Gamers-Forum IRC Trivia Night #4 Qs&As

[Blackleo]

Gamers-Forum IRC Trivia Night #4 Qs&As

Physics
Q1: What is the absolute speed limit?
A1: Speed of Light

Tech/Cars
Q2: What was the only color the Model T was available in?
A2: Black

Games
Q3: What FPS Zombie Series features an infected character that spits toxic bile that attracts other infected ?
A3: L4D, L4D2, L4D3

Miscellanious/Math
Q4: What is the most recognized constant in the world of mathematics?
A4: Pi = 3.14.....................

Physics
Q5: What Exotic Sub Atomic Particle is said to be faster than light?
A5: Tachyon

Tech/Computer
Q6: Who created the first worm?
A6: Robert Morris

Gaming
Q7: What succesful strategy game was released in 1997 selling more than 20 million copies and was in competition with the game Civilization?
A7: Age of Empires

Misc/Presidents
Q8: Which American President was shot by a female?
A8: Gerald Ford

Physics
Q9: This effect makes sound louder as it approaches us and quieter as it leaves.
A9: Doppler Effect

Technology/Communication
Q10: What device was used to send and receive messages from a long distance before phones, email, and whatever else we have today?
A10: Telegraph

Gaming
Q11: What Third-Person shooter was released in 2001 originally Developed by Remedy Entertainment, and then re-released in 2009 for the XBOX Originals program for the 360? Also has a movie on it.
A11: Max Payne

Misc/USA
Q12: They are 50 State Names in the US, what letter doesn't appear in any of them?
A12: Q

Physics
Q13: Gravity keeps the Hubble Telescope from flying into space, but what force keeps it from falling into the Earth?
A13: Centrifugal Force

Technology/Computer
Q14: What popular technology company was originally named Sundisk?
A14: Sandisk

Gaming
Q15: What gaming company did EA try to buy with a hostile bid of $2,000,000,000 in early 2008 but never succeeded?
A15: Take-2

Misc/Philosophy
Q16: What famous philopher is known to have described the Lost City of Atlantis before any other?
A16: Plato

[LiNuX]

Glad you were keeping track properly - My notes are a mess.

[Diligence109]

thanks for following this so well, Blackleo, and posting it for everyone else!

Kudos and +rep :)

[Flab-Ender]

Correction in Q9, its Doppler, not Dopper.

also, is that a fact that Pi is the most recognized?

[Jaykub]

For anyone that didn't know. Last place is actually first place in this game... So I won..

[LiNuX]

also, is that a fact that Pi is the most recognized?

Well some people pointed out that it's pretty subjective and I agree because there are a lot of other constants out there but most of them don't have the fame Pi gathered over the past.

And it definitely wasn't the best question - I only asked it because of the "Pi Day" thread - thought it would be nice to get that in there.

I also left out the word "seem" from the Doppler effect question.

Hopefully we'll have better questions next time since we have 3 people working on it.

[Flab-Ender]

Well some people pointed out that it's pretty subjective and I agree because there are a lot of other constants out there but most of them don't have the fame Pi gathered over the past.

And it definitely wasn't the best question - I only asked it because of the "Pi Day" thread - thought it would be nice to get that in there.

I also left out the word "seem" from the Doppler effect question.

Hopefully we'll have better questions next time since we have 3 people working on it.

I'm glad we have more people working on this. The ones that I participated in, some of the questions were just a little subjective and out there. Thank you for taking notice in this.

Also, thank you for fixing number nine haha.

[Blackleo]

Aye I took this down to show the how educational the Trivia Nights are ! Not to mention FUN ! Hopefully we get more interest !

[LemonRising]

I was so sad when I found out I was gonna miss it D:

[paecmaker]

I really wanted to join the trivia night, well I guess there will be another one.

[Muffincat]

There's going to be another one on April 17th ;3

[paecmaker]

There's going to be another one on April 17th ;3

Oh thanks,:) just hope that my pc will be home back then

[Saph]

Id love to join one of these sometime, but I honestly have no idea how to find out when it happens.

Can someone point out to me how to find out when it happens?

[LiNuX]

Id love to join one of these sometime, but I honestly have no idea how to find out when it happens.

