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

[Greengoop]

I’m Greengoop, Dumbo’s playing GTAV right now

[Rsandee]

Hmmm……

Cacio e Pepe - pasta dish with cheese and black pepper
Gricia - pasta dish with cheese, black pepper, and guanciale
Carbonara - pasta dish with cheese, black pepper, guanciale, and egg
Amatriciana - pasta dish with cheese, black pepper, guanciale, tomatoes, and white wine

…..how’s that?

Perfect! I was about to start question 5 too so you're just on time!

This guy

I thought this question would last longer than 3 minutes Thanks for the video, definitely going to watch Bohemian Rhapsody again today because of it.

DaveRattlehead: 2
Greengoop: 1
PluMGMK: 1
The Jonster: 1

Question 5: Elemental mercury is the only metal that's a liquid at room temperature. Before the 18th century it was commonly referred to as something different, owing to this unique property. Chemists still know the trivial names of certain compounds through literature, as this name for mercury is sometimes still used today. What is the trivial name for the liquid form of mercury? This question does not include any derivations including mercury in any other molecular compound.

[Greengoop]

Liquid Life?

[Hunchman801]

Quicksilver?

[Rsandee]

Quicksilver?

Exactly! In Dutch it's called "kwik" (pronounced "quick") for this reason.

DaveRattlehead: 2
Greengoop: 1
PluMGMK: 1
The Jonster: 1
Humchman801: 1

Question 6: Mercury is commonly used in thermometers, allowing you to measure the temperature of its surroundings. There is however also a device that measures the pressure of an environment, what is this device called?

[Greengoop]

Pressuremeter?

[Rsandee]

Pressuremeter?

Unfortunately not, but you got the -meter part of the answer right!

[Greengoop]

I think most measurement equipments have -meter

[Pirez]

Barometer?

[Rsandee]

Barometer?

Correct!

DaveRattlehead: 2
Greengoop: 1
PluMGMK: 1
The Jonster: 1
Humchman801: 1
Pirez: 1

Question 7: Barometers are also used to predict the weather, albeit at the short-term. We typically refer to extremely dry places with low amounts of rainfall and vegetation, and extreme weather changes as deserts. What is the biggest desert on earth?

[EdgyRabbid]

Hmmm Isnt it the ocean?

[dr_st]

Antarctica?

[Pirez]

If I remember correctly it's Gobi

[The Jonster]

Sahara!

[Rsandee]

Antarctica?

Correct!

DaveRattlehead: 2
Greengoop: 1
PluMGMK: 1
The Jonster: 1
Humchman801: 1
Pirez: 1
dr_st: 1

Question 8: Antarctica is the geographic location of the south pole, what southernmost region in the country of Argentina is situated directly north of the south pole?

[Greengoop]

Patagonia?

[Rsandee]

Patagonia?

Yupppp

DaveRattlehead: 2
Greengoop: 2
PluMGMK: 1
The Jonster: 1
Humchman801: 1
Pirez: 1
dr_st: 1

Question 9: Though the Falkland islands are next to Argentina, they are under British control. Who was the British prime minister at the time when Argentina invaded the Falkland islands?

[Greengoop]

Margaret Thatcher

[Hunchman801]

Was it not Margaret Thatcher?

Edit: got ninja'd by Goop.

[Rsandee]

Margaret Thatcher

Exactly! But unfortunately you'll have to skip the next question now.

Greengoop: 3
DaveRattlehead: 2
PluMGMK: 1
The Jonster: 1
Humchman801: 1
Pirez: 1
dr_st: 1

Question 10: In the popular English movie Monty Python and the holy grail, King Arthur meets with a band of knights that won't allow passage unless he gifts them a "shrubbery". What are these knights collectively called?