The Trivia Game

[monsieurdozier]

The Rules to the Game are simple.

The previous poster will state a little bit of trivia, and the next poster has to answer it, with a link to a reputable site displaying this fact. (Reputable as in no one's angelfire or geocities site. Wikipedia will do wonders here.) Then once answered, they get to make their own piece of trivia.

As with the Image Request game, if no one can find the answer, you have to.

No opinions, facts only.

Any sort of Trivia question will work, just keep it clean.


The first question:

What is Linus Torvalds middle name?

[stalker145]

Linus Benedict Torvalds - All hail Wikipedia

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Sorry, only one I could think of...

[monsieurdozier]

Linus Benedict Torvalds - All hail Wikipedia

While Correct, don't forget to actually make a link.

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

African, or European?

[stalker145]

While Correct, don't forget to actually make a link.



African, or European?

Whoops, right you are. I missed that one...

Linus Benedict Torvalds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds)

Looks like the popularity of this particular game is in dispute ;)

[monsieurdozier]

Looks like the popularity of this particular game is in dispute ;)

No matter, it will be here for those who want to play.

A) Roughly 24 mph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow#Behavior)

Q) Who invented the Smiley Face?

[init1]

I believe that that claim is disputed. But according to Wikipedia, it is believed to have been Harvey Ball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball
How many chromosomes are in a penguin? (I could never find this)

[monsieurdozier]

I believe that that claim is disputed. But according to Wikipedia, it is believed to have been Harvey Ball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball
How many chromosomes are in a penguin? (I could never find this)

Well, I can't find the answer, so you gotta give the goods, or else someone else gets to ask another question.

[init1]

OK, why does a meniscus form when water is poured into a container?

[stalker145]

OK, why does a meniscus form when water is poured into a container?

Why doesn’t water lie flat? Well, it has to do with the nature of the water molecules and glass molecules themselves. Water is made up of polar molecules, which have positively and negatively charged ends. Since opposites attract, the positive sides attract the negative sides, and all of the molecules stick to one another. This is why water droplets can form. Glass molecules also happen to be polar. Again, since polar molecules like to stick together, the water in a glass tube will actually tend to stick to the sides of the tube! You can see this at the top of the graduated cylinder, where the water will slightly creep up the sides and form a curve, which is the meniscus.


http://van.physics.uiuc.edu/qa/listing.php?id=2220


In the movie Lethal Weapon 3, what was the building that was blown up in the movie's beginning and where was it located?

[init1]

http://van.physics.uiuc.edu/qa/listing.php?id=2220


In the movie Lethal Weapon 3, what was the building that was blown up in the movie's beginning and where was it located?
Exactly right
I have never seen that movie, so I have no idea.

[Nebby]

The old Orlando City Hall building
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/lights-camera-action-guide-film-locales-orlando.html


Q: What was Charlemagne's tablecloth made of?

[monsieurdozier]

Q: What was Charlemagne's tablecloth made of?


Asbestos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos#Historic_usage)

What famous woman during pre-prohibition times went around to local bars and saloons and destroyed their merchandise with a hatchet, while singing hymns?


Monsieur Dozier

[Nebby]

Carrie/Carry A. Nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_A_Nation



What was the name of the cyclops who "Nobody" blinded?

[monsieurdozier]

What was the name of the cyclops who "Nobody" blinded?

Polyphemus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus)

"Nobody" is Odysseus in the Oddyssey by Homer.



Who is the narrator in Michael Jackson's "Thriller"?

Monsieur Dozier

[Nebby]

Vincent Price
"Featuring: Rap by Vincent Price", from the liner notes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_%28song%29


What Britney Spears music video was Mike Myers in?

[Motomo]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000196/otherworks

(2002): (as Austin Powers) Appeared in a music video by Britney Spears feat. Pharrell, "Boys (co-ed remix)".



what does the NECCO in the Necco wafers candy stand for?

[stalker145]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000196/otherworks

(2002): (as Austin Powers) Appeared in a music video by Britney Spears feat. Pharrell, "Boys (co-ed remix)".



what does the NECCO in the Necco wafers candy stand for?

New England Confectionery Company

http://www.acronymfinder.com/acronym.aspx?rec={940EE97D-89E8-11D4-8351-00C04FC2C2BF}


When and where was video conferencing originally introduced?

[Motomo]

1964 new york world's fair

http://myhome.hanafos.com/~soonjp/vchx.html






which US state is the only state created by carving out territory from another state, without that state's permission?

[LookTJ]

1964 new york world's fair

http://myhome.hanafos.com/~soonjp/vchx.html (http://myhome.hanafos.com/%7Esoonjp/vchx.html)






which US state is the only state created by carving out territory from another state, without that state's permission?West Virginia.

http://members.aol.com/jeff1070/wvfacts.html


Q: what current TV show does Matt Dallas act in?

[monsieurdozier]

Q: what current TV show does Matt Dallas act in?

Kyle XY (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1678720/)




Q) What kind of dog is Ein in the Cowboy Bebop series?

[Motomo]

welsh corgi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop





Where in the continental United States can you actually look south and see Canada?

