Anti-Spam Registration Question

[Chris]

This is a forum suggestion, not a game suggestion. Mods, if this is not the right place to post it, feel free to move this topic.

I suggest that the anti-spam question for registration be changed. My guess is that many other sites use that same question ("Are you a spambot?") so the spambots have adapted. Create something unique yet easy enough for any human with general knowledge to answer. A free-form response would be harder to crack, but at the very least, a dropdown box should have more than two options. Maybe use two anti-spam questions.

A few examples:

• What is your planet? (Earth)
• What is the square root of 25? (5)
• How many legs does a spider have? (8)

See here for a how-to, in case the current forum admin isn't familiar with setting up an anti-spam registration question.

[Doug R.]

I'm fairly sure many idiot Americans couldn't answer those last two questions properly.

[suchy]

I believe they would try to answer 'America' for the first one, too.

[Piscator]

[Wolfsong]

I know, I know.

"Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle."

The computers wouldn't stand a chance.

[Doug R.]

I know, I know.

"Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle."

The computers wouldn't stand a chance.

We mock it's one epic fail, but Watson beat both of Jeopardy's best players of all time handedly at the conclusion of those games.

[Wolfsong]

Epic fail? Sir, that machine is a troll. I worship it as an idol.

[lulkoek]

It might be even better to ask questions that can't be solved by searching google and the likes. Apparently there are bots out there that work that way...

Ask questions about the Cantr site itself?

[gejyspa]

How about "How many words are in this sentence?"

Re Watson: I got that final Jeopardy question correct, despite having forgotten what its second largest airport was (after looking it up later, I said, "oh, of course, I did know that"), but remembering having read long ago that its first largest airport was named after a WWII hero.

Due to an epic fail in (apparently) my ability to set up my DVD recorder, though, I didn't get to see the final show, though. Off to youtube now...
--gejyspa

[EchoMan]

Gejyspa's suggestion seems good imho.

[Doug R.]

I played a game where they asked questions about the rules.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

Just ask what color the site is.

[suchy]

Just ask what color the site is.

OK, that would do it

[phoenixannwn]

And maybe you could enter the answer instead of it being multiple choice?
And then you could accept like
Green
green
green.
Green.
that sort of thing.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

Or variations of Cantr green as possibilities. Or even the hex number as an acceptable answer.