Lists, lists, and more lists...

[Rex_Goodheart]

OK, I don't have them, I need them.

I figure that if each of DU's 78000 subscribers provides just ONE list I've got it made.

Here's the deal... I'm scripting an IRC bot that plays a game called Frenzy! A question pops up with several possible answers, and the respondents have a certain amount of time to blurt out the answers.

Now, other Frenzy bots are a bit dumb... Their lists are too long... for example... "Name four letter words beginning with the letter A".

Well, that's just dumb.

I like my game to be a bit educational, therefore I want my lists to be pretty exhaustive of the answer.

For example, one question might be "Roman emperors beginning with the letter A", and the possible answers would be:

Augustus
Aurelian
Arcadius
Antonius Pius
Aemilianus
Anthemius

or, "Barbara Streisand movies?" and the answers would be:

Funny Girl
Funny Lady
Yentl
The Prince of Tides
The Way We Were
What's Up, Doc
Meet the Fockers
The Mirror Has Two Faces
All Night Long
The Main Event
A Star Is Born
For Pete's Sake
Up the Sandbox
The Owl and the Pussycat
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Hello, Dolly!

The lists don't have to be guaranteed perfect, just reasonably exhaustive.

Care to help? Do you have a list to share? After I get them all inputted, I'll tell you where you can play!

[aePrime]

1. The first five Mersenne Prime numbers

3, 7, 31, 127, 8191

Nobody's going to know that, but I don't know if this is a know-it-off-the-top-of-your-head game, or a look-it-up game.

[Rex_Goodheart]

2. What in the world are those?

I guess I could look it up.

[aePrime]

3. They're prime numbers

that also happen to be 2^n - 1.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MersennePrime.html

[aePrime]

4. Reading your description again

I guess my question won't work -- there aren't several possible answers. Sorry!

[Rex_Goodheart]

5. No, no...

It's a perfectly fine question. Not anythign anybody's going to know, though... LOL

[aePrime]

6. Well, I've been thinking

And everything that pops into my head either has too many answers (so I'd be hard-pressed to give you a near-complete list), or it's completely nerdy.

[Rex_Goodheart]

7. Nerdy is good!

[skoppa]

8. are you a math man?

[aePrime]

12. Computer Scientist

Which is almost the same thing, but with a monitor tan.

[democracyindanger]

9. The Book of Lists

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316920290/002-7363710-2219257?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance

For a while as a kid, me and some friends were really into this. Lists, lists and more lists.

[aePrime]

10. Presidents assassinated while in office

Abraham Lincoln
James Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy

[Rex_Goodheart]

11. There you go!

[aePrime]

13. Presidents who have died while in office

Along the same lines...

Abraham Lincoln
James Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidents elected without a plurality of the popular vote:

John Quincy Adams
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
George W. Bush

[aePrime]

14. Coca-Cola Products

* Alhambra
* Bacardi Mixers
* Barq's
* Carvers
* Coca-Cola (Coke)
* Cristal
* Crush
* Dasani
* Dr Pepper
* Fanta
* Fresca
* Fruitopia
* Full Throttle
* Hi-C
* Kinley
* Kuat
* Lift
* Mello Yello
* Minute Maid
* Mr. Pibb
* Nestea
* Odwalla
* Powerade
* Qoo
* Sprite
* Surge
* TaB

[Rex_Goodheart]

15. Excellent

[Elidor]

16. Echoing aePrime's theme, the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55

[Rex_Goodheart]

17. At this rate...

I'll never hit 78000 lists. heh

Thanks, though. Every little bit helps.

[aePrime]

18. John Grisham Novels

Why John Grisham? I dunno.

A Time to Kill
The Firm
The Pelican Brief
The Client
The Chamber
The Rainmaker
The Runaway Jury
The Partner
The Street Lawyer
The Testament
The Brethren
A Painted House
Skipping Christmas
The Summons
The Bleachers
The King of Torts
The Last Juror
The Broker

Bonus Question *How many aren't about lawyers? :D