Can you name the things I only know because of Sporcle based on these haiku puzzles? by wilsonhubbell

Geography
I think SSR Oh, Gyz no more. Its hard to Say, harder to spell.
Off Africa's coast. High amount speak Portuguese. Venn diagram that!
Ten letters long Owes little, high GDP. Toe crunch on the beach.
Four reef islands plus Dark skinned Polynesians plus Atoll Funafuti.
Get a ride to White- Horse. The seat of this “province.” For it's the smallest.

Entertainment/Movies/TV/Music
That greatest film list Came up. Guessed it 'fore you saw This one word: “Rosebud.”
This George Michael band, To wake up 'fore you go go, Kinks, Knack, Jam be damned!
You know Wiggum, Muntz, The rest.... But what 'bout the last Name of dear Milhouse?
Knee slappin', singin' High in the surrey, only If its top's fringy.
First, a game system. EST or any old time zone-- You have a watch too!
A Woody Allen Off-beat science fiction spoof? Count me out, Keaton.
“Tee Kay Oh,” you hear. Is that “Eye of the Tiger?” Each play pays this band.

Science
Is it not up, down? Aft nor fore, top nor bottom? Part ways with the strange.
Eye to the great skies Or toward a dwarf planet chart. As you likelike it.
Vee on the table. You periodically know It's a great alloy.
Not a good rock to Lease a home on or even to Own: hardened magma.
State the wave of un- Ease you'll feel when many crows Play above, swarming.

Miscellaneous
[1st Word Acrostic Haiku] Don’t become a stat Of attrition ‘fore pledging The word acrostic.

History
[2nd Word Acrostic Haiku] The election may Cause confusion, but there will Oft be another.

Literature
[3rd Word Acrostic Haiku] The man from Avon Enjoyed putting playful words Into his-stories.

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Things I Only Know Because of Sporcle Quiz

by wilsonhubbell

Created Feb 28, 2010 in Miscellaneous
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	wilsonhubbell:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 23:12 GMT		4 points
	Okay, so this might be WAY too hard. Kind suggestions welcome.

	RebeccaAMax:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 23:27 GMT		3 points
	Some of the clues don't in any way indicate what you're looking for. Like the history clue - I guessed 1876, so I clearly get what you're saying, but it's not clear that you're looking for a person. Likewise, the literature clue doesn't specify that you're looking for the Henry plays as there are also the Richard plays and King John. I had zero idea what you were going for with the Misc. clue.

	wilsonhubbell:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 23:35 GMT		1 point
	You have to use the word acrostic to get those last 3 clues. It says so in the notes.

	nhynes89:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 00:13 GMT		1 point
	u went too far with the haikus woulda been better without them

	RebeccaAMax:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 00:18 GMT		1 point
	I saw that in the notes, but I don't know what acrostic you're referring to. The first letters of the geography clues, for example, spell out IOTFG.

	wilsonhubbell:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 00:22 GMT		1 point
	Extra Help: So it is a Word Acrostic where you need to take the first word from each of the clues. You might notice that there are 5 Geography, 7 Misc,etc., & 5 Science. This 5, 7, 5 pattern should be fairly recognizable.

	RebeccaAMax:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 00:54 GMT		1 point
	Ah, I see what you mean. I thought you were using "word acrostic" because you didn't realize that an acrostic was formed with words. What about the other two?

	RebeccaAMax:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 01:17 GMT		2 points
	...never mind, fail.

	RebeccaAMax:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 01:19 GMT		1 point
	In any case, it would help if you explained in the notes more precisely what you meant - "First word of the first line will give you a clue for the Misc. question," etc.

	wilsonhubbell:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 02:19 GMT		2 points
	I feel like part of the puzzle is figuring that out, but it seems like maybe that it is too hard to figure out? More feedback?

	Catherine_F:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 11:17 GMT		3 points
	I would never have figured out the word acrostics on my own. Took me long enough after reading these comments. Even with them I don't think I would have got those answers. But I do admire the cleverness of the whole thing.

	pepperg:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 20:41 GMT		2 points
	i had too hard of a time reading the black text on the blue background.

	betraisefold:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 15:23 GMT		1 point
	Help. This looks interesting so I am really trying to understand it but I am completely lost. I can get as far as 'I often forget' but I just can't make much sense of any of the rest of it and have no idea how any of it relates to the bottom row of answers.

	wilsonhubbell:	Apr 17th, 2010 at 19:22 GMT		1 point
	@betrisefold, if you're still listening: The clues go 5-7-5 just like the number of syllables in a haiku. The misc one goes with the first set of 5-7-5, for example: I - Off - Ten - Four - Get That - This - You - Knee - First - A - Tee Is - Eye - Vee - Not - State Say it aloud and you will hear the assembled haiku clue. Then the history one goes with the first syllables of each of the second lines in the original clue.

	wilsonhubbell:	Apr 17th, 2010 at 19:24 GMT		4 points
	sorry about that left out something critical the 'a' from your name

	debbiedoesnothin:	Apr 21st, 2010 at 05:00 GMT		1 point
	The combo of the small text plus the dark background was too hard on my eyes. I had to quit. I love the concept though.

	MorningBell411:	May 25th, 2010 at 23:20 GMT		1 point
	No aardvark or Three Dog Night?!

	cassavetes:	May 26th, 2010 at 01:07 GMT		2 points
	i totally bombed this but i still appreciate the concept and the work you must've put into it! nice job :)

	kagomeshuko:	Jun 15th, 2010 at 04:27 GMT		0 points
	This is confusing, even after reading the comments and looking back at the clues. I - Off - Ten - Four - Get That - This - You - Knee - First - A - Tee Is - Eye - Vee - Not - State I finally got it, but "You Knee First A Tee" for University? I mean, come on, at least use VERSE somehow! Then, the others, huh? EXPLAIN what you mean by "word acrostic" because this is not really an acrostic, it's the "first word of each haiku."

	Door:	Aug 15th, 2010 at 22:34 GMT		1 point
	I did horribly on this, but I have to say: WOW! This has got to be one of the more carefully planned and executed quizzes I've seen so far on this site.

	kagomeshuko:	Oct 2nd, 2011 at 02:23 GMT		0 points
	This is SO BAD!!!! I did the 2nd and 3rd "word acrostics" which are NOT acrostics in anyway!!! They are "first word of each clue," "second word of each clue," and "third word of each clue." The 2nd and 3rd work out to be these: think africa's letters reef a greatest George k now slappin' a Woody Kay it to on a the SSR coast long reef ride film Michael Wiggum singin' game Allen Oh not the the good wave

	Jaydyn:	May 6th, 2012 at 22:52 GMT		1 point
	The Yukon one makes absolutely no sense xD The Yukon isn't the smallest province in Canada! Ahahha unless you mean territory when you say "province"