Quorthonic historical quizz...

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quorthon said:

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Next set:

5. Name the most dangerous and relentless predator on Earth?

6. Name the part of Papua New Guinea which was a place of a rebellion sparked by the Australian mining corporation completely destroying the natural environment there. Did they gain independence?

7. Would any of 3 robotic laws be in conflict in the case of Terry Schiavo?

8. May a multiple killer be awarded a prize for what he did?

9. May tortures be legal in a contemporary West culture country?

10. What were Nuremberg Laws. What did they cause? Were they made illegal?

5. Man (he's also the most deadly game!) Very Well, you are not easily tricked, man

6. Um (nuts) It's an island. Try to look it up. It's a conflict nobody knows about but a very intriguing one indeed


7. Robots are to benefit man, they are never to hurt man, and... what was the third one? In essence, I don't believe they would have. At this point in our scientific and medical understanding, we simply do not have the technology to repair damaged or dead brain cells.
[glow=red,2,300]Well your version of the robotic laws is not right that's why you went into a bad direction. Actually the brain cells and current science level have nothing to do with the correct answer.
Find the original Asimov's version of the laws and I believe you would instantly knew the answer[/glow]

8. Trick question. Yes, and I believe you're referring to soldiers. [glow=red,2,300]BRAVO[/glow]
9. I'm not sure where you're going with this one... [glow=red,2,300]Hint: this question is sort of a sequel to a next one and the next one is to balance the outcome of the previous. Well is the hint too obscure? Swap the victims and .......men in power[/glow]
10. Nuremberg, Germany. They were, and I'm kinda guessing on this one, were largely anti-Semetic, but also, highly pro-Aryan. For instance, in order to marry, one had to prove their Aryan descent. But this is kind of a "guesstimate." [glow=red,2,300]Two parts of the question Good but what about last part? Guess it[/glow]

Well, then. So I look all smart on here.

[Quorthon]

Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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Well, ha, they wouldn't be inconflict with Terry Schaivo because she's dead. Ha ha. (too soon?) Um, man, I'm sorry, my skull is far too thick to catch what your question was looking for. In the simplified view from a robot, she would be seen as alive (although her brain was beyond repair and all conscious life was basically exterminated), and thus, allowing her to die would be something that a robot, under the instruction of Asimov, would not be able to allow her to die. Of course, from a human standpoint, she wasn't really living... Sound like banter? Yup. I have no idea what you're looking for, here!


10-- The Nuremberg Laws would appear to have been (and I looked it up because you just can't let me go on not answering these!) designed around America's own Jim Crow laws. Under these laws, Jews became less than even second class citizens--there were not allowed citizenship, and were therefore allowed no rights. Basically, it looks like Nazi Germany made it legal to do whatever one wanted to the Juden without consequence, so in that, I guess, it would seem that (#9) torture of those people would become legalized. This is all speculation, I don't know what I'm talking about. God I'm stupid.

6.--I found a looooooong article on this revolt, but as I'm at work, I don't have time to go over it. I yield to your knowledge, sir! This question I cannot elaborate upon! (It might turn into a jumbled wordy mess like those other three, anyway)

I have been defeated!!!
Now answer the ones I asked, sir!!

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quorthon said:

5. What is the Architeuthis generally known as?
Do you mean Giant Squid?

6. What is peculiar about Pluto and it's moon, Charon, that differs greatly from the other 8 planets in the solar system? (Hint: not it's angled orbit)
Thank you for that question Hint was not necessary but thanks for it too anyway
Well there's a battle now going on among astronomers and non astronomers about its status. Already plenty of professional astronomers wanted its status changed from a planetary one to the lower one let's call it a minor planet as some gave such a label. By the way I like that name. But lately after the discovery of a body similar or quite possibly bigger than Pluto the fervor grew much further.
Going to the point:
- Its significantly smaller than any other regular planets, smaller than some big planetary satellites,
- Its orbit is not only angled but also sometimes not long ago in fact is inside the Neptune orbit,
- it doesn't lie in the plane of the ecliptic, its inclination is pretty high and typical for a asteroid not a planet
- as you said the orbit is not close to circular like in case of Earth for example
- it is really a one of the largest not a largest now known Kuiper Belt object known and should be called a minor planet really,
- cause you mentioned Charon the mass ratio between it and Pluto is lowest in the solar system so that we can name them as a binary (minor) planets really, the second ratio belongs to Earth and Moon



