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

[PluMGMK]

Does it make it more impressive that I typed it on my phone? (If I'd been at my PC I might have actually written "Ψ" instead of "Psi" )

[DaveRattlehead]

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

Hey, that's great! I found out about it because some of my classmates at college went to the Olympiad. I would have loved to go to one, but registration was handled by the highschool, and my highschool didn't really care about those kinds of things

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!

Are you allowed to teach theory classes as PhD students?

Oh well, most of the quantum mechanics I studied 5-6 years ago were applied to molecules/chemical systems (pretty obvious right?). The Hückel method was crazy when I saw it for the first time, and it's even crazier to think that it's probably one of the simplest things you study there

I spent about 100000 hours studying it, but hey, in the end I passed the subject with honours!

[PluMGMK]

Well, just tutorials. The lectures and curriculum setting are done by one of the nanotech professors

I'm not sure if the Hückel method comes up on the course I'm tutoring – we kinda tend to stick with "spherical horses in a vacuum"

[Rsandee]

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)

Correct! A Hamiltonian operator is applied to the atomic/molecular wavefunction that is dependent on electron/neutron positions and charge, yielding the eigenvalues that correspond to the atomic/molecular energy states. For a hydrogen atom like you described, this would correspond to the 1s, 2s, 2p etc. energy states. For a molecular wavefunction, let's say H2, this would correspond to the bonding/anti-bonding character of the molecule, so 1s1 + 1s2 and 1s1 - 1s2 respectively.

It is worth noting that solving this equation is impossible analytically for higher ordered atoms because of the electron correlation, if the number of electrons exceed 1 we have to consider the effect one electron has on the other as they no longer act independently. We use several approximations to derive the energy levels computationally, such as the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in which we consider the nuclei as stationary as the momentum of the electrons greatly exceed the momentum of the nuclei by several magnitudes. The most popular method to solve the SE computationally is by DFT, as all emerging properties of a molecule can be predicted by the electron density alone (Hohenberg-Kohn and Kohn-Sham postulates). In order to do this, we use parameterized electron exchange-correlation functionals that, if they were able to be computed analytically instead of by parameterization, it is said the computational power required wouldn't be worth the gain in accuracy.

Yes, it is an area of physics, but what is chemistry if not applied physics?

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
PluMGMK: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 41: What is the Swedish law called which states that you can camp anywhere and cut any tree, as long as you plant another tree and the land you're on is not someone's private property? It is written so that one can enjoy nature and do whatever one wants, as long as one does not disturb the environment or anyone's private property in any way. You can therefore swim, ski, pick berries and do whatever you want.

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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)

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

[PluMGMK]

[Correct! A Hamiltonian operator is applied to the atomic/molecular wavefunction that is dependent on electron/neutron positions and charge, yielding the eigenvalues that correspond to the atomic/molecular energy states. For a hydrogen atom like you described, this would correspond to the 1s, 2s, 2p etc. energy states. For a molecular wavefunction, let's say H2, this would correspond to the bonding/anti-bonding character of the molecule, so 1s1 + 1s2 and 1s1 - 1s2 respectively.

It is worth noting that solving this equation is impossible analytically for higher ordered atoms because of the electron correlation, if the number of electrons exceed 1 we have to consider the effect one electron has on the other as they no longer act independently. We use several approximations to derive the energy levels computationally, such as the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in which we consider the nuclei as stationary as the momentum of the electrons greatly exceed the momentum of the nuclei by several magnitudes. The most popular method to solve the SE computationally is by DFT, as all emerging properties of a molecule can be predicted by the electron density alone (Hohenberg-Kohn and Kohn-Sham postulates). In order to do this, we use parameterized electron exchange-correlation functionals that, if they were able to be computed analytically instead of by parameterization, it is said the computational power required wouldn't be worth the gain in accuracy.

Yes, it is an area of physics, but what is chemistry if not applied physics?

Yes indeed, and here again you're going way further than the spherical horses in a vacuum I basically talked about in my answer And yeah, the xkcd comic says chemistry is "merely" applied physics (but there's nothing mere about it!)

[Hunchman801]

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!

For me, it feels... far away! I think I studied it in 2008 or something.

[Master]

Giving the answer that was shared in Off-Topic, but I don't think I'd be inclined to accept the point for it. But this has been stuck for a week, so I'll take the hint and move things along.

The answer is Allemansrätten, the Swedish version of Right-to-Roam laws.

