Starting Today.

Started by emeraldisleSeptember 1, 201410 replies1,334 views

emeraldisleSep 1, 2014 at 11:07 am

I decided to add a little spice to my H-B threads by editing them to include one trivia question about subjects not covered in the threads. Rather than go in chronological order, I'll go down the line, page by page.

emeraldisleSep 1, 2014 at 8:10 pm

Yep. You'll find the first question in Saturday Morning Slam Dunks. And each question is at the bottom of the page of the posts that express my thoughts about the shows, FYI for those who were looking yesterday.

artytoonsSep 2, 2014 at 4:11 pm

I'll hold off on answering for a couple of weeks to let someone else have some fun with it. :-)

emeraldisleSep 10, 2014 at 10:55 am

Well it's been ten days, and I haven't seen one single answer. If you're having trouble seeing the questions, look at my first posts of each thread, and scroll to the bottom. Then type your replies.

emeraldisleOct 1, 2014 at 8:05 am

So far, only two of my trivia questions have been answered. I'll supply the answers to the first two sets if I see no further answers by Halloween.

emeraldisleNov 2, 2014 at 1:54 pm

Well, I just finished supplying the answers to all the unanswered questions I posted prior to yesterday. Those for November I'll hold off on until after Christmas.

oneuglybunnyNov 2, 2014 at 7:04 pm

Not for lack of interest, perhaps, as much as that an edited Post doesn't show up on the "scoreboard" the way a fresh new Post does. Thus, these trivia questions that you've appended show no outward sign that anything has changed. Me, I'd love to take a crack at one of these "ticklies," if only there were some way to find them without ransacking the whole Hanna-Barbera subfolder.

oneuglybunnyNov 4, 2014 at 3:49 am

Ooh, there might be a work-around for this dilemma. The idea behind it, adding a riddle-to-be-researched question to existing analyses of Hanna Barbera cartoons, is entirely sound. However, doing it as an edit leaves no indication when or where this "bonus" question appears. My idea is that Emeraldisle create a sock-puppet account that does one thing only: pretend to be an excited goofus that "finds" the question, but lobs a completely wrong answer. This will flag the thread with the bonus question so that everyone else who logs in can see that new material has been added, and can zero in on "ticklie" you've installed. And because your sock puppet is playing The Ditz, there's no chance of getting it accidentally correct and spoiling the surprise. :muted:

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