Who Released 'Purple Rain' and Other Trivia Questions?

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The discussion centers around a trivia quiz, starting with the question about who released the album 'Purple Rain,' with participants quickly identifying Prince as the correct answer. Subsequent questions cover a range of topics, including geography, history, and pop culture, with participants actively engaging and competing to provide answers. The quiz features humorous interactions, spelling errors, and friendly banter among participants as they answer questions about various subjects. As the quiz progresses, a score update reveals Marlon in the lead, followed by Cristo and Gokul. The lively atmosphere highlights both knowledge and camaraderie among the participants.
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[Kurdt] 12:07 pm: 1. Who released the album 'Purple Rain' in 1984?
[cristo] 12:07 pm: prince
[marlon] 12:07 pm: prince
[Gokul43201] 12:07 pm: hendrix
[Gokul43201] 12:07 pm: oops!
[Kurdt] 12:07 pm: cristo: correct[/color]
[Kurdt] 12:08 pm: 2. Riga is the capital city of which of the Baltic Republics?
[marlon] 12:08 pm: latvia
[Gokul43201] 12:08 pm: lithuania
[turbo-1] 12:08 pm: Latvia
[cristo] 12:08 pm: latvia
[Kurdt] 12:08 pm: marlon: correct [/color]
[Gokul43201] 12:09 pm: I'm on a roll!
[Kurdt] 12:09 pm: 3. Which French leader died in exile on the island of Saint Helena in 1821?
[Gokul43201] 12:09 pm: napoleon
[Borek] 12:09 pm: napolen
[marlon] 12:09 pm: napoleon
[humanino] 12:09 pm: napoleo
[siddharth] 12:09 pm: napolean
[Kurdt] 12:09 pm: Gokul: correct [/color]
[Gokul43201] 12:10 pm: there goes my streak
[Kurdt] 12:10 pm: 4. A Pina Colada is a cocktail made from rum, coconut and the juice of which fruit?
[humanino] 12:10 pm: cocnut
[cristo] 12:10 pm: pineappl
[Gokul43201] 12:11 pm: pineapple
[marlon] 12:11 pm: cocos
[cristo] 12:11 pm: oy
[Kurdt] 12:11 pm: cristo: correct [/color]
[cristo] 12:11 pm: yay!
[humanino] 12:11 pm: lol... it's so fast
[Gokul43201] 12:11 pm: I bet i'd have gotten in forst if he typed in the E
[cristo] 12:11 pm: haha
[Kurdt] 12:12 pm: 5. Which jazz musician released the 'Take it Satch’ EP in 1956?
[Gokul43201] 12:12 pm: armstrong
[cristo] 12:12 pm: armstrong
[marlon] 12:12 pm: satchmo
[Kurdt] 12:12 pm: Gokul: correct [/color]
[Kurdt] 12:13 pm: 6. Which actor played the character Neo in 'The Matrix' trilogy?
[marlon] 12:13 pm: reeves
[Gokul43201] 12:13 pm: reeves
[marlon] 12:13 pm: keanu
[~christina~] 12:13 pm: keanu reeve
[humanino] 12:13 pm: Hubert Reeves
[~christina~] 12:13 pm: lol
[Gokul43201] 12:14 pm: hee hee
[marlon] 12:14 pm: hubert lol
[Kurdt] 12:14 pm: marlon: correct [/color]
[Kurdt] 12:14 pm: 7. By which name is the Mongol leader Temujin better known?
[Gokul43201] 12:15 pm: attila
[marlon] 12:15 pm: djengos kan
[marlon] 12:15 pm: djengis
[~christina~] 12:15 pm: Attilla the hun
[humanino] 12:15 pm: Genghis Khan
[~christina~] 12:15 pm:
[Gokul43201] 12:16 pm: no one has it?
[~christina~] 12:16 pm: I think humanino got it.
[marlon] 12:16 pm: yes, i do
[humanino] 12:16 pm: Marlon and I...
[Kurdt] 12:16 pm: marlon: correct [/color]
[humanino] 12:16 pm: but he spelled it wrong
[Kurdt] 12:16 pm: yeah I was just checking marlon's
[marlon] 12:17 pm: typo's not included dr h
[humanino] 12:17 pm: all right marlun
[marlon] 12:17 pm: lol
[~christina~] 12:17 pm: The spelling is different everywhere.
[Borek] 12:17 pm: next time I will answer in Polish
[Gokul43201] 12:17 pm: lol
[Kurdt] 12:17 pm: 8. Which is the smallest orchestral instrument in the string family?
