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"Tempus Fugit"
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on 08/12/2006 at 10:19:37PM
Edited: 11/8/08 23:37 Total Posts: 376 |
What General forum doesn't have a General Knowledge quiz, well, now this one does.
In this thread General Knowledge questions will be asked and you, the ppl, must give answers. After this first question, the winner will be stated here and then will have to give a question; and so on and so forth. Please don't use the internet, cause where's the fun in that.
The author of the question has to tell people who guess whetehr they are correct or wrong.
Rules
1)If no-one gets the answer within 24 hours of it being posted then the person who set it must ask a new one.
2)If no new question is set within 5 hours someone else will have to set a new question.
3)If you find out the answer on the internet(i.e.Google,Wikipedia) then you can't enter.
4)If you answer a question, you will get a point, providing that you also set a question.
5)No points will be added to the setter's total if no-one answers their question (Because than you could just set a really hard question that no-one would get)
Scoreboard
Machie = 2 Points
Kawada = 12 Points
Grandprix = 3 Points
tnc = 23 Points
schummi = 4 Points
Sunflower = 8 Points
Nin = 27 Points
Der Nazi = 10 Points
Smedlos = 4 Points
Very_Metal = 2 Points
Alfonse = 11 Points
Vampyr = 12 Points
Coo Coo = 3 Points
Chaos = 6 Points
Timmargh = 5 Points
Hedfix = 3 Points
gr13ve = 3 Points
Revolver Ocelot = 3 Points
Dragonlance = 18 Points
Garin = 3 Points
Dana Scully = 2 Points
Hippyman = 4 Points
pete_21 = 5 Points
Leader Board
#1 = Nin = 27 Points
#2 = tnc = 23 Points
#3 = Dragonlance = 18 Points
#4 = Kawada = 12 Points
#4 = Vampyr = 12 Points
#5 = Alfonse = 11 Points
#6 = Der Nazi = 10 Points
#7 = Sunflower = 8 Points
#8 = Chaos = 6 Points
#9 = Timmargh = 5 Points
#9 = pete_21 = 5 Points
#10 = Smedlos = 4 Points
#10 = Hippyman = 4 Points
#10 = schummi = 4 Points
please be patient as i will get round to updating the leauge table + the Leader board.
In order to get on the leader board, you must be on the Scorebord with more than 3 points
Also to note: Ridiculous/non general knowlegde questions will not be accepted as proper questions (e.g."do i have to set a question now" or "what is my favourite colour").
I Reserve the Right to award, take away points and to alter or add new rules.
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Grandprix
"Too Orangy For Crow"
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on 05/09/2008 at 6:53:56PM
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I kind of guessed Romans was wrong when you said it wasn't correct and I put the Roman prominence around the turn of BC to AD. :)
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 05/09/2008 at 6:50:49PM
Total Posts: 913
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Grandprix wrote:
> To be honest, I haven't read the question. I saw Romans and a
> clue of 1778. :D
OK but surely the Romans are pre-1778, like BC really:)
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Grandprix
"Too Orangy For Crow"
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on 05/09/2008 at 6:41:48PM
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To be honest, I haven't read the question. I saw Romans and a clue of 1778. :D
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 05/09/2008 at 6:40:07PM
Edited: 5/9/08 18:40 Total Posts: 913
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Grandprix wrote:
> I seem to be associating 1778 to America. Probably wrong.
You've been listening to Pet Shop Boys:D Too far west, go east again young man:)
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Grandprix
"Too Orangy For Crow"
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on 05/09/2008 at 6:33:48PM
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I seem to be associating 1778 to America. Probably wrong.
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 05/09/2008 at 6:31:55PM
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Nin wrote:
> I'll go with my other choice then and say the Romans.
Nope, not them either. Wasn't the clue helpful?
"Introduced in 1778 - in other words, not recent"
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Nin
"Karma Drama"
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on 03/09/2008 at 10:26:15PM
Total Posts: 6187
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I'll go with my other choice then and say the Romans.
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 03/09/2008 at 9:53:22PM
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Nin wrote:
> I still maintain the ancient Greeks are the answer to this.
