User:Oreo Priest/Round 5

General 1

 * 1) What philosopher, famous for, among other things, his extremely rigid moral philosophy, never left the city of Königsberg in his entire lifetime? Kant
 * 2) What European country elected twin brothers who were former child actors to the posts of Prime Minister and President? Bonus for their last name. Kaczyński in Poland
 * 3) What type (or types) of Pokémon is Beedrill? Bug/poison
 * 4) What British city west of London, the setting of the British version of The Office, was formerly only famous for a 1937 poem asking for it to be bombed because it is so ugly and depressing? Slough
 * 5) What does the "Wurst" in the word Bratwurst mean? Sausage
 * 6) What brand of British tea and beer's name is used in a colloquial name for a kicking tee in rugby? Tetley
 * 7) What Legend of Zelda game was named after an obscure musical instrument? Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
 * 8) What is someone from Indiana called? A Hoosier
 * 9) What branch of the armed forces was George W. Bush serving (or perhaps rather not serving) in that later caused controversy over special treatment? Be kind of specific I guess. the Air National Guard
 * 10) What part of the body did the medieval armour piece the gorget protect? Throat/Neck

Movie Taglines

 * 1) In space no one can hear you scream., 1979 Alien
 * 2) In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created THE [BLANK]., 1984   The Terminator
 * 3) He's having the worst day of his life...over, and over..., 1993    Groundhog Day
 * 4) Size Does Matter, 1998.     Godzilla
 * 5) His whole life was a million-to-one shot., 1976  Rocky
 * 6) They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from Gad., 1980  Blues Brothers
 * 7) Mischief. Mayhem. Soap., 1999. Fight Club
 * 8) An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making., 1993. Jurassic Park
 * 9) Does for rock and roll what "The Sound of Music" did for hills., 1984  This is Spinal Tap
 * 10) Don't go in the water., 1975.  Jaws

Elemental names and etymology
(because only I would try to mix chemistry, language and the classics into one round)

Elements named after places

 * 1) There are only 30g of what alkali metal, one of two named after its discoverer's country, on the planet at any time, as it is continually decaying? Francium (the other being Gallium)
 * 2) The city of Ytterby, with a quarry rich in rare elements, in what country, is the direct namesake for the elements Yttrium, Ytterbium, Terbium and Erbium? Three other elements also trace their origin to the Ytterby quarry: Gadolinium (named after Professor Johan Gadolin), Holmium (from the Latin name for a major city nearby), and Thulium, (Thule is an old Latin word for the area). Answer:Sweden (Thule refers to the Nordic Countries)
 * 3) The element Hafnium is named after the Latin word for what city, home of Tuborg and Carlsberg beers? Copenhagen
 * 4) Helium is named after the Greek god of the place it was first found, being the first new element to be found there. Where was it found? The sun
 * 5) What element gained its name from the island of Cyprus, and is responsible for the colour of the island on its flag? Copper
 * 6) Lutetium is from the Latin name for which city, home of the house duo Daft Punk? Paris

Others

 * 1) Name either of the non-Greco-Roman gods with elements named after them. Five points (yes five) for naming both. Thor (Thorium) and Freyja (Vanadium, Vanadis being a poetic alternate name)
 * 2) The archaic name, wolfram, for this element with the highest boiling point of any pure metal comes from Swedish. This explains its seemingly bizarre chemical symbol. What is the element's current name, also Swedish, and meaning "heavy stone"? Tungsten
 * 3) What common element found in ozone gets its name from the sour taste it imparts in creating acids? Oxygen
 * 4) The element with the symbol Sg is the only one to ever have been named after a living person. Who? Glenn Seaborg
 * 5) Hydrargyros and its calque (word-for-word translation) quicksilver are archaic names for what element? Mercury
 * 6) What former professor of McGill university has an element named after him? Ernest Rutherford

Super elaborate and to hard to make a question but potentially worth sharing: Gallium is from the Latin Gallia (Gaul in English), essentially modern France and was discovered and named by Lecoq de Boisbaudran. It was later claimed that, in one of those multilingual puns so beloved of men of science in the early 19th century, he had also named gallium after himself, as his name, "Lecoq," is the French for "the rooster," and the Latin for "rooster" is "gallus". The gallus homonymy meaning both Frenchman and rooster is also the reason the rooster is the national animal of France.