[Rsandee]

Yeah I'm just going to go ahead and cancel this question because it's just not going to go anywhere. I can give hints all I want but nobody was going to guess this one. It's not that obscure, but it's obscure enough that I can't hint about it. I wanted to try and do a law-related question because I keep circling down the same topics. Nobody gets the point since nobody was particularly happy I leaked the answer elsewhere.

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
PluMGMK: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 42: What is the ancient Celtic name for Halloween, meaning "Summer's End"?

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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)

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

Question 41: What is the Swedish law called which states that you can camp anywhere and cut any tree, as long as you plant another tree and the land you're on is not someone's private property? Answer: Allemansrätten (Canceled).

[Greengoop]

Samhain?

[Rsandee]

Why, yes it is! Happy Halloween everybody!

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

Question 43: Which real-life chess player is the most commonly cited inspiration for the character of the fictional chess player "Beth Harmon" in Netflix's series "The Queen's Gambit"?

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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)

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

Question 41: What is the Swedish law called which states that you can camp anywhere and cut any tree, as long as you plant another tree and the land you're on is not someone's private property? Answer: Allemansrätten (Canceled).

Question 42: What is the ancient Celtic name for Halloween, meaning "Summer's End"? Answer: Samhain (Greengoop).

[dr_st]

Beth Harmon is a female name, so I suppose it could be Judith Polgar - the only (or one of the very few) female chess players that could seriously compete with male grandmasters.

[Rsandee]

Beth Harmon is a female name, so I suppose it could be Judith Polgar - the only (or one of the very few) female chess players that could seriously compete with male grandmasters.

I would say you're correct, if it weren't for the fact that the book the series was based on was released when Judit Polgár was still a child.
There is a different chess player that is more commonly noted as the source of this character.

[DaveRattlehead]

Since it's a US series, it's logical to think of an American chess player, and the only American chess player from the last century who comes to my mind in terms of popularity is Bobby Fischer, but he's a man and I don't see any connection between him and the protagonist...

[Rsandee]

Correct! Which means you're now neck-on-neck with Master!

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

Question 44: What programming language did Chris Sawyer primarily use to create the popular videogame "Rollercoaster Tycoon" in the year 1999?

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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)

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

Question 41: What is the Swedish law called which states that you can camp anywhere and cut any tree, as long as you plant another tree and the land you're on is not someone's private property? Answer: Allemansrätten (Canceled).

Question 42: What is the ancient Celtic name for Halloween, meaning "Summer's End"? Answer: Samhain (Greengoop).

Question 43: Which real-life chess player is the most commonly cited inspiration for the character of the fictional chess player "Beth Harmon" in Netflix's series "The Queen's Gambit"? Answer: Bobby Fischer (DaveRattleHead)

[dr_st]

Assembly! I believe everyone was genuinely surprised when he had talked about it.

[PluMGMK]

I always feel that calling assembly a "programming language" is a bit off. It doesn't really work like a conventional programming language, because it doesn't have the standard toolkit of control structures, variables, etc. (unless you use macros), and it's machine specific (using "machine" in a very broad sense!)

[Master]

Does this mean I could technically snipe it and say x86 Assembly?

[PluMGMK]

I list x86 assembly under "programming languages" on my CV, but that feels equally "off". There's just no other place to put it I guess

[Reese Riverson]

The fact that's what they used is what allowed us to have OpenRCT2 for online gameplay, right?

[Rsandee]

dr_st is correct! RCT (1999) is a fantastically optimized game, this meant that everyone had nearly the same experienced with the game, running smoothly on even the most rudimentary hardware. It is safe to say Chris Sawyer is a genius.

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

Question 45: In biology/cell chemistry, what part of eukaryotic cells is believed to have extracellular origins? What exact part in eukaryotic cells am I talking about and what is its function?

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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)

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

Question 41: What is the Swedish law called which states that you can camp anywhere and cut any tree, as long as you plant another tree and the land you're on is not someone's private property? Answer: Allemansrätten (Canceled).

Question 42: What is the ancient Celtic name for Halloween, meaning "Summer's End"? Answer: Samhain (Greengoop).

Question 43: Which real-life chess player is the most commonly cited inspiration for the character of the fictional chess player "Beth Harmon" in Netflix's series "The Queen's Gambit"? Answer: Bobby Fischer (DaveRattleHead)

Question 44: What programming language did Chris Sawyer primarily use to create the popular videogame "Rollercoaster Tycoon" in the year 1999? Answer: Assembly. (dr_st)