Ancient or modern, it wasn't the Greeks:)
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Nin
"Karma Drama"
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on 03/09/2008 at 6:40:29PM
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Dragonlance wrote:
> YH wrote:
> Your comment about Japan I agree with, but I think that the
> 'geisha' system was not originally as we perceive it today.
It sort of was. While the geisha were entertainers/waitresses etc, they were also sold off to the highest bidder for sex, only once though.
I still maintain the ancient Greeks are the answer to this.
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 03/09/2008 at 6:36:35PM
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YH wrote:
> Japan has always had a culture of women being subservient to men,
> which is why I went for that.
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> The answer that is too obvious is the Netherlands?
Your comment about Japan I agree with, but I think that the 'geisha' system was not originally as we perceive it today.
Netherlands is a good guess, close but incorrect:)
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YH
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on 03/09/2008 at 9:21:23AM
Edited: 3/9/08 9:22 Total Posts: 698
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Japan has always had a culture of women being subservient to men, which is why I went for that.
The answer that is too obvious is the Netherlands?
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 02/09/2008 at 7:43:06PM
Total Posts: 913
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YH wrote:
> Dragonlance wrote:
> Which country introduced the first state controlled brothels?
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>
> Japan?
A clue? Introduced in 1778 - in other words, not recent:D
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YH
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on 02/09/2008 at 7:24:27PM
Total Posts: 698
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Dragonlance wrote:
> Which country introduced the first state controlled brothels?
Japan?
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Grix Thraves
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on 02/09/2008 at 7:14:36PM
Total Posts: 980
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Dragonlance wrote:
> Grix Thraves wrote:
> Wow
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> I shall guess.. Thailand. This is a geography question.
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> Definitely some type of geographical question, but not sure that
> Thailand existed at the time though:)
Oops haha
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 02/09/2008 at 6:21:24PM
Total Posts: 913
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> Wow
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> I shall guess.. Thailand. This is a geography question.
Definitely some type of geographical question, but not sure that Thailand existed at the time though:)
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Nin
"Karma Drama"
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on 02/09/2008 at 5:44:43PM
Total Posts: 6187
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The Romans or the Greeks. I'll go with the Greeks
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Grix Thraves
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on 02/09/2008 at 5:42:16PM
Total Posts: 980
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Wow
I shall guess.. Thailand. This is a geography question.
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 02/09/2008 at 4:37:20PM
Total Posts: 913
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For Grix and anybody else still with some active brain cells:
Next question,
Which country introduced the first state controlled brothels?
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 02/09/2008 at 9:35:41AM
Total Posts: 913
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> Dragonlance wrote:
> Grix Thraves wrote:
> Nope
>
> 10% usage is considered to be a scientific myth - we, infact,
> use all our brain:)
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> You got there first! Correct! Well, correct on what science
> seems to think anyway.
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> I hate this 100% thing. I don't like to use the word hate but
> I'll use it for that.
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> The only parts of ur brains u dunt use r da cells that r ded lol
Thanks Grix, will post a question shortly but just about to send my remaining rounds to Reaper. Think all my brain cells are dead at the moment after his tremendous but mind-boggling quiz:)
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Grix Thraves
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on 02/09/2008 at 6:52:37AM
Total Posts: 980
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Dragonlance wrote:
> Grix Thraves wrote:
> Nope
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> 10% usage is considered to be a scientific myth - we, infact,
> use all our brain:)
You got there first! Correct! Well, correct on what science seems to think anyway.
I hate this 100% thing. I don't like to use the word hate but I'll use it for that.
The only parts of ur brains u dunt use r da cells that r ded lol
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 01/09/2008 at 1:01:13PM
Total Posts: 913
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> Nope
10% usage is considered to be a scientific myth - we, infact, use all our brain:)
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Grandprix
"Too Orangy For Crow"
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on 01/09/2008 at 4:08:14AM
Total Posts: 2233
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It's either something around 10% or around a fraction of a %.
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Grix Thraves
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on 01/09/2008 at 3:50:59AM
Edited: 1/9/08 3:51 Total Posts: 980
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I'll take it to within 5%!
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Grix Thraves
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on 31/08/2008 at 11:55:29PM
Total Posts: 980
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Scientifically neurologically speaking etc, what percentage of our brains (I am assuming we are all human) is it believed we use?
