I will try to post quiz questions on Thursdays, usually in the evening (here in the Eastern Time Zone).  The following rules apply:

1.  The answers must be sent to bgoab at mindspring dot com.  Exact spelling is not required unless stated or implied otherwise in the question.  Answers posted in the comment section will be discarded and the offending party will have a voodoo doll made to represent them.  The voodoo doll will suffer a most dire fate.

2.  Each person is only allowed one answer to each question.

3.  Each quiz question is 'open' until answered or until the answers are posted after the next quiz comes out.  I usually post the answers on Fridays, so questions are sometimes open for as many as eight days.

4.  Cheating is prohibited.  Either you know the answer (or have a good guess at it) or you don't.  Cheating can be defined as:

• Looking up the answer on the internet
• Looking up the answer in print
• Let's just say, looking up the answer, period
• Asking someone else for the answer

If someone else is looking over your shoulder and blurts out the answer before you have a chance to think of it, they can sign in and answer it themselves, but they've knocked you out of the running (so feel free to glare at them).  I hate when that happens to me.

5.  You are on your honor when answering.  I won't know if you are cheating (as far as you know...), but you will, and since there's a prize involved you will have to suffer your own guilt to the grave.  Depressing thought, isn't it?  I refuse to be held in any way responsible for guilty consciences other than my own (if only I hadn't pulled my sister's pigtail when we were little...).

6.  The first contestant to reach 50 points will get a gift of some sort, which will likely (but not necesarily) be a gift certificate to Amazon.com or some other internet marketplace.

7. Once somebody reaches 50 points, the whole contest will restart at zero (emphasis added for dramatic effect).

8.  The decisions of the judging committee are final.  I am not the judging committee, though I am on it.  All decisions are by simple majority of the members.

9.  The rules may be modified or clarified at any time.

10.  Points are not transferable.  Void where prohibited.  Not intended for internal use.  No tipping required.  Not for use by children under the age of 3.  Please, no wagering.