trivia and multiple-choice

[newmistakes]

Did you know that thirty-seven years ago today a new type of maze-based video game was released in Japan? But when the manufacturers tried to sell it to an American company, there was a problem. The American company refused to release a game called “Puck Man”, knowing that kids would vandalise the letter “P”. So the name was changed to “Pac-Man”

Comments

[kurikuribebi]

Eating your hat would give you serious digestive problems. I refuse to participate in such a dangerous thing!

[newmistakes]

You're no fun, Zia! And pfft I eat serious digestive problems for breakfast!!

[kurikuribebi]

Haha, that doesn't sound like a healthy breakfast!

[spiral_meter]

we owe a lot to the ancestors of today's video games. i grew up with the groundbreaking Super Mario Brothers, then went on to become a master of most things Super Nintendo. fun fact: i have the original Pong console. haven't played it in many years though. i should pull it out again.

b

[newmistakes]

It's amazing the games we thought were fun back in the day, isn't it? I remember being fascinated by Pong when I was little and trying sooooo hard to get some speed on the ball by hitting it just right. I had a handheld Donkey Kong game growing up too, but I don't think I ever attained the level of master at anything Mario related.

[tigerweave]

1 c
2c
3 all of them
4 a
5 c
6 b
7 a

Actually scrap all that. I think the answers are all C.

[newmistakes]

Omg Imoh!! Seriously?! You think I'm some kind of "The Bachelor" watcher?! Ewww! I hoped you thought better of me than that :P Gross!!

Before you scrapped it all and went for C you would have got Questions 2, 3, 6 and 7 correct and been given a half mark for Question 4 (which was both a AND b). That would have given you a leading total of 4.5/7. But then you had to go and C everything up, so your actual final score was just 1.5/7 haha :P

[tigerweave]

Bwahahaha well now that you mention it... I thought you'd have it on in the background for lols.

As for my adjust-down score, it just goes to show what my teachers at school said about multiple choice tests. Go with your first instinct. Dammit!

[newmistakes]

Haha nooooo just watching ads for that show makes me want to hurl my stomach contents :P

You should always listen to teachers, that's for sure. I'm sure you know that better than most :)

[zoefruitcake]

I answered them then it ate my comment so here it attempt 2

1a
2a
3b
4b
5c
6c
7a

[newmistakes]

I'm sorry for LJ eating your first attempt. LJ can sometimes be comment greedy like that!

Alas, you only got Question 7 completely correct and I gave you half marks for Questions 3 (the right answer was ALL of them) and 4 (which was a AND b) :P So all up, you scored 2/7 haha.

[el_hombre]

I never knew that about Pac Man, that's kinda cool, kinda hilarious:)

[newmistakes]

Yep, it was news to me as well (and had me thinking the same things!).