Multiple-Choice Trivia

[Haschel Cedricson]

B is correct! Nebraska and Oklahoma are actually suing Colorado because they feel the marijuana laws are causing problems just across the border.

[Who]

Who said the following:
"A science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life"
A) Ernest Hemingway (An author)
B) Alfred Nobel (The inventor of dynamite, and founder of the Nobel Prize)
C) G. H. Hardy (A mathematician)
D) Arthur Schopenhauer (A philosopher)

[StrangerCoug]

D?

[Save The Dragons]

B?

[Who]

D?

No. I have nothing to add, I picked some random philosopher I knew practically nothing about and made him a choice.

Actually screw it, I have something to say about the other 3 so I'll post the sum total of my knowledge of Schopenhauer:
Influenced Nietszche
Was very jealous of Hegel, some other philosopher I also know very little about but who was more popular than Schopenhauer.

B?

No. But it does kinda seem like his thing though. Later on in his life he was basically like "Wait, shit. I've spent my entire life using science to find more efficient ways of killing people. Time to try and improve the world!" and thus set up the Nobel Prize in his will.

[Quilford]

I'll go C. It does sound like an arts-major thing to say, so A is a possibility, but the use of the word 'inequalities' strikes me as distinctly mathematiciany.

[Who]

I'll go C. It does sound like an arts-major thing to say, so A is a possibility, but the use of the word 'inequalities' strikes me as distinctly mathematiciany.

Interesting logic.
You are...
Correct!
You might point out that math is useful. It wasn't back in his time. Then we got things like computer science and atomic bombs. To quote him, "nothing I have ever done is of the slightest practical use."
It should be noted that he was kinda joking though (About the useful science quote, not about the him being useless quote). To use his words, it was "a conscious rhetorical flourish".

D, Hemmingway, did not say it. I wanted to include an author and I think that he was one of those "writing is the best and all other subjects are lame" people. But he did come up with this great quote:
"Fuck Literature".
(Yes, the main reason I included him as a choice was because I wanted to bring up that quote.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Huh, nobody guessed Ernest Hemingway for that last question. Maybe you people don't know a lot about him. "What's an Ernest Hemingway?" I hear you ask. The answer, of course, is 200 pounds.

If Ernest Hemingway took up boxing, and the Ernest Heming-weigh-in came in at exactly 200 pounds, which of the following nicknames would be appropriate by the majority of the main boxing sanctioning bodies?

A) Ernest Heavyweight
B) Ernest Welterweight
C) Ernest Cruiserweight
D) Ernest Superheavyweight

[StrangerCoug]

A?

[Haschel Cedricson]

Incorrect!

[Radja]

B?

[Haschel Cedricson]

Also incorrect!

[Quilford]

C?

[Haschel Cedricson]

Correct! Cruiserweight is the highest weight class with an upper limit; anything above 200 lbs. is considered heavyweight. Superheavyweight isn't an actual sanctioned weight class.

[Haschel Cedricson]

If you're following the other games in the General Mish Mash right now, you may have noticed that the game of 1000 Blank White Cards has come to an end. The good news is that another game will be starting in a few weeks. The bad news is that 1000 is a big number, and it's very likely that they are out of blank white cards to use. If they wanted to get some cards in another color, and their color choices were limited to Crayola colors that are still in production, which of the following games could be coming to the General Mish Mash soon?

A) 1000 Blank Burnt Sienna Cards
B) 1000 Blank Mulberry Cards
C) 1000 Blank Blizzard Blue Cards
D) 1000 Blank Teal Blue Cards

[StrangerCoug]

A

[Haschel Cedricson]

Correct! All four were up for retirement along with four other shades in 2003, but a contest allowed fans to pick one to be spared and burnt sienna was the winner.

[StrangerCoug]

To what song are these the opening lyrics?

The night we met I knew I needed you so
And if I had the chance I'd never let you go
So won't you say you love me
I'll make you so proud of me
We'll make 'em turn their heads every place we go

1. Temptation Eyes
   by The Grass Roots
   
2. Oh Sherrie
   by Steve Perry
   
3. Heat Wave
   by Martha and the Vandellas
   
4. Be My Baby
   by The Ronettes

[Who]

A?

[StrangerCoug]

That is incorrect.

[Radja]

C

[StrangerCoug]

That is also incorrect.

[Quilford]

B? I've heard D and don't think it's that.

[StrangerCoug]

Apparently, you haven't heard D enough, because that's actually what it is.

Temptation Eyes

Oh Sherrie

Heat Wave

Be My Baby

Next question when I can come up with one.

[StrangerCoug]

Which of the following Greek gods and goddesses is INCORRECTLY paired with his or her Roman counterpart?

1. Hephaestus (Greek) / Vulcan (Roman)
   
2. Athena (Greek) / Minerva (Roman)
   
3. Apollo (Greek) / Sol (Roman)
   
4. Poseidon (Greek) / Neptune (Roman)