[runemaste644]

New York (near Niagra Falls). What makes Linux so protected against viruses and what would you have to do to run a virus?

[Nebby]

"Like other Unix systems, Linux implements a multi-user environment where users are granted specific privileges and there is some form of access control implemented."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses_and_worms
and
"All that is need is write permission within the current users access rights even if it is just to the users /home directory."http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3307459975.html

Q: According to the show, who initiated the first X-file?

[Nebby]

Not that I'm bored or anything, but...
*Bump*:P

[monsieurdozier]

Not that I'm bored or anything, but...
*Bump*:P

Well, if no one can find the answer, feel free to post it and ask another question.

My only thing with not answering the question is what do you mean my initiated.

Who -was- the first X-file? Then it would be Mulder's (sp) sister.
Who created the first X-file? I have no idea.

[Nebby]

"The very first X-File was initiated in 1946 by J. Edgar Hoover." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-file)

Q: What is the unit of computer storage equal to 280
bytes?

[stalker145]

Q: What is the unit of computer storage equal to 280
bytes?

Do you mean 2^80 (two to the eightieth power) bytes?

If so, it's a yobibyte. Otherwise, I have no clue...

[Nebby]

Yeah, I do. Pasted the number in and forgot to check if it worked :roll:

[stalker145]

Yeah, I do. Pasted the number in and forgot to check if it worked :roll:

Well, in that case:

I would like to know from which high school the production designer for "The Blair Witch Project" graduated.

[Nebby]

Winter Park High School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rock)

What is the name of uncyclopedia.org (http://uncyclopedia.org/)'s logo?

[stalker145]

Winter Park High School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rock)

What is the name of uncyclopedia.org (http://uncyclopedia.org/)'s logo?

Well, I don't know how good the source is, but my answer is Sophia (http://www.termpaperslab.com/term-papers/110775.html).

And with that previous answer I actually learned that one of my other classmates 'made it' also... cool :)



My next question is who is credited as being the first U.S. Marine Corps aviator?

[Nebby]

That's pretty cool

A: Alfred Austell Cunningham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Cunningham)

Q: Who was the first British person in space?

[stalker145]

That's pretty cool

A: Alfred Austell Cunningham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Cunningham)

Q: Who was the first British person in space?

The one and only British person (as of the article's date) is Helen Sharman (http://www.star.le.ac.uk/edu/Astronauts.shtml).


I'm making this too easy, apparently, since it only took you a minute or so to find that one ;)

How about this one - what kind of car do I drive?

OK, I'm kidding there.

Q. In what year was the Division of Geological Survey established in the U.S. state of Ohio and which agency caused its formation?

[Nebby]

It was "established by the Ohio legislature in 1837"
http://www.ohiodnr.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey

It was also discontinued in 1838 and re-established in 1869
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2870


What make of audio chip does the Apple Ipod Touch use?


Ps. You drive a ford:P

[stalker145]

What make of audio chip does the Apple Ipod Touch use?


Ps. You drive a ford:P

The Touch uses a Wolfson audio chip (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/09/15/ipod_touch_tear_down_with_high_quality_internal_ph otos.html).

And you're close... I "drive" a Kia (which currently has a busted drive shaft)

Q. What are the five days of the week observed by the followers of a "divine entity", whose "holy number" is 606.

[monsieurdozier]

Q. What are the five days of the week observed by the followers of a "divine entity", whose "holy number" is 606.

606 is the number of Ruth, in Jewish Tradition. The "Divine Entity" I then assume is Yahweh.

http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/606

With the exception of the Shabbat, the weekdays have no names. They are simply numbered:

1. alef yom rishon = "first day" = (Sunday)
2. bet yom sheni = "second day" = (Monday)
3. gimel yom sh'lishi = "third day" = (Tuesday)
4. dalet yom revi'i = "fourth day" = (Wednesday)
5. he yom chamishi = "fifth day" = (Thursday)
6. vav yom shishi = "sixth day" = (Friday)

The week culminates in the seventh day, the Holy Shabbat (shabbat kodesh, abbreviated sh''q).

http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/m_calint.htm


Q) What famous Hollywood actor's body was stolen and held for ransom?

[Nebby]

Charlie Chaplain's (http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin1.asp)

What number of points on the globe are there where, if you walk one mile south, one mile east and one mile north, you end up in the place you started?

[DecTyson]

There are technically an infinite number of points.

http://www.techinterview.org/Solutions/fog0000000127.html

Which Indian deity gave its name to a herb?

[stalker145]

606 is the number of Ruth, in Jewish Tradition. The "Divine Entity" I then assume is Yahweh.

Actually, 606 (as well as 13013 - because they look like bob and Bob, respectively - and 999) is one of the numbers of the "Bob" - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs (http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:TLcSw7EW0RsJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._%2522Bob%2522_Dobbs+606+13013+999&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us)(My "real" research is at home and I can't remember the sites I got this from... had to go with a cached Google page for now :(). The days of the week are as follows:
1. Sweetmorn
2. Boomtime
3. Pungenday
4. Prickle-Prickle
5. Setting Orange
The days of the week are named from the five Basic Elements: sweet, boom, pungent, prickle and orange.

