QUESTION 1 for 1 point:
This Greek letter is intimately connected to one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. The problem was first considered by Riemann and involves roots of a function. Solving this problem could earn you a million dollars. Which Greek letter am I talking about?
zeta
QUESTION 2 for 1 + i points:
The Mount Everest is the mountain which rises out the most above sea level. The world's tallest mountain with respect to the surrounding terrain is the Mauna Kea. But what is the mount Chimborazo in Ecuador famous for?
Farthest point from Earth's center
QUESTION 3 for i points:
The answer to this question is the longest mountain range in Africa. It is approximately 2400 kilometers long. The highest peak is Jbel Toubkal with 4167m. The mountain range is named after one of the titans who defied Zeus and was punished for this.
Atlas
QUESTION 4 for 2i points:
This group consists of seven sisters who are the daughters of Atlas and a sea-nymph and are born on Mount Cyllene in Greece. In reality, they do not consist of 7 members, but of over 1000. Most of the members are a distance of only 8 light years across. They can be seen from the northern and southern hemisphere. What is this group that Messier denoted as M45?
Pleiades
QUESTION 5 for 1 + 2i points:
What is the fourth brightest star of the Pleiades? It is also a race of beings in the Middle-Earth writings of JRR Tolkien. Gandalf and Sauron are examples of such beings.
Maia
QUESTION 6 for 2 + 2i points:
Like the Mayans, the Inca's were also a large precolumbian civilization. Where did the Inca's believe that the world was created? The site is thought to have been unimaginably wondrous. The renomated scholar G. Tsoukalos has some quite controversial ideas about this site.
Puma Punku
QUESTION 7 for 2 + i points:
What does a domestic cat often do before sleeping? There are many theories for why this happens. One is that the newborn cat does it to stimulate milk secretion with her mother.
kneading
QUESTION 8 for 2 points:
Find the opposite of the words "always coming from take me down". First person to link the relevant video wins
QUESTION 9 for 3 points:
This word means "burning ones" and is a synonym for serpents in the Hebrew bible. In christianity however, they are a class of six-winged angels that fly around the throne of God crying "holy, holy, holy". The are the highest choir of angelic hierarchy.
Seraphim
QUESTION 10 for 3 + i points:
St Peter was condemnded to death by the Romans, lead by Emperor Nero. However, he found himself unworthy of dying in the same way as Christ. In what way did St. Peter die? This can still be seen in some of the symbolisms of the papacy.
crucified head down
QUESTION 11 for 3 + 2i points:
The number of the beast is 666. In mathematics, it is known that it is an abundant number. Another number important in the bible is 7. In marhematics, it is known that 7 is a deficient number. But what other type of number is there?
Perfect number
QUESTION 12 for 3+3i points:
This number is used in the Fibonacci sequence, in the geometry of the regular pentagon and in finding the cosine of pi/5. It is equal to sqrt(1+ sqrt(1+ sqrt(1+ ...))). But what is the atomic number associated to this number?
79
QUESTION 13 for 2 + 3i points:
In the year 1979, this country was given limited autonomy. The capital of this country is Nuuk. Anybody traveling to this country because of its name will be disappointed. Which country am I talking about?
Greenland
QUESTION 14 for 1 + 3i points:
One of the wittiest civilizations were probably the Spartans. After invading Greece and receiving the submission of the other key city-states, Philip II of Macedon sent a message to Sparta: "If I win this way, you will be slaves forever". What was the reply of the Spartans? Neither Philip nor his son Alexander the Great subsequently attempted to capture the city.
If
QUESTION 15 for 3i points:
Spartans weren't the only witty people in history. During the December 1944 Battle of Bastogne, the 101st Airborne around Bastogne was surrounded by enemy forces. The Germans sent the Americans a party of envoys with an ultimatum: surrender or face "certain annihilation". What did General Anthony McAuliffe reply which perplexed the German officer?
Nuts!
QUESTION 16 for 1 - i points:
Wolfgang Pauli was a famous physicist. He won the Nobel prize for the exclusion principle. But for what witticism is he also famous?
Not even wrong
QUESTION 17 for -1 + i points:
What do people suffering from Barophobia fear?
Gravity
QUESTION 18 for -2 + 4i points:
A paraphilia is a sexual interest in objects, situations or individuals that are highly atypical. For example, formicophiliacs like bugs crawling on them, while macraphiliacs are attracted to giants. But what action would an apotemnophiliac like to perform?
Amputating one of his limbs
QUESTION 19 for 2 - 4i points:
Evo is browsing PF and sees 100 members violating the rules, but all violations are different. She decides to give each member a personalized infraction. However, Evo's memory is not working well and she soon forgets which member should get which infraction. Hence she decides to send each infraction to a random person of the 100. How many people do you expect to get the correct infraction? Everybody has 1 minute time to guess 3 numbers, the person who is closest and fastest gets the points.
1
QUESTION 20 for 5i points:
The latin word for right is "dexter" and has many favorably meanings including "skillful, fortunaty". The Latin word for left has much less favorably meanings. What is it?
Sinister
QUESTION 21 for 5 + 5i points:
The starters on "Pokemon Red and Blue" are Charmander, Squirtle and?
Bulbasaur
Question 22 for 5 points:
Henry Tandey was a British soldier in World War I. He received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. But what did Henry Tandey regret for most of his life?
Not killing Hitler
QUESTION 23 for e^(2*pi*i) point:
What is the fastest airplane in the world, or more technically, the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft. It has reached speeds of approximately Mach 3.3, and it has reached an altitude of 25 km. It flew the distance New York - London in less than 2 hours.
SR-71 Blackbird
QUESTION 24 for Log(-1) points (principal branch):
What is the number of the room which is dreaded by people in Orwell's book 1984?
101
QUESTION 25 for i^i points:
What have I got in my pocket?