[marlon] 12:17 pm: chridstina, i corrected that
[Evo] 12:18 pm: that was Gengis' nephew
[marlon] 12:18 pm: violin
[~christina~] 12:18 pm: ah
[Gokul43201] 12:18 pm: viola
[~christina~] 12:18 pm: violin
[Kurdt] 12:18 pm: marlon: correct [/color]
[cristo] 12:18 pm: i read that as "smartest"
[cristo] 12:18 pm: lol
[Borek] 12:18 pm: I was ready to write "skrzypce"
[Kurdt] 12:19 pm: 9. Shakespeare wrote the play 'Timon of…' where?
[cristo] 12:19 pm: athens
[Gokul43201] 12:19 pm: athens
[humanino] 12:19 pm: Athens
[Kurdt] 12:19 pm: cristo: correct [/color]
[marlon] 12:19 pm: stradford upon evon
[marlon] 12:20 pm: did he go to athens ?
[humanino] 12:20 pm: I'll shorten my connection cable
[Kurdt] 12:20 pm: 10. What was the name given to a hereditary commander-in-chief of the Japanese army?
[marlon] 12:20 pm: emperor ,
[Borek] 12:20 pm: shogun?
[Kurdt] 12:20 pm: Borek: correct [/color]
[Borek] 12:21 pm: lol
[marlon] 12:21 pm: good one
[Borek] 12:21 pm: complete guess
[Gokul43201] 12:21 pm: nice
[Kurdt] 12:21 pm: Ok we'll take a 5 minute breather and we'll have a score update
[Gokul43201] 12:21 pm: goodie
[Kurdt] 12:23 pm: marlon: 4, cristo: 3, Gokul: 2, Borek: 1
[Kurdt] 12:23 pm: so far
[Borek] 12:23 pm: geez, I though save will work with saving chat transcript, but it doesn't copy some names - Gokul and humanino end as [], while I am [Borek]
[Borek] 12:24 pm: I am missing questions because of spelling
[Gokul43201] 12:24 pm: back
[Kurdt] 12:24 pm: They get harder
[marlon] 12:24 pm: christina,let go...
[Gokul43201] 12:24 pm: me too...
[Kurdt] 12:24 pm: I hope
[Borek] 12:24 pm: I know the answer but in Polish
[Kurdt] 12:24 pm: ok everyone ready?
[cristo] 12:24 pm: yup
[~christina~] 12:24 pm: pfft..
[marlon] 12:25 pm: go for it
[Gokul43201] 12:25 pm: yup
[Kurdt] 12:25 pm: question 11
[~christina~] 12:25 pm: okays
[Kurdt] 12:25 pm: 11. In 1872, which American ship was famously found in perfect condition but abandoned in the North Atlantic?
[~christina~] 12:25 pm: titanic?
[marlon] 12:25 pm: yeah right
[~christina~] 12:25 pm: lol
[Janus] 12:25 pm: queen anne
[cristo] 12:26 pm: mary celeste
[marlon] 12:26 pm: flying dutchman
[Kurdt] 12:26 pm: cristo: correct [/color]
[Kurdt] 12:26 pm: it obviously wasn't that famous
[cristo] 12:27 pm: lol
[Borek] 12:27 pm: but he wrote the name I knew it
[marlon] 12:27 pm: google
[Kurdt] 12:27 pm: 12. What is the study of crops and soils called?
[Borek] 12:27 pm: rolnictwo
[marlon] 12:27 pm: agriculture
[humanino] 12:27 pm: agronomy
[Kurdt] 12:28 pm: humanino: correct [/color]
[Gokul43201] 12:28 pm: hey, only thing left to try is agrology
[Gokul43201] 12:28 pm: or agromatics
[Borek] 12:28 pm: rolnictwo=agriculture, so I was wrong
[marlon] 12:28 pm: agrologos
[Kurdt] 12:29 pm: 13. What 'H' can follow bluebell, grape and water to make the name of a flower?
[cristo] 12:29 pm: hanging
[marlon] 12:29 pm: hortensia
[humanino] 12:29 pm: hyacinth
[Gokul43201] 12:30 pm: nie
[Kurdt] 12:30 pm: humanino: correct [/color]
[Gokul43201] 12:30 pm: nice
[~christina~] 12:30 pm: I didn't understand that at all.
[Kurdt] 12:30 pm: 14. Which small landlocked country in Southern Africa is situated in the highest part of the Drakensberg mountains?
[Gokul43201] 12:30 pm: wait...