7. Machu Picchu was built by which ancient American Empire?
a) Maya
b) Inca
c) Aztec
d) Cherokee
I would love d version ;D but you meant B I hope ;D

8. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still actually exist?
Pyramids

9. Name at least two United States Territories (Hint, not Iraq!)--Sorry, I had to throw in a hard one!
Guam, Hmmm,... Iran not quickly ;D,
Puerto Rico has a special status and is associated with US so it is not a territory you meant I think,
Virgin Islands,
Oh yes Marshall islands,
Eastern Samoa that is American Samoa,
Micronesia is no longer a territory I guess,
Shucks! Battle of Midway, then Midway,
Did Mariana gained independence I must check it
I can't remember more I'm sorry


10. What Earth-based discovery led to stronger support that life may indeed exist more easily outside of Earth than once believed? (Hint, The discovery led Scientists to look directly at Europa, and there is now a very good chance that life may indeed exist there.)
- ultra deep ocean bed thermal vents
- extremophiles
- discovery of Moon astronauts (they found bacteria alive from Earth still alive there Oh it's not Earth based OK don't count that last one

I know it may seem boorish of me to be asking more trivia after my putrid performance on those last questions, but that's part of the fun. ... I hope.

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quorthon said:

Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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Well, ha, they wouldn't be inconflict with Terry Schaivo because she's dead. Ha ha. (too soon?) Um, man, I'm sorry, my skull is far too thick to catch what your question was looking for. In the simplified view from a robot, she would be seen as alive (although her brain was beyond repair and all conscious life was basically exterminated), and thus, allowing her to die would be something that a robot, under the instruction of Asimov, would not be able to allow her to die. Of course, from a human standpoint, she wasn't really living... Sound like banter? Yup. I have no idea what you're looking for, here!
[glow=green,2,300]I accept your answer[/glow]


10-- The Nuremberg Laws would appear to have been (and I looked it up because you just can't let me go on not answering these!) designed around America's own Jim Crow laws. Under these laws, Jews became less than even second class citizens--there were not allowed citizenship, and were therefore allowed no rights. Basically, it looks like Nazi Germany made it legal to do whatever one wanted to the Juden without consequence, so in that, I guess, it would seem that (#9) torture of those people would become legalized. This is all speculation, I don't know what I'm talking about. God I'm stupid.
[glow=green,2,300]No you are definitely not! OK The answer is nice but you went even a bit further than I expected but still the question Were they(Nurberg Laws) made illegal? is anunswered. I mean whether they were made illegal from the legal point of view after the war but I don't mean the time after the war but the time when these laws were in power. So the question is when in Germany happens to be a lawsuit about for example financial losses incurred by these laws would these losses be given back by the state or not?:[/glow]

6.--I found a looooooong article on this revolt, but as I'm at work, I don't have time to go over it. I yield to your knowledge, sir! This question I cannot elaborate upon! (It might turn into a jumbled wordy mess like those other three, anyway)
[glow=green,2,300]Bouganville Island[/glow]

I have been defeated!!!
[glow=red,2,300]Not at all[/glow]
Now answer the ones I asked, sir!!

[Quorthon]

Shit, Spacer, I just realized I read that Nuremberg question wrong every time. I didn't even get to the whether-or-not-they're-illegal part. Oops. Hey, this is what it's like when you're a C student.

At any rate, you completely answered all my questions almost perfectly--the only thing I was really looking for in the Pluto question was that Pluto's moon, Charon, does not orbit it, rather the spin opposite each other, as in, they are a kind of binary planetoid system. And you got that.

