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

[Hunchman801]

Never been a huge fan of tea but I must agree that adding milk in it turns it into a dreadful concoction.

[dr_st]

Because it tastes better? Tea without milk tastes horrible, and tea with milk is only slightly good.

That would depend on the tea!
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[The Jonster]

Never been a huge fan of tea but I must agree that adding milk in it turns it into a dreadful concoction.

You would definitely not like chai or bubble tea, in that case!

[Pirez]

Bubble tea is the absolute worst, but not because of the tea, or the milk.

[dr_st]

I love bubble tea! It doesn't even have to have tea in it.

[Reese Riverson]

And to think here I've only drank iced sweetened tea.

[Hunchman801]

Yeah, I tried bubble tea once and I did not like it either.

[Rsandee]

Wasn't that more of a means of protecting the tea cups, rather than adding a bit of flavor to the tea?

I'll allow it! They used to add milk to tea to prevent their porcelain cups from cracking.

Curionone: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
Master: 3
dr_st: 3
Hunchman801: 3
Pirez: 2
Ithasmore: 1
Reese Riverson: 1

Question 21: Name three things Napoleon standardized among European nations.

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Question 1: What character(s) does Mike Myers play in the Austin Powers trilogy? Answer: Austin Powers, Dr Evil, Fat Bastard, Goldmember (Master)

Question 2: How many pieces of cursed Aztec gold coins were in the treasure chest on Isla de la muerta in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest? Whoever gets closest to the exact value will get the point (± 25, might loosen this restriction if this question turns out to be too difficult), if someone gets the exact value I will of course immediately award a point. Answer: 822 (dr_st)

Question 3: Give at least three implications what confirmed life on Mars (no matter whether past or present) could mean for us. Answer: Bridges between the knowledge we have and what is yet speculated regarding where life could have originated or whether life on Mars and Earth are linked. Potential new branches of lifeforms or non-carbon dependent life forms. (Curionone)

Question 4: What country do French fries come from? Answer: Belgium. (Curionone)

Question 5: What colors do dogs see? Answer: Blue and Yellow. (The_Jonster)

Question 6: What two separate and distinct island nations were formerly known as Ceylon and Formosa? Answer: Sri Lanka and Taiwan (Hunchman801)

Question 7: In 1938 the H. G. Well's novel "The War of the Worlds" was famously broadcasted on the radio as part of a Halloween episode. This novel, though a work of fiction, was widely misinterpreted as an actual alien invasion due to the broadcast being treated so seriously by the radio channel and the narrator Orson Welles. The hysteria that was caused by this could be accredited to a suspension of disbelief fueled by a lack of media literacy, which is understandable because the radio was a relatively new medium at the time and people weren't used to fictitious radio broadcasts. This phenomenon of the masses not being able to be as critical as they ought to be when new technology and artforms are concerned, returned somewhat during the release of a certain movie from the past few decades that was also widely misbelieved to be real and authentic. This movie was so revolutionary in its genre, that it spawned an entirely new genre of its own as people thought it was real and the story kind of leaked through into the real world. What is the name of the movie I'm talking about? Answer: The Blair Witch Project (Pirez)

Question 8: Which city that doesn't exist anymore, was essentially in anarchy until it got ultimately demolished in the last century? Answer: Kowloon walled city (Ithasmore)

Question 9: Who painted this painting? Answer: Vincent van Gogh (Curionone)

Question 10: What did the U.S. government suspect Ernest Hemingway of? Answer: Being a Soviet spy working for the KGB (Pirez)

Question 11: Name all mainline Wario games released by Nintendo. Answer: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wario Land Virtual Boy, Wario Land II, Wario Land 3, Wario Land 4, Wario World, Wario: Master of Disguise, Wario Land: Shake it! (The_Jonster)

Question 12: Name 3 devices that use plasma and name one naturally occuring source of plasma. Answer: A fusion reactor, the LHC, funny lamps. Lightning. (Hunchman801)

Question 13: Why do many buildings in Japan avoid having a fourth floor, with many tall buildings opting to skip the fourth floor? (Shi, the word for the number four, sounds almost exactly like the Japanese word for "death". (The_Jonster) 

Bonus: Why is Stockholm syndrome called "Stockholm syndrome"? Answer: There was a hostage situation in Stockholm wherein the hostages started sympathizing with their captors. (The_Jonster)

Question 14: What is this place called and in what country is it situated? Answer: Door to Hell/Gates of Hell/Shining of Karakum/Darvaza gas crater, Turkmenistan (dr_st)

