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Re: Buggy Trivia Stampede questions
Posted By: Sam, on host 24.128.86.11
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2001, at 08:45:41
In Reply To: Buggy Trivia Stampede questions posted by Ekaterin on Friday, August 24, 2001, at 01:49:26:

> If a lurker may make a related observation: I tried the Word Trivia, and it asked me what an incubus was. Now, as a veteran Nethack player, I know that an incubus is a male demon that comes down to earth to sleep with women. Accordingly, I chose "demon" from the list of choices, and was told that the correct answer is "nightmare". http://www.dictionary.com/ informs me that an incubus can also be a nightmare or a nightmarish burden, so I think this is a highly ambiguous question and should probably be deleted.

I think I put in "demon" because of the similarity of the word "incubus" with "succubus," which I believe is the female counterpart to an incubus (demon). I must not have known that an "incubus" was also a demon at the time, but I can't have learned it long after, because now I'm familiar with that definition as well. Anyway, I fixed the question by removing "demon" as a possible answer and substituting something else. Thanks for pointing it out!

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