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PETER'S TRIVIA! Day Four.

I really hate trivia, but I have been obsessed with the idea of writing trivia questions entirely from my existing knowledge (ie without research) (except to check that they're right). Here's the fourth day of my 5 Days Of Trivia - without googling or checking the comments, answer as many of these as you can. No cheating!

Science and Nature:
1) Why did Cambridge close for two years during Isaac Newton's studies?
2) Which scientist invented the word "meme"?
3) Why was Unidan banned from reddit?
4) What is another name for frequency illusion (learning a new fact or word and then seeming to encounter it several times in quick succession)?
5) Which set of complex numbers did Jonathan Coulton write a song about?
6) Creationists frequently leave out a few key words when quoting the second law of thermodynamics. Which part do they drop?
7) In the eye of the hurricane, there is:
8) Marine biologists and whale experts have gone on record to confirm that which word is NOT a term meaning "whale penis"?
9) What is the name for the condition where the foreskin cannot be fully retracted over the penis?
10) What distinctive shape do duck penises have?


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RICHARD'S TRIVIA

I know 2 this time! Just keep going Peter and eventually I will get 10 (correct) answers!

6) "in a closed system." (Or words to that effect)

10) Duck penises are corkscrew shaped. I have no idea why I know that, probably from QI


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1) The plague

4) Priming

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1) The Black Death

2) Richard Dawkins

6) In a closed system

7) Calm

10) Corkscrew

 


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1. Plague

2. Richard Dawkins

3.

4. Confirmation Bias

5. Transcendental numbers

6. "In a closed system"

7. lowest pressure, but also lowest iwnd speed

8.

9.

10. Corkscrew

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Is nine phimosis ? I remember that a king of France had that if that's the one I'm thinking of


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1) The Plague
2) E. O. Wilson
5) Mandelbrot Set, you day-glo pterodactyl!
7) No cloud, rain, or wind
10) Corkscrew

....I just learned something about the types of science facts you remember, Peter.

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8) Pretty sure that word is "dork".

Why are there so many questions about penises c.c

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@Matchstickman: 2/10!

@Grysqrl: 1/10!

@Pwatson: 4/10!

@Jffdougan: 4/10!

@padcurtin: 1/10!

@Trajector: 3/10!

@Takewalker: 1/10! (Also, because of humor!)


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Science and Nature:
1) The Black Death
2) Guise
3) Scientific inaccuracy
4) Baeder Meinhof
5) fractals
6) in a closed system
7) Quiet
8) idk
9) Phimotosis or phimosis
10) idk, triangles?

I'm supposed to be goood at science so, we'll see.


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@Lord Flash Fire: 5/10!


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Okay, the only one I know is, weirdly, the religion-related one, and that's thanks to a funny chap on TV called Dave Gorman - the omitted words are "In a closed system..." :D.


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@Ameena: 1/10! ("I am a googlewhack!")


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