Trivial Pursuit - The FireShelby Version - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Jul 21, 2004

RE: Trivial Pursuit - The FireShelby Version

Date: Jul 21, 2004

Dome Knome (sp?)

Date: Jul 21, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: LVN
"Oh Queen of Spelling, where are you? Sacrilegious? Spell it please! "

Queen of Spelling to the rescue! (notice I did not post under this board moniker! don't want to confuse anyone with my purported "multiple personalities").

Sacrilegious is correct.

Also, the correctly spelled answer to the most recent question is "Dome Gnome."

--Truth, Queen of Spelling (bestowed upon me by the Hattiesburg Public School district in 1978...really.)

Date: Jul 22, 2004

Googler,

Is Bad Speller, as corrected by Truth4USM, correct? If so, Bad Speller gets to ask the next question.

I can't judge this one because it seemed a little open-ended and you used the word "current". Remember that Trivial Pursuit, Fire Shelby version is a tribute to memorobilia from the original board.

Thanks,

Bored Games

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Bored Games
"Googler, Is Bad Speller, as corrected by Truth4USM, correct? If so, Bad Speller gets to ask the next question. I can't judge this one because it seemed a little open-ended and you used the word "current". Remember that Trivial Pursuit, Fire Shelby version is a tribute to memorobilia from the original board. Thanks, Bored Games"

I believe it is correct. Check the transcript of SFT's March 8 (right date?) comments to the media on the WUSM website...I think that's where he mentions this as his favorite nickname.

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Googler
"What is Shelby's personal favorite current nickname? (too easy, I fear) "

hot heir?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: truth4usm/AH
"I believe it is correct. Check the transcript of SFT's March 8 (right date?) comments to the media on the WUSM website...I think that's where he mentions this as his favorite nickname."

Truth, I agree with you. I remember his comments on that particular subject and Dome Gnome is the one he mentioned!

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: truth4usm/AH
"I believe it is correct. Check the transcript of SFT's March 8 (right date?) comments to the media on the WUSM website...I think that's where he mentions this as his favorite nickname."

My bad! Kudos to you Googler...and Bad Speller and Truth and Educator!

Next question please?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

Truth, you can fire the next question out there (unless Bad Speller and Googler are around). I defer to your expertise on the subject.

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: educator
"Truth, you can fire the next question out there (unless Bad Speller and Googler are around). I defer to your expertise on the subject."

Okay, what is the name of the company that Kenbot worked for before being anointed "Job Snowball King" at USM?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

OOOOOOOOhhhhh, Mr. Kotter!

Atofina Chemicals, Inc.?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: HEST
"OOOOOOOOhhhhh, Mr. Kotter! Atofina Chemicals, Inc.?"

Ding, ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!

Ask the next question, HEST!

Date: Jul 22, 2004

Cool -- Got my yellow, History pie piece, or "wedgie" as my Daddy used to say, out of the way.

For Science & Nature (green, for those of you playing the Genus I version of home game):

Using "Mader Math," by how much did enrollment increase during the 03-04 academic year?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: HEST
"
Using "Mader Math," by how much did enrollment increase during the 03-04 academic year? "

Oh crud! Once again, I remember the formula but forget the variables. I know you get it by adding the percentage increase for fall with the percentage increase in spring.

But my (USM) profs never gave me credit for knowing the formula if I forgot the variables... <sigh>

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: HEST
"Using "Mader Math," by how much did enrollment increase during the 03-04 academic year? "

What a GREAT question! 17%?

Like Invictus, I don't remember the variables. Unlike Invictus, I don't remember the formula. But, as I do have my PhD in economic development numerology, that won't stop me from answering the question.

Often wrong, but seldom in doubt.

Date: Jul 22, 2004

RE: RE: RE: Trivial Pursuit - The FireShelby Versi

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Invictus
" Are you perchance "Seeker"? "

Of course not, but I do believe that he has learned everything he knows from my as yet unpublished 3-page dissertation.

By the way for those of you who were debating titles yesterday, I am STILL confused by Dr. Richard Hadden, MD, PhD, Professor. I have yet to meet the man but he did sign off (using all this nomenclature) on the above referenced dissertation so I guess it doesn't matter.

So, HEST, is 17% correct?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

RE: Trivial Pursuit - The FireShelby Version

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: stinky cheese man
"as i recall Mader math went as follows: 4% enrollment increase in the fall + 3% enrollment increase in the spring = 7% overall enrollment increase."

I think you're right---I knew there was a "7" in there someplace!

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: stinky cheese man
"as i recall Mader math went as follows: 4% enrollment increase in the fall + 3% enrollment increase in the spring = 7% overall enrollment increase."

Sorry, was out attending to 'bidness (grading papers).

Give that man a wedge of limburger. 7% is correct.

Take it away, mon petite fromage. . .

Date: Jul 22, 2004

if the french was directed toward me, i no comprendo. but, someone else is going to have to give the next clue. i don't remember enough nuances from the fireshelby version to be able to do that. my mind is already filled with trivia that is most useful to fill out a cross-word puzzle.

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: stinky cheese man
"I don't remember enough nuances . . . my mind is already filled with trivia . . .

l'homme vilain de fromage,

You must be the proverbial absent minded professor, huh?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Bored Games
"Googler, Is Bad Speller, as corrected by Truth4USM, correct? If so, Bad Speller gets to ask the next question. I can't judge this one because it seemed a little open-ended and you used the word "current". Remember that Trivial Pursuit, Fire Shelby version is a tribute to memorobilia from the original board. Thanks, Bored Games"

Sorry to be so late in responding. Yes, Shelby's favorite nickname (current, in that it was current during the days of the FS board, which might have been a tad confusing on my part) is DOME GNOME.

Way to go, Bad Speller.

If Stinky Cheese Man doesn't have a question, I have one to offer, if there are no objections.

Date: Jul 22, 2004

Go Googler! I hope I can get 'cuz I've got a good Geography one waiting. . .

Date: Jul 22, 2004

FS readers will recall the thread about A. Dvorak and the infamous "resume pumping." There was a mention on the board about the letter grade AD said she earned in a course at Thomas Cooley Law School. What was the grade?

Date: Jul 22, 2004

A "D" -- She even later posted on a message board about it. . .

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: HEST
"A "D" -- She even later posted on a message board about it. . . "

HEST, you are close, but not exactly correct. Think about it a bit more.

Date: Jul 22, 2004

OK, I'm going with "D-"

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Googler
"FS readers will recall the thread about A. Dvorak and the infamous "resume pumping." There was a mention on the board about the letter grade AD said she earned in a course at Thomas Cooley Law School. What was the grade?"

D+

Date: Jul 22, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Malapropism
"D+"

Correct!

You get to ask the next question. Fire away