The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season Six (PluMGMK)

[Steo]

I'm glad I don't, I've at least been good enough to prevent that!

WHAT!!!

[SilentSanctuary]

It's not McDonald's, although that's a close second.

I'll repost the question for the sake of clarity, as there have been multiple comments in between

Question #26: What is the largest fast food restaurant chain by number of locations?

[Steo]

Since I have no idea whatsoever I have 2 guesses and I'll just randomly go with KFC. I bet it will be the other guess

[Pirez]

If I recall correctly it's Subway and it's one of the major reason they're failing in Europe.

[SilentSanctuary]

Pirez is correct.

Pirez – 8 points
The Jonster – 5 points
LoveMetal – 4 points
PluMGMK – 4 points
Hunchman801 – 2 points
Aaron – 1 point
Ray502 – 1 point
[fysb] – 1 point

For a Question most Bonus, the Time doth be!

Bonus Question #2: Which writer is known for the "Moomin" series of books, and what nationality was she?

[SilentSanctuary]

EDIT: It seems again that there are no answers... I'll make the question a bit easier by having you only mention the writer's name OR nationality. Hope this will help, I'd like to do at least a single bonus question properly

So, the edited question is as follows:

Bonus Question #2: Which writer is known for the "Moomin" series of books OR what nationality was she?

[Ray502]

Tove Jansson.

[SilentSanctuary]

That's right.

Ray502 gets a nice color in the scoreboard, plus obviously the bonus question reward.

Pirez – 8 points
The Jonster – 5 points
LoveMetal – 4 points
PluMGMK – 4 points
Hunchman801 – 2 points
Ray502 – 1 point
Aaron – 1 point
[fysb] – 1 point

Question #27: According to Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what is the Answer to the Ultimate Question about Life, the Universe and Everything?

[Aaron]

42.

[SilentSanctuary]

Yup!

Pirez – 8 points
The Jonster – 5 points
LoveMetal – 4 points
PluMGMK – 4 points
Hunchman801 – 2 points
Aaron – 2 points
Ray502 – 1 point
[fysb] – 1 point

Question #28: Name two artificial languages (i.e. languages invented for use in, for example, human communication or fiction).

[Steo]

Raymanian and Pig Latin?

[SilentSanctuary]

Well, technically Raymanian is just gibberish as opposed to an actual language, and Pig Latin is simply garbled English...

I could accept those, but I'm looking for actual constructed languages (conlangs) here. Sorry for not specifying that enough

[Aaron]

Greek and Portuguese?

[The Jonster]

I'm not sure i understand this question to be honest.

Sign language and braille? (2nd grade Jumpstart memories lol)

[SilentSanctuary]

Greek and Portuguese?

Nope, they are both natural languages. I'm looking for artificially developed languages that can still be considered actual languages.

Sign language and braille?

That's pretty close, but sign languages are actually naturally developed languages, and braille is a writing system, not a language in itself.

Hint: Multiple fiction writers have invented their own languages to use in their fictional world. In addition, people (linguists, mostly) have developed artificial languages to ease communication between people speaking different languages, or simply for experimentation.

[PluMGMK]

Volapük and Esperanto.

[SilentSanctuary]

That's right! Both of them are artificial languages indeed.

Pirez – 8 points
The Jonster – 5 points
PluMGMK – 5 points
LoveMetal – 4 points
Hunchman801 – 2 points
Aaron – 2 points
Ray502 – 1 point
[fysb] – 1 point

Question #29: Name one poisonous (or venomous) mammal.

[Pirez]

I hope this doesn't count as cheating because I had to look up the name in english, but the platypus is a venomous mammal.

[SilentSanctuary]

Using a dictionary certainly isn't cheating in this case, since I trust that you knew the name beforehand. You're correct!

Wow, Pirez is really close to winning the contest – only one point left!

Pirez – 9 points!
The Jonster – 5 points
PluMGMK – 5 points
LoveMetal – 4 points
Hunchman801 – 2 points
Aaron – 2 points
Ray502 – 1 point
[fysb] – 1 point

Question #30: What is the study of fungi (e.g. mushrooms) called?

[PluMGMK]

Mycology!