Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxt!marcus From: marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Trivial Pursuit Wrong? Message-ID: <198@pyuxt.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 14:24:13 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxt.198 Posted: Mon Oct 8 14:24:13 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 04:02:08 EDT References: <391@amd.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 20 It cannot be the only incorrect queston in Trivial Persuit, after all there are a whole lot of them. Here's another: Q. What's the longest suspension bridge in the world? A. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Wrong, The Humber suspension bridge in Great Britain which was completed in 1982 is 42 feet longer, and I understand that another in Japan is now or will soon be longer than that. The problem with basing games on superlatives is that they get out of date very quickly. (Who holds the record for the greatest number of strikeouts for a rookie pitcher in a major league baseball?, or who has the highest strikeout average per nine innings?... records will keep falling...) Marcus Hand (pyuxt!marcus)