Mini-Jeopardy

[Gannet 34]

This one is just like jeopardy. You write the description of the item/person/place/event, and the next poster guesses who it is.

 

For example:

 

This man was France's greatest general.

 

Who is Napolen?

 

 

..........

 

Start!

 

This thing has four wheels and you drive it.

[iLoveMusic 66]

^ What is an automobile?

 

Answer: An economic bubble that started in 1995 and ended in 2001.

[RipRap 4,400]

What is the dot com bubble?

In 1995 this company launched the first of its four consoles.

[unnamed 174]

What is Sony?

 

This nation declared December 9th and 10th as a day of national mourning due to an earthquake, it is an ex-soviet nation. 

[KonstantinII 1,106]

What is Armenia?

 

Contrary to it's name, this project focuses on creating an ecological utopian society on the 3rd planet, not the 2nd planet of our solar system.

[Compdude787 916]

What is the Venus Project?

 

This tunnel in Colorado marks the highest point on an Interstate Highway, with an elevation of 11,158 feet.

[Cyclone Boom 16,829]

What is the Eisenhower Tunnel?

 

In 1994, this company released the first smartphone, selling at a retail price of $899.

[RipRap 4,400]

What is IBM? 

 

This influential German Author wrote "Die Verwandlung" (The Metamorphosis) and Das Schloss (The Castle).

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Who was Franz Kafka 

 

An accident where KLM and a Pan Am crashed causing the most fatal accident in aviation history.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

What is the Tenerife Disaster?

 

An American Electronics company ranked the most valuable brand in the world every year since 2011.

[RipRap 4,400]

What is Apple?

This "Funny" Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplay Game hosts a yearly tournament with a pot of a million dollars.

[iLoveMusic 66]

What is World of Warcraft? (I had to Google this one, because nobody knew the answer and this thread was dying as a result.)

 

This supervolcano, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, is believed by scientists to have been the site of the world's largest explosive volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years (last erupted 70,000 years ago).

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

What is Krakatau?

 

The city that hosted the 2014 winter olympics.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

What has recently happened in Sochi

 

A canadian moderator who often plays Forum Games

[RipRap 4,400]

Who is Tonraq

This SimCity 4 modification is considered to be an expansion pack due to its complexity and its wide array of options.

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

What is the Advanced Network Addon Package (AdNAP)?

A well-known Canadian Youtuber who plays Minecraft.

[korver 27,685]

No clue.

The person who "has the abilities like none other"

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Umm... how do I reply to this... eeh.. okay... here goes...

Who is Gary Busey? Sorry mate, I've honestly no idea what you're talking about. 

The tallest building in the western hemisphere.

[airman15 4,111]

What is the 1 World Trade Center? 

In a 1989 skirmish with USN F-14's, the Libyan Air Force lost two of this fighter type.

[philforhockey51 4,203]

What were MiG 21? ...but I looked it up and they were MiG-23

This number is the distance from the Earth to the Moon. (your choice of unit)

 

 

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

what is a zillion millimeters?

The German plan to invade Soviet during World War II.

[RipRap 4,400]

What is Operation Barbarossa? 

This Russian City was transferred from Finland to the Soviet Union during the Second World War.

[airman15 4,111]

What is the city of Vyborg?

This sub-species of the Grizzly Bear appears on the California state flag. It became extinct in the 1920's.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Ursus arctos californicus

The starting location for the 2016 Gumball 3000 rally.