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That's right, I'm at it again. It's time to make myself feel smarter while at the same time really annoying everyone else. It's time to peel away the skin of ignorance and prod at the soft, fleshy surface at truth with our pointy sticks of curiosity.

For those new to Q.I, it's rather simple. I will be the Q.I Master, and I shall be asking the questions. Whoever gets the question right will be awarded 10 points, and whoever is current holder of the highest amount of points gets bragging rights over everyone else on the forum.

However, the questions I ask are not normal questions, in that they will either be exceptionally hard or entirely a trick question. But above all else, you must remember this one simple rule:

I it NEVER the most obvious answer.

In the event that I receive the most obvious (but incorrect) answer, I will take away points.

However, to balance this out a little bit, I will be awarding points for being interesting. Even if your answer is not correct, as long as it's interesting you can still earn some points.

Okay, with that out of the way, let us begin Q.I version 3.0!

Question 1
How many legs does a Centipede have?

100. cause centi means hundred right?

Minus 10 points to Shadow Crusnik.

Anyone else have an answer?

While all centipedes have at least 30 legs, only a handful of them have more than one hundred legs.

Sorry centi means hundreth not hundred but it came from a laten term meaning hundred so i wasnt completly wrong.

Exactly right. 10 points to Onyx_is_Radiant.

The word 'centipede' is from the Latin for 'a hundred feet', and though centipedes have been studied for over a hundred years, not one has ever been found with exactly one hundred legs.

Some have more, some have less. The one with the number of legs closest to a hundred was discovered in 1999. It has ninety-six legs and is unique among centipedes in that it is the only known species with an even number of pairs of legs: fourty-eight.

All other centipedes have odd numbers of pairs of legs ranging from fifteen to 191 pairs.

So, after the first question, the scores are as follows:

Onyx_is_Radiant: 10
Shadow Crusnik: -10

Question 2:
How many sheep were there on Noah's Ark?

It has said in the Bible that Noah was to take seven pairs of each clean animals, and two - a male and female if unclean.

Sheep supposedly are clean animals. So, naturally, seven pairs were taken.

These questions are interesting.

Have yourself another 10 points. In fact, I'll give you an extra 5 points for mentioning the part about unclean animals.

The relevant passage in the King James Bible appears in Genesis 7:2, where God tells Noah: "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of the beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female".

'Unclean' beasts are the extensive range of creatures that Jews were (and are) forbidden to eat, including pigs, camels, rock-badgers, chameleons, eels, snails, ferrets, lizards, moles, vultures, swans, owls, pelicans, storks, herons, lapwings, bats, ravens, cuckoos and eagles.

'Clean' animals include sheep, cattle, goats, antelopes and locusts.

So this means that there were seven sheep on the Ark. But the passage is ambiguous: does it mean seven males and seven females, or seven altogether? Those who know say that seven of each would be a disaster: fights would break out between the rams. A more practical solution would of been one ram and six ewes.

Onyx_is_Radiant: 25
Shadow Crusnik: -10

Question 3:
What man-made artifacts can be seen from the moon?

I think I've asked this question before, but I quite like it.

With the naked eye, none I believe. However, with a pair of binoculars, you can see a few minute details.

Correct, 10 points go to Arcy.

The idea that the Great Wall of China is the 'only man-made object that can be seen from the moon' is all pervasive, but it confuses 'the moon' with space.

Space is quite close. It starts about 100km (60 miles) from the Earth's surface. From there, many artificial objects can be seen: motorways, railways, ships, cities, fields, and even some individual buildings.

However, the moon is over 400,000km away, and from it's surface even the continents can barely be made out. There is no point between the earth and the moon at which only the Great Wall of China is visible, despite whatever Trivial Persuit tells you.

Onyx_is_Radiant: 25
Arcy: 10
Shadow Crusnik: -10

Question 4:
What is the most dangerous animal that has ever lived?

It depends on what you mean by dangerous and what you mean by animal, really.

If "animal" includes humans, then war by far. And not just the deaths of soldiers, but civilian casualties and famine and all of that which result from war.

If you mean the one that has killed the most people, I think it's mosquito's carrying diseases like malaria. Not sure.

If you mean what has the most capacity to kill, then it goes to the poison dart from for venom.

The question is really broad.

I'm going to take away 5 points for saying humans, but then award you 8 points for saying mosquitos. I would have awarded you the full 10 points if you would of said female mosquitoes (as males only bite plants).

And by 'dangerous', I meant that animal that has caused the highest number of fatalities in human. And no, even if you add up the death toll from all of the wars that have ever been fought, you would not even be close to how many humans have been killed by diseases carried by female mosquitoes - perhaps as many as 45 billion people, which is around 50% of all human beings that have ever died.

Mosquitoes carry more than a hundred potentially fatal diseases including malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, encephalitis, filariasis and elephantiasis. Even today, they kill one person every twelve seconds.

Onyx_is_Radiant: 25
Arcy: 13
Shadow Crusnik: -10

Question 5:
Why do chameleons change their colour?

It is a common missconception that Chameleons change their colours willingly. Most chameleon species have a basic color and pattern that suits their habitat and provides camouflage. They change color to communicate mood changes to other chameleons. They're changes of colours are basically like how we blush when embarased, angry, or over-heated.

Well, while I was typing the other post, Onyx threw up hers and I didn't notice. So I'll just add on something to hers.

Their color changes with mood, but also with temperature.

And I'll add another. They also change during mating season, and they change because of light exposure.