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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: jimmy olsen on April 22, 2016, 08:57:33 PM

Title: Shakespeare or Batman?
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 22, 2016, 08:57:33 PM
Neat little quiz. I got 24 of 30 correct.

http://m.sporcle.com/games/druhutch/shakespeare-or-batman

Stats of how often each question is answered correctly. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/shakespeare-or-batman-that-is-the-question/
Title: Re: Shakespeare or Batman?
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on April 22, 2016, 09:07:40 PM
25/30. Shakespeare's lines have meter, while the Batman lines don't.
Title: Re: Shakespeare or Batman?
Post by: Barrister on April 22, 2016, 11:30:45 PM
15/30.  No better than chance.
Title: Re: Shakespeare or Batman?
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on April 22, 2016, 11:45:28 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 22, 2016, 11:30:45 PM
15/30.  No better than chance.

You need to brush up on iambic pentameter. :Contract:
And then you can give your closing statements in sonnet form.  :bowler:
Title: Re: Shakespeare or Batman?
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 22, 2016, 11:53:58 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 22, 2016, 11:30:45 PM
15/30.  No better than chance.

The Shame! :o

You should turn in your powdered whig! :angry:
Title: Re: Shakespeare or Batman?
Post by: dps on April 23, 2016, 12:12:09 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 22, 2016, 09:07:40 PM
25/30. Shakespeare's lines have meter, while the Batman lines don't.

Yep.  I got 23 of 30, but I only actually recognized 1 quote;  the others I got by that method.
Title: Re: Shakespeare or Batman?
Post by: Rex Francorum on April 24, 2016, 08:49:24 AM
Hmm, Molière?