Took a lucky guess after some elimination...

I know this type of vessel well.
The xebec has a hull that I like and is very fascinating.
It is very beautiful to build. I think that one day, I will look for it in the cellar, I will finish some details that I had to complete and I will show it in the Harbour Section of this website.

"And now for something completely different!"😁

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Same old question - just different wording!

I was expecting the name Titanic to come up maybe.
Just a sinking feeling on my behalf.
At least I got todays question correct.
I got yesterdays wrong and I didn't answer the days before at all as I couldn't even give it a guess.

Ah, the old "breakwater ploy"...

Now we know Dave.
Train wreck caused by crashing into a car🙄
Enjoy breaking water Folks, for the third (or is it fourth?) time😜
G'night All😴💤💤💤

You are absolutely right Dave and your choice was very coherent.
There are those who complain but can't stop playing. I certainly don't blame those who do it, but it's a human aspect that intrigues me a lot.

Alessandro,
I haven't declared it publicly, but I have indeed stopped playing and/or paying attention to the game.
I was just finding myself frustrated by ambiguous questions, wrong answers, and the correct answer not being one of the given choices.
Even though I had enjoyed the QOD in the past, I decided the aggravation created by the current condition of the game more than offset any pleasure.
I don't want to judge others ... if they still find enjoyment, I'm glad they continue to play.
Dave B

Everyone (or almost everyone) complains about the AI ​​(and rightly so) but then no one abandons the game, despite many having promised it several times.
This is very interesting. It means that the game is very appreciated and intriguing. When gross and misinformative errors are eliminated it will become an instructive pastime.
For this reason I applaud new ideas and initiatives to propose to Stephen like the one by Nick.

I am sinking like a submarine

Oh no, got this one wrong today. Better luck tomorrow🫣

Hmm!😐
Opened my Email App this morning.
8 Notifications: 1 Latest News, 7 re QotD. 87.5%🙄
Quad erat demonstrandum.☹️

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I had no idea at all. Lucky finger stab today.

Not so lucky guess. 😁Had to be Seraph or X1. I chose the wrong one.

Looks like the A.I. is going through the anniversary of things that happened in the past.

I suspect most will guess as I did although S class subs were the first fitted with a snort.

It is all getting too obscure.
Roy

Lucky guess! It was a toss up between X1 and Seraph. Lucky guess.

More submarines, the AI is obsessed with them!

It's not a bad idea at all, you could try it.
I don't think it's that easy though.
It would take some applications (various modelers should give their availability).
Then the administrator should choose and create a sort of calendar. Very demanding for him.
Interesting initiative though.

How about having a Question Master of the week? Each qm submits 7 questions with alternative answers, the QM of the week will obviously refrain from answering on "his" week....

Hi Nick & Commodore,
I agree👍 but it would only work if there was a corresponding answer.
Such as: OK clever clogs, so you saw through my little deception😁
Otherwise you'd simply be marked 'Incorrect' - same as if you didn't answer at all.
Cheers, Doug😎

This is getting very tiresome🙄 Some 70 to 80% of Notifications are complaints about the blunders of our so called AI. Which seems to have got stuck in a ship launch / research vessel rut.
Not one of those ships was launched in 1899. The AI even contradicts it's/his/her-self in the answers! How daft is that?😐
Albatross was launched in 1882, commissioned on December 30th. In 1899-1900 she was underway in the Pacific.
Doug,😠

Another wrong answer
They should be a "none of the above" option...

Another good answer is "none of the above"

I think an additional answer of 'I don't know' would be appropriate. It would also be right.

Joke, two guys, Alan and Bert are up for a technical job both with the same qualifications. The interviewer decided to call them in for a test.
He set 10 questions for them and both got 7 out of 10 right.

He called them both in and said Alan has the job. Bert protests and says that's not fair, we both got the same score in the test.
Interviewer says "Alan answered question 6 as I do not know" He turns to Bert and says "your answer was, Neither do I"
Roy

Calypso was a converted BYMS mine sweeper and was in service with the RN until sold out of service and turned into a floating oceanographic research vessel...

I reckon that Calypso should be the right answer based on the number of us who selected it - including me!

Well I am going to give up with this. Not sure how it could be the RV Atlantis in 1938 as it was launched in 1996. I went for Calypso as the only sensible option. As it happens I will be away for a week and will not be able to get on the inter-web off things. The last time I didn't answer a question my score went down. So by the time I get back it will probably be at ZERO. If it is I am off. I am sad about it as I very much enjoy researching the answers as it keeps the old grey matter active.😌

Wrong answer! The correct answer should be RV Knorr, and hydrothermal vents were not discovered until 1977. I selected the Knorr as I have followed the exploits of Bob Balard for years but AI got it wrong again...

RonH,
Yes, I got this one wrong as well.
I went for Calypso.👎
I'm slipping down the ratings yet again. 🤕🤕

Bad day, got this one error wrong, hopefully will do better tomorrow n Wednesday. I look forward to doing this question thing everyday😊🤪👍

Hi Doug,
I just think that there should be some relationship to model boats rather than obscure (and inaccurate) historical facts. And duplications but they have already been commented on.
Having said that I continue to enjoy this site!
Best wishes
Edward

Cenbeth.
The basic premise of the QotD quiz has always been 'Maritime' not specifically Model Boats.
Aren't there already enough Model Boats specific Qs and As on the Forum itself?
Doug😎

Are these model boating questions???

Briefly put Guys and Gals,
It's a farce! 😠
And not even a funny one, like the Brian Rix farces were😂🤣

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In reality, AI has understood our inner discomfort and wants to bring us all above 90% of correct answers by asking the same questions again.

Good question. Ask the same question tomorrow, make it three in a row

Again and again and again...... 😂

OK, so it was easy enough to answer this one yesterday a week or two after it was previously asked, but asking the same question two days in a row is taking it too far (or maybe too close).

A.I. has no knowledge of time passing and is not in the real world. A concept or an emulation of something real but no knowledge of existance.

Back in the day when computers were the actual centre of many companies, change was resisted as it could also mean a re-write of operational programmes. So some of the new faster and very different advances in computer hardware were able to run an emulation of the previous operating system so the customer ran his workload as before.
It often worked better that way as well!

Our A.I is unreal and does not know that the o/p we see is a 'contested' set of questions, let's hope it never finds out it is at the bottom of the human pecking order!

Roy

We had this one yesterday...

Didn't we have this question already. Ground Hog Days or is it Deja Vue ?😂

Absolutely right Dave.👍
AI is wilfully circumventing Stephen's NO REPEATS order by simple rephrasing the question😠
A clear case of repeatedly Disobeying the Orders of a superior officer!
A Court Martial Offence.
Cheers, Doug😎

That wasn't too difficult, I am sure I have answered the same question with the same answer recently on here.

There seems to be disconnects between places, dates and times with these answers and any internet research.. 🤔

According to ai it was hms a1but there you go
Philuk👍

Took a guess. Wrong....

Yet another submarine question! And yet another wrong answer as I know nothing about subs!

What happened?
No Royal Navy ship disaster today?
So AI has to ask about bulkheads again
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Strong sense of deja vu with today's question.