’t seem as much fun. Never mind.