It's time for the return of the Haven Enigma! This is a challenge much like the Pub Quiz, only where the Quiz focuses on questions pertaining to Sundered Weyr the Enigma poses questions pertaining to anything and everything. So put on your thinking caps and get to sending in those answers!
PM all answers to Kay (clicky the profile lol!), by the stated date to see if you've won. Ending Date: Sept 11th, worth 20BP
Que would happen if, wenn du open your computero, finde eine message in esta lingua? No est englando, no est germano, no est espano, no est franzo, no est keine known lingua aber du understande! Wat happen so? Habe your computero eine virus catched? Habe du sudden BSE gedeveloped? No, du esse lezendo la neue europese lingua!
How'd you do reading that? Believe it or not, that's an actual language, created to be understandable by anyone who speaks any European language.
Translating to 'One who hopes' in English, this language is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Can you name it?
Question 1: Worth 25BP This creature is something that surely belongs on Teragaia! At only 3 centimeters long, the sea creature known as the 'Blue Angel' is quite lovely to look at but this little darling is vicious! Name for me one of its venomous prey. (Seriously, did the IF come up with this one?)
Answers: They are known to prey on the dangerously venomous Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis); the by-the-wind-sailor (Velella velella); the blue button (Porpita porpita); and the violet snail, Janthina janthina. Occasionally, individuals attack and eat other individuals in captivity.
Bonus Question: (15BP) Why would you NOT want to hold a Blue Angel?
Bonus Answer: They store the poison of the others in a concentrated form in their 'fingers' to sting enemies.
Correct Answers were given by Owl and Sethy. Way to go! Your Points have been awarded.
Question 2: Forgot to say it was worth another 25 BP lol! What can I say except you're welcome -
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson really killed it playing Maui on Moana. But here's an interesting bit of Trivia:
Who was the character of Maui based off of, at least in part?
Answer: The Rock's late grandfather High Chief Peter Maivia, who was also a professional wrestler like Johnson and an actual Samoan high chief.
Prissy gave the correct answer of The Rock's late grandfather High Chief Peter Maivia, who was also a professional wrestler like Johnson and an actual Samoan high chief.
Heron will be receiving half credit, 13 BP, as I realized I should have phrased it as who visually was Maui based off of. Yes, Maui the character was quite likely taken from the Maui of legend, the Trickster Demigod.
How's your powers of observation and deduction? Let's find out! Tell me what phrase is actually never stated by Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in any cannon Sherlock Holmes stories (that is those stories by Conan Doyle)?
Bonus Question! Worth an Additional 25BP
Likewise, Sir Doyle never gave Holmes certain pieces of his attire that through various illustrators he was given and have since become almost synonymous with the famed deducer. Can you name one of these items? (Or both if you want, though only credit for one lol!)
Answers: Though a 'catchphrase' by this time, 'Elementary, my Dear Watson' was never spoken by Sherlock Holmes in all of Sir Doyle's works. Sherlock does say 'elementary' and 'my dear Watson' from time to time, which is why some theorize the phrase came about.
As for the Bonus Question, the famous 'Deerstalker cap' that he's often pictured wearing was also never described by Doyle. An illustrator for the Strand drew Holmes wearing it, and thus he was stuck with it ever since! ((The Inverness coat is also something that comes up in Holmesian debates.)
Congrats to Heron who deduced the correct answer for both! Your BP has been awarded!
Question Five: Worth 31BP ((Note: the actual question I want answered is in bold)
Does the Monopoly Guy have a monocle?
Isn't the tip of Pikachu's tail black?
Chic-fil-A or Chick-fil-A?
Wasn't Sinbad in a genie movie in the '90s?
Where actually is the Statue of Liberty Standing?
How does 'We are the Champions' by Queen REALLY end?
What is the name of that family of moral-teaching bears?!
Baffled? Well, if you think it's one thing, and find out it's another, then you're in good company! Many people world-wide experience this effect, when they all swear it's "Luke, I am your father' when it's really 'No, I am your father.' This has been given a name relating to one of its famous incidents, when a certain man was claimed to have passed away in the '80's only to really die in 2013, despite memories existing of his funeral.
Creepy? You bet! Evidence of Parallel Universes mixing together? Perhaps!
But what is the effect called?
Answer! This effect couldn't catch Owl or Shy in the dark – it's the Mandela Effect! Their BP have been awarded, which I have upped to 35BP because I have no idea why I initially put 31, which is a weird number.
Everyone is probably at least a little familiar with courtroom dramas and games. Certain terms used in the legal world have made it into mainstream knowledge. But have you ever wondered where some of them come from? I did, and that's where this question comes from.
Both Attorneys and Prosecutors, and many judges, have to 'pass the bar exam' to gain the permission to do their jobs. There's also 'disbarment' when they lose that permission. But where does the legal term 'bar' originate from?
Here's a hint! If you've even watched ONE law show, you've seen the answer with your own eyes!
Answer:
In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution. The term is a metonym for the line (or "bar") that separates the parts of a courtroom reserved for spectators and those reserved for participants in a trial such as lawyers.
In other words, that fence-thing!
Case Dismissed! Shy and Prissy gave the correct answer. BP has been awarded (Shy: 356+25=381, Prissy: 55+25=80)