bastages. nobody answered so i'll post the answers anyway.

some lies and some truths as well. this time it's general knowledge.

1. the t in james t. kirk stands for tiberius.
true. star trek fact.

2. anne rice stopped writing vampire novels after converting to catholicism again.
true. somehow i don't see how being catholic and writing vampire novels are mutually exclusive.

3. the irish name of ireland is ulster.
false. the irish name of ireland is eire. ulster is just a province.

4. william the conqueror is also known as william the bastard.
true. that's what you get for being an illegitimate child.

5. vikings do not wear helmet with horns.
true. i blame the media.

6. ian fleming is related to alexander fleming.
false. to my knowledge, at least.

7. moby is related to herman melville.
true. he's his great great grand nephew.

8. the phrase 'as dead as a dodo' comes originates from lewis carroll's 'alice's adventures in wonderland'.
true. nothing much to be said here.

9. the first assassins were called hashishins (alternate spelling hashshashin) because of their ritual use of hashish.
true. they were founded by hassan-i-sabbah, also known as the old man of the mountain.

10. 'the will to power' was written by thomas hobbes.
false. 'the will to power' was written by friedrich nietzche.

11. christ is jesus' surname.
false. christ is a title, from the greek word 'christo', which means anointed one.

12. 'sarah' means friend.
false. 'sarah' means princess.

13. strontium aluminate is also known as fool's gold.
false. iron sulphide, also known as pyrite, is called fool's gold.

14. the creater of dungeons and dragons is gary gygax.
true.

15. the creator of magic: the gathering is richard garfield.
true.

i'll post the photos for class outing some other time... till then~

chris.
willy.
kenny.
lock.
matt.
wenhao.
law.
miki.
nan.
sabby.
angie.
yiwen.
woohan.
grace.
renuka.
resh.
ruth.
pj.
sunlu.
eugene.
pris.
zhenzhen.
vaish.
wei.
cherie
shijun.
richard.








* more class outings!
* to hold on together
* to all get promoted xD