General Knowledge quiz

Ok right, no Googling or using the internet to find the answers, if you get it right you get to ask a question. Ask anything 'general knowledgey'!

Let's start off with a crap one- what does 'PHP' (as in php which makes this website) stand for? :razz:

hypertext pre-process or something like that eh?

do i get a cookie? :heee:

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

btw, what is the enclosed scope of the "general knowledgery"?

Questions on any topic provided they are "near its surface" I guess. So ask about English literature if you must, but keep to the more famous authors, or ask about technical topics but not to the extent that only a person with a university diploma could ever know the answers.

Hypertext preprocessor. Easy :biggrin:

Now my question!

What is the most famous symbol/symbolic image of the Chinese philosophy of Taoism? (You've probably seen this about 1834374387598347 times in your lives, no matter where you live.)

The Yin-Yang?

dont answer a question with a question...***runs :biggrin:

i believe you are correct sir....

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

fraggard said:
The Yin-Yang?

Ah, but if you were truly answering, my young grasshopper, it would be with a question of your own :biggrin:

But anyway, he's right.

The Ying-Yang! Does that count as my answer?

Candy can be spelt with just 2 letters. Which ones?

(stupid trick question, but thought it was funny)

Random guess, C and Y ?

MM.... :heee:

Doc B... :dodgy:

Ooh, ooh. I answered so I get to ask, right?

Stupid question:
What exactly was the Internet known as when it was being developed as a concept?

Cassius said:
Hypertext preprocessor. Easy :biggrin:

Now my question!

What is the most famous symbol/symbolic image of the Chinese philosophy of Taoism? (You've probably seen this about 1834374387598347 times in your lives, no matter where you live.)

Er, you're actually wrong, it's recursive and stands for 'PHP hypertext preprocessor', but thanks for carrying on regardless.

Leperous said:
Er, you're actually wrong, it's recursive and stands for 'PHP hypertext preprocessor', but thanks for carrying on regardless.

WHAT, is the capital of Assyria?

PHP?
HP?
P?
?

Actually PHP was origionally abrieviated from "Personal Home Page"

2 different things, PHP has always been and always will be, the PHP Hypertext Processor.

Yes, it makes no sense, but these are geeks.

Much like calling LAME "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder".

Yeah, was wondering about that too ... how on earth did they invent that ? :smile:

Pop quiz, hot shot !

In the world, there are 2 cities called "Lagos". Where are they located ?

(no googling around, smartasses !)

im pretty sure one is in nigeria.....dont know the second...***going to google, but i will withhold the answer....

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

Gwil beat me at trivia :sad:

Gav said:
WHAT, is the capital of Assyria?

Assyria isn't a country so that question doesn't have an answer :razz:

Ooh, ooh. I answered so I get to ask, right?

Stupid question:
What exactly was the Internet known as when it was being developed as a concept?

ARPANet.

Ah... but what does ARPA stand for?

<!-- ZoneLabs Popup Blocking Insertion -->Advanced Research Projects Agency

My question: What is the codename for the new Windows OS?<!-- ZoneLabs Popup Blocking Insertion -->

Longhorn

Which Tetris block is by far the most nefarious?

the ummm double-L

cant really describe it..

---X----

---X----

---X X--

-----X--

-----X--

^ thats it hehe

Bewbies said:
the ummm double-L

cant really describe it..

---X----

---X----

---X X--

-----X--

-----X--

^ thats it hehe

no way. try again :razz:

i would guess the 2x2 square one... that can easily be the hardest to find a space for.

the ummm double-L

cant really describe it..

---X----

---X----

---X X--

-----X--

-----X--

^ thats it hehe

Dude.. that is made up of 6 blocks. Tetra = 4.

Dude.

And I believe the answer is the:

---X---

---X---

---X-X-

It certainly was for me.

Cassius said:
Dude.

And I believe the answer is the:

---X---

---X---

---X-X-

It certainly was for me.

Exactly. The L-Block is the bastard that always costs you the game.

Tsssk , that's a question without a proper answer :razz: TBH the L block rocked, i hated the aformentioned "double l" one...

Agree with Cassius and Yak Fighter, the L block. I always seemed to get hundreds of them as well...

I haven't technically answered a question, but here is one for you:

Why was Will Smith NOT chosen for the role of Neo in the Matrix films?

Dr Brasso said:
im pretty sure one is in nigeria.....dont know the second...***going to google, but i will withhold the answer....

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

The other one's in Portugal. This was a question on my Geography Exam. (and I sucked, tbh.) :biggrin:

Loco said:
Agree with Cassius and Yak Fighter, the L block. I always seemed to get hundreds of them as well...

I haven't technically answered a question, but here is one for you:

Why was Will Smith NOT chosen for the role of Neo in the Matrix films?

...because he's a terrible, terrible actor? Worse than Keanu, even.

Loco said:
Why was Will Smith NOT chosen for the role of Neo in the Matrix films?

Was he running for governor of California?

tbh, The matrix films were worse than will smith.

The matrix films rule

i agree with matt :arse:

No, the first Matrix rocks thy world. The other two... not so much... They are a huge dropoff in quality, but no where near the difference between Star Wars 4-6 and 1 and 2

Lets not turn this into a "the matrix was 1337!!" vs. " it sucked ass" flame okay?

In accordance with Tracer Bullets suggestion: i.e. we don't all argue about the Matrix (what did I do?!?!), the solution is:

Will Smith wanted Neo to have multiple girlfriends and lots of cheesey one liners.

Sorry, I was searching for a question. hides

Gav said:
WHAT, is the capital of Assyria?

I don?t know!

AAAAHH!!!!

/me gets tossed into the Gorge of Ethernal Peril

Monthy Python, you gotta love it

WHAT, is the airspeed of an unlaiden swallow?

What does that even mean?

Heres a real question: What was the name of R?yksopp's latest album?

Tracer Bullet: African or European?

Loco said:
Tracer Bullet: African or European?

I don't kno.... AAHHHHH