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Reese Riverson wrote: Fri Oct 10, 2025 3:31 pm I only know the answer to two of those out of three, which is why I couldn't answer myself. :oops2:
If you answer them and nobody can give the third, you'll be first in line to get the point when I lower the standards. :mryellow:
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Rsandee wrote: Fri Oct 10, 2025 3:59 pm If you answer them and nobody can give the third, you'll be first in line to get the point when I lower the standards. :mryellow:
Well, in that case:

???
Silence, my brother.
Innocence, my brother.
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Reese Riverson wrote: Fri Oct 10, 2025 4:35 pm
Rsandee wrote: Fri Oct 10, 2025 3:59 pm If you answer them and nobody can give the third, you'll be first in line to get the point when I lower the standards. :mryellow:
Well, in that case:

???
Silence, my brother.
Innocence, my brother.
I'll give you the point then! The Cheydinhal sanctuary riddle solution is: Sanguine, my brother. I know Oblivion is an old game but it got remastered recently so I hoped it would be more well-known. :P Also, if you ask me, the Oblivion Dark Brotherhood questline is a lot better than the Skyrim one.

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

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?

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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)

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They were supposed to be working on a UFO which used the famous element 115 as fuel. The facility was S-4.
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Wow you even got the specific facility right! Area 51 would have been sufficient :P

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

Question 32: Explain to me the concept of "Roko's basilisk".

Code: Select all

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)
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Rsandee wrote: Sat Oct 11, 2025 10:02 pm I'll give you the point then! The Cheydinhal sanctuary riddle solution is: Sanguine, my brother. I know Oblivion is an old game but it got remastered recently so I hoped it would be more well-known. :P Also, if you ask me, the Oblivion Dark Brotherhood questline is a lot better than the Skyrim one.
To be quite honest, I really haven't played Oblivion, regardless of the remaster. I did pour a ton of hours into Skyrim a multitude of times, even the VR version.
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Asking about the Basilisk here to be saved from it I see? :wink:

Basically, 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. Pretty terrifying thought, luckily supercomputers hopefully won’t get far enough to bend space/time. :oops2:
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That's a slam dunk for Greengoop, seems like he's even in the know about the whole infohazard culture around it as well. :P

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

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.

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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)
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OH I HEARD ABOUT THIS! In the original game Gandhi would constantly send nukes to other nations!
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EdgyRabbid wrote: Sun Oct 12, 2025 4:55 pm OH I HEARD ABOUT THIS! In the original game Gandhi would constantly send nukes to other nations!
Yeah you're right, but why? :P
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I’ll just guess that there’s some sort of coding error in the original game that gives Ghandi a much higher probability of firing a nuke than other leaders would.
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I believe it's a buffer underflow problem relating to some trait that defines his aggression. His is set to a low number, but if you get some perk or item that causes the value of other characters to be reduced further, his goes down below 0, thus underflowing to a very high aggression value.

Not sure how true this is, I've only come across this as hearsay.
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Master is completely correct! Gandhi was supposed to be the most peaceful leader in the game and the least likely to use nukes, but a -1 nuke trait triggered a buffer underflow that set his nuke trait to 99 instead. It was such a funny bug that they opted to keep it in every game since in some intended form as an easter egg and running joke. Greengoop was on the right track but I've got to give this one to Master instead.

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

Question 34: In the TV show "South Park", who is Cartman's dad?

Code: Select all

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)
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Jack Tenorman, who was killed by Cartman like... 20 years ago? :lol:
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And Dave takes the lead! Yes it looks like I'm literally just asking if you've seen that one (probably the most popular) episode, but in the early seasons they put more attention on the fact Cartman didn't have a dad. :P I was actually hoping someone would still remember that and answer that his mom is his dad because his mom is a hermaphrodite. :lol:

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

Question 35: To what American comedian does this quote belong: "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"?

Code: Select all

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)
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George Carlin?
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Correct! I'm surprised by how quick that went.

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

Question 36: What is the national dish of England?

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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)
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I swear if its beans on toast.
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It's not. Depending on who you ask it's a Chicken Tikka or Fish and Chips
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Master wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 10:12 pm It's not. Depending on who you ask it's a Chicken Tikka or Fish and Chips
Please answer the dish that was declared the British national dish in 2001 by British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. :P
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