Can someone point out to me how to find out when it happens?

Another thread should pop up soon in the contest & point sales board. Hopefully in the next few days.

[Saph]

Cool thank you very much!

[Diligence109]

Another thread should pop up soon in the contest & point sales board. Hopefully in the next few days.

someone working on hosting the next IRC event should get on that.

/me whistles

[Saph]

Is there a thread explaining exactly how this goes down, or do I need one of you guys to explain it for me? Cause Linux's post I realized didnt really let me know if I need to log on IRC at a certain time, or if its a thread on the forum etc. etc.?

[LiNuX]

Is there a thread explaining exactly how this goes down, or do I need one of you guys to explain it for me? Cause Linux's post I realized didnt really let me know if I need to log on IRC at a certain time, or if its a thread on the forum etc. etc.?

here is a link to our last event: Gamers-Forum IRC Trivia Night #4 - Gamers Forum (http://www.gamers-forum.com/showthread.php?t=18622)

It explains how to sign up and when and where the event takes place. Next one is Scheduled to be April 17th which is a Sunday as well. All of our events will be on a Sunday because that's when most people are able to come. We tried other days like Friday and Saturday and both days were huge failures.

All the rules are there too. There might be slight changes. Some of the categories will change too for the next event.

[Saph]

Can I go ahead and sign up for the future event now? ^_^

[LiNuX]

Well, you'll have to wait for the thread to show up. Otherwise there is no place to put your name :)

[Exentenzed]

Physics
Q1: What is the absolute speed limit?
A1: Speed of Light


Physics
Q5: What Exotic Sub Atomic Particle is said to be faster than light?
A5: Tachyon

Im just going to leave this here for you to figure out.

[paecmaker]

Im just going to leave this here for you to figure out.

Never thought about it before, fail.

[LiNuX]

Im just going to leave this here for you to figure out.

What's there to figure out? One is a law (fact) and other is theoretical in particle physics.

[Exentenzed]

What's there to figure out? One is a law (fact) and other is theoretical in particle physics.

My point is that since the Tachyon's speed is theoretical we cant say that the speed of light has the highest speed.
hence the word "absolute" should be exchanged with "confirmed"

[LiNuX]

That may work if info on both on the subjects were in the same question.

And using "confirmed" instead of "absolute" shouldn't make a difference - they mean basically the same thing in this context since there is nothing that can disprove it (without going the hypothetical route) and it can change in the future. It's just absolute/confirmed as of now.

For all we know, Pi could be a rational number if you can find enough digits.

[Exentenzed]

Fiiiiine, I just dont like the word absolute used in physics.

Use the word "Known" then.

[LiNuX]

:eek1: Absolute 0?

And I worded it that way in the question so that people know I'm talking about Light, otherwise asking "What is the "known" speed limit?" is just confusing because no one would know what I'm talking about.

After all, it is a trivia :) Have to give out something without giving away everything.

[Exentenzed]

:eek1: Absolute 0?

And I worded it that way in the question so that people know I'm talking about Light, otherwise asking "What is the "known" speed limit?" is just confusing because no one would know what I'm talking about.

After all, it is a trivia :) Have to give out something without giving away everything.

Yea you are right, Im just beeing overly picky. :)

[LiNuX]

Well you weren't the only one to see issues with the questions, a few others did, especially with the tachyon bit.

[paecmaker]

Well you weren't the only one to see issues with the questions, a few others did, especially with the tachyon bit.

Now this hasnt to do with anything about gamers forum or anything, just something I wondering.

If Einstein where right things that move faster than light move back in time, right?

And the tachyons move theoretically faster than light. Arnt the tachyons moving back in time then.

[LiNuX]

Now this hasnt to do with anything about gamers forum or anything, just something I wondering.

If Einstein where right things that move faster than light move back in time, right?

And the tachyons move theoretically faster than light. Arnt the tachyons moving back in time then.

I think it's more about one tachyon particle being in both the future and the past at the same time in terms of how we would actually see the particle move.

[Saph]

I believe Tachyon does in fact NOT move backwards in time, since time is not a matter of physical speed, but of speed on a whole different plain of reality!

Take for example what you just did while reading this, if your body could move faster than the speed of light, you would not spontaneously move backwards in time, and find yourself reading the same paragraph over again.

