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Alexander it is! But now you can't answer the next question…

3 points: Matyuv, Hunchman801, Steo
2 points: lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#

Question 14: (lumgum can't answer) What is the meaning of the euphemism "China Syndrome"?

Is it not something with the nuclear core that goes through the earth all the way to China or whatever that is?

Basically yes. It refers to a nuclear meltdown where fuel could hypothetically burn through the Earth's crust and go all the way through to the other side (if it didn't hit the groundwater first).

3 points: Matyuv, Hunchman801, Steo
2 points: lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 15: For which novel did Margaret Atwood jointly win the Booker Prize in 2019?

The Testaments?

That's the one!
(Sorry, that question just came into my head because it was on Celebrity Millionaire last year, and Johnny Vegas answered it by calling Paul Sinha as his phone-a-friend. Also I have a copy of the Testaments right beside my desk. )

3 points: Matyuv, Hunchman801, Steo, lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 16: What did Albert Einstein famously say that God does not do?

Play dice?

God can't play dice.

Hunchman801 wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 11:20 amPlay dice?

Specifically, it was "play dice with the world", but I suppose this is close enough.

4 points: Hunchman801
3 points: Matyuv, Steo, lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 17: In The Simpsons, what type of failed project led to Homer Simpson being considered an "outsider artist"?

Was it some kind of grill station?

Eh, close enough. It was a barbecue pit.

4 points: Hunchman801
3 points: Matyuv, Steo, lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld, Elite Piranha

Question 18: Where in the world would one most expect to hear the suffix "-san" attached to names?

Japan?

Of course!

4 points: Hunchman801
3 points: Matyuv, Steo, lumgum
2 points: Elite Piranha
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 19: (Elite Piranha cannot answer) Elemental oxygen most commonly occurs in the Earth's atmosphere as the molecule O2, but O3 is also a thing. What is the name for O3?

Ozone.

Now we're getting somewhere!

I just realized that today is this quiz's third anniversary!

4 points: Hunchman801, lumgum
3 points: Matyuv, Steo
2 points: Elite Piranha
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 20: Speaking of anniversaries, what winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature turns 80 today (24 May 2021)?

PluMGMK wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 7:54 pm Question 20: Speaking of anniversaries, what winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature turns 80 today (24 May 2021)?

Well in a couple weeks they'll be 81 now!

I'm surprised nobody has an inkling

Here's a hint: this person's Nobel Prize winning was not without controversy, as their work isn't what one might usually think of as "literature"

Nobody? Well, OK then, it was Bob Dylan.

I'm at a loss as to what kinds of questions to ask now… Maybe someone else could take over the season? I clearly haven't been doing a good job here

Any volunteers?

For what?

This:

PluMGMK wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 10:21 pm I'm at a loss as to what kinds of questions to ask now… Maybe someone else could take over the season? I clearly haven't been doing a good job here