Question 15: What is the difference between the following things: magma and lava, an octopus and a squid, a camel and a dromedary, an alligator and a crocodile. Answer: Magma is underneath the surface of the earth, lava above. An octopus only has 8 tentacles, a squid 2 + 8 arms. A camel has two humps, a dromedary just one. A crocodile lives in salt water, an alligator in fresh water. (Curionone)

Question 16: Name 3 of Pokémon design archetypes and name at least 5 of these Pokémon per recurring design archetype. Answer: The starter pokémon, the pikachu clone, the cutsey normal-type rodent. (Master)

Question 17: Explain to me the process and purpose of "enshittification" and give me 5 real-life examples of it. Answer: Enshittification is the phenomenon whereby goods or services see a reduction in quality and/or quantity, while charging more for use/acquisition. Cadbury chocolate, streaming services, Google search, Youtube, car companies. (Master)

Question 18: Which actors had recurring roles in Tarantino movies and which actor has had the most roles in Tarantino movies? Answer: Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bills), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction), Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction). (dr_st)

Question 19: Which ancient geographical region was Spartacus from, and which modern countries cover that area today? Answer: Thrace. Modern-day Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. (Hunchman801)

Question 20: Why do Brits historically add milk to tea? Answer: To prevent their porcelain tea cups from cracking. (Reese Riverson)

[Hunchman801]

Law, measurement units and right-hand traffic?

[DaveRattlehead]

Napoleonic Code.

Metric system? Can't remember how, but there was something related to Napoleon here, so I guess he standardized it?

There were also some reforms in administration/education that I think they tried to remove the aristocratic influence...

[Rsandee]

There were also some reforms in administration/education that I think they tried to remove the aristocratic influence...

There's something really simple Napoleon standardized that is much easier to name than whatever he did there.

Law, measurement units and right-hand traffic?

But which law?

You can both answer again, you're both not really wrong after all.

[Hunchman801]

But which law?

The one based on the civil code, not the English one. Its name eludes me right now.

[DaveRattlehead]

There were also some reforms in administration/education that I think they tried to remove the aristocratic influence...

There's something really simple Napoleon standardized that is much easier to name than whatever he did there.

I'll try to be a bit more specific

He established the lycées, which basically centralized the education and removed the aristocratic influence. It's basically the origin of the modern state-controlled secondary education.

[Rsandee]

Gotta give this one to Dave, my hands are tied here
The easiest thing to mention that Napoleon standardized, was the use of surnames across Europe!
(The Netherlands didn't have mandatory surnames at the time for instance)

Curionone: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
Master: 3
dr_st: 3
Hunchman801: 3
Pirez: 2
Ithasmore: 1
Reese Riverson: 1
DaveRattleHead: 1

Question 22: What is the "Rumbling" in the Attack on Titan anime an allegory of?

Code: Select all

Question 1: What character(s) does Mike Myers play in the Austin Powers trilogy? Answer: Austin Powers, Dr Evil, Fat Bastard, Goldmember (Master)

Question 2: How many pieces of cursed Aztec gold coins were in the treasure chest on Isla de la muerta in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest? Whoever gets closest to the exact value will get the point (± 25, might loosen this restriction if this question turns out to be too difficult), if someone gets the exact value I will of course immediately award a point. Answer: 822 (dr_st)

Question 3: Give at least three implications what confirmed life on Mars (no matter whether past or present) could mean for us. Answer: Bridges between the knowledge we have and what is yet speculated regarding where life could have originated or whether life on Mars and Earth are linked. Potential new branches of lifeforms or non-carbon dependent life forms. (Curionone)

Question 4: What country do French fries come from? Answer: Belgium. (Curionone)

Question 5: What colors do dogs see? Answer: Blue and Yellow. (The_Jonster)

Question 6: What two separate and distinct island nations were formerly known as Ceylon and Formosa? Answer: Sri Lanka and Taiwan (Hunchman801)

Question 7: In 1938 the H. G. Well's novel "The War of the Worlds" was famously broadcasted on the radio as part of a Halloween episode. This novel, though a work of fiction, was widely misinterpreted as an actual alien invasion due to the broadcast being treated so seriously by the radio channel and the narrator Orson Welles. The hysteria that was caused by this could be accredited to a suspension of disbelief fueled by a lack of media literacy, which is understandable because the radio was a relatively new medium at the time and people weren't used to fictitious radio broadcasts. This phenomenon of the masses not being able to be as critical as they ought to be when new technology and artforms are concerned, returned somewhat during the release of a certain movie from the past few decades that was also widely misbelieved to be real and authentic. This movie was so revolutionary in its genre, that it spawned an entirely new genre of its own as people thought it was real and the story kind of leaked through into the real world. What is the name of the movie I'm talking about? Answer: The Blair Witch Project (Pirez)

