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Re: I see. Isaac Send a noteboard - 06/04/2012 08:31:15 PM
Rome, at the last minute I remembered that Romulus was blown up in the movie, that being the big issue the villain had with Spock and the Vulcans, he blamed them for it. So I added in the Roman God part, then I wasn't sure if Romulus and Remus were considered gods or not, or if so if they were major gods, so I added the city bit in, not knowing of any cities named for Vulcan. :P I almost scrapped the question.

In fairness, I don't know that I'd have gotten the question even if not for the confusing hints - like I said, I did consider Vulcan, before getting stuck on Apollo as the most important Roman god I could think of who had neither a planet nor a city. But I definitely wasn't thinking of Romulus as a major god, though you're right that he was considered a god and had people praying to him. Of course, so did Julius Caesar... :P


Yeah they deified virtually everything which is why I was banging my head on the wall trying to pick a phrasing when I remembered Romulus got blow to bits too. That actually happens a lot on these, probably about half to two-thirds of the questions never see the light of day just because I can't find a phrasing that isn't either too obscure or way too blatant, like one of the originals which was something like 'This movie released on Independence Day starred Will Smith fighting aliens over many days to achieve Independence" or others where you realize after the fact that half a dozen movies, some much better known, meet the clue and there's a bout a snowball's chance anyone would recognize actor, director, or film year, that last of which I typically only include to give people a loose timeframe and to formally rule out alternates as a preemptive strike in a dreaded Geek War.

It seems I'm really bad at these quizzes of yours. :P I guess as far as sci-fi movies and TV shows go, I've seen almost nothing (I did of course see Star Wars, but not often enough to know the movies by heart like many here), and I'm not exactly well-read in sci-fi either.


Well in all fairness these aren't multiple choice, you're probably a pretty geeky person if you're 25%+ on most of these. I'll have to start branching out to other zones of geekiness soon, or specializing in more obscure stuff, like a Trek quiz or something, as I think I've already repeated myself a few times... any geeky subjects suggesiton? Mythology, fantasy, etc? I kind of want to avoid anything of the "What is the boiling point of water?" or "How many moons does Mars have?" variety, as my hunch would be those would be less fun.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
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