Books
Sorry to lit buffs and Guinevere, this round will be about books, not literature.


 * 1) What is the most printed book ever? - The Bible
 * 2) One Seinfeld episode revolves around Jerry being charged accumulated late fees for not returning this Henry Miller book, named after a line of latitude, to a library after he took it out in 1971. Half a point for what his girlfriend mistakenly remembered. Tropic of Cancer.
 * 3) In The Day After Tomorrow, there is an argument over whether or not to burn one of these priceless historic books for warmth, which ends in an agreement to burn books on income tax law instead.  Gutenberg bible. NEED MORE
 * 4) Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health plays a central role in what organization, which promotes it as "a milestone for Man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his inventions of the wheel and the arch", and dates the years of their calendar from its first publication? Scientology
 * 5) What semi-fictional book has "Don't Panic" written on the cover, and advocates the usefulness and versatility of towels? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 * 6) What ancient book of geometry proofs has had the second most editions of any book? - Euclid's Elements
 * 7) What brand of hip-hop clothing was able to run a series of ads on public transit systems with the slogan "Read books, get brain", as the authorities did not at first understand it was a reference to oral sex? Akademiks
 * 8) Beating someone with one of these will supposedly not leave a bruise, so it is sometimes alleged that police beat incarcerated prisoners with them. Phone book
 * 9) What fictional book appearing in the stories by horror novelist H. P. Lovecraft was a central plot element of the Evil Dead series?  The Necronomicon
 * 10) Probably one of the most important books ever, who wrote the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica? Sir Isaac Newton

Canadian Geography

 * 1) This city in southern Ontario used to be named Berlin due to its high concentration of German settlers. During World War I, however, it was renamed after a British field marshal, clearly the patriotic thing to do. Kitchener
 * 2) This prairie city's namesake mall was the largest in the world until 2004, and it has often been joked that it has more submarines than the Canadian navy. The West Edmonton mall
 * 3) This province is named for Queen Victoria's daughter, but it's not something I would ever name my daughter. Alberta
 * 4) This massive geological formation that covers over half of Canada is the reason that most of central Canada is not suitable for agriculture. You Yankees have a tiny bit too, but that won't change the name. Canadian shield
 * 5) The only part of the lower 48 states north of the 49th parallel is isolated from the rest of the US by this lake, on the border of Manitoba and Ontario. Lake of the Woods
 * 6) At 82.5⁰ north, it is the furthest north permanent settlement in the world.   Alert
 * 7) Unibroue released a beer commemorating this city's 400th anniversary from its founding. Quebec City
 * 8) The largest city on Vancouver Island is surprisingly not Vancouver, which isn't on Vancouver Island at all. What is the largest city on Vancouver Island?   Victoria
 * 9) What is the largest city in Canada that has not hosted or is not scheduled to host the Olympic Games? Toronto
 * 10) This province's motto is, appropriately, "the small under the protection of the great".  PEI

General 2

 * 1) Name a year in which John Locke was alive. 1632 - 1704
 * 2) The export of what metal, used in circuits, is Chile's main export, accounting for over a third of the world's production? copper
 * 3) What car company has developed a car that will supposedly sell for only around $2000? Alternatively, name the model. Tata Motors (the Nano)
 * 4) What "nautically themed" Swedish BitTorrent tracker's founders have recently been on trial for promoting copyright infringement? The Pirate Bay
 * 5) What Canadian, a one time world champion, caused controversy amongst uptight Quebeckers by opening a bar called Newtown instead of something more French. Jacques Villeneuve
 * 6) What actor married his girlfriend's adopted daughter Soon-Yi? Woody Allen
 * 7) What nation always dominates the World Beard and Moustache Championships, also having hosted it more times than any other country? Germany
 * 8) In what state is Napoleon Dynamite set? Idaho
 * 9) What country is the singer Rihanna from? Barbados
 * 10) What Russian has been considered the best heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter in the world, despite not fighting in the UFC? Spelling does not count. Fedor Emelianenko