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

[Master]

Caught me out on my cheeky attempt to punt two eh?

I'll go with Chicken Tikka Masala.

[Rsandee]

And Master takes the lead! Though he can't answer the next question. Yes, funnily enough it is chicken tikka masala that's the national dish of England!

Master: 7
DaveRattleHead: 6
Curionone: 5
Hunchman801: 4
Reese Riverson: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
dr_st: 3
Pirez: 2
Ithasmore: 1
Greengoop: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 37: Which doctor (or actor, I don't mind if you tell me his name instead of his number as a doctor) is the only non-English doctor in the classic Doctor Who series?
So for the uninitiated: that's the original Doctor Who show before its revival in 2005.

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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)

Question 23: How much lbs of food has Bob Shoudt eaten in 4 hours at the The Reading Phillies Gluttony Night in 2018, securing him the title of "most food ever eaten"? Answer: 60 lbs (59.6). (Reese Riverson)

Question 24: What chemical element does your hair contain that makes it able to bind with other hairs and make "bridges" in order to make robust bonds that provide hair with its structure, strength, and elasticity while dictating its texture and shape? Answer: Sulphur. (Reese Riverson)

Question 25: How long does it take to prepare a century egg? Answer: About a month (Hunchman801)

Question 26: What was the name of the lead singer of Linkin Park who unfortunately died by his own hand in 2017? Answer: Chester Bennington (Master)

Question 27: In which Indian city should your body be cremated on the banks of the Ganges river and its ashes scattered into the river in order to achieve "moksha", ending the cycle of death and rebirth (reincarnation), according to the Hindu belief? Answer: Benares/Varanasi (DaveRattleHead)

Question 28: List the differences between the book and the movie concerning the challenges Harry and the gang have to face through the forbidden third-floor corridor in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Answer: In the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, there are seven challenges guarding the Stone: Fluffy the dog, Devil’s Snare, flying keys, Wizard’s Chess, a troll, a potion riddle, and the Mirror of Erised. The movie simplifies this to five, removing the troll and Snape’s potion riddle for pacing and visual reasons. (Curionone)

Question 29: List the 5 countries where red pandas are native to. Answer: China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Birma/Myanmar. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 30: Answer the riddles posed by the respective doors of Dark Brotherhood sanctuaries in the Elder Scrolls series. Answer: Sanguine, my brother. Silence, my brother. Innocence, my brother. (Reese Riverson)

Question 31: In 1989, conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar claimed he worked for the U.S. government on the reverse-engineering of a certain kind of new technology. What did he claim to work on and where was his work located? Answer: UFO with element 115 as fuel, S-4, Area 51. (DaveRattlehead)

Question 32: Explain to me the concept of "Roko's basilisk". Answer: It’s the concept of (Infohazard Warning) a hypothetical supercomputer who will be otherwise benevolent, but anyone who knew about its development but didn’t help it will be eternally tortured by it. (Greengoop)

Question 33: In the Sid Meier's Civilization videogame series, there's a running joke/easter egg about Gandhi being the most nuke-happy leader in the game. Explain to me where that joke originated and how/why. Answer: Buffer underflow problem set his -1 nuke trait to 99 instead. (Master)

Question 34: In the TV show "South Park", who is Cartman's dad? Answer: Jack Tenorman, 20 years ago. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 35: To what American comedian does this quote belong: "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"? Answer: George Carlin (Master)

Question 36: What is the national dish of England? Answer: Chicken tikka masala (Master)

[Master]

Very well played putting a question on that topic when I can't answer.

[Rsandee]

Very well played putting a question on that topic when I can't answer.

Huh what are you talking about!?

So for the people who don't know: the doctors are numbered, you have the first doctor and the second doctor and so on.
I stated I would accept the actor's name as well, but it's not required. You could just provide me with the number I'm looking for.

[DaveRattlehead]

Mmmm I remember reading it was one of the last ones before modern Doctor Who, which started with the 9th doctor. Maybe the 7th?

[Greengoop]

11th?

[Rsandee]

Mmmm I remember reading it was one of the last ones before modern Doctor Who, which started with the 9th doctor. Maybe the 7th?

