06-08-2013, 09:25 PM,
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2013, 09:27 PM by J. Beckert.)
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J. Beckert
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
That is so! Withdraw and get on with it. You have some great trivia questions. Be warned - this is a very tough crowd!
I think you should start a "Stump the German" thread in the trivia section sehr bald, mein Freund! Sicher sein, um die Rebellen zu verprügeln, obwohl!!
It's easy. Here's how I do it. First you find a good question and then Google it. If an answer comes up - trash it. Find another that can't be easily Googled, post it and then tweak the opposing side. Something like - "Try and figure this out, you grit eaters", gets the opposition's ire up and usually makes for the start of a very good round. Give three hints, post the score at the beginning and end of every round and avoid these three topics - Powell (Betty), The Surratts (Laurie), Lincoln (Roger) and anything else (Richter).
Viel Glück euch meine lieben!!
"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg"
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06-08-2013, 09:41 PM,
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J. Beckert
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(06-08-2013, 09:31 PM)L Verge Wrote: Herr Beckert,
With no help from Eva, translate the Second Inaugural Address into German. Make that no help from Richter either.
I don't mean to come off like a schweinhundt, but I have to be at work tomorrow at 0600. I'll work on the German homework assignment later. I promise to turn it in soon, Frau Rizinusöl.
Let's see - irritate the Rebs and avoid topics they're good in. Sounds like Eva has a good coach! I hope she gets started soon!
Gott wird uns Deutschen zu rechtfertigen!!
"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg"
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06-09-2013, 12:59 AM,
(This post was last modified: 06-09-2013, 02:34 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Eva Elisabeth
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
First of all I have to recover from laughing...(Especially from "Here's how I do it"...) Laurie, it's just an assumption, but you should double-check the 2nd Inaug. homework on one of these funny translation programs...
Heureka. I have a very hard one, hard enough to refrain from any further tweaking. I think it even avoids the 4th ("anything else") topic. I really don't know where to post it, it seems a bit unfair to put it here...(Herr Beckert, please, help me with the score!). Ready to rumble? Try this:
In 1908, in a wild and remote area, a tribal chief hosted a famous visitor and asked him to tell stories about
"the greatest general and the greatest ruler of the world....He was a hero. He spoke with a voice of thunder; he laughed like the sunrise and his deeds were strong as the rock... His name was Lincoln."
Who was the visitor? (NOT the tribal chief!)
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