WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
Looks like the SHC has better questions.
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
Why did they use an image of Rutter that looks like it was done by a police sketch artist? It's not like the man hasn't been photographed or been on TV a few times.
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
I take it you've never seen a Wall Street Journal.alamble wrote:Why did they use an image of Rutter that looks like it was done by a police sketch artist? It's not like the man hasn't been photographed or been on TV a few times.
Those are really terrible questions, I probably wouldn't be back the next week if that's what they are usually like.
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
I realize it's LA, but I'm surprised that the article would quote Dileep Rao without mentioning his "day job". I wonder if the author actually didn't know about Rao's other claim to fame, or just didnt think it was worth noting.
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
The writer of the article wanted to interview me, but I was in Germany at the time. Plus, I don't go to the quiz during the summer, so I missed him in person as well. Looks like he took a couple of the worst questions from that night (I like the kosher McDonald's one, but not the others); you get a better sampling of the questions on the quiz's Twitter account, but due to Twitter's "most recent first" formatting, you'll probably run into the answer posts before their respective questions. I'm going to try to create some links to the mobile site that'll show clusters of questions at the top. Don't go there without me!
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
Here we go. If you're not on a phone, chances are your browser will show answer posts without scrolling, so you might want to make your window shorter before clicking these.
https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 7640287232 (only the posts from 8/2; don't scroll beyond the seventh post)
https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 9932634112 (from 7/26; don't scroll beyond the eighth post)
https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 3308376064 (from 7/19; don't scroll beyond the fifth post)
And these are some others from the night the article's author attended: https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 6291341313 (from 7/12; spoilers after the seventh post, but you're on your own now!)
Edit: when I visit those links on an iPad, they just redirect to the top of the quiz's Twitter page. Tread carefully!
https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 7640287232 (only the posts from 8/2; don't scroll beyond the seventh post)
https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 9932634112 (from 7/26; don't scroll beyond the eighth post)
https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 3308376064 (from 7/19; don't scroll beyond the fifth post)
And these are some others from the night the article's author attended: https://mobile.twitter.com/obrienspubqu ... 6291341313 (from 7/12; spoilers after the seventh post, but you're on your own now!)
Edit: when I visit those links on an iPad, they just redirect to the top of the quiz's Twitter page. Tread carefully!
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
I have play tested two O'Brien's quizzes, one general and one Oscar-themed, and the questions were much, much more amicable. Perhaps because they were written by boardies and/or J! Vets but, nonetheless, it sounds like it's possible to catch them on a good night.
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Re: WSJ article re O'Brien's quiz
It's his fault, he should either grow a beard, or shave.alamble wrote:Why did they use an image of Rutter that looks like it was done by a police sketch artist? It's not like the man hasn't been photographed or been on TV a few times.
"Mr. Rutter's team won, just shy of a perfect score. For that, a $75 credit was applied to their bar tab." Pub quizzes, contributing to alcoholism since 1998.