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Old 11-January-2009, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Eroica View Post
The problem with asking straightforward questions with educational merit is that they can usually be googled within seconds. Adding a riddle or twist may seem childish but it does help to prolong the game.
Then the question would be do we want to prolong each game, or have a quickly paced parade of new subjects? My earlier suggestion to split into two threads may be the answer. The trick to posing questions that may not be immediately googled is to find matters deeply buried in books (remember them?) or that require calculation.
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