The Quiz marque 2

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

I’ll reverse and go for Nixon!?

Right. You're on.

IrishZeus

Which US president served non-consecutive terms?

keane2097

IrishZeus wrote: »

Which US president served non-consecutive terms?

I have this one in my head as being Grover Cleveland?

IrishZeus

keane2097 wrote: »

I have this one in my head as being Grover Cleveland?

Correct. You’re up

nompere

New Home wrote: »

Fish?

Sorry - no.

keane2097

IrishZeus wrote: »

Correct. You’re up

I just see a nice bit of trivia about him while looking for another question - it's claimed he used to answer the White House phone himself

Back shortly with a Q

keane2097

OK this seems like a nice one - who was the first US president to be born in a hospital?

feargale

keane2097 wrote: »

OK this seems like a nice one - who was the first US president to be born in a hospital?

Eisenhower?

keane2097

feargale wrote: »

Eisenhower?

Not him

feargale

keane2097 wrote: »

Not him

I came across it sometime but I can't remember. Cleveland?

keane2097

feargale wrote: »

I came across it sometime but I can't remember. Cleveland?

Nope.

As a bit of a clue I'll say it was a lot more recent than I would have guessed

feargale

keane2097 wrote: »

Nope.

As a bit of a clue I'll say it was a lot more recent than I would have guessed

Carter?

IrishZeus

keane2097 wrote: »

Nope.

As a bit of a clue I'll say it was a lot more recent than I would have guessed

Will go one later and say Reagan?

keane2097

feargale wrote: »

Carter?

That's the one!

feargale

keane2097 wrote: »

That's the one!

In the 2020 US presidential election which state gave Trump his greatest proportionate winning margin?

P.S. Why do we almost always say Jimmy Carter but never Dwight Eisenhower, just Eisenhower? Just asking. No marks for that.

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

In the 2020 US presidential election which state gave Trump his greatest proportionate winning margin?

P.S. Why do we almost always say Jimmy Carter but never Dwight Eisenhower, just Eisenhower? Just asking. No marks for that.

Wyoming I think? Was north of 75% I think but only 3 electoral votes

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

Wyoming I think? Was north of 75% I think but only 3 electoral votes

Correct (70%.) The least populous state (half a million plus.) Triceratops is the state dinosaur.

West Virginia (68•2%) was expected to top that list but came in at no. 2.

Over to you.

IrishZeus

New one for me this week.

What is an orrery?

looksee

Oh dammit I know that one. The first thing that came to mind was some sort of ceremonial container, but I need to think about it a bit more, I don't think that is right.

IrishZeus

looksee wrote: »

Oh dammit I know that one. The first thing that came to mind was some sort of ceremonial container, but I need to think about it a bit more, I don't think that is right.

Not a container, no

New Home

It's not the burner for the frankincense... darn, I knew it, too. I've to start digging in my brains.

looksee

Yes, I checked it, I can see how my convoluted thought processes got me to my answer, but agreed I am miles off.

IrishZeus

New Home wrote: »

It's not the burner for the frankincense... darn, I knew it, too. I've to start digging in my brains.

Unfortunately not a burner, no

OldGoat

An orrary is a working model of our solar system with all the planets revolving around the sun. Captivating little things.

IrishZeus

OldGoat wrote: »

An orrary is a working model of our solar system with all the planets revolving around the sun. Captivating little things.

Correct OG - you’re up!

OldGoat

Here is a bit of a geeky question.
In the game of Dungeons and Dragons the players create characters that they then steer (role-play) through some adventure or tasks such as killing a dragon or steal the loot or assassinate the king.
These created characters have a list of 6 Abilities that define that characters attributes.
For example, the first of these abilities is "Strength" which defines how physically strong the character is, as in how much he/she could lift.
What are the other five abilities used to create a character?

keane2097

OldGoat wrote: »

Here is a bit of a geeky question.
In the game of Dungeons and Dragons the players create characters that they then steer (role-play) through some adventure or tasks such as killing a dragon or steal the loot or assassinate the king.
These created characters have a list of 6 Abilities that define that characters attributes.
For example, the first of these abilities is "Strength" which defines how physically strong the character is, as in how much he/she could lift.
What are the other five abilities used to create a character?

We may need to crowdsource this one, but I'll get the ball rolling based on some video games that have similar ideas

Intelligence
Magic
Speed
Dexterity
Luck

I'm thinking intelligence for how well a character interacts with NPCs, magic is magic, speed is speed, dexterity for things like stealth, archery, lock-picking and luck as a multiplier for all other attributes

OldGoat

keane2097 wrote: »

We may need to crowdsource this one, but I'll get the ball rolling based on some video games that have similar ideas

Intelligence
Magic
Speed
Dexterity
Luck

I'm thinking intelligence for how well a character interacts with NPCs, magic is magic, speed is speed, dexterity for things like stealth, archery, lock-picking and luck as a multiplier for all other attributes

You got two of them.

The list so far is:
Strength
Dexterity
Intelligence


(Extra geekey note: I know that different games will use different game mechanics so for clarity sake I'm asking about Dungeons&Dragons 5th edition.)

keane2097

OldGoat wrote: »

You got two of them.

The list so far is:
Strength
Dexterity
Intelligence


(Extra geekey note: I know that different games will use different game mechanics so for clarity sake I'm asking about Dungeons&Dragons 5th edition.)

I guess magic falls under intelligence then?

OldGoat

keane2097 wrote: »

I guess magic falls under intelligence then?

We'd be getting into deep gaming conversations to go through all the classes. One class uses intelligence for magics but some other classes can use different abilities for magic. Hard to have a conversation about class/ability without giving away the rest of the list.

New Home

Courage/Bravery?
Loyalty?

OldGoat

New Home wrote: »

Courage/Bravery?
Loyalty?

No, nope and nay.

New Home

Well, they ought to be!

OldGoat

New Home wrote: »

Well, they ought to be!

Yep, along with cowardice, skullduggery and backstabbery.

New Home

Wisdom?
Science?
Cunning? (Baldrick would be proud).

looksee

Stamina (or similar word meaning how long you can last physically) - endurance

looksee

Something like weapons skills?

keane2097

Spirit?

New Home

Smithing? As in, forging swords and so on and so forth?

OldGoat

New Home wrote: »

Wisdom?
Science?
Cunning? (Baldrick would be proud).

Wisdom is there.

looksee wrote: »

Stamina (or similar word meaning how long you can last physically) - endurance

Endurance-ish. The word they use is Constitution.

List now stands at:
Strength
Dexterity
Intelligence
Wisdom
Constituation.

So there is one outstanding trait left.

looksee

Agility?

keane2097

Could be something like destruction

OldGoat

To give an example, Face of the A-Team had this quality in spades.

feargale

Prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance?

looksee

Brass neck?

looksee

Charm (don't recall if Face was all that charming but it would be a useful skill, talk Orcs down etc.)

OldGoat

Charm or Charisma as they name it. It's a trait I've enjoyed using in game. Think of it as using persuasion/deception rather then fighting.

Congrats all, you have beaten my puzzle!

I have no idea who gets the next question so I am arbitrarily going to award it to Keane2090 for getting the first items on the list.

looksee

I liked that question! Its obvious we don't have too many D&D-ers though!

feargale

looksee wrote: »

I liked that question! Its obvious we don't have too many D&D-ers though!

You're absolutely right. I had to go back to the question to find out what D & D is.

keane2097

Ok, this one may come up in future if table quizzes ever are a thing again - what is the largest gambling event to ever take place? (quantified by the amount of money traded on it on the Betfair exchange)