I thiink it might be Jane Eyre, though that feels to easy somehow.Originally posted by Myrnalene
I thiink it might be Jane Eyre, though that feels to easy somehow.
3.12 - vison
Melanie, Belle Watling, Pork
Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell.
Sophmoric Existentialist
I have made a note of your impertinence for the inevitable court-martial. Best hire a good lawyer.
"Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon." (Chesterton)
Round 4 - Science!
Questions for this round submitted by my esteemed colleague, Exy.
4.1 - One Cent Stamp
Approximately how many items are there in a mole?
4.2 - Orual
Who was the scientist who, after improving upon the microscope, used it to discover microbes, blood cells, and spertmatozoa?
4.3 - Taumpy
How many naturally-occuring chemical elements are there?
4.4 - Feirefiz
In a widely-discussed decision, the International Astronomical Union, in 2006, reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. Name one of the other planets now classified as dwarf planets.
4.5 - OtakuLoki
What is the name of the principle that no more than two electrons in an atom may share the same quantum state?
4.6 - What Exit?
The so-called "Theory of Everything" in physics would unite four fundamental physical forces. Name two of them:
4.7 - An Gadai
What are the regions of the pancreas that secrete insulin?
4.8 - Marsilia
Name the group of seed-bearing plants, including conifers, cycads, and ginkgos, that don't produce flowers.
4.9 - kk fusion
In computer science, programming languages which can, in principle, perform any calculation, are said to have this property, named for its discoverer.
4.10 - Inner Stickler
When the supercontinent Pangaea broke up, starting around 175 million years ago, it first broke into two continents called what?
4.11 - terrifel
The four nitrogenous bases that are the "letters" of the DNA sequence are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. But the related molecule RNA instead replaces thymine with a different nitrogenous base. What is it?
4.12 - vison
In linguistics, what is the famous hypothesis, named its two popularizers, that the language a person speaks constrains the thoughts they can think?
4.13 - spitz
British biologist J.B.S. Haldane once said that God, if He exists, must have "an inordinate fondness" for which particularly large and diverse group of animal species?
4.14 - Sarah
In economics, what is the name of the situation in which the market does not take into account the impact an activity performed by one actor has upon others?
4.15 - Skald the Rhymer
Name three of the six classical "simple machines".
Good luck!
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
4.5 - OtakuLoki
What is the name of the principle that no more than two electrons in an atom may share the same quantum state?
The Exclusion Principle
Gymnosperm[B]Round 4 - Science!
4.8 - Marsilia
Name the group of seed-bearing plants, including conifers, cycads, and ginkgos, that don't produce flowers.
4.1 - One Cent Stamp: Approximately how many items are there in a mole?
Shit, I can't remember the value...something times 1023.
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Van Lee(u?)wenhoek?
(Does spelling count?)
Lever, pulley, inclined plane.
"Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon." (Chesterton)
Answers and scores for Round 3:
3.1 - One Cent Stamp
Thorin Oakenshield, Bombur, Fíli
The Hobbit, answered correctly by OneCentStamp for 10 points.
3.2 - Orual
Hazel, Silver, Blackavar
Watership Down, answered correctly by Orual for 10 points.
3.3 - Taumpy
Charlotte Lucas, Mr. Collins, Jane
Pride & Prejudice, answered correctly by Orual, vison and terrifel for 3 points each.
3.4 - Feirefiz
Julia, O'Brien, Winston
1984, answered correctly by Feirefiz for 10 points.
3.5 - OtakuLoki
Lucy, Quincey Morris, Dr Seward
Dracula, answered correctly by OneCentStamp, terrifel and What Exit? for 3 points each.
3.6 - What Exit?
Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud
Trainspotting, answered correctly by Feirefiz, An Gadai, Taumpy and Orual for 3 points each.
3.7 - An Gadai
Humbert, Charlotte Haze, Quilty
Lolita, answered correctly by An Gadai for 10 points.
3.8 - Marsilia
Will Halloway, Jim Nightshade, Mr Dark
Something Wicked This Way Comes, answered correctly by Marsilia for 10 points.
