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I found the topics on their Facebook page when someone complained about the pages not been updated.

So here they are:

• October Topix:
- Oct 3: Oktoberfest
- Oct 4: New TV
- Oct 10: European Foods
- Oct 11: Character Costumes
- Oct 17: The Moon
- Oct 18: Stephen King
- Oct 24: World Series
- Oct 25: Disney Villains
- Oct 31: Murderers and Madmen
• October Trendalicious:
- Oct 4: Thrill Rides
- Oct 11: Scary Movies
- Oct 18: Haunting Tales
- Oct 25: Classic Horror Films

I want to play the World Series game, but my nephew has a game that night.

In the interest of giving credit where it is due, the World Series game last night was one of the best balanced, error-free efforts by BT in quite a while. A trivia game that was actually enjoyable... what will they come up with next...?

What am I saying? Do they even ask sports questions in Six...? :mrgreen:

And the only reason I'm not griping about the George Brett question is the priceless reaction I got from my companions when I pre-called "hemorrhoids" and they realized I wasn't kidding. But yeah, some of the questions were good ones.

spotes wrote:

I don't know. At least ten of the questions were powder-puffs that could be aced by most any reasonable fan. I'd have happily traded the homer hanky and rally monkey questions for ones about the actual baseball. And the only reason I'm not griping about the George Brett question is the priceless reaction I got from my companions when I pre-called "hemorrhoids" and they realized I wasn't kidding. But yeah, some of the questions were good ones.

kaufman wrote:

I always prefer questions about what happens between the lines as well.
Given that I was expecting 14 questions about game one of this year's Series and one asking the starters for game two that very night, I'm calling this a win. :mrgreen:

The distribution was definitely beneficial for folks my age given that 40% of the game was drawn from the 80s:

1903 1980
1919 1981
1934 1985
1947 1987
1954 1988
1956 1989
1971 1993
2002

Actually, I thought the Topix on The Moon was enjoyable too. On that one, I blew the "waxing crescent" question, but still soloed a very good game.

On this past Thursday, my partner knew the 1947 question, the hemorrhoids question, and the last out in Larson's perfect game, but told me he did not know the "rally monkey" was the Angel mascot; that was my own pre-call. We did get four perfects on five boxes and without any guesses, so our two-person team did well.

-- RWM

Author:	MitchWolf [ Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:49 pm ]
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I found the topics on their Facebook page when someone complained about the pages not been updated. So here they are: • October Topix: - Oct 3: Oktoberfest - Oct 4: New TV - Oct 10: European Foods - Oct 11: Character Costumes - Oct 17: The Moon - Oct 18: Stephen King - Oct 24: World Series - Oct 25: Disney Villains - Oct 31: Murderers and Madmen • October Trendalicious: - Oct 4: Thrill Rides - Oct 11: Scary Movies - Oct 18: Haunting Tales - Oct 25: Classic Horror Films

Author:	BGTUNA [ Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:05 pm ]
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MitchWolf wrote: I found the topics on their Facebook page when someone complained about the pages not been updated. So here they are: • October Topix: - Oct 3: Oktoberfest - Oct 4: New TV - Oct 10: European Foods - Oct 11: Character Costumes - Oct 17: The Moon - Oct 18: Stephen King - Oct 24: World Series - Oct 25: Disney Villains - Oct 31: Murderers and Madmen • October Trendalicious: - Oct 4: Thrill Rides - Oct 11: Scary Movies - Oct 18: Haunting Tales - Oct 25: Classic Horror Films My wife is going to LOVE Stephen King. I'll like World Series.

Author:	Nomar [ Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:20 pm ]
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I want to play the World Series game, but my nephew has a game that night.

Author:	BGTUNA [ Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:29 am ]
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Nomar wrote: I want to play the World Series game, but my nephew has a game that night. Does he play for Cleveland? They were eliminated last night.

Author:	spotes [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:57 pm ]
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In the interest of giving credit where it is due, the World Series game last night was one of the best balanced, error-free efforts by BT in quite a while. A trivia game that was actually enjoyable... what will they come up with next...?

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Author:	-BO- [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:01 pm ]
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spotes wrote: In the interest of giving credit where it is due, the World Series game last night was one of the best balanced, error-free efforts by BT in quite a while. A trivia game that was actually enjoyable... what will they come up with next...? Questions please.

Author:	spotes [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:19 pm ]
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What year was the first world series played? What team featured the "Homer Hankies"? Why was the 1989 world series delayed ten days? Which of these occurred during the 1947 series? Which team did Willie Mays make "The Catch" against? What was George Brett suffering from during the 1980 series? What two teams played in the "I-70 series"? What happened for the first time in the 1971 world series? How was the final out achieved in Don Larsen's perfect game? The 2002 Angels won the world series using which mascot? Which team benefited from the Black Sox scandal? Which pair of brothers won all four games for their team in a world series? Who gave up Kirk Gibson's homer in the 1988 series? Which owner got into a fight in an elevator following his team losing the 1981 series? Which team was Joe Carter playing for when he hit his series winning homer in 1993? Going strictly from memory here, but I think those were the ones. I might have one confused with a Six sports question. What am I saying? Do they even ask sports questions in Six...?

