XKI TRIVIA CONTEST!!!!!!!!!!

[The States of Eridani]

Soon enough the Ministry of Education will be hosting a region wide trivia contest!! I will post a list of questions here and point values and all you have to do is submit your answers in this thread. Since I have no way of stopping you from looking the answers up on the internet, please be honorable and truthful... It's just for fun. I think most of the questions will be multiple choice. If necessary a tie breaker will be held to decide which nation in the XKI really has the smartest citizens.

The questions will span these topics:
-World Geography
-Mathematics
-World History
-Pop Culture
-Science
-Regional History
-Religion (maybe)

[Schattental]

Well, I should do well in World Geography, History, Math and Religion, but I'll pretty much such with pop culture, unless it's so blatantly obvious that it should never have been asked. 8)

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

Alright! That's what i like to hear

[Enigmatic]

Sounds like fun.

[Twobagger]

(= This sounds interesting.

[Lockerican Corps]

Sweet.

[Schattental]

So out with the questions already... LOL, I'll ask a few to begin with:

1) What are two names for the sea between Japan and Korea, and why is the name an issue of contention in the region?

2) What is the value difference between pi and phi to the third decimal

3) Who was the last king of Bavaria?

4) What song was #1 on Japan's top 20 as of 5/20/07?

5) What Serbian inventor and engineer said the following: “Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”

6) On what date was TITO founded?

7) Which of the Four Noble Truths proclaims the existance of suffering?

[Willowinds]

(*Digs hole in ground and buries Schattental; gently, of course.*)

[Schattental]

What'd ya do that for? Now I've got dirt in my ears.. DIRT! You know what a pain that is to clean? And now my clothes are muddy! *Hands Willowinds his cleaning bill*

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

I know none of the answers

[Estayland]

I thought phi was a symbol for more than one number?

[The States of Eridani]

Ok, I will post the questions tomorrow afternoon

[The Gladii]

I'm eagerly anticipating them, but I hope they're not as impossible as Schattental's.

[Boltor]

1)Sea of Japan (Japan's name for it) and East sea (korea's name for it). No idea why they whine over it.

2)Value difference to the 3rd decimal is 1.523 (3.141-1.618) (Ok I cheated, I used the calcumalator, i'm rubbish at doing sums in my head .)

3)??

4)?? How would I know?? Do you even know?? Thats really specific you know. I don't think anyone will get this.

5)??

6)??

7)Noble truths?? Umm the 4th one??

I guess I only listened in geography and maths.

[The States of Eridani]

Here they are, my apologies to those of you who don't reside in the US, it seems like the history questions may be a little more geared towards Americans, I'll try to make it more broad next time.

1. Name the country located between France and Spain
a. Portugal
b. Luxembourg
c. Andorra
d. Belgium

2. Kim Jong Il is the leader of the nation officially named:
a. The Republic of North Korea
b. The Republic of South Korea
c. The Republic of Korea
d. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
e. The Democratic Republic of Korea

3.The Discoverie of penicillin is traditionally attributed to:
a. Alexander Fleming
b. Marie Curie
c. Gregor Mendel
d. Louis Pasteur

4. The original choice for the portrayal of Neo in the Matrix franchise was:
a. Keanu Reeves
b. Vin Deisel
c. Will Smith
d. Val Kilmer

5. True or false, the international distress signal "SOS"stands for "Save Our Ship."

6. Which actor was the #1 box office star in both the 70's and the 80's?
a. Steve Martin
b. Clint Eastwood
c. Jack Nicholson
d. Harrison Ford

7. There are currently how many Knights of TITO?
a. 15
b. 18
c. 20
d. 19

8. In Arabic the name Muhammad means:
a. "Praiseworthy"
b. "The Prophet"
c. "The Chosen One"
d. "The Enlightened One"

9. How many Gospels are there in the New Testament of the Christian Bible? Name them.

10. Most amphibians are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. simple lungs
b. multichambered heart
c. eggs protected by a shell
d. larvae that develope in water
e. external fertilization

11. What do the Vietnamese call the war which is known in the US as "the Vietnam war?"

12. True or false, after his presidency, Franklin Delano Roosevelt described the internment of the Japanese as the worst decision he ever made.


Please ignore what I said earlier and SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO ME.

[Twobagger]

I could only manage seven correct.
Others? I'm interested...

[The States of Eridani]

Yeah, I think I'll do this every couple of weeks or so... Anyone interested?

[Assassins and Bandits]

ah, im headache with some questions....

[The States of Eridani]

Mwahahahahaha (evil meniacal laugh)

[Twobagger]

Sure, I'm interested

[Willowinds]

Me, too. (*still banging head on wall before PMing answers while steadfastly refusing to look anything up!*)

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

Yep. You can keep a score board too!

[Hockeynutville]

I miss the ol' Estayland trivia....I still think Jes was on steroids for that match.

[Sinn Féin's Ireland]

Got a link, HNV?

[Hockeynutville]

No link, we did it in a chatroom last year. Estay wrote down a bunch of Q's and typed them out. Myself, Jes, Bah and Min were there that night. I would have finished first if not for the d**ned bird question...

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[Anime Daisuki]

So who won?

Any prizes?

[The States of Eridani]

Ah yes, my apologies.


By my count the ENIGMATIC NATION won this inaugural competition, having only missed 3 of the possible 16 points. Congrats to Enigmatic. As for his winnings, that is yet to be established.

[Twobagger]

Wheeeee

Way to go Enigmatic!

[Enigmatic]

Thank you, thank you. I donate whatever I end up winning to the Education Department.

[Assassins and Bandits]

Congrats Enigmatic!

What are the answers?