3.9 - kk fusion
George, Lennie, Curley
Of Mice and Men, answered correctly by What Exit?, terrifel, OtakuLoki, vison and Orual for 3 points each.
3.10 - Inner Stickler
Meg, Charles Wallace, Mrs Who
A Wrinkle in Time, answered correctly by Inner Stickler for 10 points.
3.11 - terrifel
Mother Abagail, Nick, The Trashcan Man
The Stand, answered correctly by terrifel for 10 points.
3.12 - vison
Melanie, Belle Watling, Pork
Gone With the Wind, answered correctly by vison for 10 points.
3.13 - spitz
Dallas, Johnny, Sodapop
The Outsiders, answered correctly by Orual, OtakuLoki, Taumpy and Sarahfeena for 3 points each.
3.14 - Sarah
Francie, Neely, Johnny Nolan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, answered correctly by Sarahfeena for 10 points.
3.15 - Skald the Rhymer
Alec, Mr. Dailey, Napoleon
The Black Stallion, answered correctly by vison for 3 points.
Scores for Round 3
One Cent Stamp 13
Orual 19
Taumpy 6
Feirefiz 13
OtakuLoki 6
What Exit? 6
An Gadai 13
Marsilia 10
kk fusion 0
Inner Stickler 10
terrifel 16
vison 19
spitz 0
Sarahfeena 13
Skald the Rhymer 0
Total Scores So Far
One Cent Stamp 53
Orual 53
Taumpy 37
Feirefiz 16
OtakuLoki 22
What Exit? 49
An Gadai 28
Marsilia 51
kk fusion 0
Inner Stickler 29
terrifel 41
vison 32
spitz 6
Sarahfeena 28
Skald the Rhymer 0
Again, please let me know if I did not credit you correctly or if my math is off!
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
Man, this trivia is making me feel stupid.4.3 - Taumpy
How many naturally-occuring chemical elements are there?
I just know it's less than the total on the periodic table, so I'll make a guess. 96?
4.11 - terrifel
The four nitrogenous bases that are the "letters" of the DNA sequence are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. But the related molecule RNA instead replaces thymine with a different nitrogenous base. What is it?
Uracil.
Painful urination? Loss of bladder control? Ask your doctor about Uracil®.
4.6 - What Exit?
The so-called "Theory of Everything" in physics would unite four fundamental physical forces. Name two of them:
Gravity, Electromagnetic (also the Strong and the Weak Force for holding atoms together)
Microbes/germs?4.13 - spitz
British biologist J.B.S. Haldane once said that God, if He exists, must have "an inordinate fondness" for which particularly large and diverse group of animal species?
Turing-completeness
Externality?
Sedna.
(If you want one that actually had achieved mainstream recognition as a planet at a time, then I think Ceres should work.)
I give up. I'm out.
4.12 - vison
In linguistics, what is the famous hypothesis, named its two popularizers, that the language a person speaks constrains the thoughts they can think?
Chomsky. Can't recall the other guy. Maybe this is worth half points?
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Round 6 - Picture Trivia
5.1 - One Cent Stamp
Name the painter
5.2 - Orual
Name the country this flag represents
5.3 - Taumpy
Name the castle
5.4 - Feirefiz
Name the actress
5.5 - OtakuLoki
Name the animal
5.6 - What Exit?
Name the city
5.7 - An Gadai
Name the person
5.8 - Marsilia
Name the city
5.9 - kk fusion
Name the actress
5.10 - Inner Stickler
Name the museum where she is housed
5.11 - terrifel
Name the castle
5.12 - vison
Name the animal
5.13 - spitz
Name the person
5.14 - Sarahfeena
Name the person
5.15 - Skald the Rhymer
Name the actor
Good luck!
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
Argentina.5.2 - Orual
Name the country this flag represents
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5.5 - OtakuLoki
Name the animal
Quagga
Botticelli.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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Sitting Bull
5.14 - Sarahfeena
Name the person
Louvre
Hastings?
5.9 - Elizabeth Taylor?
5.6 - What Exit?
Name the city
Edinburgh (I hope I am right as I was there on my honeymoon many years ago.)
5.12 - vison
Name the animal
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/Trivia12.jpg
Not a clue.