Author:	MitchWolf [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:18 pm ]
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spotes wrote: What am I saying? Do they even ask sports questions in Six...? YEAH..but the "Games" catagory, they ask Board Games and Video Games questions as well of Sports

Author:	kaufman [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:10 pm ]
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spotes wrote: In the interest of giving credit where it is due, the World Series game last night was one of the best balanced, error-free efforts by BT in quite a while. A trivia game that was actually enjoyable... what will they come up with next...? I don't know. At least ten of the questions were powder-puffs that could be aced by most any reasonable fan. I'd have happily traded the homer hanky and rally monkey questions for ones about the actual baseball. And the only reason I'm not griping about the George Brett question is the priceless reaction I got from my companions when I pre-called "hemorrhoids" and they realized I wasn't kidding. But yeah, some of the questions were good ones.

Author:	-BO- [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:16 pm ]
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kaufman wrote: And the only reason I'm not griping about the George Brett question is the priceless reaction I got from my companions when I pre-called "hemorrhoids" and they realized I wasn't kidding. But yeah, some of the questions were good ones. Well, that Topix game is all behind you now.

Author:	tchoiniere [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:39 am ]
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kaufman wrote: spotes wrote: In the interest of giving credit where it is due, the World Series game last night was one of the best balanced, error-free efforts by BT in quite a while. A trivia game that was actually enjoyable... what will they come up with next...? I don't know. At least ten of the questions were powder-puffs that could be aced by most any reasonable fan. I'd have happily traded the homer hanky and rally monkey questions for ones about the actual baseball. And the only reason I'm not griping about the George Brett question is the priceless reaction I got from my companions when I pre-called "hemorrhoids" and they realized I wasn't kidding. But yeah, some of the questions were good ones. That's the only one I didn't know, Should have just hit hemorrhoids due to how we were laughing. On the 47 series question, I stupidly hit the wrong answer after calling it out...

Author:	zog741 [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:10 pm ]
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Actually, I thought the Topix on The Moon was enjoyable too. On that one, I blew the "waxing crescent" question, but still soloed a very good game. On this past Thursday, my partner knew the 1947 question, the hemorrhoids question, and the last out in Larson's perfect game, but told me he did not know the "rally monkey" was the Angel mascot; that was my own pre-call. We did get four perfects on five boxes and without any guesses, so our two-person team did well. -- RWM

Author:	spotes [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:11 am ]
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kaufman wrote: I don't know. At least ten of the questions were powder-puffs that could be aced by most any reasonable fan. I'd have happily traded the homer hanky and rally monkey questions for ones about the actual baseball. And the only reason I'm not griping about the George Brett question is the priceless reaction I got from my companions when I pre-called "hemorrhoids" and they realized I wasn't kidding. But yeah, some of the questions were good ones. I always prefer questions about what happens between the lines as well. Given that I was expecting 14 questions about game one of this year's Series and one asking the starters for game two that very night, I'm calling this a win. The distribution was definitely beneficial for folks my age given that 40% of the game was drawn from the 80s: 1903 1980 1919 1981 1934 1985 1947 1987 1954 1988 1956 1989 1971 1993 2002

Author:	tchoiniere [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:27 am ]
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spotes wrote: kaufman wrote: I don't know. At least ten of the questions were powder-puffs that could be aced by most any reasonable fan. I'd have happily traded the homer hanky and rally monkey questions for ones about the actual baseball. And the only reason I'm not griping about the George Brett question is the priceless reaction I got from my companions when I pre-called "hemorrhoids" and they realized I wasn't kidding. But yeah, some of the questions were good ones. I always prefer questions about what happens between the lines as well. Given that I was expecting 14 questions about game one of this year's Series and one asking the starters for game two that very night, I'm calling this a win. The distribution was definitely beneficial for folks my age given that 40% of the game was drawn from the 80s: 1903 1980 1919 1981 1934 1985 1947 1987 1954 1988 1956 1989 1971 1993 2002 Agreed. I thought it was a good distribution of questions. Still pissed about hitting the wrong number on one of them...

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Author:	kaufman [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:20 am ]
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zog741 wrote: Actually, I thought the Topix on The Moon was enjoyable too. On that one, I blew the "waxing crescent" question, but still soloed a very good game. On this past Thursday, my partner knew the 1947 question, the hemorrhoids question, and the last out in Larson's perfect game, but told me he did not know the "rally monkey" was the Angel mascot; that was my own pre-call. We did get four perfects on five boxes and without any guesses, so our two-person team did well. -- RWM Our trio's four perfects on five boxes was mainly due to a BWW waitress distracting one of us with matters of food just as the homer hankie question came up. Amazingly, that created an identical 14,964 at our place.

Author:	Gogetem [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:45 pm ]
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When a non-sports player high on cigars and spirits scores a solo 12K+, I wonder about the difficulty. Still I'm not complaining as it was actually enjoyable.