Question 8: Which city that doesn't exist anymore, was essentially in anarchy until it got ultimately demolished in the last century? Answer: Kowloon walled city (Ithasmore)

Question 9: Who painted this painting? Answer: Vincent van Gogh (Curionone)

Question 10: What did the U.S. government suspect Ernest Hemingway of? Answer: Being a Soviet spy working for the KGB (Pirez)

Question 11: Name all mainline Wario games released by Nintendo. Answer: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wario Land Virtual Boy, Wario Land II, Wario Land 3, Wario Land 4, Wario World, Wario: Master of Disguise, Wario Land: Shake it! (The_Jonster)

Question 12: Name 3 devices that use plasma and name one naturally occuring source of plasma. Answer: A fusion reactor, the LHC, funny lamps. Lightning. (Hunchman801)

Question 13: Why do many buildings in Japan avoid having a fourth floor, with many tall buildings opting to skip the fourth floor? (Shi, the word for the number four, sounds almost exactly like the Japanese word for "death". (The_Jonster) 

Bonus: Why is Stockholm syndrome called "Stockholm syndrome"? Answer: There was a hostage situation in Stockholm wherein the hostages started sympathizing with their captors. (The_Jonster)

Question 14: What is this place called and in what country is it situated? Answer: Door to Hell/Gates of Hell/Shining of Karakum/Darvaza gas crater, Turkmenistan (dr_st)

Question 15: What is the difference between the following things: magma and lava, an octopus and a squid, a camel and a dromedary, an alligator and a crocodile. Answer: Magma is underneath the surface of the earth, lava above. An octopus only has 8 tentacles, a squid 2 + 8 arms. A camel has two humps, a dromedary just one. A crocodile lives in salt water, an alligator in fresh water. (Curionone)

Question 16: Name 3 of Pokémon design archetypes and name at least 5 of these Pokémon per recurring design archetype. Answer: The starter pokémon, the pikachu clone, the cutsey normal-type rodent. (Master)

Question 17: Explain to me the process and purpose of "enshittification" and give me 5 real-life examples of it. Answer: Enshittification is the phenomenon whereby goods or services see a reduction in quality and/or quantity, while charging more for use/acquisition. Cadbury chocolate, streaming services, Google search, Youtube, car companies. (Master)

Question 18: Which actors had recurring roles in Tarantino movies and which actor has had the most roles in Tarantino movies? Answer: Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bills), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction), Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction). (dr_st)

Question 19: Which ancient geographical region was Spartacus from, and which modern countries cover that area today? Answer: Thrace. Modern-day Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. (Hunchman801)

Question 20: Why do Brits historically add milk to tea? Answer: To prevent their porcelain tea cups from cracking. (Reese Riverson)

Question 21: Name three things Napoleon standardized among European nations. Answer: The Napoleonic code, the metric system, lycées. (DaveRattleHead)

[DaveRattlehead]

A nuke

[Rsandee]

DaveRattleHead is correct again! Which means he can't answer the next question :-)

Curionone: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
Master: 3
dr_st: 3
Hunchman801: 3
Pirez: 2
DaveRattleHead: 2
Ithasmore: 1
Reese Riverson: 1

Question 23: Bob Shoudt, or the "Notorious B.O.B." on Youtube, is an American competitive eater who holds numerous eating records such as, but not limited to: the most food ever eaten by weight and/or volume and the most food ever eaten in four hours. He is an IT manager and an avid mountain climber and fitness fanatic, as well as very active in Krav Maga. How much lbs of food has Bob eaten in 4 hours at the The Reading Phillies Gluttony Night in 2018, securing him the title of "most food ever eaten"? Since lbs are so-called American freedom units we are not familiar with, I'll give away at the correct answer is under 100 lbs. Whomsoever can first answer this question correctly ± 5 lbs (≈ 2.3 kg) gets the point.

