MS Trivia Challenge Round 1: edge of extreme vs Nikki

[monkeystyle]

Ok so here are the rules.

You each get the same 10 questions and 48 hours from the time this thread is posted to answer. PM ME YOUR ANSWERS IF THEY ARE POSTED IN THE THREAD I WILL IGNORE THEM.

Just trying to cut down on cheating you know?

1. What drink is known for its green fairy?

2. In the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what does 42 denote?

3. What does REM stand for?

4. What is the colour of Islam?

5. Who shockingly knocked out Mike Tyson in 1991?

6. Who is the current British PM?

7. What is the real name of Archie Comics Jughead?

8. This recently dead author had his ashes shot from a cannon.

9. What book is about a modern day prometheus?

10. What event is the song "American Pie" about?

 

[This Guy]

I know 2 answers, I think I know a 3rd.

 

[the dark knight]

holy shit! 6 is my lucky number today.

i got 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10!

 

[This Guy]

how do you not know the answer to #2? lol

 

[the dark knight]

how do you not know the answer to #2? lol

:g: i stopped watching discovery channel for 3 months :g:

DAMN!

oh and nikki, PM your answers and delete the post.

 

[This Guy]

what does the discorvery channel have to do with a book and a movie based on the book?

 

[the dark knight]

^^lol you made look dumb there. when i read 42 and galaxy i thought it was science related and skipped the question. i think i remember the series now...dont know the answer though

 

[monkeystyle]

Nikki's answers:

1. What drink is known for its green fairy? Absinthe ?

2. In the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what does 42 denote? No idea

3. What does REM stand for? Rapid Eye Movement ?

4. What is the colour of Islam? Green ?

5. Who shockingly knocked out Mike Tyson in 1991? James Buster ?

6. Who is the current British PM? Gordon Brown ?

7. What is the real name of Archie Comics Jughead? Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III ?

8. This recently dead author had his ashes shot from a cannon. Hunter S. Thompson ?

9. What book is about a modern day prometheus? No idea

10. What event is the song "American Pie" about?
Deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper ? If Im assuming you talking about the American Pie Song

eoe's answers:

1. What drink is known for its green fairy?
i feel like i should know this but i cant think of it atm

2. In the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what does 42 denote?
Secret to the Universe

3. What does REM stand for?
errr... Rapid Eye Movement. if youre not referring to the band. idk what that band is.

4. What is the colour of Islam?
Red i think

5. Who shockingly knocked out Mike Tyson in 1991?
no clue

6. Who is the current British PM?
Tony Blair?

7. What is the real name of Archie Comics Jughead?
lmao my dad used to read that but idk the answer

8. This recently dead author had his ashes shot from a cannon.
idk


9. What book is about a modern day prometheus?
what do you consider modern?

10. What event is the song "American Pie" about?
lol idk.
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Actual answers:

1. Absinthe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
2. 42 is the answer to the most important question in the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_%28book%29
3. Rapid Eye Movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REM_sleep
4. Green http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green#Green_in_Islam
5. Buster Douglas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Douglas
6. Gordon Brown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_brown
7. Forsythe P. Jones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughead_Jones
8. Hunter S. Thompson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S_Thompson
9. Frankenstein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
10. The death of the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Richie Valens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pie

With a score of 7-1 Nikki advances to teh next round, congrats.

 

[>>Edge Of Extreme<<]

i only got one right? lmao.... i told ya i wouldnt make it far.