Pueto Rico is a territory (at least as far as I know) and the most likely candidate to become another State of the Union. I doubt that will happen any time soon, though.

Sir, you are either far too smart or you're lookin' these answers up before you answer them all! I'm going to really have to think hard to come up with something hard enough to stump you!

[Quorthon]

3rd Set (hopefully these are hard enough!)

11. What apparent discovery in Minnesota of all places led to the belief that Vikings had colonized America ages before Columbus arrived? Was it real?

12. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what?

13. What was General Dwight Eisenhower's view on the use of Atomic Weapons against Japan?

14. Prior to WWII, how many wars had Japan lost or surrendered in?

15. Which dictator directly led to the deaths of more people?

a) Adolf Hitler
b) Kim Jong Il
c) Joseph Stalin
d) Fidel Castro
e) Saddam Hussein

16. The United States of America was the fastest growing country in the world in terms of industrialization. Which country is moving ahead at three times the rate of the U.S.?



You know, if I know these, they must be too easy.

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Question 9:
You very smartly answered this question by using your open logic, but asking this question I thought really about a country which is existing now. When I thought about swapping victims I meant:
this time victims aren't Jews
and men in power aren't Germans.
I cannot tell more I would just have to give an answer.

Question 10
My previous explanations seems obscure even to me when I'm reading it ;D
Let's have it this way:
1935-1945 :Laws are in power
Time after the war: the laws are made null and void obviously.
But having a lawsuit now in 2005 may a lawyer in Germany demand a return of things taken from Jews done on the basis of that laws? Were they made illegal retrospectively (the time when they were the law to be obeyed 1935-1945) then by a decision made after the war?

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quorthon said:

3rd Set (hopefully these are hard enough!)

11. What apparent discovery in Minnesota of all places led to the belief that Vikings had colonized America ages before Columbus arrived? Was it real?
I guess an artifact was found or a even a site but it wasn't real. Real artifacts and traces of villages were found in Labrador Peninsula

12. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what?
You've got me I'm not good at phobias. There're plenty of them. No idea
13. What was General Dwight Eisenhower's view on the use of Atomic Weapons against Japan?
But please don't order me to quote him I'm bad at exact quotes but he wasn't certainly pro he said that dropping a bomb was not necessary cause they would surrender anyway or said that they were ready to surrender or that their surrender was imminent anyway
14. Prior to WWII, how many wars had Japan lost or surrendered in?
None really to my knowledge
15. Which dictator directly led to the deaths of more people?

a) Adolf Hitler
b) Kim Jong Il
c) Joseph Stalin
d) Fidel Castro
e) Saddam Hussein
Everybody would choose Hitler but I Count on Stalin.
You should mention Pol Pot and Kim Ir Sen at least too

16. The United States of America was the fastest growing country in the world in terms of industrialization. Which country is moving ahead at three times the rate of the U.S.?
There are a few such countries but I bet you meant China Peoples Republic



You know, if I know these, they must be too easy.

[Quorthon]

spacer said:

quorthon said:

3rd Set (hopefully these are hard enough!)

11. What apparent discovery in Minnesota of all places led to the belief that Vikings had colonized America ages before Columbus arrived? Was it real?
I guess an artifact was found or a even a site but it wasn't real. Real artifacts and traces of villages were found in Labrador Peninsula

12. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what?
You've got me I'm not good at phobias. There're plenty of them. No idea
13. What was General Dwight Eisenhower's view on the use of Atomic Weapons against Japan?
But please don't order me to quote him I'm bad at exact quotes but he wasn't certainly pro he said that dropping a bomb was not necessary cause they would surrender anyway or said that they were ready to surrender or that their surrender was imminent anyway
14. Prior to WWII, how many wars had Japan lost or surrendered in?
None really to my knowledge
15. Which dictator directly led to the deaths of more people?

a) Adolf Hitler
b) Kim Jong Il
c) Joseph Stalin
d) Fidel Castro
e) Saddam Hussein
Everybody would choose Hitler but I Count on Stalin.
You should mention Pol Pot and Kim Ir Sen at least too

16. The United States of America was the fastest growing country in the world in terms of industrialization. Which country is moving ahead at three times the rate of the U.S.?
There are a few such countries but I bet you meant China Peoples Republic



You know, if I know these, they must be too easy.