Time is a difficult equation to make, atleast until we find an easier one, but for now Time is a meassure of time and space that is completely impossible for us to grasp at a relatively high level.

If you want MY theory, though?

Lets say that you do move as fast as light, like you're standing still, but your particles, cells, etc. are vibrating at a frequency that is as fast as the speed of light, which means that you can stand still, yet your body still moves.

Since light travels so fast, we cant even see it until it reflects on the wall, OR if there's dust in the air which allows us to see the beam. However, without any obstacles, we cannot see light travel.

Ergo, if your cells etc. are moving at the speed of light, this would mean that your cells are completely invisible to the naked eye, causing complete invisibility.

It is scientifically valid to assume that rapid speeds in a relatively small radius will cause the item at those speeds to become invisible until it slows down!

But like I mentioned, speed cannot alter time, speed is not time, speed is how fast you're moving, while time is when you moved, where you're moving, and where you will move.

If a person attempted to travel time, he would not do it with speed, he would probably do it with something along the lines of a black hole.

MY theory is that a black hole is not just a passage through space, but through time as well, not from speed, but from the gravity.

Take for example an airplane that dives rapidly. It doesnt propel itself forward at vast speeds, it just drops down, and everyone in the cabin, including any and all objects with a solid mass, water included, will turn completely weightless, things and people would float around, unable to control where they go.

UNLESS they shove off of a wall! This is my point, I believe that a black hole is like a GIANT continuously dropping airplane, which has a physical tube going through several time periods, since its valid to say that 1 end of the black hole may move around, the other end never moves, and should be visible through millions of years at the exact same spot, while the other side is jumping violently around in different time periods at different speeds with different intensities!

SO if you have a ship capable of ripping itself out of a black hole mid stream, you would appear in a time period BETWEEN point A and B of the black hole! So in my theory time travel could become possible when we learn to "shove off of the walls!" But this is too complex for me to explain in a text, and in fact, I might just be talking rubbish here, but hay, even Einstein was wrong sometimes.

[paecmaker]

Wow, that was a little to much for my poor brain to handle, but look at it we travel now several thousends kmph and we seem like were standing still. Psot if this was just a repeat of what you said

[LiNuX]

Nice Post Saph. I have a lot of different feelings/ideas when it comes to time travel and black holes. If you can go through one and live, theory is that you're traveling through the 4th dimension, or spacetime as Einstein puts it. So yeah, you could be traveling through both when looking from an observer's point of view but for yourself, you may not have moved an inch. It's all relative.

I also agree that speed can't alter time, but I do believe you can use it to get around time. One theory says that if you can travel through space for 20 years at the speed of light and come back to Earth, you would come back to an earth a 1000 years in the future because the faster you go, the slower time moves for you. That's one way to move through time, and only to the future, and only for the traveler.

I can go on forever and bring up a hundred different theories on the same thing but I'll stop there.

At least this thread is tickling a few brains.

[paecmaker]

Nice Post Saph. I have a lot of different feelings/ideas when it comes to time travel and black holes. If you can go through one and live, theory is that you're traveling through the 4th dimension, or spacetime as Einstein puts it. So yeah, you could be traveling through both when looking from an observer's point of view but for yourself, you may not have moved an inch. It's all relative.

I also agree that speed can't alter time, but I do believe you can use it to get around time. One theory says that if you can travel through space for 20 years at the speed of light and come back to Earth, you would come back to an earth a 1000 years in the future because the faster you go, the slower time moves for you. That's one way to move through time, and only to the future, and only for the traveler.

I can go on forever and bring up a hundred different theories on the same thing but I'll stop there.

At least this thread is tickling a few brains.

This thread isnt only tickling my brain, its punching it.

but shore, this thing with timetravel has eluded the man for lots off years.

[Exentenzed]

Wow, that was a little to much for my poor brain to handle, but look at it we travel now several thousends kmph and we seem like were standing still. Psot if this was just a repeat of what you said

Yes, but thats because we are moving at a constant speed. if our planets speed varied we would be feeling it because of the momentum.
Just like when you are driving a car, if you keep a constant 50mph on a straight road you will feel nothing because your momentum and the cars momentum is the same.

