Agreed it wasn't the best question.
It apparently derived from a Chris Molanphy article in Pitchfork, which referred to "a Modern Rock penthouse with a lock that, seemingly, only five American bands had the keys for: Foo Fighters, Green Day, Linkin Park, Incubus, and, yes, the Chili Peppers. During the six-year period from 2003 through 2008, this five-band oligopoly controlled the No. 1 spot 152 out of 313 weeks-- a preposterous 49% of the time."
This was later cited in the Wikipedia article on the chart.
Although the implication is that these five bands spent more time at #1 than any others, Chris doesn't state that outright. ("Seemingly" is doing a lot of work in that sentence.) Then again, why include Incubus (11 weeks at #1) instead of NIN (17 weeks) or Weezer (16 weeks)? I'm guessing it's because he goes on to talk about NIN and Weezer in the next paragraph.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
i was shockingly old when i realized that ‘airegin’ was nigeria backwards
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 August 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
it had never occurred to me and i had to go through a list of rollins songs in my head
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
I think I realized it when someone told me or I heard it on the radio a fewer years back. So yeah, shockingly old too.
― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
well, at least i didn't finish dead last in the championship. yikes
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
I started out Round 1 in 64th place due to atrociously bad moneying which, sadly, is a theme that will continue throughout the rounds.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:23 (two years ago) link
Though, thinking to myself: "Hmm, Thorsten might ask a question about Bridgerton, maybe I should learn the rudiments of it" about an hour before my scheduled match is my proudest moment in trivia history.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
h8 u
love you for ken stabler tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 00:51 (two years ago) link
how do the championships work anyway? they used to be like watched by a judge irl or something right?
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
two straight 6/6s, feels good because my first foray into rundle a was not going so well
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
The championship is done with someone watching you over a Zoom call.
I ended up finishing 79th, fine enough though disappointing given that I finished 40th last year. The difference was mostly terrible moneying.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
In much more pedestrian developments, my defense has been atrocious this season.
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
And an embarrassing RTFQ fail because I answered Italian Neo-realism for the film question yestreday.
― wildleee questionable baking substitutions (Leee), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
hey, the other day, i said nimbus instead of nimbostratus like an idiot
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
tbf asking people to be aware that "nimbostratus" is one of the cloud kinds seems like a tall order!
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
it's been like 20 years since I really read up on cloud kinds
as a child
I thought it was "nimbus" and felt pretty good about my answer. Apparently that's just a more generic term for a rain cloud.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
TFW you submit a 1D proposal and then see that it's basically already been done.
― Moz Jabroni (Leee), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
Wait did that happen? Sorry
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
The proposal I just sent in wasn't for anything I mentioned ITT, but basically this is the one that scooped me: https://learnedleague.com/oneday.php?notstartrek
― Moz Jabroni (Leee), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
Ah. I had worries about that kind of thing myself, whether I checked carefully enough
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
fastball right down the middle for forks today
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 22:26 (two years ago) link
how so?
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 03:58 (two years ago) link
pottery
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 September 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link
oh, heh. yeah, i was amused by that one. Bombed most of the rest though. 3 a day may not save me from relegation in c, though that feels dead average!
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 05:02 (two years ago) link
I also got 3 right yesterday but it resulted in an extremely rare instance of winning with 3 correct answers in an A Rundle.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
Forks, the 1DS we collaborated on was the reason why I got the Elvis question yesterday!
― Moz Jabroni (Leee), Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
rundle a is relentless. three straight 6/6's last week, three straight ties. lost 5(7) to 5(8) yesterday. i got 5 again today (thank you middle school spanish inquisition project), hopefully that'll be enough
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
Hey no talking about today's questions!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
Do you guys feel like there have been a lot of MDs where all the questions are roughly equally hard? I may be just making excuses for my unusually bad DE but that's how it feels to me.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, September 2, 2021 11:47 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
sorry sorry, not revealing anything that's not in the text of the q though
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
I know, I just feel like you never know what shakes something loose in someone's mind
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 2 September 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
The thing is though that knowing what the subject is ahead of time can lead to questionable behavior -- like if I were sufficiently unscrupulous, I might read up on the subject before I look at the questions and not consider that cheating.
― Moz Jabroni (Leee), Thursday, 2 September 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
glad i could help leee!i am now in the relegation zone after losing with a 4/5 day. bleh.
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 September 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
lol i got the elvis one because of the OTHER compilation album that came out in 2004 that pays homage to the elvis cover
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 2 September 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 September 2021 02:59 (two years ago) link
ML acceptances are out, I hear.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 September 2021 03:53 (two years ago) link
Lucky season for me: In my 28-person rundle, I'm in 6th place despite ranking 24th in Total Match Points, because I also have the fewest Correct Answers Allowed.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
my first 9(6) yesterday for the season but continuing to teeter totter on relegation to D. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1DdO3SISg
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
Yeah and me both, bro, although I see that you are still slightly above the purple line.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 September 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link
I *think* I managed to stay barely above relegation unless I actually forfeit on Monday.Good luck, forks!
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 11:59 (two years ago) link
could go either way for me
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 September 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I saw but didn’t want to say.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
I knew who it was but put "Henry Beecher Stowe." Then, later in the day, but before I submitted, I was reading a book that mentioned Henry Ward Beecher. I stuck to my morals and submitted the wrong answer. Then won anyway because my opponent defended catastrophically badly. Karma!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 11 September 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
It took me a second to think if that but it was kind of overdetermined that I would get it right
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
I answered "Beecher" but if you'd asked me for a first name, I would've said "Lyman" (Henry and Harriet's father).
― jaymc, Saturday, 11 September 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
Yesterday I was in 3rd place and thought for a moment I might get to participate in the LL championship?? But then I lost 6(5)-9(6), and now I'm in 5th. Theoretically, I could still make it, but it seems unlikely.
― jaymc, Saturday, 11 September 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
Pushed down the rundle by the katabatic winds.
― jaymc, Saturday, 11 September 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
Good one.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link