11.--> "The Runestone" --a large stone containing Nordic language carved into it was discovered in Minnesota--apparently. It was a hoax. This state is made up of people of mostly German or Norwegien descent, so it was easily sold here, back in the day.

12. The fear of the next one: The fear of the number 13.

13. Boo! Right you are, he felt it was unnecessary. I believe his quote (which I wasn't looking for) was: "We didn't need to drop that awful thing on them."

14. Right again! In fact, effort was made, by America, to preserve Japanese honour, even in defeat post-war. American soldiers who took Japanese weapons as souveniors were ordered to scratch the Sun Symbol off the weapons.

15. Hitler was personally responsible for about 10 million deaths. Stalin? 20 Million. I forgot about Pol Pot, however, Cambodia is such a small country in comparison that the sheer number would be difficult to match--but he was an unholy terror.

16. Right again, sir!

I shall mull over some more for you!

[Quorthon]

spacer said:

Question 9:
You very smartly answered this question by using your open logic, but asking this question I thought really about a country which is existing now. When I thought about swapping victims I meant:
this time victims aren't Jews
and men in power aren't Germans.
I cannot tell more I would just have to give an answer.

Question 10
My previous explanations seems obscure even to me when I'm reading it ;D
Let's have it this way:
1935-1945 :Laws are in power
Time after the war: the laws are made null and void obviously.
But having a lawsuit now in 2005 may a lawyer in Germany demand a return of things taken from Jews done on the basis of that laws? Were they made illegal retrospectively (the time when they were the law to be obeyed 1935-1945) then by a decision made after the war?

Q9--> You're not talking about America and Abu-Graib are you?

Q10-->This one is a tough call--I wouldn't have the first clue how the legal system works in Deutschland. If it were America, the likely outcome would be: If the Jew was abused in a time when the laws were still in effect, and the actions were then legal, then he/she would not be able to get restitution. However, again, if it were America, there could be a movement wherin the laws are called "Unconstitutional" and the laws could be disregarded, and there for, restitution for the victim could happen.

I'm afraid I don't know how to answer the question any way than that. I would guess that the victim may not be able to get restitution based on the fact that the laws were in effect at the time and actions against him/her were considered perfectly legal. I can't do better than that...

Here in America, some "genius" (read: retard) came up with the idea of "Refarmations" for black people. Basically, money from white people whose ancestors owned slaves over 150 years ago are forced to give money to black people whose family were held as slaves by them waaaaaaaaaaaay back then. These white people weren't slave owners--and these black people weren't slaves!! Restitution for victims is a good thing, but this shit is just plain old abuse. Hmmm, I probably could've used that as a trivia question for you....

Next set please!!!

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17. Last set for me was way easier to me so I'll give an ultralight question too
Name the nearest star to Earth. ? I allow you if you can't remember to look it up on the net. Just tell me so

18 Tell me what is "an age of consent" and in which US states and countries it is lowest.? The second part of a question is a hint in itself ;D

19 What is "VALSALVA MANEUVER "?

20 What sexual positions between adults are illegal in Minnesota and Florida? Is there a state in US where all sexual positions are legal?

21 Name the smallest fish currently living on the Earth and give its adult average size.

22. What color was associated with the Ukrainian peaceful revolution lead by Juszczenko? What kind of substance Russians used to poison him.? What was the result of it?