When then the car either slows down or speeds up your body will feel it because yours and the cars momentum is no longer the same due to that the car will gain that momentum faster than your body.

[Saph]

@ Linux:

I disagree with the theory that traveling through space for 20 years at the speed of light will advance you 1000 years into the future. I dont believe its possible to make a 'time bubble' in which time goes slower or faster than the surroundings.

Take for example on a smaller scale, flying from Germany to Australia, thats a good 16 hour flight. This will crash your internal clock, giving you jet lag if you dont resync it by remaining awake or sleeping until appropriate time! You will feel sick, but technically you havnt moved time in either direction, you're just in a different timezone, which all in itself is honestly a questionable theory(there might be no such thing as time zones)

If you travelled to the sun and back at the speed of light, 15 minutes, I can guarantee you that nothing wouldve changed, you wont even feel a thing cause you have in fact only been gone for 15 minutes, cause the round trip took 15 min! If you travelled at the speed of light for 20 years, you would return after 20 years, simple as that. I dont agree with that speed can alter time, it just doesnt seem to hold water to me, cause all in itself, 1km/hour is the exact same as 300.000 km/s(light), the only difference is that 1 is a whole lot faster moving than the other, but they have only 1 thing in common, they both are speeds, nothing more, nothing less.

That is atleast my theory.

I just dont believe its as simple as packing a ship with 1 million nuclear powered super rockets, and blasting them off 1 by 1 for the next 80 years to ensure the acceleration doesnt compress the passengers' lunges and suffocate them. For time travel I can really see a machine with the proper technology to provoke a black hole, which I would think is fairly simple.

Take for example a sink, filled with water. In the center of the sink there is a hole, leading to the pipes, obviously.

The hole in the bottom is plugged up, leaving all water in. The sink is the edge of our understanding of space, the water is the matter and anti matter within that space, and the plug is the force that keeps a black hole from happening, for example the stability between matter and anti matter, which, when a sun explodes, there is a chance that the matter as we know it(the sun we see)will expand at a much greater speed than anti matter(that which we do not see in a black hole), ergo, the matter will expand exponentially, causing it to implode on itself, leaving 1 passive matter behind, anti matter. Without matter to counter anti matter, anti matter begins to implode on itself, dragging everything in with it, causing a black hole. Now this is purely theory, since the existence of anti matter has not been fully proven, but I believe that it is scientifically valid for anti matter to exist, just like light and dark, red and blue, wet and dry, matter and anti matter.

Okay, back to my illustration with the sink! Now, when a black hole happens, it is my understanding that some force we dont recognize yet, but that we might be able to harness(illustrated by my hand), removes that plug(matter), cause a black hole(the sink hole), which drags all matter EXCEPT the edge into it. Now if we could control this black hole enough to pick up that plug with this force that I illustrate with my hand, and plug the black hole BACK up, we could open and close black holes at our own whim, heck, we might even be able to decide ourselves where(OR when!) we would want to go! If my theory could be correct, I could see a black hole that is controlled by human technology, as the most reliable, and safe traveling method in the world!

[LiNuX]

The point of the theory I mentioned above is to show that time is relative. I'm sure you've heard that astronauts who spend time in space come back younger, even if it's by a millisecond. This also affects the GPS satellites we have in orbit, their clocks tick slower (I believe a few microseconds)just because they are traveling much faster than us. And 20 years of traveling is only 20 years to the traveler, to anyone on earth, a 1000 years has passed.

And to accelerate to the speed of light, you will need infinite energy. Just another way of saying it's impossible (as of now). (side note)Same goes for tachyons, they will require infinite energy to slow down to the speed of light.

And as mentioned before, these are all theories. There is no way to prove them or disprove anything, not yet at least. Personally, I don't know what I would consider "Closer to fact" because they are all so beautiful, I don't want to pick. I'd like to believe that a little bit of everything is real, especially string theory (parallel universes/dimensions).


I could see a black hole that is controlled by human technology, as the most reliable, and safe traveling method in the world!

I wouldn't trust humans with that technology. Wayyy too self-destructive for that.

[Saph]

I wouldn't trust humans with that technology. Wayyy too self-destructive for that.

Point taken...for now.