Reverse Sheep Quiz XIV - It's all gone tits up

[Robert HM]

dont think Homer was blind according to Google History

Tradition has it that Homer was blind, but the evidence for this idea is unreliable. This evidence is based on the portrayal in the Odyssey of a blind minstrel who sings a poem about the fall of Troy. But there is no reason to believe that the poet was describing himself in this scene. Throughout the two epics, no consistent autobiographical information exists, and no other literature of the period survives that describes the poet.

this plus most classical scholars now doubt that homer even existed

I couldn't prove that he was, but then again I couldn't prove that he wasn't, and all sources said that he was thought to have been blind, so I allowed it.

End of Quiz. this was supposed to be a Joobie quiz. Now we now know who to blame but we have a fraudulent quiz.

[gatso]

dont think Homer was blind according to Google History

Tradition has it that Homer was blind, but the evidence for this idea is unreliable. This evidence is based on the portrayal in the Odyssey of a blind minstrel who sings a poem about the fall of Troy. But there is no reason to believe that the poet was describing himself in this scene. Throughout the two epics, no consistent autobiographical information exists, and no other literature of the period survives that describes the poet.

this plus most classical scholars now doubt that homer even existed

That's a gross overexaggeration, it would be more accurate to say that most classical scholars don't think that every work attributed to him was authored by the same person. But an individual known as Homer isn't disputed all that widely.

And doubts have been cast on the translation of the name, but the weight of evidence still suggests it was related to him being blind.

I'm fully aware of that but the objection would have lacked a lot of weight if I'd merely stuck to the truth

[KarmaDope]

dont think Homer was blind according to Google History

Tradition has it that Homer was blind, but the evidence for this idea is unreliable. This evidence is based on the portrayal in the Odyssey of a blind minstrel who sings a poem about the fall of Troy. But there is no reason to believe that the poet was describing himself in this scene. Throughout the two epics, no consistent autobiographical information exists, and no other literature of the period survives that describes the poet.

this plus most classical scholars now doubt that homer even existed

I couldn't prove that he was, but then again I couldn't prove that he wasn't, and all sources said that he was thought to have been blind, so I allowed it.

End of Quiz. this was supposed to be a Joobie quiz. Now we now know who to blame but we have a fraudulent quiz.

Did you want the reveal tonight? Not my fault Joobs got called into work for an 11hr shift when she was supposed to be doing it today.

[Jon MW]

dont think Homer was blind according to Google History

Tradition has it that Homer was blind, but the evidence for this idea is unreliable. This evidence is based on the portrayal in the Odyssey of a blind minstrel who sings a poem about the fall of Troy. But there is no reason to believe that the poet was describing himself in this scene. Throughout the two epics, no consistent autobiographical information exists, and no other literature of the period survives that describes the poet.

this plus most classical scholars now doubt that homer even existed

That's a gross overexaggeration, it would be more accurate to say that most classical scholars don't think that every work attributed to him was authored by the same person. But an individual known as Homer isn't disputed all that widely.

And doubts have been cast on the translation of the name, but the weight of evidence still suggests it was related to him being blind.

I'm fully aware of that but the objection would have lacked a lot of weight if I'd merely stuck to the truth

lolol

Fair enough then

Kudos  

[thetank]

Homer was the name of the stationery shop they all bought their notebooks from.

[Robert HM]

dont think Homer was blind according to Google History

Tradition has it that Homer was blind, but the evidence for this idea is unreliable. This evidence is based on the portrayal in the Odyssey of a blind minstrel who sings a poem about the fall of Troy. But there is no reason to believe that the poet was describing himself in this scene. Throughout the two epics, no consistent autobiographical information exists, and no other literature of the period survives that describes the poet.

this plus most classical scholars now doubt that homer even existed

I couldn't prove that he was, but then again I couldn't prove that he wasn't, and all sources said that he was thought to have been blind, so I allowed it.

End of Quiz. this was supposed to be a Joobie quiz. Now we now know who to blame but we have a fraudulent quiz.

Did you want the reveal tonight? Not my fault Joobs got called into work for an 11hr shift when she was supposed to be doing it today.

I'm sorry that is no excuse. It was Joobies quiz not yours, sooo wrong.

[Joobie538]

Scores at the end of Question 11

1   TightEnd   19
2   thetank   22
3   scotty2hatty   30
4   Acidmouse   31
5   Robert HM   31
6   snoopy1239   32
7   technolog   32
8   suzanne   34
9   The-Crow   34
10   Jon MW   35
11   ItsMrAlex2u   36
12   amcgrath1uk   40
13   gatso   42
14   HOLDorFOLD   43
15   cdw1111   44
16   mondatoo   48
17   Silo Graham   48
18   Newportlad   49
19   bobAlike   60

[Joobie538]

Question 12 - Name a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.

John Holmes – 2 points
Jon MW
Robert HM

Aces – 1 point

Asia Carrera
Acidmouse

Jenna Jameson
cdw1111

Tera Patrick
bobalike

Sydnee Steele
Tightend

Ginger Lynn
Newportlad

Nina Hartley
Snoopy1239

Christie Canyon
Silo Graham

Pass – 0 points
Mondatoo
amcgrath1uk
Scotty2hatty

Pass 2 – 3 points
ItsMrAlex2u
The Crow
Suzanne
Gatso
thetank
technolog

FAILS – 6 points

Unanswered
Hold or Fold

[Jon MW]

Homer was the name of the stationery shop they all bought their notebooks from.

Probably a good job Joobie didn't mark it otherwise it would have been a fail as none of the Simpsons are blind.

[Robert HM]

Homer was only blind in one eye.

[Joobie538]

Homer was the name of the stationery shop they all bought their notebooks from.

Probably a good job Joobie didn't mark it otherwise it would have been a fail as none of the Simpsons are blind.

DIE COWBOY DIE

[Joobie538]

ban for sharplea please

[thetank]

Tightend ahead by 5 + I put Casino Royale

It's all over folks.

[KarmaDope]

Discussion when the answer first came in:

"Who's Homer?"

"Someone very very old, did Latin poetry I think"

"Oh, ok"

"Why? Who did you think it was, Homer f'n Simpson?"

"Maybe..."

[Joobie538]

Tightend ahead by 5 + I put Casino Royale

It's all over folks.

Are you sure that's what you put?