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Machie
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on 31/08/2008 at 11:52:19PM
Total Posts: 10895
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damnit, I knew I should have gone for that Henry VIII question to name all his wives. okay your go Grix. :)
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Grix Thraves
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on 31/08/2008 at 11:48:20PM
Total Posts: 980
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Austria and Switzerland I'll take a shot at, can't think
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Machie
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on 31/08/2008 at 11:46:47PM
Total Posts: 10895
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Great because it's quiz day tomorrow and I'm gonna win it.
Okay next question, I suppose I should make it another geography question.
Alright, name 2 landlocked countries. These are countries that are surrounded by other countries. Apparently one of them has a navy :/
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Grix Thraves
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on 31/08/2008 at 11:37:23PM
Total Posts: 980
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Machie wrote:
> Yay I win! I wonder if you were inspired by the recent
> XKCD
I -might- have been actually but I can't remember the order of my thoughts at the moment. I might have stumbled upon that from a link by searching about Harrison ad-lib-in stuff. But nah you're probably right.
I didn't get much of a go on the IT Box tonight boo I love quizzes |
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 31/08/2008 at 12:59:41PM
Total Posts: 913
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Machie wrote:
> Yay I win! I wonder if you were inspired by the recent
> XKCD
>
> Dragonlance I just saw Nins guess and the clue. Is it Philippe
> Petit? Little Philip :D
It most certainly is, well done Machie - over to you:) |
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Machie
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on 31/08/2008 at 12:01:58PM
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Yay I win! I wonder if you were inspired by the recent XKCD
Dragonlance I just saw Nins guess and the clue. Is it Philippe Petit? Little Philip :D |
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Grix Thraves
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on 31/08/2008 at 12:58:45AM
Total Posts: 980
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Machie wrote:
> Oops I read the question wrong. My guess originally was "I
> know" from Empire Strikes back. The clue dysentery has me
> confused after wikipeding it though. :)
Aha, but you're right! I am simply a git.
Basically, the story is in Empire Strikes Back, Mr Harrison Ford was getting incredibly annoyed at 'visionary' George Lucas seeming to think the lines "I love you" "I love you too" are incredibly romantic.
As Ford is closer to the real world than Lucas, he decided to say "I know" in his answer to "I love you" as a kinda "Don't worry" final say, which was far far better anyway
Why dysentery? It was only the first clue but I'm glad you knew it anyway, but basically it's to do with Harrison Ford.
There's only one other major time that I can recall when Harrison Ford has improvised a scene that's become famous. In Raiders of the Lost Ark he was meant to have that giant fight scene with the guy with the big swords, but instead just shot him. He shot him in a kinda 'really, I've gotta go' and ran off to the toilet to release some more liquid poo.
Hurray!
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Dragonlance
"I don't believe it"
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on 30/08/2008 at 11:19:12PM
Total Posts: 913
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> Sure I'll come on Eggheads but honestly I'm useless but it'll be
> a laugh
>
> Clue for 2)! And obviously I can't give it away, so:
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> Dysentery.
>
> If you need another just ask.
"Frankly my dear I don't give a damn"
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Nin
"Karma Drama"
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on 30/08/2008 at 11:17:32PM
Total Posts: 6187
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My answer was Return of the Jedi
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Machie
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on 30/08/2008 at 10:56:27PM
Total Posts: 10895
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Oops I read the question wrong. My guess originally was "I know" from Empire Strikes back. The clue dysentery has me confused after wikipeding it though. :)
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Grix Thraves
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on 30/08/2008 at 10:52:09PM
Total Posts: 980
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Sure I'll come on Eggheads but honestly I'm useless but it'll be a laugh
Clue for 2)! And obviously I can't give it away, so:
Dysentery.
If you need another just ask.
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Machie
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on 30/08/2008 at 9:25:58PM
Total Posts: 10895
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We can take them, I usually catch each show and I get atleast 80% of them right. Its like the host says, its just a matter of working through the answers until you're left with the correct one.
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Nin
"Karma Drama"
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on 30/08/2008 at 9:22:21PM
Total Posts: 6187
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Machie wrote:
> Seriously, we should consider going on Eggheads. Grix do you
> think you could take Daphne? I'll take on the one that looks like
> a serial killer.
Strangely enough i was thinking the same thing yesterday.
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