Correct! Sylvester McCoy is Scottish and the seventh and last doctor in the classic series, followed up by the 8th doctor Paul McGann in the Doctor Who movie. The 11th doctor Goop mentioned is English actually, while the 10th and 12th are both Scottish! But of course that's the modern series.

Master can answer again!

Master: 7
DaveRattleHead: 7
Curionone: 5
Hunchman801: 4
Reese Riverson: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
dr_st: 3
Pirez: 2
Ithasmore: 1
Greengoop: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 38: Who is this man that has run in every US presidential election since 1992?

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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)

Question 23: How much lbs of food has Bob Shoudt eaten in 4 hours at the The Reading Phillies Gluttony Night in 2018, securing him the title of "most food ever eaten"? Answer: 60 lbs (59.6). (Reese Riverson)

Question 24: What chemical element does your hair contain that makes it able to bind with other hairs and make "bridges" in order to make robust bonds that provide hair with its structure, strength, and elasticity while dictating its texture and shape? Answer: Sulphur. (Reese Riverson)

Question 25: How long does it take to prepare a century egg? Answer: About a month (Hunchman801)

Question 26: What was the name of the lead singer of Linkin Park who unfortunately died by his own hand in 2017? Answer: Chester Bennington (Master)

Question 27: In which Indian city should your body be cremated on the banks of the Ganges river and its ashes scattered into the river in order to achieve "moksha", ending the cycle of death and rebirth (reincarnation), according to the Hindu belief? Answer: Benares/Varanasi (DaveRattleHead)

Question 28: List the differences between the book and the movie concerning the challenges Harry and the gang have to face through the forbidden third-floor corridor in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Answer: In the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, there are seven challenges guarding the Stone: Fluffy the dog, Devil’s Snare, flying keys, Wizard’s Chess, a troll, a potion riddle, and the Mirror of Erised. The movie simplifies this to five, removing the troll and Snape’s potion riddle for pacing and visual reasons. (Curionone)

Question 29: List the 5 countries where red pandas are native to. Answer: China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Birma/Myanmar. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 30: Answer the riddles posed by the respective doors of Dark Brotherhood sanctuaries in the Elder Scrolls series. Answer: Sanguine, my brother. Silence, my brother. Innocence, my brother. (Reese Riverson)

Question 31: In 1989, conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar claimed he worked for the U.S. government on the reverse-engineering of a certain kind of new technology. What did he claim to work on and where was his work located? Answer: UFO with element 115 as fuel, S-4, Area 51. (DaveRattlehead)

Question 32: Explain to me the concept of "Roko's basilisk". Answer: It’s the concept of (Infohazard Warning) a hypothetical supercomputer who will be otherwise benevolent, but anyone who knew about its development but didn’t help it will be eternally tortured by it. (Greengoop)

Question 33: In the Sid Meier's Civilization videogame series, there's a running joke/easter egg about Gandhi being the most nuke-happy leader in the game. Explain to me where that joke originated and how/why. Answer: Buffer underflow problem set his -1 nuke trait to 99 instead. (Master)

Question 34: In the TV show "South Park", who is Cartman's dad? Answer: Jack Tenorman, 20 years ago. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 35: To what American comedian does this quote belong: "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"? Answer: George Carlin (Master)

Question 36: What is the national dish of England? Answer: Chicken tikka masala (Master)

Question 37: Which doctor is the only non-English doctor in the classic Doctor Who series? Answer: The seventh, Sylvester McCoy. (DaveRattleHead)

[Master]

I have no idea who that fellow is, sounds like he'd be from the US equivalent to the Monster Raving Loony Party.

Given the aesthetic, I will go with Jack Boot as an attempt.

As for the 7th Doctor, I have this old outtake I'd like to share:

[lyndo64]

Isn't it Vermin Supreme or something? I know he fights for dental care

[Rsandee]

Isn't it Vermin Supreme or something? I know he fights for dental care

Correct and a 10/10 reference

Master: 7
DaveRattleHead: 7
Curionone: 5
Hunchman801: 4
Reese Riverson: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
dr_st: 3
Pirez: 2
Ithasmore: 1
Greengoop: 1
lyndo64: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 39: Name one of the names or stagenames of the comedian/entertainer/singer-songwriter/rapper and youtube legend that played the character "Pink Guy" and started the "Harlem Shake" internet meme.

