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

[Giant Chicken]

Congrats to Dave!

[dr_st]

Alright, I've handled the ting distributions. Many participants this time around, congrats to everyone!

According to the new rules - the number of tings for bonus question may vary, however, we did not specify how to determine it. So this time I just assigned 1,000 tings for each of the bonus questions, which may become the new default, unless the quizmaster specifies a different (reasonable, though!) number.

If someone didn't get the correct award, please let me know!

[Hunchman801]

Congrats Dave on a well-deserved victory, and thank you Rsandee for a great quiz!

[lyndo64]

Congrats Dave!

[DaveRattlehead]

Welcome to the 13th season!

Just like I did last time I hosted this game, I'll split the questions between six different topics, which can be merged depending on the question: science, history, sports, geography, TV and art. Hopefully this season will be as long as season 12 was. Good luck everyone!

Question 1
What site am I talking about?
-It is one of the oldest ecosystems on the planet.
-This ecosystem has one of the largest land animal migrations in the world.
-The most common animals in this ecosystem are wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, and buffalo, although there is also a high presence of big cats.
-This area is home to one of the most important paleontological reserves in the world.

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[Rsandee]

The savanna!

[Greengoop]

I’ll just say Grassland, as Rsandee beat me to it.

[DaveRattlehead]

I'm looking for a specific name

[Rsandee]

Can we answer again?

[DaveRattlehead]

Sure

[Rsandee]

The Serengeti?

[DaveRattlehead]

Yay! Rsandee gets the first point

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Question 2
Which disease is colloquially known as "the kissing disease"?

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Rsandee - 1 point

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Season 13: History of questions

Q1: What site am I talking about?
-It is one of the oldest ecosystems on the planet.
-This ecosystem has one of the largest land animal migrations in the world.
-The most common animals in this ecosystem are wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, and buffalo, although there is also a high presence of big cats.
-This area is home to one of the most important paleontological reserves in the world. 
A1: The Serengeti (Rsandee) 

[dr_st]

Mononucleosis (usually shortened to 'mono'). Presumably because it is easily transmissible via kissing (saliva).

[DaveRattlehead]

An dr_st is correct here
The "kissing disease" is caused in the majority of the cases by the Epstein-Barr virus, which is in the herpes family. Have you ever suffered from this disease?

Let's continue with the easy ones. Don't worry, the game will get harder soon

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Question 3
When was the last time the U.S. men's basketball team didn't win the gold medal at the Olympics?

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Rsandee, dr_st - 1 point

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Season 13: History of questions

Q1: What site am I talking about?
-It is one of the oldest ecosystems on the planet.
-This ecosystem has one of the largest land animal migrations in the world.
-The most common animals in this ecosystem are wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, and buffalo, although there is also a high presence of big cats.
-This area is home to one of the most important paleontological reserves in the world. 
A1: The Serengeti (Rsandee) 

Q2: Which disease is colloquially known as "the kissing disease"?
A2: Mononucleosis (dr_st)

[dr_st]

Question 3
When was the last time the U.S. men's basketball team didn't win the gold medal at the Olympics?

I know they've lost quite a few World Championships, but I want to think (not because I'm a fan, but just because I don't know any better) that they've won every Olympics since 1992. In which case the last time would be 1988 (Soviet Union won that one, beating Yugoslavia in the finals).

[DaveRattlehead]

They've won almost every Olympics since 1992, so 1988 isn't correct

[Giant Chicken]

Was it the most recent one

[Greengoop]

2008?

[DaveRattlehead]

Nope, in 2008 they played against Spain and they won.

[Rsandee]

Epstein

Uh I'm gonna go with the year 2004.