Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Shenanigans!
9 out of 11
I missed #2 because they didn' get a name right. It's Macho Grande, not Rio Grande. I figured I'd miss #5.

Macho Grande isn't the right answer anyway.

[Alex]

I got five out of 11 and I've never seen the movie in its entirety.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Macho Grande isn't the right answer anyway.

I know, but since Rio Grande isn't the right answer either, I chose it and got the question wrong.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Whaaaaaa? So you're calling shenanigans because you chose the answer that you knew was wrong, and therefor got the question wrong?

[Capt Jack]

9 of 11.

missed: macho/rio (wft ever), jive translation

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I know, but since Rio Grande isn't the right answer either, I chose it and got the question wrong.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Whaaaaaa? So you're calling shenanigans because you chose the answer that you knew was wrong, and therefor got the question wrong?

I think SM was confused - most of the questions were "which of these is incorrect", but that one wasn't one of those questions.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I saw two answers that I was certain did contribute to his drinking problem, so those were dismissed.

Of the remaining two options, one I was not certain of and the other—the "Rio" Grande answer—looked wrong because of the incorrect name. Some quiz authors will craft similar sounding answers in an effort to trick the test-taker. This was only the second question, so I had no way of knowing how tough the composers were going to make this quiz. Since I was iffy about the other, I chose the Rio Grande response because I knew at least part of that answer was wrong.

Had they correctly identified it as Macho Grande, I would have known that was indeed a factor which contributed to his drinking problem and the other response—the one I was not sure about—would have been left as the only possibility and I would have gotten that question right.

Ergo, the misidentifying of the location name directly contributed to my getting that question wrong, hence my call of "shenanigans".

I'm not mad, I'm not going to lose any sleep over this, and my shenanigans comment was meant to be taken lightly. Next time I'll try to communicate that more clearly.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I knew you weren't mad and weren't serious about the shenanigans, I just couldn't figure out why you purposely chose an answer you knew to be wrong. Now I see that you read the question wrong. It wasn't a "which one didn't contribute to his drinking problem?" It was, "Which one did he say 'as much as anything else' contributed to his drinking problem?"

[Gemini Cricket]

8 out of 10.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I saw two answers that I was certain did contribute to his drinking problem, so those were dismissed.

Yeah, you're still confused. You're supposed to pick the correct answer. Plus, you're supposed to pick what he specifically said "as much as anything else" contributed to his drinking problem.

I dug up the script.

Striker : A lot of people made plans before the war . . .like George Zip. It was at that moment that I
first realized Elaine had doubts about our
relationship. And that as much as anything else
led to my drinking problem ( He pours his drink
on himself.)

So that was the correct answer, Elaine's doubts.