[rio]

Welcome to the first Trivia Showdown. Here are the rules.

1. Do not post answers in this thread, PM them to me. Say it with me: I will not post answers in this thread.

2. You may only guess on each answer once, over the course of three PMs.

3. Some of these are very obscure, some are very easy, deal with it. It's trivia after all.

4. Please do not look up the answers. If you really want to, theres nothing stopping you, but it takes away the fun for everyone else so please don't.

5. I have not yet decided how to reveal the answers. Its down to a big surprise at the end or revealing as they're guessed, leave input on this and I'll decide accordingly.

6. The contest ends on Sunday the 28th, 12:00 GMT. All answers sent after that are void.

7. If the question if unclear, post your misunderstanding and I or someone else will help out.

8. All questions are worth 10 points, bonus questions are worth 15 points. I will award 5 points if I deem it neccessary (eg. when someone answers one of two people)

9. Reread rules 1 and 4.

Thats about it, have fun.

[rio]

1. What is the capital of Bangladesh?

2. Who played Indiana Jones' father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

3. What does SCUMM stand for?

4. Who was the lead guitarist in Appetite for Destruction era Guns n Roses? (Bonus-Whats his real name?)

5. Who played King Koopa in the Super Mario Brothers movie?

6. Who invented the ukelele? (Answer is a nationality)

7. What is the highest mountain in South America?

8. What is the largest bone in the human body? (Scientific name)

9. Who is the CEO of Microsoft?

10. Who is the MLB leader in single season RBIs? (Bonus-How Many?)

11. Name three members of Monty Python. (Bonus-Name all)

12. Where are Oompa-loompas from? (The place, not the book or movie)

13. The Portugese man of war is a what?

14. Who won the first Super Bowl?

15. Who invented the telephone?

16. What famous director turned down voicing Darth Vader but did narrate the original trailer for Star Wars?

17. What was George Lucas' first movie?

18. Switzerland is divided into what? (Instead of counties or the like)

19. How many strings are on a tenor guitar?

20. Who is the patriarch in the family that the Myst games are based around?

21. Name the developer of the Doom games.

22. What does p.s. stand for?

23. What is this -#- called? (just the thing in the middle)

24. What assassination started World War 1? (Bouns- Where did it happen? answer is a city)

25. What two countries are on the Iberian peninsula?

26. What is 44 x 56? (No calculators)

27. What element causes the sky to be blue?

28. Who are the "Wonder Steves" of Apple computers?

29. Who wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls? (Bonus-Name one other novel)

30. Name the two largest islands of Japan?

31. Who founded Adventure Gamers?

32. What is the name of Spongebob's squirrel friend?

33. Beethoven (the composer, not the dog) suffered from what handicap?

34. Name the three members of Guybrush Threepwood's first crew.

35. Name the music video in which Michael Jackson walks on a sidewalk that lights up?

36. What was the last word spoken by Charles Foster Kane?

37. What is the name of Bart Simpson's teacher? (Bonus-Name of his principal?)

38. State the Pythagorean theory.

39. What year was Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards released? (original)

40. The Dalai Lama is currently residing where? (not including travel, his permanent residence)

41. Who coined the term Led Zeppelin? (As in the band) (Bonus-who was Led Zeppelin's drummer?)

42. Who wrote Heart of Darkness? (Bonus-Name Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation)

43. Where does the British Prime Minister live?

44. What divides Europe and Asia?

45. Who designed The Legend of Zelda?

46. The Galapogos Islands are under the jurisdiction of what nation?

47. What disease devastated the Russian royal family shortly before the revolution? (Bonus- Who was brought in to cure it?)

48. What would you do at a fermata? (In music)

49. Charlie Chaplin claimed that Hitler copied his mustache from what character?

50. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? (Bonus-What are they more commonly known as?)

[AFGNCAAP]

I will not post answers in this thread.
I will not post answers in this thread.


I have a question, though. Point 2 means that every message sent after I write three PMs regarding the trivia is void, am I right?

[lumi]

Originally Posted by rio

6. The contest ends on Sunday the 28th, 12:00 GMT. All answers sent after that are void.

But I want the results now!

I had fun. Lots of stuff I didn't know.

[rio]

I have a question, though. Point 2 means that every message sent after I write three PMs regarding the trivia is void, am I right?

Yes, after three PMs that contain answers, any more PMs are void. You can however, send PMs with questions, but I don't see why as you can you that in this thread.

[rio]

I had fun. Lots of stuff I didn't know.

Excellent.

Ok, I've made one edit to the questions, I was looking for the scientific name of the largest bone in the human body, so far it only applies to one person and I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because I didn't specify.

All of the guessers so far have done a very good job. Should I reveal who has gotten each question or not? Its up to you guys and gals.

[Manhunter71]

I only saw this post like 10 minutes ago - are you going to publish the results? If so - how long have we got?

[rio]

You have until the 28th.

[BoyToy]

That was fun.

[Elton28]

Finished and didnt even Google any of it


AF

[Swordmaster]

I don't understand question #10 at all. :eek:

[Manhunter71]

Originally Posted by Elton28

Finished and didnt even Google any of it


AF

Mmmm......."I believe you"

[rio]

I don't understand question #10 at all.

This one may be hard for non-Americans sorry. MLB is Major League Baseball and RBI is runs batted in. Don't worry, no ones gotten it so far and I doubt many will.

[Elton28]

Originally Posted by Manhunter71

Mmmm......."I believe you"

I didn't, honestly

[BoyToy]

Did you use your telephone joker then?

[Elton28]

Originally Posted by BoyToy

Did you use your telephone joker then?

Ok now I'm REALLY confused....

[pinkgothic]

Click for the solution of that piece of trivia.

[BoyToy]

Originally Posted by Elton28

Ok now I'm REALLY confused....

Ah, I see it's apparently called the 'phone a friend lifeline' in the English game.

[stepurhan]

Is

Originally Posted by rio

"How many people fantacize about being an insane ostrich?".

one of the trivia questions? If so, what sort of margin of error are we allowed? To the nearest 100?

Looks fun. I'll print it out so I can scribble on it. Does asking my other half (who loves quizzes) count as a breach of rule 4? If so, I'll show her the quiz but only send in the ones I can get on my own.

[rio]

Looks fun. I'll print it out so I can scribble on it. Does asking my other half (who loves quizzes) count as a breach of rule 4? If so, I'll show her the quiz but only send in the ones I can get on my own.

Hmmmm, try to do most of them on your own, but I put that rule so people wouldn't be using encyclopedias or anything. And yes, you do have answer the ostrich question.