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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)

Question 23: How much lbs of food has Bob Shoudt eaten in 4 hours at the The Reading Phillies Gluttony Night in 2018, securing him the title of "most food ever eaten"? Answer: 60 lbs (59.6). (Reese Riverson)

Question 24: What chemical element does your hair contain that makes it able to bind with other hairs and make "bridges" in order to make robust bonds that provide hair with its structure, strength, and elasticity while dictating its texture and shape? Answer: Sulphur. (Reese Riverson)

Question 25: How long does it take to prepare a century egg? Answer: About a month (Hunchman801)

Question 26: What was the name of the lead singer of Linkin Park who unfortunately died by his own hand in 2017? Answer: Chester Bennington (Master)

Question 27: In which Indian city should your body be cremated on the banks of the Ganges river and its ashes scattered into the river in order to achieve "moksha", ending the cycle of death and rebirth (reincarnation), according to the Hindu belief? Answer: Benares/Varanasi (DaveRattleHead)

Question 28: List the differences between the book and the movie concerning the challenges Harry and the gang have to face through the forbidden third-floor corridor in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Answer: In the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, there are seven challenges guarding the Stone: Fluffy the dog, Devil’s Snare, flying keys, Wizard’s Chess, a troll, a potion riddle, and the Mirror of Erised. The movie simplifies this to five, removing the troll and Snape’s potion riddle for pacing and visual reasons. (Curionone)

Question 29: List the 5 countries where red pandas are native to. Answer: China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Birma/Myanmar. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 30: Answer the riddles posed by the respective doors of Dark Brotherhood sanctuaries in the Elder Scrolls series. Answer: Sanguine, my brother. Silence, my brother. Innocence, my brother. (Reese Riverson)

Question 31: In 1989, conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar claimed he worked for the U.S. government on the reverse-engineering of a certain kind of new technology. What did he claim to work on and where was his work located? Answer: UFO with element 115 as fuel, S-4, Area 51. (DaveRattlehead)

Question 32: Explain to me the concept of "Roko's basilisk". Answer: It’s the concept of (Infohazard Warning) a hypothetical supercomputer who will be otherwise benevolent, but anyone who knew about its development but didn’t help it will be eternally tortured by it. (Greengoop)

Question 33: In the Sid Meier's Civilization videogame series, there's a running joke/easter egg about Gandhi being the most nuke-happy leader in the game. Explain to me where that joke originated and how/why. Answer: Buffer underflow problem set his -1 nuke trait to 99 instead. (Master)

Question 34: In the TV show "South Park", who is Cartman's dad? Answer: Jack Tenorman, 20 years ago. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 35: To what American comedian does this quote belong: "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"? Answer: George Carlin (Master)

Question 36: What is the national dish of England? Answer: Chicken tikka masala (Master)

Question 37: Which doctor is the only non-English doctor in the classic Doctor Who series? Answer: The seventh, Sylvester McCoy. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 38: Who is this man that has run in every US presidential election since 1992? Answer: Vermin Supreme (lyndo64)

[Master]

Filthy Frank?

[Rsandee]

Correct! Will Master run away with the victory?

Master: 8
DaveRattleHead: 7
Curionone: 5
Hunchman801: 4
Reese Riverson: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
dr_st: 3
Pirez: 2
Ithasmore: 1
Greengoop: 1
lyndo64: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 40: What is the function of Schrödinger's formula? HΨ = EΨ. Please explain what the formula means and what it is used for.

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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)

Question 23: How much lbs of food has Bob Shoudt eaten in 4 hours at the The Reading Phillies Gluttony Night in 2018, securing him the title of "most food ever eaten"? Answer: 60 lbs (59.6). (Reese Riverson)

Question 24: What chemical element does your hair contain that makes it able to bind with other hairs and make "bridges" in order to make robust bonds that provide hair with its structure, strength, and elasticity while dictating its texture and shape? Answer: Sulphur. (Reese Riverson)

Question 25: How long does it take to prepare a century egg? Answer: About a month (Hunchman801)

Question 26: What was the name of the lead singer of Linkin Park who unfortunately died by his own hand in 2017? Answer: Chester Bennington (Master)