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Question 1: What character(s) does Mike Myers play in the Austin Powers trilogy? Answer: Austin Powers, Dr Evil, Fat Bastard, Goldmember (Master)

Question 2: How many pieces of cursed Aztec gold coins were in the treasure chest on Isla de la muerta in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest? Whoever gets closest to the exact value will get the point (± 25, might loosen this restriction if this question turns out to be too difficult), if someone gets the exact value I will of course immediately award a point. Answer: 822 (dr_st)

Question 3: Give at least three implications what confirmed life on Mars (no matter whether past or present) could mean for us. Answer: Bridges between the knowledge we have and what is yet speculated regarding where life could have originated or whether life on Mars and Earth are linked. Potential new branches of lifeforms or non-carbon dependent life forms. (Curionone)

Question 4: What country do French fries come from? Answer: Belgium. (Curionone)

Question 5: What colors do dogs see? Answer: Blue and Yellow. (The_Jonster)

Question 6: What two separate and distinct island nations were formerly known as Ceylon and Formosa? Answer: Sri Lanka and Taiwan (Hunchman801)

Question 7: In 1938 the H. G. Well's novel "The War of the Worlds" was famously broadcasted on the radio as part of a Halloween episode. This novel, though a work of fiction, was widely misinterpreted as an actual alien invasion due to the broadcast being treated so seriously by the radio channel and the narrator Orson Welles. The hysteria that was caused by this could be accredited to a suspension of disbelief fueled by a lack of media literacy, which is understandable because the radio was a relatively new medium at the time and people weren't used to fictitious radio broadcasts. This phenomenon of the masses not being able to be as critical as they ought to be when new technology and artforms are concerned, returned somewhat during the release of a certain movie from the past few decades that was also widely misbelieved to be real and authentic. This movie was so revolutionary in its genre, that it spawned an entirely new genre of its own as people thought it was real and the story kind of leaked through into the real world. What is the name of the movie I'm talking about? Answer: The Blair Witch Project (Pirez)

Question 8: Which city that doesn't exist anymore, was essentially in anarchy until it got ultimately demolished in the last century? Answer: Kowloon walled city (Ithasmore)

Question 9: Who painted this painting? Answer: Vincent van Gogh (Curionone)

Question 10: What did the U.S. government suspect Ernest Hemingway of? Answer: Being a Soviet spy working for the KGB (Pirez)

Question 11: Name all mainline Wario games released by Nintendo. Answer: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wario Land Virtual Boy, Wario Land II, Wario Land 3, Wario Land 4, Wario World, Wario: Master of Disguise, Wario Land: Shake it! (The_Jonster)

Question 12: Name 3 devices that use plasma and name one naturally occuring source of plasma. Answer: A fusion reactor, the LHC, funny lamps. Lightning. (Hunchman801)

Question 13: Why do many buildings in Japan avoid having a fourth floor, with many tall buildings opting to skip the fourth floor? (Shi, the word for the number four, sounds almost exactly like the Japanese word for "death". (The_Jonster) 

Bonus: Why is Stockholm syndrome called "Stockholm syndrome"? Answer: There was a hostage situation in Stockholm wherein the hostages started sympathizing with their captors. (The_Jonster)

Question 14: What is this place called and in what country is it situated? Answer: Door to Hell/Gates of Hell/Shining of Karakum/Darvaza gas crater, Turkmenistan (dr_st)

Question 15: What is the difference between the following things: magma and lava, an octopus and a squid, a camel and a dromedary, an alligator and a crocodile. Answer: Magma is underneath the surface of the earth, lava above. An octopus only has 8 tentacles, a squid 2 + 8 arms. A camel has two humps, a dromedary just one. A crocodile lives in salt water, an alligator in fresh water. (Curionone)

Question 16: Name 3 of Pokémon design archetypes and name at least 5 of these Pokémon per recurring design archetype. Answer: The starter pokémon, the pikachu clone, the cutsey normal-type rodent. (Master)

Question 17: Explain to me the process and purpose of "enshittification" and give me 5 real-life examples of it. Answer: Enshittification is the phenomenon whereby goods or services see a reduction in quality and/or quantity, while charging more for use/acquisition. Cadbury chocolate, streaming services, Google search, Youtube, car companies. (Master)

Question 18: Which actors had recurring roles in Tarantino movies and which actor has had the most roles in Tarantino movies? Answer: Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bills), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction), Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction). (dr_st)

Question 19: Which ancient geographical region was Spartacus from, and which modern countries cover that area today? Answer: Thrace. Modern-day Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. (Hunchman801)

Question 20: Why do Brits historically add milk to tea? Answer: To prevent their porcelain tea cups from cracking. (Reese Riverson)

Question 21: Name three things Napoleon standardized among European nations. Answer: The Napoleonic code, the metric system, lycées. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 22: What is the "Rumbling" in the Attack on Titan anime an allegory of? Answer: A nuke. (DaveRattleHead)

[Giant Chicken]

95 lb?

[Greengoop]

71?

[Curionone]

28 lbs

[Reese Riverson]

I'll take a shot at it, 60lbs?