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quorthon said:

Q9--> You're not talking about America and Abu-Graib are you?
[glow=red,2,300]No, I am not. Men in power aren't Americans though a country I mean has a very significant diaspora there.[/glow]

Q10-->This one is a tough call--I wouldn't have the first clue how the legal system works in Deutschland. If it were America, the likely outcome would be: If the Jew was abused in a time when the laws were still in effect, and the actions were then legal, then he/she would not be able to get restitution.
[glow=red,2,300]Perfect reasoning, well done. [/glow]

However, again, if it were America, there could be a movement wherin the laws are called "Unconstitutional" and the laws could be disregarded, and there for, restitution for the victim could happen.

I'm afraid I don't know how to answer the question any way than that. I would guess that the victim may not be able to get restitution based on the fact that the laws were in effect at the time and actions against him/her were considered perfectly legal. I can't do better than that...

Here in America, some "genius" (read: retard) came up with the idea of "Refarmations" for black people. Basically, money from white people whose ancestors owned slaves over 150 years ago are forced to give money to black people whose family were held as slaves by them waaaaaaaaaaaay back then. These white people weren't slave owners--and these black people weren't slaves!! Restitution for victims is a good thing, but this shit is just plain old abuse. Hmmm, I probably could've used that as a trivia question for you....
A very interesting matter, you've made a mistake cause I haven't heard about it so that you lost an occasion to beat me ;D

Next set please!!!
Come on I've already gave you one, don't you see ;D

[Quorthon]

spacer said:

17. Last set for me was way easier to me so I'll give an ultralight question too
Name the nearest star to Earth. ? I allow you if you can't remember to look it up on the net. Just tell me so

18 Tell me what is "an age of consent" and in which US states and countries it is lowest.? The second part of a question is a hint in itself ;D

19 What is "VALSALVA MANEUVER "?

20 What sexual positions between adults are illegal in Minnesota and Florida? Is there a state in US where all sexual positions are legal?

21 Name the smallest fish currently living on the Earth and give its adult average size.

22. What color was associated with the Ukrainian peaceful revolution lead by Juszczenko? What kind of substance Russians used to poison him.? What was the result of it?

17. Ooh, I should know this: Alpha Centuri?

18. Age of consent, to my knowledge, is 16 in Minnesota, and I believe, for most of the US it's about the same. Although, for some retarded reason, kids as young as 14 can get married in Kansas. Don't know which country has the lowest age of consent...

19. I don't know...

20. I could've sworn sodomy was illegal, and/or oral sex was technically illegal in MN and FL. And some other states. If there is a state with "free range" on sex positions, it's probably Nevada or Louisiana.

21. The smallest fish is named Larry. He is .03 inches in length and currently lives in a luxury condominium in Baja. His turn-ons are warm smiles, swims along the beach, and not being eaten by crustateans. His turn-offs are global warming and large women. In other words, I don't know.

22. Uh oh...

Well, those were hard...

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quorthon said:

17. Last set for me was way easier to me so I'll give an ultralight question too
Name the nearest star to Earth. ? I allow you if you can't remember to look it up on the net. Just tell me so (spacer asked)


17. Ooh, I should know this: Alpha Centuri?

Quorthon forgive me ;D
But I deliberately set a trap for you. I didn't really had high hopes for the success so I tricked you into the wrong answer. Forgive my cruelty but I couldn't resist it.

Cause the right aswer is :
OUR YELLOW SUN

By the way the closest OTHER STAR TO OUR STAR (key word) is Proxima Centauri

[Quorthon]

spacer said:

quorthon said:

17. Last set for me was way easier to me so I'll give an ultralight question too
Name the nearest star to Earth. ? I allow you if you can't remember to look it up on the net. Just tell me so (spacer asked)


17. Ooh, I should know this: Alpha Centuri?

Quorthon forgive me ;D
But I deliberately set a trap for you. I didn't really had high hopes for the success so I tricked you into the wrong answer. Forgive my cruelty but I couldn't resist it.

Cause the right aswer is :
OUR YELLOW SUN

By the way the closest OTHER STAR TO OUR STAR (key word) is Proxima Centauri

"grrrrr......"