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

[Rsandee]

Okay so the above answers are very good answers.
Hunchman explained it the best, cause 1 is the lack of sufficient data in the training set.

The LLM/GPT/AI does not know the answer to the question because of a lack of sufficient data in the training set, it feels like it should know an answer and it isn't designed with a tendency to just come clean and say that it doesn't know the answer so it simply makes one up. When you change the context, it is still using the data from the training set from the previous context, probably mixing it up with training data from your new question.

There are a lot of different ways you could answer the second cause as there are numerous causes. dr_st however manages to win the point here because context pollution is indeed one of the reproducable ways you can make an AI hallucinate. Other causes are: Overfitting/Underfitting the training set, errors/biases in the training set. LLMs as we know it are incredibly stupid, it's just a predictive model that takes what you feed it and tries to spit something out that follows that specific pattern.

Point to dr_st!

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

Question 49: Why did Vlad III of Romania, also known as "Vlad the Impaler", hate the Ottomans so much?

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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).

Question 48: What causes an "AI hallucination" and what is it? Name at least 2 causes. Answer: AI is unable to truthfully say it has no idea, context pollution (dr_st).

[DaveRattlehead]

Because he was a hostage to the Ottoman Empire when he was a child.

[Hunchman801]

Maybe just because they invaded the region (among many others), asked for tribute and attempted to convert the population?

[Giant Chicken]

Maybe he was an escaped devshirme?

[PluMGMK]

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.

I'm sure we've all met humans who have the exact same problem. But at least we usually learn never to ask serious questions of such humans

[dr_st]

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.

I'm sure we've all met humans who have the exact same problem. But at least we usually learn never to ask serious questions of such humans

Yes, with AI you just have to learn not to ask these specific types of questions.

[Rsandee]

DaveRattlehead is correct, which means he is now tied with Master! Who will run away with the victory? Vlad's father, Vlad II, sent his two sons Vlad and Radu to the Ottoman court as captives when vlad was around 11 or 12 years old. This is where Vlad was taught Ottoman culture and military tactics and where he supposedly witnessed various torture methods that he would inflict back upon the Ottomans years later. There are many gruesome stories surrounding his character that are probably not really appropriate to mention here.

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

Question 50: Where does the chess move "en passant" come from? Why is it a move?
To clarify: I'm not asking for the location where the move was invented, I'm only asking why it's a move and why it was established.

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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)

BONUS 2: List 20 Greek mythological creatures/monsters. You are allowed to call the unique ones by name. Answer: Medusa, Tartarus, Eros, Uranus, Ourea, Cronus, Cyclopes, Hecatoncheires, Giants, Chaos, Python, Minotaur, Nymphs, Pegasus, Chrysaor, Cerberus, Hydra, Centaurs, Orthus, Achelous (EdgyRabbid).

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).

Question 48: What causes an "AI hallucination" and what is it? Name at least 2 causes. Answer: AI is unable to truthfully say it has no idea, context pollution (dr_st).

Question 49: Why did Vlad III of Romania, also known as "Vlad the Impaler", hate the Ottomans so much? Answer: He was a hostage to the Ottoman Empire when he was a child (DaveRattlehead).

[dr_st]

Question 50: Where does the chess move "en passant" come from? Why is it a move?
To clarify: I'm not asking for the location where the move was invented, I'm only asking why it's a move and why it was established.

OK, so first to explain the move - it is when a pawn can capture an opponent's pawn right after that opponent's pawn has made its 2-square starting move as if it was only a 1-square move. It's easier to show than to explain, I guess.

Let's suppose black has a pawn on a4, and the white pawn on b2 moves to b4. Then, and only in the next move, the pawn on a4 can move to b3 and capture the white pawn, as if it had been on b3.

The rationale? I'm not sure. I suppose it could be because the 2-step starting move gives a pawn "unfair advantage" over an opponent's pawn "guarding it", since it is essentially passing over a "threatened" square, which normally a pawn should not be allowed to do. That is why it is only allowed on the first move, and only when it's pawn against pawn (other pieces can move backwards, and so they would have a chance to capture that pawn later on).

That's just something I made up that seems reasonable to me. I don't recall ever learning a documented explanation for that move being allowed.

[Rsandee]

Question 50: Where does the chess move "en passant" come from? Why is it a move?
To clarify: I'm not asking for the location where the move was invented, I'm only asking why it's a move and why it was established.

OK, so first to explain the move - it is when a pawn can capture an opponent's pawn right after that opponent's pawn has made its 2-square starting move as if it was only a 1-square move. It's easier to show than to explain, I guess.

Let's suppose black has a pawn on a4, and the white pawn on b2 moves to b4. Then, and only in the next move, the pawn on a4 can move to b3 and capture the white pawn, as if it had been on b3.

The rationale? I'm not sure. I suppose it could be because the 2-step starting move gives a pawn "unfair advantage" over an opponent's pawn "guarding it", since it is essentially passing over a "threatened" square, which normally a pawn should not be allowed to do. That is why it is only allowed on the first move, and only when it's pawn against pawn (other pieces can move backwards, and so they would have a chance to capture that pawn later on).

That's just something I made up that seems reasonable to me. I don't recall ever learning a documented explanation for that move being allowed.

