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

[PluMGMK]

Alexander it is! But now you can't answer the next question…

3 points: Matyuv, Hunchman801, Steo
2 points: lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#

Question 14: (lumgum can't answer) What is the meaning of the euphemism "China Syndrome"?

[hoodlumsworld]

Is it not something with the nuclear core that goes through the earth all the way to China or whatever that is?

[PluMGMK]

Basically yes. It refers to a nuclear meltdown where fuel could hypothetically burn through the Earth's crust and go all the way through to the other side (if it didn't hit the groundwater first).

3 points: Matyuv, Hunchman801, Steo
2 points: lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 15: For which novel did Margaret Atwood jointly win the Booker Prize in 2019?

[lumgum]

The Testaments?

[PluMGMK]

That's the one!
(Sorry, that question just came into my head because it was on Celebrity Millionaire last year, and Johnny Vegas answered it by calling Paul Sinha as his phone-a-friend. Also I have a copy of the Testaments right beside my desk. )

3 points: Matyuv, Hunchman801, Steo, lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 16: What did Albert Einstein famously say that God does not do?

[Hunchman801]

Play dice?

[Ilyaman]

God can't play dice.

[PluMGMK]

Play dice?

Specifically, it was "play dice with the world", but I suppose this is close enough.

4 points: Hunchman801
3 points: Matyuv, Steo, lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 17: In The Simpsons, what type of failed project led to Homer Simpson being considered an "outsider artist"?

[Elite Piranha]

Was it some kind of grill station?

[PluMGMK]

Eh, close enough. It was a barbecue pit.

4 points: Hunchman801
3 points: Matyuv, Steo, lumgum
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld, Elite Piranha

Question 18: Where in the world would one most expect to hear the suffix "-san" attached to names?

[Elite Piranha]

Japan?

[PluMGMK]

Of course!

4 points: Hunchman801
3 points: Matyuv, Steo, lumgum
2 points: Elite Piranha
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 19: (Elite Piranha cannot answer) Elemental oxygen most commonly occurs in the Earth's atmosphere as the molecule O2, but O3 is also a thing. What is the name for O3?

[lumgum]

Ozone.

[PluMGMK]

Now we're getting somewhere!

I just realized that today is this quiz's third anniversary!

4 points: Hunchman801, lumgum
3 points: Matyuv, Steo
2 points: Elite Piranha
1 point: Alltech, #Rubber mark#, hoodlumsworld

Question 20: Speaking of anniversaries, what winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature turns 80 today (24 May 2021)?

[The Jonster]

Question 20: Speaking of anniversaries, what winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature turns 80 today (24 May 2021)?

Well in a couple weeks they'll be 81 now!

[PluMGMK]

I'm surprised nobody has an inkling

Here's a hint: this person's Nobel Prize winning was not without controversy, as their work isn't what one might usually think of as "literature"

[PluMGMK]

Nobody? Well, OK then, it was Bob Dylan.

I'm at a loss as to what kinds of questions to ask now… Maybe someone else could take over the season? I clearly haven't been doing a good job here

[Hunchman801]

Any volunteers?