Question 27: In which Indian city should your body be cremated on the banks of the Ganges river and its ashes scattered into the river in order to achieve "moksha", ending the cycle of death and rebirth (reincarnation), according to the Hindu belief? Answer: Benares/Varanasi (DaveRattleHead)

Question 28: List the differences between the book and the movie concerning the challenges Harry and the gang have to face through the forbidden third-floor corridor in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Answer: In the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, there are seven challenges guarding the Stone: Fluffy the dog, Devil’s Snare, flying keys, Wizard’s Chess, a troll, a potion riddle, and the Mirror of Erised. The movie simplifies this to five, removing the troll and Snape’s potion riddle for pacing and visual reasons. (Curionone)

Question 29: List the 5 countries where red pandas are native to. Answer: China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Birma/Myanmar. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 30: Answer the riddles posed by the respective doors of Dark Brotherhood sanctuaries in the Elder Scrolls series. Answer: Sanguine, my brother. Silence, my brother. Innocence, my brother. (Reese Riverson)

Question 31: In 1989, conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar claimed he worked for the U.S. government on the reverse-engineering of a certain kind of new technology. What did he claim to work on and where was his work located? Answer: UFO with element 115 as fuel, S-4, Area 51. (DaveRattlehead)

Question 32: Explain to me the concept of "Roko's basilisk". Answer: It’s the concept of (Infohazard Warning) a hypothetical supercomputer who will be otherwise benevolent, but anyone who knew about its development but didn’t help it will be eternally tortured by it. (Greengoop)

Question 33: In the Sid Meier's Civilization videogame series, there's a running joke/easter egg about Gandhi being the most nuke-happy leader in the game. Explain to me where that joke originated and how/why. Answer: Buffer underflow problem set his -1 nuke trait to 99 instead. (Master)

Question 34: In the TV show "South Park", who is Cartman's dad? Answer: Jack Tenorman, 20 years ago. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 35: To what American comedian does this quote belong: "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"? Answer: George Carlin (Master)

Question 36: What is the national dish of England? Answer: Chicken tikka masala (Master)

Question 37: Which doctor is the only non-English doctor in the classic Doctor Who series? Answer: The seventh, Sylvester McCoy. (DaveRattleHead)

Question 38: Who is this man that has run in every US presidential election since 1992? Answer: Vermin Supreme (lyndo64)

Question 39: Name one of the names or stagenames of the comedian/entertainer/singer-songwriter/rapper and youtube legend that played the character "Pink Guy" and started the "Harlem Shake" internet meme. Answer: FilthyFrank (Master)

[PluMGMK]

It's an eigenvalue equation for the energy of a quantum particle or system, neglecting spin and relativistic effects. The left side is the Hamiltonian operator applied to the wavefunction Psi, and the right side is a number, the energy E, multiplied by that same function.

The Hamiltonian is a complex second-order differential operator over time and space, making this a parabolic Partial Differential Equation. By solving the PDE you get the eigenfunctions Psi, representing the states the particle or system can be in, and the corresponding eigenvalues E, representing the energies of those states.

For example, for an electron in a radial coulombic potential, you get the energy levels of the hydrogen atom, and the shapes of the corresponding orbitals (spherical harmonics)

[Hunchman801]

Well, I'm not sure someone could have said it better.

[Pirez]

He could have used a different word than "eigenvalues". My grandfather didn't fought against the germans in 1983 for my lovely forum to be filled with their propagandic language

[Hunchman801]

I wonder if Pirez saw that section just under the French forums...

[PluMGMK]

"Valeurs propres" ? I think English speakers didn't understand the concept well enough so they just pulled over the German term without adapting it. Usually we use a Latin term when that happens, but the development of Linear Algebra came a bit too late for there to be one

[DaveRattlehead]

Oh, Quantum Chemistry, those are definitely memories from Vietnam...

[PluMGMK]

It's funny you should say that, since I actually went to the Chemistry Olympiad in Vietnam!

But for me the Schrödinger equation feels Physics-y rather than Chemistry-y ( ), especially given that I've been tutoring Physics students on it lately!

[Reese Riverson]

It's better than whatever I would attempt, since they look like a crows foot or a weird looking fork to me.

A whole new level of respect from me to you, Plum.