The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 13 – Reese Riverson

[DaveRattlehead]

Milkis

Thanks Instagram

[Reese Riverson]

That is correct! Dave gets it! - I guess that one ended up being way easier than I thought! Let's try something a bit more technical with programming languages!

Season 13

Question 15
What was the original abbreviation for PHP?

Bonus:
viewtopic.php?p=1552553#p1552553


Leaderboard

PluMGMK - 3 points
DaveRattlehead - 2 point
Rsandee - 2 points
Giant Chicken - 2 points
dr_st - 1 point
Reese Riverson - 1 point
Hunchman801 - 1 point

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Season 13: History of questions

Q1: What site am I talking about?
-It is one of the oldest ecosystems on the planet.
-This ecosystem has one of the largest land animal migrations in the world.
-The most common animals in this ecosystem are wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, and buffalo, although there is also a high presence of big cats.
-This area is home to one of the most important paleontological reserves in the world. 
A1: The Serengeti (Rsandee) 

Q2: Which disease is colloquially known as "the kissing disease"?
A2: Mononucleosis (dr_st)

Q3: When was the last time the U.S. men's basketball team didn't win the gold medal at the Olympics?
A3: 2004 (Rsandee)

Q4: When did the Mexican Revolution begin?
A4: 1910 (Reese Riverson)

Q5: In which real painter is this Rayman 2 artwork based on? (https://raymanpc.com/forum/download/file.php?id=13926)
A5: Picasso (Ithasmore)

Q6: What is caprolactam mainly used for?
A6: Synthesis of Nylon 6 (withdrawn: no answers)

Q7: Which modern-day countries were part of Yugoslavia before its breakup in the early 1990s?
A7: Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia (PluMGMK)

Q8: Name the song and the artist.
A8: Ken Laszlo - Tonight (withdrawn: no answers)

Q9: How many French teams have won the UEFA Champions League?
A9: Two (Hunchman801)

Q10: In what year did Hugo Chávez win the elections for the first time?
A10: 1998 (PluMGMK)

Q11: The 1970s were an interesting time, specifically when it came to audio equipment. During this decade was a time known as the "Watt Wars" / "Receiver Wars" for home audio stereo receivers where companies begun producing stereo receivers with the most power, trying to outclass their competition.

The days of only having sub-100 watt per channel receivers choices were gone thanks to these big players in the industry.

Name at least three of these companies (brands) that participated in the Receiver Wars.
A: Sansui, Pioneer and Marantz (DaveRattlehead)

Q12: Name the city and state that the widest and most powerful tornado was ever historically recorded within the United States.
A: El Reno, Oklahoma (Giant Chicken)

Q13: What is the mascot of Drake's Cakes? Please name it and say what it is.
A: Webster the Duck! (PluMGMK)

Q14: Name the drink that's "Korea's No. 1 Cream Soda!"
A: Milkis (DaveRattlehead)

[Hunchman801]

I only know the weird pseudo-acronym PHP Hypertext Processor...

[PluMGMK]

Personal Home Page

The insight this gives into its origin goes a long way towards explaining its reputation as a duct-taped-together arbitrary collection of stuff (though I haven't worked enough with it to know how justified that really is!)

[Reese Riverson]

PluMGMK gets this one folks! php originally stood for Personal Home Page, created in 1994. Of course it was quickly overhauled and the the original abbreviation was dropped.

Here's some history on php for those interested!


Season 13

Question 16
Back in the mid 1990s, name graphics card company introduced 3D acceleration that still required a separate 2D graphics card and offered a passthrough for the video signals!

Bonus:
viewtopic.php?p=1552553#p1552553


Leaderboard

PluMGMK - 4 points
DaveRattlehead - 2 point
Rsandee - 2 points
Giant Chicken - 2 points
dr_st - 1 point
Reese Riverson - 1 point
Hunchman801 - 1 point

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Season 13: History of questions

Q1: What site am I talking about?
-It is one of the oldest ecosystems on the planet.
-This ecosystem has one of the largest land animal migrations in the world.
-The most common animals in this ecosystem are wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, and buffalo, although there is also a high presence of big cats.
-This area is home to one of the most important paleontological reserves in the world. 
A1: The Serengeti (Rsandee) 

Q2: Which disease is colloquially known as "the kissing disease"?
A2: Mononucleosis (dr_st)

Q3: When was the last time the U.S. men's basketball team didn't win the gold medal at the Olympics?
A3: 2004 (Rsandee)

Q4: When did the Mexican Revolution begin?
A4: 1910 (Reese Riverson)

Q5: In which real painter is this Rayman 2 artwork based on? (https://raymanpc.com/forum/download/file.php?id=13926)
A5: Picasso (Ithasmore)

Q6: What is caprolactam mainly used for?
A6: Synthesis of Nylon 6 (withdrawn: no answers)

Q7: Which modern-day countries were part of Yugoslavia before its breakup in the early 1990s?
A7: Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia (PluMGMK)

Q8: Name the song and the artist.
A8: Ken Laszlo - Tonight (withdrawn: no answers)

Q9: How many French teams have won the UEFA Champions League?
A9: Two (Hunchman801)

Q10: In what year did Hugo Chávez win the elections for the first time?
A10: 1998 (PluMGMK)

Q11: The 1970s were an interesting time, specifically when it came to audio equipment. During this decade was a time known as the "Watt Wars" / "Receiver Wars" for home audio stereo receivers where companies begun producing stereo receivers with the most power, trying to outclass their competition.

The days of only having sub-100 watt per channel receivers choices were gone thanks to these big players in the industry.

Name at least three of these companies (brands) that participated in the Receiver Wars.
A: Sansui, Pioneer and Marantz (DaveRattlehead)

Q12: Name the city and state that the widest and most powerful tornado was ever historically recorded within the United States.
A: El Reno, Oklahoma (Giant Chicken)

Q13: What is the mascot of Drake's Cakes? Please name it and say what it is.
A: Webster the Duck! (PluMGMK)

Q14: Name the drink that's "Korea's No. 1 Cream Soda!"
A: Milkis (DaveRattlehead)

Q15: What was the original abbreviation for PHP?
A: Personal Home Page (PluMGMK)

[PluMGMK]

I'm thinking Voodoo, but that was the name of the product rather than the company, right?

So... 3dfx?