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NERD TRIVIA! -- Need your help :)

Here's one that's a lot easier. I'll try to avoid the megahard material unless Danoz asks for it. :)


Based on recent public opinion polls and surveys, what is the most common thing in American society that most citizens are not consciously aware of...the thing that stares them in the face every day but they rarely acknowledge it unless it is somehow brought to their attention by outside forces?

A. Our rapidly aging and crumbling transportation infrastructure.
B. The rapidly ballooning national debt that threatens long-term fiscal health.
C. The slowly but steadily rising prices of consumer goods in stores along with their shrinking sizes.
D. Other

Other (the Bird is the Word. It had been my understanding that everyone had heard but it appears I was mistaken. :shrug:)
 
I have a few ideas for comics-questions but they are -like my taste in such things- rather euro-centric. tell me, Danoz, are these English speaking teachers native English speakers?

Hmm I don't think I was clear, this is for English Teachers, so most of the people participating are from US, New Zealand, and Austrailia.

I'd wager if it's something as famous as Asterix or Tintin, you might give it a go, can't hurt.

In the Mass Effect series of games, the term mass effect, from which the games take their name, refers to:

A. Political doctrine
B. Viral pandemic
C. Military tactics
D. FTL (faster than light) technology

D. FTL (faster than light) technology

And a little bit of astronomy:

The reason why the far side of the Moon is far more scared with craters than the close one is:

A. Earth's gravity causes moon-quakes on the closer side that leveled the aforementioned.
B. Earth's gravity well acts like a shield for the closer side
C. An alien moonbase on the far side attracted a barrage of fire during an interplanetary war
D. The far side collided with a single huge asteroid that left the closer side untouched

B. Earth's gravity well acts like a shield for the closer side

Comets "circle" the sun with a highly eccentric (elliptical) orbit, but they originate from:

A. The Kuiper belt
B. Pluto's orbit
C. Another solar system
D. The Oort cloud

D. The Oort cloud
 
Who on the list is not a Slayer?
A. Buffy
B. Kendra
C. Faith
D. Dawn

In Rurouni Kenshin anime, what was Himura Kenshin's ultimate attack?
A. Amakakeru Ryu No Hirameki
B. Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken
C. Kamehameha Rasengan
D. Getsuga Tensho

In Lord of the Rings, what's the name of Frodo's sword
A. Anduril
B. Morgul blade
C. Sting
D. none

In Firefly, what's the name of Jayne's gun
A. Betsy
B. Vera
C. Callahan
D. Baby

In Cowboy Bebop, what's the name of Spike's ship
A. Bebop
B. Hammerhead
C. Swordfish II
D. Redtail

D. Dawn
A. Amakakeru Ryu No Hirameki
C. Sting
B. Vera
C. Swordfish II
 
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