General Trivia

Rules:

The way this works is simple. I ask a question that can be about anything and everything. I'll try to keep the subject matter varied to give everyone a chance, and since there are people from all over here I'll also try to keep culturally biased questions from being asked.

First person to post the correct answer gets one point.

Whoever wins is ineligible to answer the next question. This is so that everyone gets a chance.

I will post them at random times - once, twice, three times, maybe none a day. Basically whenever they strike my fancy.

I'm not sure when the trivia will end - I'll determine that at a later date.

If you have suggestions for questions then you are welcome to PM them to me, but you will be ineligible to answer the question once it comes up.

Otherwise, HAVE FUN!



First Question:

This isn't hard, unless you don't have Google, but...

Name the state bird and state flower of my home state of Oklahoma.

(of course, I know without looking :D )

swallow-tailed fly catcher and mistletoe

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Mistletoe

Answer: Scissor-Tailed Fly-Catcher and Mistletoe

Point to both of you, just because. You are both ineligible to answer the next question.



Question: What is the Atomic Number of Molybdenum?

42

Yes, I'm a nerd and proud of it. :p

no kidding

Answer: 42

Point to BMK



Question: I picked that element because it's number is 42. What book, currently being turned into a feature film, does that number play an important role?
Note: This is something of a trick question.

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Nope.

I'd give the answer I'm now very sure you're going for if I was eligible. :sarcastic:

assault on precent 42?
jk
perhaps fever pitch (coming soon in uk = unheard of here)

Nope.

Remember, it's something of a trick question.

Okay, fine, BMK, you can answer it since no one else seems to know it.

If I recall correctly the answer to everything is:

42

*sighs*

No, that's not it either.

I'll move on to something else.

Answer: Life, The Universe, and Everything

See, it's a trick question because it's part of the HHGTTG Series, but not really important until that particular book when they land on pre-historical Earth.

Okay, maybe I'm being too philosphical on that one.

Next Question: Which two singers perform the song "Wiskey For My Men, Beer For My Horses"?

tobey keith and willie nelson. i loves me some willie!!

Wilie Nelson and Toby Keith

One of the few country songs I like.

Um crap didn't see vyderian had posted on the next page until after I did.

Answer: Tobey Keith and Willie Nelson

Point to Black

Question: The video for "Whiskey For My Men" featured Tobey, Willie and one other person who had a continueing (but now discontinued) major role in one of the later seasons of StarGate SG-1. Who is that person?

Carmen Argenziano?

For lack of a better answer:

Teryl Rothery

HINT: It's a male and he was only in for one season.

In that case can I change my answer?

why not

Corin Nemic. Jonas.

(random guess)

Anwser: Corin Nemic


Point to Jag


Next Question: Explain the word "porting" when refering to video games.

Being able to convert a console game so that it runs on a PC/other console and vice versa. Involves a lot of technical gibberish I don't understand nor care to, but that's the gist of it.

Dang, after you said male I was gonna change to Jonas.

For future reference are we allowed to make a second guess after a hint has been given?

I will allow you to change your guess after I give a hint - simply because it gives others a chance that you didn't and you did try to guess without a hint.

Otherwise, you can't just randomly change your answer, even after I say "No, that's not it.". (I might have let someone earlier but I'm changing that now and making it a rule).

Alright, thanks for clarifying.

is that wrong cause its been a while since we had a new question

Answer: Porting - Converting software to run on another platform.

BMK was pretty much correct.

Next Question: I have a mug sitting on my desk that has Cymru written on it. Where did I most likely get that mug?

Wales

Answer: Wales

Point to Katana



Next Question: Who is Sharpe? (note: I'm refering to a character - not a marking pen)

award-winning publisher of reference books, textbooks, general interest books, and journals across a broad range of the social sciences and humanities.

While I'm sure that is true... I said I was refereing to a "character"...

Thanks though.

Stupid ineligibility rule.

pssst whats the answer :whistling:

Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803
by Bernard Cornwell

perhaps that dude ^

:)

Question: DENIED :talktothehand:


:p