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

[Magelin]

Here we go, the first post has been updated, and I'm happy to kick off season 9 of The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz!

I'll try to switch themes often, but the first question will be about geography!

Question 1: What is the largest country primarily located in Europe?

Does Russia count?

[Greengoop]

I’d assume not, so I’d say France

[PluMGMK]

I guess Russia's not "primarily" in Europe, so I'll go Ukraine

[Hunchman801]

Russia is obviously the largest country on the list, but with only 23% of its territory located in Europe, it's not the right answer! As for Ukraine, it is the largest country that is entirely in Europe (603,549 km²), and the second largest country by European area after Russia, but it's not the right answer either, because Goop snatches the first point with France and its 643,801 km², 543,941 (84%) of which are in Europe. For reference, Germany is only 357,581 km².

Greengoop: 1

Question 2: Describe the concept of spaghettification when approaching a black hole.

[DaveRattlehead]

It happens basically when an object gets close to a black hole, it suffers an extreme compression/stretching due to the strong gravitational forces.

[Hunchman801]

That's correct, but not quite specific enough. Why spaghettification exactly?

(You may answer again.)

[DaveRattlehead]

It's because the objects are stretched into thin/elongated shapes... Like an spaghetti In the end is a result of very strong tidal forces.

[PluMGMK]

I think it's because the gravitational field has such a strong gradient that one end of the object experiences much higher force than the other, so it gets stretched out and pulled apart into chunks.

[Rsandee]

That's correct, but not quite specific enough. Why spaghettification exactly?

(You may answer again.)

When you cross the event horizon of a black hole, time will slow and everything gets stretched to such a point that you look like you're stretched infinitely. It's like when you fly above and away from something, your vision of this object will become smaller and smaller until it's like a dot, with a black hole it's the same but in the opposite way.

[Hunchman801]

PluM nailed it! It's because the gravitiational field is already so much stronger at one end of the object than at the other.

Greengoop, PluMGMK: 1

Question 3: Which council resulted in the Oriental Orthodox churches separating from the most of the other Christian denominations?

[EdgyRabbid]

Wasnt it Henry the 8th wanted to divorce his wife but the pope wouldnt let him?

[Pirez]

I believe you're mistaken with Anglicanism which is Western Orthodoxy but since I don't have a more accurate answer I can't be certain.

[Hunchman801]

Like Pirez said, you're thinking about the separation of Anglicanism from Catholicism. I'm not sure I've ever seen it referred to as "Western Orthodoxy" though.

[Rsandee]

PluM nailed it! It's because the gravitiational field is already so much stronger at one end of the object than at the other.

Greengoop, PluMgMK: 1

Question 3: Which council resulted in the Oriental Orthodox churches separating from the most of the other Christian denominations?

I'm gonna guess that this had to do with the split of the western and easter Roman empire and Constantinople trying to be the Rome in the east, forming their own counter church? So I'm going to say the council of Constantinople?

[Greengoop]

Wasnt it Henry the 8th wanted to divorce his wife but the pope wouldnt let him?

It wasn’t the pope, it was the HRE emperor, and no

[Hunchman801]

To clarify, I'm talking about the Oriental Orthodox churches, not the Eastern Orthodox church, despite the confusingly similar names.

Any takers? Everyone may answer again.

[Greengoop]

What do you mean by “council” ?

[Hunchman801]

An ecumenical council, where church authorities gather to rule on various matters.

[PluMGMK]

Council of Nicea? Not sure…

[Greengoop]

The Fairy Council?