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Title: Nerd Quiz
Description: part one


biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:15 PM (GMT)
some geek related questions for your enjoyment....

1) In Star Wars, what is Chewbacca’s weapon of choice?
Bowcaster - Simon Pegg
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2) What 1989 Weird Al Yankovic film also starred Michael Richards?
UHF - Fritter

3) In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, what is the character named Eccentrica Gallumbits better known as?
The triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6 - Fritter


4) What is “The Konami Code”?


5) What “nerd rock” band took its name from an insult delivered by Princess Leia to Han Solo?
Nerf Herder - Orphiztic

6) From which university did famed nerd Bill Gates graduate?
He didn't graduate, he dropped out of Harvard - Stefan

7) What classic video game featured enemies known as Pookas and Fygars?
Dig Dug - Orphiztic

8) Due to playing fast and loose with the rules of time travel, which Star Trek: the Next Generation character died three separate times during the series?
Lt. Tasha Yar - A Worred Man

9) With horn-rimmed glasses, ill-fitting suits and Cyrillic subtitles, the Rentals helped define geek chic with which 1995 hit?

Friends of P - Orphiztic


10) Nerds worldwide mourned in March 2008 when this Dungeons & Dragons creator passed away. Gary Gygax - A Worried Man

Points!

Orphiztic - 3
A Worred Man - 2
Fritter - 2
Stefan - 1
Simon Pegg - 1

Fritter - November 23, 2009 08:18 PM (GMT)
3) The triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:19 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:18 PM)
3) The triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6

:lol: :applaud: :lol:

Fritter - November 23, 2009 08:20 PM (GMT)
1) Didn't he alternate between a blaster pistol and a big spiky stick thing?

Orphistic - November 23, 2009 08:21 PM (GMT)
1. Cross Bow

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:21 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:20 PM)
1) Didn't he alternate between a blaster pistol and a big spiky stick thing?

It has a specific name... :whistle:

Orphistic - November 23, 2009 08:21 PM (GMT)
9. Friends of P

Orphistic - November 23, 2009 08:22 PM (GMT)
5. Nerf Herder

Orphistic - November 23, 2009 08:23 PM (GMT)
8. Geordie

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:24 PM (GMT)
Orphy - :applaud: for 9 and 5, 8 is incorrect

Orphistic - November 23, 2009 08:26 PM (GMT)
8. Data

stefan - November 23, 2009 08:27 PM (GMT)
8. Jean Luc himself, I think

6. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard as an undergrad. Not sure where he graduated from.

A Worried Man - November 23, 2009 08:28 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Orphistic @ Nov 24 2009, 08:22 AM)
5. Nerf Herder

Writers and performers of the Buffy theme.

A Worried Man - November 23, 2009 08:29 PM (GMT)
10 Gary Gygax?

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:30 PM (GMT)
Hmmm, I'll give Stefan the point for 6. He dropped out, and never received a diploma.

Everything else not already addressed is incorrect.

A Worried Man - November 23, 2009 08:31 PM (GMT)
Was Weird Al Yankovic in The Kentucky Fried Movie?

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:31 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (A Worried Man @ Nov 23 2009, 02:29 PM)
10 Gary Gygax?

B) correct B)

A Worried Man - November 23, 2009 08:33 PM (GMT)
8. Tasha Yar?

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:33 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (A Worried Man @ Nov 23 2009, 02:33 PM)
8. Tasha Yar?

ding ding ding ding ding :girl2:

A Worried Man - November 23, 2009 08:36 PM (GMT)
7. Mario Brothers?

A Worried Man - November 23, 2009 08:38 PM (GMT)
1. Was it called something like a light bow or lazer bow?

Orphistic - November 23, 2009 08:38 PM (GMT)
7. Dig Dug

Fritter - November 23, 2009 08:40 PM (GMT)
7, Super Mario World

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:40 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Orphistic @ Nov 23 2009, 02:38 PM)
7. Dig Dug

You bet your ass


biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:45 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (A Worried Man @ Nov 23 2009, 02:38 PM)
1. Was it called something like a light bow or lazer bow?

You're in the ballpark, but this isn't right

A Worried Man - November 23, 2009 08:51 PM (GMT)
I'm going to have to retire from this quiz as I've googled the remaining answers. I would not have got any of them in a million years, but I have seen the Weird Al Yankovic film at some point.

Fritter - November 23, 2009 08:52 PM (GMT)
Who is Michael Richards?

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:53 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:52 PM)
Who is Michael Richards?

better known as Kramer from Seinfeld

DJAsh - November 23, 2009 08:53 PM (GMT)
1 Huge steaming wookie turds he throws at his adversaries?

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:55 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (DJAsh @ Nov 23 2009, 02:53 PM)
1 Huge steaming wookie turds he throws at his adversaries?

-1

It's common knowledge Wookie crap is entirely liquid, making it near impossible to throw in its natural state

Fritter - November 23, 2009 08:56 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (biggestlibraryyet @ Nov 24 2009, 08:53 AM)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:52 PM)
Who is Michael Richards?

better known as Kramer from Seinfeld

Oh god, it's UHF, thanks for reminding me.

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 08:57 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:56 PM)
QUOTE (biggestlibraryyet @ Nov 24 2009, 08:53 AM)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:52 PM)
Who is Michael Richards?

better known as Kramer from Seinfeld

Oh god, it's UHF, thanks for reminding me.

it is indeed!

Fritter - November 23, 2009 08:59 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (biggestlibraryyet @ Nov 24 2009, 08:57 AM)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:56 PM)
QUOTE (biggestlibraryyet @ Nov 24 2009, 08:53 AM)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 23 2009, 02:52 PM)
Who is Michael Richards?

better known as Kramer from Seinfeld

Oh god, it's UHF, thanks for reminding me.

it is indeed!

Not quite as funny as Weird Al's records, which is saying something.

biggestlibraryyet - November 23, 2009 11:47 PM (GMT)
*hints*


1) Sort of sounds like the trade name for an electric cello

4) It was used to cheat in many old Nintendo games

Fritter - November 24, 2009 08:49 PM (GMT)
1) I don't know if it's cheating (or name-dropping) but I just asked the actor Simon Pegg about Chewbacca's weapon and he gave me the answer instantly.

So, for the sake of some sort of closure:

A Bowcaster.

biggestlibraryyet - November 24, 2009 09:01 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Fritter @ Nov 24 2009, 02:49 PM)
1) I don't know if it's cheating (or name-dropping) but I just asked the actor Simon Pegg about Chewbacca's weapon and he gave me the answer instantly.

So, for the sake of some sort of closure:

A Bowcaster.

absolutely correct B)




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