General Knowledge quiz online.

Imladris · 04-28-2002, 12:23 PM

Inspired, I've decided to start two quizzes, one here on General knowledge, another in the tolkien (middle earth) section on Tolkien stuff.

If you've seen first line(s) in the general literature forum you'll know the kind of format.
Ask a question, people have guesses at answering it, after three incorrect guesses, a hint, after three further incorrect questions, the answer and another question by the same person.
If someone guesses right then the original question giver says, "correct"(or something to that effect) and the correct answer giver carries on with a new question.
No silly questions are allowed, and only a few Tolkien ones as the otheer quiz-thread in the Middle Earth forum is for that sort of stuff.

I'll begin then...an easy one...if you know the answer.

Topic-Astronomy
Going in order away from the Sun which planet comes after Venus?

Happy quizzing!!!

StrawberryIcecream · 04-28-2002, 12:35 PM

earth

elf_princess · 04-28-2002, 01:19 PM

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood???

What a puzzling thought... anyone have an answer??

Imladris · 04-28-2002, 01:26 PM

Correct, yours is the floor my friend.

*****
In answer to the second irrelevant question; ask Peter Piper.
*****

StrawberryIcecream · 04-28-2002, 01:35 PM

What is the meaning of life?

(and this DOES have an answer.)

Andúril · 04-28-2002, 01:44 PM

What is the meaning of life?

Is it necessary that life has meaning?
If it is, is that meaning objective?
If it is objective, does it apply to plants?

*Note: These are not three incorrect guesses. I don't think this is a question at all. It is similar to asking: What is the colour of stubborness?

Anyway, to humour everyone, here's a guess:

Whatever you decide it to be.

Andúril · 04-28-2002, 01:46 PM

[EDIT] Double post.

Radagast The Brown · 04-28-2002, 02:00 PM

Strawberry, I really think you need to make a new question. I don't think there's an answer to this question.

elf_princess · 04-28-2002, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imladris
Correct, yours is the floor my friend.

*****
In answer to the second irrelevant question; ask Peter Piper.
*****

LoL... good reply... I wander where I can get a hold of him at...

StrawberryIcecream · 04-28-2002, 02:29 PM

No, i assure you it is a general knowledge question, and a lot of people will know the answer, provided they have read the right book (major hint).

*Stuffs hint alarm in Elijah's new girlfriends' head.*

Andúril · 04-28-2002, 02:38 PM

On intercepting your cryptic hints, I have managed to ascertain that this question is indeed not of "general" applicability, but more suited to theology.

So, maybe you could give us a hint regarding the "right" book?

galadriel88 · 04-28-2002, 02:52 PM

life n 1. the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body or inanimate matter; also; a state of an organism characterized esp. by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction.

Acoording to Mr. Webster, that is the meaning of life.

Andúril · 04-28-2002, 03:06 PM

Huzzah!

*Anduril stares at himself in the mirror*

"Idiot."

galadriel88 · 04-28-2002, 03:14 PM

I love it when I'm right.

(I am right, Strawberry, aren't I??)

sun-star · 04-28-2002, 03:53 PM

The meaning of life, the universe and everything, is 42.

StrawberryIcecream · 04-28-2002, 03:58 PM

I apologise, according to galadriel there is more than one answer to this!

But what I was looking for was 42.

From the hitchikers guide to the universe.

maybe i wont post that kind of q again!

galadriel88 · 04-28-2002, 08:20 PM

So who gets to ask the next question? Sun star, I guess, since she got the answer you were looking for?

Imladris · 04-29-2002, 02:39 AM

yeah, I would have said 42 or some dictionary explanation.

Imladris · 04-29-2002, 01:51 PM

By the way if no further question within a day, someone else can ask one.

aldesign · 04-29-2002, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by elf_princess
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood???
What a puzzling thought... anyone have an answer??

But.... Would a woodchuck chuck wood, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

hehehe MonkeyIsland.

andy

04-28-2002, 12:23 PM	#1
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	General Knowledge quiz online. Inspired, I've decided to start two quizzes, one here on General knowledge, another in the tolkien (middle earth) section on Tolkien stuff. If you've seen first line(s) in the general literature forum you'll know the kind of format. Ask a question, people have guesses at answering it, after three incorrect guesses, a hint, after three further incorrect questions, the answer and another question by the same person. If someone guesses right then the original question giver says, "correct"(or something to that effect) and the correct answer giver carries on with a new question. No silly questions are allowed, and only a few Tolkien ones as the otheer quiz-thread in the Middle Earth forum is for that sort of stuff. I'll begin then...an easy one...if you know the answer. Topic-Astronomy Going in order away from the Sun which planet comes after Venus? Happy quizzing!!! __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-28-2002, 12:35 PM	#2
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	earth __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

04-28-2002, 01:19 PM	#3
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood??? What a puzzling thought... anyone have an answer?? __________________ ~Life's unanswered question~ ¿Which came first... the chicken or the egg? ¿How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

04-28-2002, 01:26 PM	#4
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	Correct, yours is the floor my friend. *** In answer to the second irrelevant question; ask Peter Piper. *** __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-28-2002, 01:35 PM	#5
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	What is the meaning of life? (and this DOES have an answer.) __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

04-28-2002, 01:44 PM	#6
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	What is the meaning of life? Is it necessary that life has meaning? If it is, is that meaning objective? If it is objective, does it apply to plants? Note: These are not three incorrect guesses. I don't think this is a question at all. It is similar to asking: What is the colour of stubborness?* Anyway, to humour everyone, here's a guess: Whatever you decide it to be. Last edited by Andúril : 04-28-2002 at 02:01 PM.

04-28-2002, 01:46 PM	#7
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	[EDIT] Double post. Last edited by Andúril : 04-28-2002 at 01:54 PM.

04-28-2002, 02:00 PM	#8
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	Strawberry, I really think you need to make a new question. I don't think there's an answer to this question. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

04-28-2002, 02:29 PM	#10
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	No, i assure you it is a general knowledge question, and a lot of people will know the answer, provided they have read the right book (major hint). Stuffs hint alarm in Elijah's new girlfriends' head. __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

04-28-2002, 02:38 PM	#11
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	On intercepting your cryptic hints, I have managed to ascertain that this question is indeed not of "general" applicability, but more suited to theology. So, maybe you could give us a hint regarding the "right" book?

04-28-2002, 02:52 PM	#12
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	life n 1. the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body or inanimate matter; also; a state of an organism characterized esp. by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction. Acoording to Mr. Webster, that is the meaning of life. __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

04-28-2002, 03:06 PM	#13
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Huzzah! Anduril stares at himself in the mirror "Idiot."

04-28-2002, 03:14 PM	#14
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	I love it when I'm right. (I am right, Strawberry, aren't I??) __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

04-28-2002, 03:53 PM	#15
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	The meaning of life, the universe and everything, is 42. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-28-2002, 03:58 PM	#16
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	I apologise, according to galadriel there is more than one answer to this! But what I was looking for was 42. From the hitchikers guide to the universe. maybe i wont post that kind of q again! __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

04-28-2002, 08:20 PM	#17
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	So who gets to ask the next question? Sun star, I guess, since she got the answer you were looking for? __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

04-29-2002, 02:39 AM	#18
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	yeah, I would have said 42 or some dictionary explanation. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-29-2002, 01:51 PM	#19
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	By the way if no further question within a day, someone else can ask one. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

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