Multiple-Choice Trivia II

[RH9]

I'm gonna guess A even though I think that's wrong.

C

Both are incorrect.
Sorry.

[Nancy Drew 39]

D lololol

None of you have obviously ever read Peanuts.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Watch it be B that Charles Shultz lifted it from. hype

Guess is still D

[RH9]

D lololol

None of you have obviously ever read Peanuts.

Sorry.
D is also incorrect.
"It was a dark and stormy night…" originated from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1930 novel,

Paul Clifford

.

[Nancy Drew 39]

D lololol

None of you have obviously ever read Peanuts.

Sorry.
D is also incorrect.
"It was a dark and stormy night…" originated from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1930 novel,

Paul Clifford

.

Well I was right that Peanuts got it from there then. One of the characters would always type a novel starting with that line.

[RH9]

Question

You may know Agatha Christie; After all, she's widely nicknamed the "Queen of Crime".

Which of her following novels did not include Poirot?

1. Endless Night
   
   
2. Cards on the Table
   
   
3. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
   
   
4. The Mysterious Affair at Styles

[StrangerCoug]

C

[Nancy Drew 39]

B?

[RH9]

C

Incorrect, sorry.
Poirot appears in this.

B?

Incorrect, sorry.
This crossover between two of Christie's characters included Poirot as one of the sleuths.

[Ircher]

A

[RH9]

A

Correct.

Endless Night

does not include Poirot but is instead a stand-alone novel.

[Ircher]

A pushdown automaton is

best

described as accepting which class of languages?

A: Context-free languages
B: Context-sensitive languages
C: Natural languages
D: Regular languages

[Nancy Drew 39]

B?

[Farren]

I'm going to guess A. Reasoning: both A and B seem to be ... more descriptive, I think, than C and D. And I'd expect something described as an

automaton

to act without thinking; interpreting context requires thinking. (Plus, Nancy guessed B, so I can't.)

[StrangerCoug]

I think Farren is right, but if not, then D.

[Ircher]

A is correct. A pushdown automaton can recognize regular languages as well as every regular language is also a context-free language, but I asked for the best description.

[Farren]

In

Factorio

, which of these would a player expect to accomplish by utilizing the

kovarex process?

A: The kovarex

annihilation

process launches a series of rockets at a designated target, destroying everything within a 20-tile radius.
B: The kovarex

automation

process creates assembler machines, capable of manufacturing a wide variety of materials and products without human intervention.
C: The kovarex

enrichment

process refines uranium-238 into the harder-to-find uranium-235, needed for nuclear power.
D: The kovarex

logistical

process is an inside joke, referring to transporting resources primarily via logistical robots, even when other methods would be more efficient.

[StrangerCoug]

B

[Farren]

B is incorrect. While assembler machines are very much an important part of the game and behave exactly as described, there is no "kovarex automation process."

[Nancy Drew 39]

C?

[Farren]

C is correct!

There are rockets in the game that can blow things up (including atomic bombs), but none of them are tied to the kovarex process. Atomic bombs use U-235 and thus benefit from having kovarex researched, but the process is not named the annihilation process, and it doesn't directly make the bombs.

The inside joke is completely fictional.

The kovarex enrichment process is primarily used to refine U-238 into U-235; researching it directly allows the production of nuclear fuel and is practically necessary to run nuclear power (which runs on U-235 - good luck getting enough without kovarex).

Nancy, you're up!

[Nancy Drew 39]

Whoah, I apparently either have a real talent for guessing or figuring out which of the answers makes the most likely sense because I had absolutely no freaking clue otherwise.

I decided to pick C because you said it was a game and for some reason, I thought C made the most sense as a game mech. Had it not been an actual game you were referencing, I probably would have just in essence done the equivalent of metaphorically flipping a 3 sided coin.

[StrangerCoug]

Let's revive this.

The national anthem of which of the following countries no longer has any official lyrics?

1. North Macedonia
   
2. Brazil
   
3. Spain
   
4. South Korea

[Jake The Wolfie]

The Rain, In Cpain, Falls Mainly On The Plain

[StrangerCoug]

The Rain, In Cpain, Falls Mainly On The Plain

Is that an official guess of C?