[Borek] 12:30 pm: don't feel alone
[marlon] 12:30 pm: no surprise
[Gokul43201] 12:31 pm: lesotho
[Kurdt] 12:31 pm: Gokul: correct [/color]
[marlon] 12:31 pm: wow
[Kurdt] 12:31 pm: 15. In which round did Tyson lose in his 1996 clash with Evander Holyfield?
[humanino] 12:32 pm: 6
[cristo] 12:32 pm: 3
[marlon] 12:32 pm: second
[Gokul43201] 12:32 pm: 8th
[Janus] 12:32 pm: 1
[Gokul43201] 12:32 pm: 12th
[Gokul43201] 12:32 pm: oops
[Kurdt] 12:33 pm: no second guesses
[Borek] 12:33 pm: 12th
[Gokul43201] 12:33 pm: ignore me...i'm just shooting in the dark
[~christina~] 12:33 pm: 5th
[Kurdt] 12:33 pm: The answer was the 11th round [/color]
[Borek] 12:33 pm: lol
[~christina~] 12:33 pm:
[Borek] 12:33 pm: thought you were googling
[Gokul43201] 12:33 pm: EVERYBODY knew that on
[Borek] 12:34 pm: point for Kurdt
 
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[Kurdt] 12:34 pm: 16. From which language does the word “limousine” originate?
[marlon] 12:34 pm: french
[cristo] 12:34 pm: french
[humanino] 12:34 pm: french
[humanino] 12:34 pm: belgium
[Kurdt] 12:34 pm: marlon: correct [/color]
[marlon] 12:35 pm: marlon originates from belgium
[Kurdt] 12:35 pm: 17. Which group of islands were the first discovery for Columbus in 1492?
[Gokul43201] 12:35 pm: who'd have thunk it wud be the obvious one
[Gokul43201] 12:35 pm: the bahamas
[marlon] 12:35 pm: bermuda
[Kurdt] 12:35 pm: gokul: correct [/color]
[Kurdt] 12:36 pm: 18. What nationality was Marie Curie?
[humanino] 12:36 pm: french
[George Jones] 12:36 pm: french
[Borek] 12:36 pm: Polish
[Gokul43201] 12:36 pm: polish
[marlon] 12:36 pm: polish
[humanino] 12:36 pm: sure...
[Gokul43201] 12:36 pm: #$%^&*
[humanino] 12:36 pm: but when ?
[Gokul43201] 12:36 pm: skladowska
[Borek] 12:37 pm: when she was born
[Borek] 12:37 pm: Sklodowska
[Gokul43201] 12:37 pm: close...
[humanino] 12:37 pm: then polish... became french
[~christina~] 12:37 pm: german?
[humanino] 12:37 pm: the question was incomplete
[humanino] 12:37 pm:
[marlon] 12:37 pm: it's gettin sad
[Borek] 12:37 pm: She was always Polish, although she married Frenchman
[cristo] 12:37 pm: she was polish, and then took french citizenship
[cristo] 12:38 pm: thus Id say polish was the righ answer
[marlon] 12:38 pm: kurdt ?
[Kurdt] 12:38 pm: I got kicked
[marlon] 12:38 pm: polish indeed
[cristo] 12:38 pm: my bad
[Kurdt] 12:38 pm: I think Borek: got Polish in there first [/color]
[marlon] 12:38 pm: yep
[George Jones] 12:38 pm: yup
[Borek] 12:38 pm: I did
[humanino] 12:38 pm: technically, she is french now
[marlon] 12:39 pm: dr h...
[Kurdt] 12:39 pm: ok
[Borek] 12:39 pm: technically, she is dead
[cristo] 12:39 pm: lol
[humanino] 12:39 pm: lol
[marlon] 12:39 pm: she sure is
[Gokul43201] 12:39 pm: ha ha
[Kurdt] 12:39 pm: 19. Who is the unproven author of the “Iliad”?
[marlon] 12:39 pm: homerus
[Gokul43201] 12:39 pm: homer
[~christina~] 12:39 pm: Homer
[cristo] 12:39 pm: homer
[George Jones] 12:39 pm: homer
[humanino] 12:39 pm: homer
[~christina~] 12:39 pm: darn lag..
[humanino] 12:39 pm: bart
[marlon] 12:39 pm: lol
[Kurdt] 12:40 pm: marlon: correct [/color]
[~christina~] 12:40 pm: arg..
[Kurdt] 12:40 pm: 20. Which John Wayne movie won him his only oscar?