Sophmoric Existentialist
5.4 I don't know.
The architecturally unique crossvaulted palisade and distinctive spatulate crenellations identify this as Schloss Mistmacher, built by Pfalzgraf Ehrbrecht von Württembach in 1484 as a bulwark against leprechauns.5.11 - terrifel
Name the castle
Yowza.
Sophmoric Existentialist
Is there another round or are we done?
I wonder, too. I'd like to know what that critter was.
However, Real Life no doubt has Myrnalene by the short and curlies.
Sophmoric Existentialist
Round 6: All-Terrifel Trivia*
6.1 - One Cent Stamp
What is the denomination and year of the United States coin that terrifel collects?
6.2 - Orual
As a child, terrifel most often imagined having what career one day?
6.3 - Taumpy
Terrifel urinated on the lawn of what American celebrity?
6.4 - Feirefiz
Terrifel will never fully earn the respect of his male relatives, in part because of his ligyrophobia, which is a fear of what?
6.5 - OtakuLoki
Terrifel won his light-up replica LOTR "Sting" sword at Dragon-Con for impersonating what actor?
6.6 - What Exit?
At the same convention, terrifel humiliated himself beyond all measure by impulsively taunting a convention official with what item?
6.7 - An Gadai
Sitting at his computer terminal, terrifel can see the skulls of four animal species. Name one of them.
6.8 - Marsilia
Terrifel has vowed to set himself on fire before he voluntarily ingests what traditional Midwestern vegetable dish ever again?
6.9 - kk fusion
What is terrifel's favorite species of armadillo?
6.10 - Inner Stickler
Terrifel performed what role in Twelfth Night?
6.11 - vison
What is terrifel's favorite species of bird?
6.12 - spitz
Name an animal species that terrifel has eaten live.
6.13 - Sarahfeena
Name five nonfiction books that terrifel owns.
5.15 - Skald the Rhymer
What does terrifel have in his pockets?
*points for All-Terrifel Trivia round are awarded according to All-Terrifel Trivia rules. Accuracy of All-Terrifel Trivia answers is guaranteed as defined by All-Terrifel Trivia accuracy standards.
Quarter, 1976.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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Pig-lifting penguin vanquisher?
His light-up replica LOTR "Sting" sword6.6 - What Exit?
At the same convention, terrifel humiliated himself beyond all measure by impulsively taunting a convention official with what item?
Answers and Scores for Round 6: All-Terrifel Trivia
6.1 - One Cent Stamp
What is the denomination and year of the United States coin that terrifel collects?
Close! Quarter, 1965. OneCentStamp is hereby awarded 5 points for half-credit.Quarter, 1976.
6.2 - Orual
As a child, terrifel most often imagined having what career one day?
Orual is hereby awarded 750 negative points, and also must pay a dollar to every other player.
The correct answer was "paleontologist."
6.3 - Taumpy
Terrifel urinated on the lawn of what American celebrity?
Oprah Winfrey.
6.4 - Feirefiz
Terrifel will never fully earn the respect of his male relatives, in part because of his ligyrophobia, which is a fear of what?
Loud noises.
6.5 - OtakuLoki
Terrifel won his light-up replica LOTR "Sting" sword at Dragon-Con for impersonating what actor?
William Shatner.
6.6 - What Exit?
At the same convention, terrifel humiliated himself beyond all measure by impulsively taunting a convention official with what item?
Boy, if only. A good guess, but at that point I hadn't even taken it out of the box. It takes fancy batteries to work.
The correct answer was "hard candy."
6.7 - An Gadai
Sitting at his computer terminal, terrifel can see the skulls of four animal species. Name one of them.
Beaver, muskrat, skunk, flamingo.
6.8 - Marsilia
Terrifel has vowed to set himself on fire before he voluntarily ingests what traditional Midwestern vegetable dish ever again?
Creamed corn, AKA "devil's diarrhea."
6.9 - kk fusion
What is terrifel's favorite species of armadillo?
Three-banded armadillo. However, his favorite name for a species of armadillo is "screaming hairy armadillo." It would almost be worth it to own one, just so you could tell people that you own a screaming hairy armadillo. The down side of course is all the screaming.
