######################################################## # DoctorLard's collection of random Moxquizz questions ######################################################## ## Demo-Entry: # ---------- # Category: History # Question: Chinese philosopher (um 500 v. Chr.) ? # Answer: Konfuzius # Regexp: [ck]onfu(ts|z)ius # Author: anonymous # Level: hard # Comment: demo-entry, ÄÖÜäöüß ^° !"§$%&/()=? `Ž # Score: 5 # Tip: Kon...... # Tip: ...fuz... # Tip: ......ius ## valid keys: # ---------- # Category? (should always be on top!) # Question (should always stand after Category) # Answer (will be matched if no regexp is provided) # Regexp? (use UNIX-style expressions) # Author? (the brain behind this question) # Level? [baby|easy|normal|hard|extreme] (difficulty) # Comment? (comment line) # Score? [#] (credits for answering this question) # Tip* (provide one or more hints) # TipCycle? [#] (Specify number of generated tips) ## WARNING: # ------- # DO NOT ADD COMMENTS BEYOND THIS LINE, since they might get lost. # you may add as much comments as you want into the part above Category: Units Question: What does the SI unit weber (Wb) measure? Tip: m....... f... Answer: magnetic flux Author: DoctorLard Category: Units Question: Four gills in a ....? Tip: It's an Imperial unit. Tip: You might ask for one at the pub. Tip: p... Answer: pint Author: DoctorLard Category: Units Question: Ten chains in a ....? Tip: It's an Imperial unit of length. Tip: f...... Answer: furlong Author: DoctorLard Category: Units Question: Four .... in a chain? Tip: An obscure Imperial unit of length. Tip: Equal to 5½ yards. Tip: r.. RegExp: (rod|pole|perch) Answer: Rod (or Pole, or Perch) Author: DoctorLard Category: Units Question: Eight .... in a mile? Tip: An Imperial unit of length. Tip: Equal to 220 yards. Tip: f...... Answer: Furlong Author: DoctorLard Category: Units Question: A perch is unit of area equivalent to a square pole. A pole is another name for a rod, and there are ten chains to a furlong and four rods to a chain. A rood is a quarter acre, and there are 160 perches to an acre. If a property area is one rood and half a furlong on one side, how long is the other side, in rods? Tip: Less than you might think. Tip: Whatever. Google won't help you either. Level: hard Answer: 2 Author: DoctorLard Question: How many pennies in a half crown? Answer: 30 Author: DoctorLard Category: Units Question: What is the old English surveying unit of area, defined as one furlong by one rod? Tip: There are four of them to an acre. Tip: r... Answer: rood Author: DoctorLard Category: Units Question: What is the SI prefix that denotes a multiplier of ten to the negative eighteenth power (10¯¹⁸)? Tip: It's used really really small quantities. Tip: a... Answer: atto Author: DoctorLard Category: Temporal anomalies Question: How many times do the minute and hour hands on a clockface overlap in a 24 hour period? Answer: 22 Author: DoctorLard Category: xG Question: Which country did hell- visit in August 2014? Answer: USA Author: DoctorLard Category: Music Question: A traditional Arabian and Turkish string instrument, distinguished from the lute by having no frets. Answer: oud Author: Bill Bailey Category: Pharmacology Question: In Breaking Bad, Walter and Jesse used a "P2P cook" process to make very pure methamphetamine (by reduction with methylamine over aluminium). What does P2P stand for? Answer: phenyl-2-propanone Author: DoctorLard Category: General ignorance Question: What are igloos normally made of? Answer: animal skins Regexp: (animal )?skins Tip: It isn't snow. Tip: It isn't any form of frozen water. Author: DoctorLard Category: New Zealand Question: In what year did New Zealand become self-governing (by gaining its own representative government, separate from the United Kingdom)? Answer: 1852 Author: DoctorLard Category: Geography Question: How many of the Commonwealth of Nations' member states are Realms? Answer: 16 Level: hard Author: DoctorLard Category: Sculpture Question: Which Lord of the Rings actor, in an interview with Jay Leno, admitted to urinating in Wellington's Bucket Fountain sculpture while filming in New Zealand? Answer: Elijah Wood Author: DoctorLard Category: TV Question: Which British comedy actor played Richmond in The IT Crowd, and Vincent Noir in The Mighty Boosh? Answer: Noel Fielding Author: DoctorLard Category: Video Games Question: Who composed the music for the Elder Scrolls and Guild Wars games, thinks he's God's gift to composers, and takes fucking ages to ship CDs of his soundtracks? Answer: Jeremy Soule Author: DoctorLard Category: Video Games Question: In the Guild Wars world of Tyria, name the once great human kingdom, laid waste by the Charr? Answer: Ascalon Author: DoctorLard Category: Video Games Question: In Mass Effect 2 and 3, which Oscar-nominated American actor provided the voice for The Illusive Man? Answer: Martin Sheen Author: DoctorLard Category: Cuisine Question: Which spice is made from the dried and ground aril that surrounds a nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) seed? Answer: Mace Author: DoctorLard Category: Cuisine Question: What is the main ingredient of borscht? Answer: beetroot Author: DoctorLard