As taken from here (http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-Calendar-Discordian/lib/DateTime/Calendar/Discordian.pm), though there is controversy over a five day week or a thirteen day week.

As I slacked (a principle of Dsicordianism) and missed this error yesterday, I yield my right to a question and await the next one that I can answer ;)

[monsieurdozier]

Which Indian deity gave its name to a herb?

Just for clarification.

Indian, as in from the Country of India, or as in Native American?

[DecTyson]

As in country.

[monsieurdozier]

Which Indian deity gave its name to a herb?

I'm doubtful on this one, so I'm going to hold off on asking a question.

A) Tulasi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum#Tulasi_in_scripture)

[DecTyson]

Ask away, that's correct.

[monsieurdozier]

Q) What city in Tennessee did Davy Crockett stand on the courthouse steps and say, "Y'all can go to hell. I'm going to Texas." ?

[monsieurdozier]

Q) What city in Tennessee did Davy Crockett stand on the courthouse steps and say, "Y'all can go to hell. I'm going to Texas." ?

The Answer: Jackson, TN (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3678/is_200101/ai_n8947489/pg_2).

New Question:
What is the scientific name for Spearmint?

[stalker145]

New Question:
What is the scientific name for Spearmint?

Mentha spicata L. (http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MESP3)

What is the name now given by the Japanese government to the historic island of Iwo Jima?

[monsieurdozier]

What is the name now given by the Japanese government to the historic island of Iwo Jima?

Iwo To (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/06/19/japan_announces_new_name_for_iwo_jima/8260/)

What flower is used as a main source of flavoring in most beers?

[yuku-aki]

Hops flowers. That one was almost too easy....

link! Mountain Rose Herbs (http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/learn/hops.php)

Now... What was extremely unusual about the casting of BOB (Laura Palmer's killer) in David Lynch's Twin Peaks?

[monsieurdozier]

What was extremely unusual about the casting of BOB (Laura Palmer's killer) in David Lynch's Twin Peaks?

The actor who played BOB was originally a set dresser. The full story here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks#The_creation_of_BOB).

Where did the term "computer bug" come from?

[Het Irv]

The first Computer bug was actually a moth.
Link (http://http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/first_computer_bug.htm)

What human ancestor do the Religions of the Jew, Christians and Muslims have in common?

[monsieurdozier]

What human ancestor do the Religions of the Jew, Christians and Muslims have in common?

Abraham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham)

What is the only current TV show to become uncancelled?

[Nebby]

There's loads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_uncancelled_television_shows), but I'm gonna guess Family Guy, since that's the famous one.

Prior to singing in the german band Rammstein, what was the lead singer's first job?

[-grubby]

a peat cutting factory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Lindemann
What is the speed of the PCI bus?

[-grubby]

*bump*

[Nebby]

133MBps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect#Conventional_har dware_specifications)

What religion is Darl McBride?

[monsieurdozier]

What religion is Darl McBride?

Mormon (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.07/linux.html)

What was Gerard Way's job before starting My Chemical Romance?


Monsieur Dozier

[xyz]

According to the WIKI, he was into visual arts.

W I K I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Way)

How long did French king Louis XIV reign?

[fenian]

72 years. (http://www.nvcc.edu/home/cevans/Versailles/site/louisxiv.html)

Who killed Ranuccio Tomassoni?

[xyz]

'Red-blooded Caravaggio killed love rival in bungled castration attempt' (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/06/02/wcara02.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/06/02/ixworld.html&_requestid=254296)

Where was Jean-Jacques Rousseau from?

[LaRoza]

Geneva

Why does Windows have a "C:" drive for its installation?

[monsieurdozier]

Why does Windows have a "C:" drive for its installation?

Because of the order of assignment of Drives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_letter_assignment#Order_of_assignment)

What commune did an episode of "30 Days" send two people to live among the residents there?

[monsieurdozier]

What commune did an episode of "30 Days" send two people to live among the residents there?

Dancing Rabbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Rabbit)

How many times does a hummingbird flap its wings in a minute?

[-grubby]

900-4800 flaps/minute. SOURCE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird)

what tribe thought they were the only people on earth until the 1980s?

[Znort_Ubern00b]

was it the Hopi indians??

Whats the longest word in the English Language?(this includes medical terminology)

[*grin*]

Whats the longest word in the English Language?(this includes medical terminology)[/QUOTE]

In a standard dictionary - that would be Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (wikipedia rocks). Though if this was really coined just to be the longest word, it's a bit of a cheap shot.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English]

Now - name the two words in the English language with all the vowels present in the correct (i.e alphabetical) order.

[*grin*]

Sorry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

Before I get shouted at for a bad link.

[Valok]

Now - name the two words in the English language with all the vowels present in the correct (i.e alphabetical) order.

Actually, there are more than two words in the English language that meet your criteria. They are

Abstemiously
Arsenious
Facetiously
Affectiously

Link to source http://polysemania.blogspot.com/2007/03/english-words-with-vowels-in.html


What event coincided with Manny Ramirez not being traded (trade deadline was in the middle of the game). and then coming into the game to hit the game winning RBI. This event happened during the 2005 season.