Author Topic: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ! (Read 11697 times)

The Doctor · « **on:** June 05, 2009, 12:52:25 AM »

It's a quiz for just about anything! Ask a question, someone answers and asks another!

Rules

In order to make the questions not too hard, the answer to your question must be at least findable on the Wikipedia page to which your question pertains.
You need to categorise your question. Valid options are:
- Entertainment - TV, movies, music, theatre
- Science - all sciences except social studies
- People - social studies, cultures, festivals and holidays, celebrities
- History - notable people in history, historic events
- Recreation - sports, non-video games, hobbies
- Information - computers, maths, the world wide web
DO NOT POST IF YOU ARE NOT ANSWERING! (exception: if somebody answers something wrong to YOUR question, you can challenge them)
When you answer a question, you must post a new question using the template. Copy and paste it from below.

Question template

Category: Category goes here
Question: Question goes here

Question example
Category: History
Question: What date every year commemorates the storming of the Bastille, in France?

If your question was answered incorrectly...
If someone answers your question incorrectly, politely tell the thread, and I'll put the question up here. These questions are extra credit, so try to answer them if you can. Extra credit questions are worth two points!

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The Doctor · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2009, 12:56:57 AM »

Category: Information
Question: Fill in the blank: the father of the world wide web is named Tim ______-Lee.
Hint: Bunsen something or other.

Dullstar · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2009, 01:19:55 AM »

Quote from: Jason on 2009-06-04 18:56:57

Category: Information
Question: Fill in the blank: the father of the world wide web is named Tim ______-Lee.
Hint: Bunsen something or other.

Berners-Lee! Thank Wikipedia!

There was a case called "United States v. what computer software company?"

The Doctor · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2009, 01:20:38 AM »

Your turn to ask one.

Dullstar · « **Reply #4 on:** June 05, 2009, 01:58:13 AM »

Um, yeah. I was looking for something to ask. Go look at it, then.

There was a case called "United States v. what computer software company?"

The Doctor · « **Reply #5 on:** June 05, 2009, 02:01:09 AM »

Please use the question template.

I'm willing to bet the answer is Microsoft.

Category: People
Question: What does 'cinco de mayo' stand for? What significance is it?

Dullstar · « **Reply #6 on:** June 05, 2009, 03:37:26 AM »

How'd you guess?

It is Microsoft!

It stands for 5th of may. An unlikely victory over French forces.

Category: Information
What was United State v. Microsoft about?

The Doctor · « **Reply #7 on:** June 05, 2009, 03:44:47 AM »

It was about Microsoft abusing its perceived monopoly by bundling Internet Explorer with its product Windows and making it a core part of the operating system.

Category: Entertainment/People
Question: American visitors may know British actor Hugh Laurie as Dr House in the US television drama 'House M.D.'. His comedic partner from Britain has also been featured in US television series, the most recent of which was an episode of Bones. Who is Hugh Laurie's comedic partner?

Dullstar · « **Reply #8 on:** June 05, 2009, 04:46:25 AM »

Stephan Fry.

Category: Information
Question: What does WINE stand for (you know, the program you use to run Windows applications in Linux)?

The Doctor · « **Reply #9 on:** June 05, 2009, 05:14:20 AM »

Wine Is Not an Emulator.

Category: History
Question: At what time and time exactly did World War I finish?

Dullstar · « **Reply #10 on:** June 05, 2009, 05:47:47 AM »

A treaty was signed in Paris at 5 am Paris Time that said that proclaimed that the end of the war would be at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918!

Category: Science, Information, History
Question: What was the first personal computer?
HINT: It helps to Google it.

Chmera · « **Reply #11 on:** June 06, 2009, 02:55:46 PM »

"Simon", built by Edmund Berkeley.

Category: Science
Question: A force was recently used to levitate organic materials such as water and, more famously, a live frog. What is it called?

GuyPerfect · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2009, 06:47:36 PM »

It was an application of magnetism, though water is not organic. Reminds me of "organic sea salt" at the grocery store FTW.

Category: Information
Question: What mathematical identity is famous for combining aspects of geometry, mathematical analysis and complex numbers all in one simple equation?

Dullstar · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2009, 07:12:33 PM »

Euler's Identity. If you Google the answer, that appears in the names of the first three results, and sometimes appears in the descriptions of others!

Category: History?, Information? (depends what category Urban Legends fall under)
Question: What legendary ghost may be summoned by chanting his/her name?

I always thought that even though Urban Legends can be quite far fetched, they're always interesting.

Whether true or not, this one's one you DON'T want to test.

The Doctor · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:40:47 AM »

Bloody Mary.

Category: People
Question: What is the equivalent greeting of 'hello' in the Maori language of New Zealand?

Dullstar · « **Reply #15 on:** June 11, 2009, 12:54:43 AM »

Wow. I thought my question had killed off the thread. I was almost going to remove the question and let someone else ask, but you got it!

The Doctor · « **Reply #16 on:** June 23, 2009, 10:58:10 AM »

Category: People
Question: What occupation was held by the lone protester who died by being run over in the Tiananmen Square incident in China? This is multichoice.

A - Accountant
B - Student
C - Secretary
D - Electrical Engineer
E - Unemployed

Liebatron · « **Reply #17 on:** June 12, 2010, 08:23:15 PM »

B - Student

Category: Etymology

Why is there a W in sword?

namida · « **Reply #18 on:** July 31, 2010, 11:33:00 AM »

Quote from: Jason on 2009-06-10 05:40:47

Bloody Mary.

Category: People
Question: What is the equivalent greeting of 'hello' in the Maori language of New Zealand?

No one answered this yet, so I will: "sup bro!!!"
More seriously, "Kia ora". =P

The Doctor · « **Reply #19 on:** November 19, 2010, 07:30:31 AM »

Because the root words of "sword" contained Ws or Us. Sweord, Swerdan.

Good one, namida, by the way.

Next question:
Category: Entertainment
Question: Whose catch phrase is "Nice to see you, to see you ... nice"?

GigaLem · « **Reply #20 on:** November 20, 2010, 12:31:58 AM »

A:Its Bruce Forsyth's

Category:Entertainment and Gaming
Question:The lemmings level "I have a cunning plan!" Come from the Catchphrase of What Show?

The Doctor · « **Reply #21 on:** November 20, 2010, 02:48:22 AM »

A: Blackadder. It's Baldrick's phrase.

Category: History
Question: What is the date of the day which commemorates the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution? This date is celebrated as a French national holiday every year.