[marlon] 12:40 pm: longest day
[Borek] 12:40 pm: dylizans
[cristo] 12:40 pm: stagecoach
[George Jones] 12:41 pm: rooster cogburn
[humanino] 12:41 pm: true grit
[Gokul43201] 12:41 pm: true grit
[Kurdt] 12:41 pm: humanino: correct [/color]
[Gokul43201] 12:41 pm: finito
[marlon] 12:41 pm: google
[Gokul43201] 12:41 pm: ?
[marlon] 12:41 pm: imdb
[Borek] 12:41 pm: dylizans=stagecoach
[Kurdt] 12:42 pm: does anyone want a small break or shall we continue after a score update
[marlon] 12:42 pm: continue
[Gokul43201] 12:42 pm: how many to go?
[cristo] 12:42 pm: let's just continue
[marlon] 12:42 pm: how many questions in total
[Kurdt] 12:43 pm: 10 more questions
[cristo] 12:43 pm: BINGO
[marlon] 12:43 pm: go
[Gokul43201] 12:43 pm: ok, I'm good to keep rolling
[Kurdt] 12:43 pm: marlon: 6, cristo/Gokul:4, humanino: 3, Borek: 2
[Kurdt] 12:44 pm: 21. What is the capital of Chile?
[Gokul43201] 12:44 pm: santiago
[humanino] 12:44 pm: satiango
[~christina~] 12:44 pm: argentina
[marlon] 12:44 pm: lima
[Borek] 12:44 pm: santiago
[~christina~] 12:44 pm: cough
[cristo] 12:44 pm: santiago
[Kurdt] 12:45 pm: Gokul: correct [/color]
[~christina~] 12:45 pm: I seriously don't know real world facts..
[Evo] 12:45 pm: christina won 314?
[Evo] 12:45 pm: #14
[Kurdt] 12:47 pm: 22. Who was called the Serpent of the Nile?
[Gokul43201] 12:47 pm: cleo
[cristo] 12:47 pm: cleopatra
[~christina~] 12:47 pm: cleopatra
[Gokul43201] 12:47 pm: patra
[cristo] 12:47 pm: dammit!
[marlon] 12:47 pm: cleo
[christina~] 12:48 pm: at least I don't sound crazy now..
[marlon] 12:48 pm: patra
[marlon] 12:48 pm: lol
[Kurdt] 12:48 pm: Gokul: correct [/color]
[cristo] 12:48 pm: boo
[marlon] 12:48 pm: booooo
[Gokul43201] 12:48 pm: boo me
[marlon] 12:48 pm: boooooo
[~christina~] 12:48 pm: boooooooooo
[cristo] 12:48 pm: I am gna ryt in txt
[Gokul43201] 12:48 pm: yay, I feel on top o the word
[Gokul43201] 12:49 pm: like in lesotho
[Kurdt] 12:49 pm: 23. What was the nickname of Julius Marx?
[humanino] 12:49 pm: Groucho
[Gokul43201] 12:49 pm: groucho
[marlon] 12:49 pm: graucho
[Kurdt] 12:49 pm: humanino: correct [/color]
[marlon] 12:49 pm: dammit
[humanino] 12:49 pm: Karl
[George Jones] 12:49 pm: spencer
[humanino] 12:50 pm: lol
[Kurdt] 12:50 pm: 24. Which part of France would you come from if you were a Breton?
[Gokul43201] 12:50 pm: brittany
[humanino] 12:50 pm: bretagne
[Borek] 12:50 pm: bretagne
[marlon] 12:50 pm: bretagne
[cristo] 12:50 pm: brittanyt
[Kurdt] 12:50 pm: Gokul: correct [/color]
[humanino] 12:50 pm: pff...
[George Jones] 12:50 pm: eastern nova scotia
[Gokul43201] 12:50 pm: lolll
[Kurdt] 12:51 pm: 25. Electrum is the name of an alloy of gold and which other metal?
[Borek] 12:51 pm: silver
[Gokul43201] 12:51 pm: mercury
[turbo-1] 12:51 pm: palladium
[humanino] 12:51 pm: bCarmen
[marlon] 12:51 pm: ron
[marlon] 12:51 pm: iron
[Kurdt] 12:51 pm: borek: correct [/color]
[~christina~] 12:51 pm: silver
[~christina~] 12:51 pm: darn
[Borek] 12:51 pm: christina: correct
[marlon] 12:51 pm: sure
[~christina~] 12:52 pm:
[Kurdt] 12:52 pm: 26. Which Irish playwright declared that: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes"?