6.10 - Inner Stickler
Terrifel performed what role in Twelfth Night?
"A priest."
A contract of eternal bond of love,
confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands,
attested by the holy close of lips,
strengthened by interchangement of your rings,
and all the ceremony of this compact
sealed in my function, by my testimony.
Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my grave
I have traveled but two hours.
That was my line, thank you.
6.11 - vison
What is terrifel's favorite species of bird?
At the moment, the hyacinth macaw. This is subject to change at any point subsequent to terrifel's features or extremities being scissored off.
6.12 - spitz
Name an animal species that terrifel has eaten live.
Mealworms! They're actually... well okay, they're sort of gritty.
6.13 - Sarahfeena
Name five nonfiction books that terrifel owns.
I figured that a bit of judicious guesswork might succeed with this one, since I am fairly compulsive about book acquisition. I probably have versions of many common reference books. Then again, my interests are fairly scattershot. My most recent book-buying foray included a volume on the history of 16th century magic and experimental science, and also a coffee table book about carousel horses.
5.15 - Skald the Rhymer
What does terrifel have in his pockets?
Nothing! Therefore... hang on, does the fact that Skald didn't answer count as a correct answer in this instance?
(Actually, now that I examine the matter more closely, the correct answer is actually "trace amounts of blue lint, and a fuzzy sliver which was likely part of a sunflower seed hull before it went through the wash." So I guess the issue is moot after all.
Thank you all for playing the All-Terrifel Trivia round, by which I mean "thank the three of you who bothered to play, and where the hell were the rest of you, you bastards."
Regardless, you now know even more All-Terrifel Trivia, which should put you in good standing when the All-Terrifel Triviathon comes to your town! Fear that day, for the All-Terrifel Triviamobile is an unstoppable armored juggernaut that crushes all in its path. Your lives will change overnight as the mighty profile of the All-Terrifel Triviadrome rises above the landscape, seemingly unfolding of its own volition. Your subconscious mind cannot bear to acknowledge the truth as you are drawn inexorably toward the glittering cavalcade of dark wonders, urged on by the soulless smiles of the All-Terrifel Trivia Cyber Carnies. What unspeakable monstrosities do the shadows hold? Pull back the curtain! Come, one! Come, all!
Final Round - Mixed Trivia
Since it's been awhile, I will leave this round open until 6PM EST Wednesday.
6.1 - One Cent Stamp
Who had a hit in 1979 with "Ring My Bell"?
6.2 - Orual
Idgie, Ruth and Ninny are characters in what movie?
6.3 - Taumpy
Name the novel - Yossarian, Colonel Cathcart, Snowden
6.4 - Feirefiz
Name the painting
6.5 - OtakuLoki
The fossil find Lucy, famously named after the Beatles song that was playing when she was first discovered, belonged to what hominid genus?
6.6 - What Exit?
Who had a hit in 1993 with "I Have Nothing"?
6.7 - An Gadai
Name three of the stars of Young Guns.
6.8 - Marsilia
Name the novel - Billy Pilgrim, Montana Wildhack, Kilgore Trout
6.9 - kk fusion
Name the country this flag
represents
6.10 - Inner Stickler
What was the name of the priest and scientist who first discovered "dominant" and "recessive" inheritance of traits?
6.11 - terrifel
Who had a hit in 1964 with "She's Not There"?
6.12 - vison
Who played Tracy Flick?
6.13 - spitz
Name the novel - Fagin, Bill Sikes, Nancy
6.14 - Sarah
Name the animal
6.15 - Skald the Rhymer
Aqua regia", or royal water, is a mixture of acids that can dissolve metals, including gold, that won't dissolve in any pure acid. What are the chemicals that are combined to make aqua regia?
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
I would like to thank my fill-in, terrifel. Terrifel, here is a photo of a goblin shark for your efforts.
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
6.9 - Nauru?
Fried Green Tomatoes (AKA "The Only Chick-Flick I Like").
6.6 - What Exit?
Who had a hit in 1993 with "I Have Nothing"?
No clue.
6.12 - vison
Who played Tracy Flick?
Who was Tracy Flick? I don't know who she was and I don't know who played her.
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