General Knowledge quiz II

[nonconformist]

Was it insects? Swarms of insects plaguing British camps?

Close enough, African bees were pretty much responsible for the British rout.

 

[Olav]

choxorn...

 

[Marsden]

Mise could post too, I'd reckon.

Close enough, African bees were pretty much responsible for the British rout

I thought it was Pompousness on the part of the English in thinking they can beat a bunch of natives.

 

[choxorn]

I was sort of waiting for SS-18 to confirm that was the right answer, but, oh well, new question.

In 1928, a Russian philosopher and science fiction writer named Alexander Bogdanov died as a result of a blood transfusion. Why did this kill him, and why was he supposedly getting the transfusion in the first place?

 

[KaiserElectric]

My first though is "wrong blood type", but that seems too easy.

Did he have hemophilia, perhaps?

 

[carmen510]

I've heard it was suicide, due to writing a political letter, but it probably is blood type compatibility, or the lack of it. Also, the blood was from a malaria infected person.

I've heard he was trying to achieve eternal youth.

 

[choxorn]

Carmen has got it.

 

[carmen510]

An especially significant woman died in early November. She was head of a federal subject of Russia and once part of a local propaganda ministry and was in a Council of Ministers. She retired in 1972 and died at the age of 96. Who was she and what federal subject did she lead?

 

[Olav]

I have no clue. KGB/FSB?

 

[carmen510]

She was supposedly a KGB troika, but was never properly charged or investigated.

 

[Olav]

Khertek Anchimaa-Toka?

If it is, I question the "general knowledge" part of the question.

 

[carmen510]

Indeed it is, Olav. It is general knowledge, assuming you are at least partially knowledgeable about women in politics or the Soviet Union.

 

[Olav]

It is general knowledge, assuming you are at least partially knowledgeable about women in politics or the Soviet Union

I was expecting something like that.

New question: What does movies like Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report and Impostor have in common? I'm looking for a name here.

 

[choxorn]

They are all based off of books by Philip K. Dick.

 

[Olav]

Indeed.

 

[choxorn]

Open Floor

 

[Perfection]

What's the longest word in the English language, and why?

 

[nonconformist]

It's a chemical

 

[Perfection]

TOTALLY WRONG NONCON

AND YOU DIDN'T SAY WHY.

 

[nonconformist]

A lung disease then.

And the why is because it's got the most letters, Morony McDumbdumb