As we have seen the past few months there has been a noticable uptick in SpamBots registering and then spamming S-B. I literally spend a lot of time going through and checking accounts to see if they are automated spammers. I find the vast majority of these are in Russia, China, Phillipines, any of the *Stans, and several Eastern European countries. The processes are automated now that some can even decipher the pain in the butt image people use to register onto S-B and some have a "man in the loop" that verifies the images for the spambots.

I have found a new tool that allows us to ask a question fo anyone registering and that person gets the answer correct it will allow them to register a new account. So if the question was "What is 2 + 2 ?" the person would answer 4 (OK, maybe the spammers will get that right too).

So I am looking for some questions and answers (family friendly :hihi: ) that we can present to our future S-B members, so that the next BigFish :doh: :hee:, RaiderRon, or Clammer can figure it out but the next Anatoly Russka might have a problerm or two...

Like "Early Bird gets the" ???? Something fishing and northeast fishing related that would not exclude other legitimate interested members from signing up.

I hope to have this up and runnig shortly... Thanks!

John

Does the spinning reel on a rod go on the top, or the bottom?

what did the world record stripe bass weigh. thomt

How many personalities does Fishweewee have :bgi:

An what never forgets?

Who is the host of Jeopardy?

How many days in February in a leap year?

What number pencil is required to take most standardized tests?

Who is Batfink's arch nemesis?

Excluding jokers, how many cards are in a deck?

What food gives Popeye his strength?

What live bait is fished like a plug?

Who is Spence's nemisis on the site? (Uffah!)
What is Uffah's favorite Color (PINK)

What was the last word in the "Blondie" cartoon strip that was published this previous Sunday ?

What's another name for 'striper'?
Then allow -

Striped Bass
Linesider
Rockfish
Bass
Morone saxatilis

What is a Bassmaster?

What is the minimum striper length in MA?

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? :skulz:

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? :skulz:

Not an africain swallow of course!

Any question phrased jeopardy style would probably work.

What is fishing for stripers from shore called?

What does clammer do for a living?:huh:

Kidding aside, that is a very inetresting quandry!

I knew we would have some fun with this...


More than a laden swallow, but I fahrt in your general direction....

There is no such thing as Morone Saxatilis only Roccus Saxatilis.

Question: How many stripes on a Striped Bass??

Okay Sharpies your turn to answer.

There is no such thing as Morone Saxatilis only Roccus Saxatilis.

Question: How many stripes on a Striped Bass??

Okay Sharpies your turn to answer.

I thought of that too, but then you go up the top of the page and there is a picture of one with striped-bass logo and the flag behind it..

I thought it depended on if it's a hybrid or not, but I think the answer you're looking for would be the number of stripes is equal to the number of days in half a fortnight.

What is the Hang Time, of a TreePopper?....

Is the sparrow African or European?

Okay, diggin' and jimbo, you win. Now everyone knows.
But what is this Morone stuff?????

Okay, diggin' and jimbo, you win. Now everyone knows.
But what is this Morone stuff?????

Sometime after you were born but before I was born :bshake: some scientist changed the genus (I think is the right word) from Roccus to Marone

Marone is the current name...

7 stripes

or 14 if you count both sides :hihi:

Questions need to give any legit fisherman the oportuntiy to join so don't make it too US centric - I've been here 11 years and would struggle with one or two of those :rollem:

If you were looking for something automated, a multiple choice approach might work:

i) How many States in the USA? a) 44, b) 48, c) 50, d) 66
ii) Which has the biggest population? - a) Scotland, b) England, c) Wales
iii) Fly is to Flyrod as Plug is to - a) Lathe, b) Reel, c) Spinrod
The more questions, the less chance of an automated spammer getting a "pass mark".

What other fish do you catch other than striped bass?

Who is the Biggest A$$hole on this site???

RIROCKHOUND!!!!!!!!

Jeez..
I'm not an A-shole, I just happen to have a sense of humor

Who is the Biggest A$$hole on this site???

RIROCKHOUND!!!!!!!!
Ok, now I'm pissed. I thought I was the biggest a$$hole on the site!

Thanks for staying on topic :rolleyes:

-spence

Who is the Biggest A$$hole on this site???

RIROCKHOUND!!!!!!!!

Yikes! :doh:

Who's the angriest guy on the site? ;)

Yikes! :doh:

Who's the angriest guy on the site? ;)
Problem is, these wouldn't be good questions for new users...unless they had been lurking around the Scuppers a bit ;)

-spence

Who is The Phantom :laughs:

...thought of a few more ....

iv) The Cape Cod Canal is located in - a) Cape May, b) Cape Horn, c) Cape Hatteras, d) Cape Cod

v) Striper is to Striped-Bass as Pogy is to - a) Opah, b) Halfbeak, c) Menhaden, d) Porbeagle

i always asked the question: yes?

and a bot couldnt solve it ,,,,,,,,,,,,ever!



where in the ocean do striped bass lay their eggs?

Figuring in that a handfull of the people who join (and still remain :bshake: ) probably couldn't state why the striped bass is so named we should probably go with something a little easier that an english speaker would be able to figure out, prefferably an english speaker from this side of the pond. Not to exclude those from the other side of the pond but we do get very few of those and some have been from spammed .UK addresses (co-opted machines or email addys I think).

I figure 3 or 4 random questions with one of them being asked at registration time would be sufficient.

what is the name of the river that cuts the cape in half. the canal of course

Wow, we should have had this before #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& joined, he would have never made it..LOL
Sorry Bill......:wavey:

what is the name of the river that cuts the cape in half. the canal of course

Pamet, almost.

Pamet, almost.


Bass River, almost

Boat fish don't _ _ _ _ _ .

what is the name of the river that cuts the cape in half. the canal of course

Jerimiahs Gutter... usta cut it in half, at about the "elbow".. waaay back. Remnants of it are still around...

OK - I will run with these three questions. When some one attempts to register they'll be asked one of these three:

?? Early Bird gets the - Answer: worm
?? Does the spinning reel on a rod go on the top, or the bottom? - Answer: bottom
?? What food gives Popeye his strength? - Answer: spinach

For those of you who've heard the story first hand...

Why did the lizard lick his lips?

Response: Why did the nizzard nick his nips. :jester:

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? :cheers:

what's the number for 911

Whats Dolly Pardon famous for ? answer "country western singer":laugha: