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

[PluMGMK]

The mitochondria? They have their own DNA and they carry out the citric acid cycle to produce high-energy NADH by aerobic respiration.

[Rsandee]

Yup it's the mitochondria, they originate from an extracellular aerobic alpha-proteobacterium that was engulfed by a primordial archaeal host cell by a process known as endosymbiosis. This symbiosis allowed for the adoption of this new organelle within the host cell. This process is believed to be absolutely ancient, as the massive amount of gene transfer allowed for massive evolutionary changes, which of course take an incredibly long amount of time.

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

Question 46: Terry Davis was an American computer programmer who wrote, programmed and designed the TempleOS operating system and unfortunately, suffered greatly from schizophrenia. He believed he was on a mission given by God to build God's "Third Temple" on Earth. In order to do this, he wrote his very own style of the C programming language (because he believed the CIA had backdoors in the Linux kernel and all C compilers), as to avoid any backdoors and dependencies. What is Terry Davis' very own C-based programming language called?

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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)

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? Answer: Mitochondria, citric acid cycle. (PluMGMK)

[PluMGMK]

Dammit, I should know this...

I wanna say "Hosanna"? I probably picked that from the wrong corner of my mind

[Rsandee]

Nope! But nice try

11th Nov Edit: The answer is very easy, if it's not guessed by tomorrow I'll give a hint. Just try to think in a very simple way what it might be. You could guess it even if you're not familiar with any programming languages.

PluMGMK can have another guess by the way.

[Rsandee]

Hint: When you pronounce the name of this programming language, it sounds exactly like the name of a governmental body.

[Giant Chicken]

The CIA?

[Rsandee]

Nope, it's one in Europe!
You may answer again.

[Giant Chicken]

...Oh my god is it the Holy C?

[Rsandee]

Correct! HolyC is a combination of C and C++ and allows you to make changes to the OS, kernel and UI. But doesn't that sound incredibly dangerous? "Yes, and that's what makes it so fun!" -Terry Davis. It's incredibly fast and optimized.

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

Question 47: What is this character called and what show is he from?

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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)

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? Answer: Mitochondria, citric acid cycle. (PluMGMK)

Question 46: What is Terry Davis' very own C-based programming language called? Answer: HolyC (Ithasmore).

[Master]

I don't know if the spellings right, but that's Zorro from One Piece right?

[Hunchman801]

I think my brother's read (and watched) every episode of that. It amounts to quite a lot of time in total!

[Rsandee]

Correct! Will Master run away with the victory once again?

Master: 9
DaveRattleHead: 8
Curionone: 5
Hunchman801: 4
Reese Riverson: 4
dr_st: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
Pirez: 2
Greengoop: 2
PluMGMK: 2
Ithasmore: 2
lyndo64: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 48: What causes an "AI hallucination" and what is it? Name at least 2 causes.

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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)

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? Answer: Mitochondria, citric acid cycle. (PluMGMK)

Question 46: What is Terry Davis' very own C-based programming language called? Answer: HolyC (Ithasmore).

Question 47: What is this character called and what show is he from? Answer: Zoro, One Piece. (Master).

[Greengoop]

When an AI freaks out and gives wrong or distorted information. Prompts to make it freak out are “Is there a seahorse emoji?” And “Are there any NFL teams that don’t end with s?”

[Rsandee]

When an AI freaks out and gives wrong or distorted information. Prompts to make it freak out are “Is there a seahorse emoji?” And “Are there any NFL teams that don’t end with s?”

Alright but why does it behave like this? What are the causes? Those are good examples but they don't really explain why it behaves like it does.
You can answer again, obviously.

[Greengoop]

Isn’t it because of varying information on the internet, and it isn’t sure of which one is real?

[Rsandee]

Isn’t it because of varying information on the internet, and it isn’t sure of which one is real?

Unfortunately not! AI has been doing it since before they even got access to the internet in the first place.

[The Jonster]

I’ll say insufficient data or wrong assumptions made that could be causes of the misinformation coming from ai. There’s probably more causes but that’s some of them. Gosh I’ve been watching HTCT’s debunking series for a long time now huh.

[Rsandee]

I’ll say insufficient data or wrong assumptions made that could be causes of the misinformation coming from ai. There’s probably more causes but that’s some of them. Gosh I’ve been watching HTCT’s debunking series for a long time now huh.

Hmmmm if I were to say this is correct (which it loosely is), it would only count as 1 cause.
I don't expect people to use the exact words that people in the development and use of AI know, so I'm willing to go with you guys' answers here but I also have to be critical of course.

[dr_st]

As was said "AI hallucinations" is basically when AI makes something up completely.
Two possible causes of AI hallucinations:
1. Asking for something very obscure and very specific. The AI "feels" it should be able to answer instead of saying "I have no idea" and hallucinates.
2. Context pollution - ask a couple of questions, then quickly change subject without saying you're changing subject and without explicitly telling it to drop context. The AI might "think" there is a connection to the previous conversation and spew out something completely bogus.

[Hunchman801]

An LLM is said to hallucinate when it provides incorrect information.

Such incorrect information can sometimes come from its training data, but LLMs also have a tendency to make up things when they don't "know" the answer to a question, that is, if it wasn't in their training data or they failed to "memorize" it (they're just statistical models after all).