[turbo-1] 12:52 pm: Shaw
[marlon] 12:52 pm: ylisses
[humanino] 12:52 pm: Oscar Wilde
[cristo] 12:52 pm: oscar wils
[marlon] 12:52 pm: ulisses
[Kurdt] 12:52 pm: humanino: correct [/color]
[marlon] 12:52 pm: playwright ? wat's that ?
[Kurdt] 12:53 pm: someone who writes plays
[humanino] 12:53 pm: it's like playmate for writing
[marlon] 12:53 pm: ok
[Kurdt] 12:53 pm: 27. Of which Middle Eastern country was King Hussein I monarch until his death in 1999?
[marlon] 12:53 pm: maroc
[George Jones] 12:53 pm: jordan
[Borek] 12:53 pm: ethipoia
[Gokul43201] 12:53 pm: jordan
[Borek] 12:54 pm: should read the question before asking
[humanino] 12:54 pm: the Chicago Bulls
[Kurdt] 12:54 pm: George Jones: correct [/color]
[Borek] 12:54 pm: answring
[marlon] 12:54 pm: i hate geography
[Kurdt] 12:54 pm: 28. Juno was the Roman goddess of what?
[marlon] 12:54 pm: light
[~christina~] 12:54 pm: love
[turbo-1] 12:54 pm: fertility
[~christina~] 12:54 pm: darn..
[~christina~] 12:55 pm: wrong again
[marlon] 12:55 pm: google
[cristo] 12:55 pm: gods?
[~christina~] 12:55 pm: I woulds say it but...
[turbo-1] 12:55 pm: marriage
[Gokul43201] 12:55 pm: marriage
[Gokul43201] 12:55 pm: freak
[humanino] 12:56 pm: youth ?
[Borek] 12:56 pm: wiki: marriage and queen of the gods
[starkind] 12:56 pm: the home
[Kurdt] 12:56 pm: Gokul: correct [/color]
[marlon] 12:56 pm: sex
[Gokul43201] 12:56 pm: no, not me
[marlon] 12:56 pm: turbo was first
[Kurdt] 12:56 pm: he guessed twice
[Gokul43201] 12:56 pm: ok
[marlon] 12:56 pm: ok yeah
[Kurdt] 12:57 pm: 29. The Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix is held on the outskirts of which city?
[Gokul43201] 12:57 pm: monaco
[marlon] 12:57 pm: valencia
[cristo] 12:57 pm: barcelona
[Gokul43201] 12:57 pm: ouc
[Kurdt] 12:57 pm: cristo: correct [/color]
[Kurdt] last one
[Kurdt] 12:58 pm: 30. Gatophobia is the fear of what?
[marlon] 12:58 pm: tada
[Gokul43201] 12:58 pm: ok
[marlon] 12:58 pm: cats
[humanino] 12:58 pm: cakes
[cristo] 12:58 pm: cats
[George Jones] 12:58 pm: gatorade
[Kurdt] 12:58 pm: marlon: correct [/color]
[Gokul43201] 12:58 pm: ha ha
[Gokul43201] 12:58 pm: nice
[marlon] 12:59 pm: gato is italian for cat
[marlon] 12:59 pm: so latin as well
[humanino] 12:59 pm: gato is the french for cake
[~christina~] 12:59 pm: spanish as well.
[Borek] 12:59 pm: cats was correct but gatorade was better
[Gokul43201] 12:59 pm: phobish as well
[humanino] 12:59 pm: agreed
[Kurdt] 12:59 pm: give me a minute and I'll work out the scores
[marlon] 1:00 pm: or christina ? yeah, she is the winner
[cristo] 1:00 pm: you beat me marlon
[humanino] 1:00 pm: winner of marlon's heart
[marlon] 1:01 pm: that, she already was
[George Jones] 1:01 pm: cristo won marlon's heart?
~christina~ slaps both marlon and humanino
[cristo] 1:01 pm: i wish
[George Jones] 1:02 pm: upside the ...
[marlon] 1:02 pm: don"t get that
[marlon] 1:02 pm: elaborate ? GJ ?
[Kurdt] 1:06 pm: Gokul:8 marlon: 7, cristo/humanino: 5, Borek: 3 and GJ: 1
[marlon] 1:06 pm: bsettle for me, sure man
[cristo] 1:06 pm: congrats gokul
[Gokul43201] 1:06 pm: ooh, close finish
[Gokul43201] 1:07 pm: Nice game kurdt - thanks
 
Great job on the transcript Kurdt and thanks for the Quiz!

Congratulations to Gokul on another win!
 
Thanks for running the quiz, and for making the transcript Kurdt!
 
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