Trick Question for SpammmBots
 

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:

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.

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?????

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

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

Thanks for staying on topic :rolleyes:

-spence