Vince has left the building...

Trivial Pursuit/Triviant?

Just a theory I just came up with and just wondering if there's any truth to it...

Here's some quotes from Fox News;

Welcome to the Netherlands where almost anything goes... Holland used to be a christian country but you would never know it from the scenes on the street nor the policies coming from parliament... Amsterdam is a mess... It's full of "undesirables"... Amsterdam is a cesspool of corruption, crime, everything is out of control, it's anarchy!...

Why do you think they're saying stuff like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRAlejn5gcQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKuJvYh6h9I

Please, DO NOT respond with any America bashing... Even though Fox News is American, USA and Fox News are NOT the same thing!

Just wondering how y'all feel about this, cause it kinda bothers me when a question is asked and several people make an effort to write a good answer and sometimes even do some research to give a better answer, and then the person who asked the question doesn't even bother to check on it anymore??? I hate when that happens. How do you guys feel about that?

just wondering ;)

I can think of quite a few motives myself, like;

1. More votes in the next election...

2. Sincerely wanting to warn people for "the dangers of Islam"...

3. Political propaganda against "the enemy"...

4. Getting a well paid job for a right-wing think-tank in the USA...

5. National and International publicity...

6. Having cartoons drawn of himself by wellknown cartoonists...

7. Craving attention...

and I could go on for a while longer...

But I'd like to know what YOU think his motives are...

In the last few days three questions were posted here in regard to the Geert Wilders film that was released a few days ago... Two of them were sort of directed against muslims and they remain... One was directed against Geert Wilders but it has been deleted... What are your thoughts on this?

Ok, so I've never really been to Italy so I don't really know what it's like, but I hear Italian men in general are very "macho"... Do Italian women in general like this attitude or do they also appreciate less "macho" men?

Hiya, tomorrow night most French football fans will probably be watching the France-England game, but being Dutch I really would prefer to watch the Austria-Holland game instead... Does anyone have any suggestions on where I could do this, except for on the Internet, like in a cafe or something?

Hiya, tomorrow night most French football fans will probably be watching the France-England game, but being Dutch I really would prefer to watch the Austria-Holland game instead... Does anyone have any suggestions on where I could do this, except for on the Internet, like in a cafe or something?

If there are, did you know that people ask questions about Norway in the Netherlands section for some reason I don't understand... Do YOU understand why they do that? How do you feel about there not being a section for Norway? Do you think there should be one? Or will you guys just come over to the Dutch section and answer the Norway questions there instead? What are your thoughts?

And god jul! (did I remember that correctly?)

Like the title says; I'm looking for the title or artist of a song about an interplanetary phone call, I guess it must be about 20 years old. I think it was British and it was about this girl trying to reach her guy on some other planet... Poppy with loads of synthesizers if I remember correctly... Anyone?

Hi,

in just under 3 hours the quarter final match of the Baseball World Cup will be played in Taiwan between The Netherlands and Taiwan/Chinese Taipei...

I'm from the Netherlands and I'm really looking forward to this game and trying to make sense of the stats, but I really know very very little about baseball.

I was wondering if you would please take a look at the stats for both teams and tell me as much as you can about them... Which team seems stronger in which areas or would be your favorite to win the game? Also I'd be very interested to hear which players you like from the stats and if you've ever heard of any of them.

Thanks a lot!

The stats for the Dutch team are at http://s29178.gridserver.com/images/country_stats/...

and the stats for the Taiwanese team are at http://s29178.gridserver.com/images/country_stats/...

Thanks again!

Hi, I'm from the Netherlands and I only know about 10% of the basics of baseball... I'm trying to read up on the Netherlands - Chinese Taipei quarter final game in a few hours in the World Cup and I'm having a very hard time with all the abbreviations... Could someone please explain what they mean or point me to a good site with explanations?

These are the abbreviations

PA AB R H Bave 2B 3B HR Slave GD SH SF BB IB HP IO SB CS K RBI GP IP PO A E Fave DP

and the site I'm trying to figure out is http://s29178.gridserver.com/images/country_stats/...

Please help me out! Thanks! And Play Ball!!!!!!! :)

Ok, all of a sudden when I put a link to wikipedia in an answer I get

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This problem may be due to unusual network activity coming from your Internet Service Provider. We recommend that you report this problem to them.

What's up with that? I can still link to Encarta or Britannica but not to wikipedia!?!? Is wikipedia on Yahoo's ****-list all of a sudden? Does anyone know?

Hi, could you tell me roughly what the following headlines say please?

Marco Van Basten a stabilit lotul Olandei pentru jocurile cu Romania si Slovenia

Dupa meciul cu Romania noi vom fi calificati

Cu Romania, trebuie sa castigam, indiferent *** o facem

Thank you!

There's a question with a bunch of answers and this is not a question that has an answer that's arguable, it's either correct or it's not. Some answers are correct, some are incorrect. One of the incorrect answers gets voted best answer. What can you do?

Please explain...

What exactly is "category trolling"

Are Dutch people in general REALLY ok with the Red Light District being such a World Famous tourist attraction? Would you have no problem telling tourists how to get there if your sister, mother or girlfriend worked there? Just wondering ;)

Do you think every European country should have it's own category in Yahoo! Answers' Travel section?

Please explain your answer, but you don't have to if you don't want to.

In the Travel-section of Yahoo! Answers there's a lot of countries in the main section and several European countries in the "Europe (Continental)" section. Some of these countries get quite many questions and some get very few. Right now these are the countries in the "Europe (Continental)"-section with the number of resolved questions.

Belgium 572 resolved questions

Denmark 387 resolved questions

Greece 2968 resolved questions

Netherlands 2051 resolved questions

Poland 770 resolved questions

Portugal 699 resolved questions

Russia 1639 resolved questions

Turkey 2127 resolved questions

General - Europe (Continental) 11379 resolved questions

I suggest that based on these figures, Greece, The Netherlands, Russia and Turkey deserve a place in the general Travel section and do not deserve to be hidden in the "Europe (Continental)" section... What do you think? Please be as elaborate as possible!