You're on the right track but you're missing a crucial detail. If you can explain why the 2-step starting moves give the pawn an "unfair advantage" like you said, you get the point! I will say that it has nothing to do with any other pieces.

You can answer again of course.

[dr_st]

You're on the right track but you're missing a crucial detail. If you can explain why the 2-step starting moves give the pawn an "unfair advantage" like you said, you get the point! I will say that it has nothing to do with any other pieces.

You can answer again of course.

Hmm... not sure how well I can explain it, but I will try. Since pawns only move forward, but capture diagonally (also forward), as a pawn inches forward one-step at a time, it must eventually pass under the attack of enemy pawns on the file(s) next to it, as these also make their way through the board. The only exception would be if the enemy pawn already advanced to the 5th row (for white) or 4th (for black), and the pawn on the neighboring file makes that 2-step starting move and jumps over the square where it could normally be captured.

Since pawns cannot capture forward, and cannot move diagonally without capturing, the ability to capture an enemy pawn is the only means by which a pawn is "guaranteed" to have a chance to switch files and become (unstuck) if something is blocking its progression forward (usually another enemy pawn).

[Rsandee]

dr_st gets the point! In medieval times the rules of chess were altered as the one-square movement of pawns were considered to make the start of the game too slow, which is the reason why in modern times the pawn is able to move two squares at once as their first move! In order to compensate for this new rule, the move "en passant" was established as to preserve the opportunity to capture an enemy pawn as per the old rules where pawns could only move one square at a time.

Master: 9
DaveRattleHead: 9
dr_st: 6
Curionone: 5
Hunchman801: 4
Reese Riverson: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
Pirez: 2
Greengoop: 2
PluMGMK: 2
Ithasmore: 2
lyndo64: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Question 51: Where did Alexander the Great die? I'm looking for the name of the city. Guesses are welcome!

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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)

BONUS 2: List 20 Greek mythological creatures/monsters. You are allowed to call the unique ones by name. Answer: Medusa, Tartarus, Eros, Uranus, Ourea, Cronus, Cyclopes, Hecatoncheires, Giants, Chaos, Python, Minotaur, Nymphs, Pegasus, Chrysaor, Cerberus, Hydra, Centaurs, Orthus, Achelous (EdgyRabbid).

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).

Question 48: What causes an "AI hallucination" and what is it? Name at least 2 causes. Answer: AI is unable to truthfully say it has no idea, context pollution (dr_st).

Question 49: Why did Vlad III of Romania, also known as "Vlad the Impaler", hate the Ottomans so much? Answer: He was a hostage to the Ottoman Empire when he was a child (DaveRattlehead).

Question 50: Where does the chess move "en passant" come from? Why is it a move? Answer: To account for the old rule-system where pawns could only move one square at a time, even as their first move (dr_st).

[DaveRattlehead]

He died in Babylon. It's said he was poisoned, although the exact cause of his death I'd say it's unknown.

[Rsandee]

He died in Babylon. It's said he was poisoned, although the exact cause of his death I'd say it's unknown.

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!

DaveRattleHead: 10
Master: 9
dr_st: 6
Curionone: 5
Hunchman801: 4
Reese Riverson: 4
The_Jonster: 3 + BONUS
Pirez: 2
Greengoop: 2
PluMGMK: 2
Ithasmore: 2
lyndo64: 1
EdgyRabbid: BONUS 2

Congratulations DaveRattlehead for winning season 12 of the Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz
This means you've won two in a row! If you wish to take the wheel in season 13 you now have the opportunity to do so or maybe Master or dr_st want to give it a try?
It's up to you This was a long one, the longest one yet I noticed yesterday

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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)

BONUS 2: List 20 Greek mythological creatures/monsters. You are allowed to call the unique ones by name. Answer: Medusa, Tartarus, Eros, Uranus, Ourea, Cronus, Cyclopes, Hecatoncheires, Giants, Chaos, Python, Minotaur, Nymphs, Pegasus, Chrysaor, Cerberus, Hydra, Centaurs, Orthus, Achelous (EdgyRabbid).

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).

Question 48: What causes an "AI hallucination" and what is it? Name at least 2 causes. Answer: AI is unable to truthfully say it has no idea, context pollution (dr_st).

Question 49: Why did Vlad III of Romania, also known as "Vlad the Impaler", hate the Ottomans so much? Answer: He was a hostage to the Ottoman Empire when he was a child (DaveRattlehead).

Question 50: Where does the chess move "en passant" come from? Why is it a move? Answer: To account for the old rule-system where pawns could only move one square at a time, even as their first move (dr_st).

Question 51: Where did Alexander the Great die? Answer: Babylon (DaveRattlehead).

[Greengoop]

Congrats Dave, and thanks for hosting Rsandee!

[PluMGMK]

Congratulations Dave!

[Master]

Very well played indeed Dave, congratulations on well earned win! And I would like to echo Green's sentiments, that was definitely a comprehensive quiz you put on Rsandee!

[dr_st]

Well played, @DaveRattlehead and @Master! This was really neck and neck all the way too the end, but only one can cross the finish line first.

[Reese Riverson]

Congratulations Dave, and well played everyone!

[DaveRattlehead]

That was close, ggs

Sure, I'll host next season! Just give me a few days until I come up with some questions

[Steo]

Congratulations Dave!

Sure, I'll host next season! Just give me a few days until I come up with some questions

What planet do we live on?