MS Trivia Challenge Round 1 - phantomgerald vs rated rjc

[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. Who directed the movies Eraserhead, Mullholland Drive and Lost Highway?

2. Who is famous for saying "Sic Semper Tyrannis?"

3. What is the name of Quint's boat in Jaws?

4. What was the original name for Tokyo?

5. Name the airplane that dropped the original atomic bomb.

6. What city was once known as Leningrad?

7. What year was the first moon landing?

8. Which philosopher famously coined the phrase, "God is dead"?

9. What is less formally known as the "Scottish Play?"

10. What is the longest river in the world?

 

[the dark knight]

i got 7 of these not all of them are hard after all

 

[monkeystyle]

i got 7 of these not all of them are hard after all

Its only the first round. It gets more difficult.

 

[monkeystyle]

phantomgerald's answers:

1.

2.

3.

4. Edo

5.

6. Petrograd

7. 1969

8.

9.

10. The nile

ratedrjc's answers:

1. Who directed the movies Eraserhead, Mullholland Drive and Lost Highway? David Lynch

2. Who is famous for saying "Sic Semper Tyrannis?" George Mason

3. What is the name of Quint's boat in Jaws? the Orca

4. What was the original name for Tokyo? idk

5. Name the airplane that dropped the original atomic bomb. i learned all this in history but forget

6. What city was once known as Leningrad? Saint Petersburg

7. What year was the first moon landing? 1969

8. Which philosopher famously coined the phrase, "God is dead"? dunno

9. What is less formally known as the "Scottish Play?" idk

10. What is the longest river in the world? Nile
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Actual answers:

1. David Lynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch
2. Marcus Brutus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus
3. The Orca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_%28film%29
4. Edo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo
5. Enola Gay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay
6. St. Petersburg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad
7. 1969 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing
8. Freidrich Nietzche http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzche
9. MacBeth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth
10. The Nile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile

With that RJC wins with a score of 5-4

I would like to take this time to mention, and I will again. That wikipedia is not to be used on this. Its a knowledge test, not an internet search test. Gerald was honest and said which ones he used wiki on, and I appreciate that. However please, if you don't know. Just say that.