ASMR If You Get One Question Right, You Can Go To Sleep | Whispered Trivia

Added: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]You can't go to sleep until you answer just one of these very difficult trivia questions. I have 30 very very difficult trivia questions from random categories spanning different topics.

[00:00:24]And the name of the game is simple. You just have to answer one right and then you're allowed to go to sleep.

[00:00:34]There'll be a bonus question at the end for those of you that are still sticking around.

[00:00:40]But all I can say at this point is good luck.

[00:00:44]Question number one.

[00:00:47]What is the name of the process by which a neutron star can accrete enough mass to briefly reignite as a millisecond pulsar?

[00:01:02]I'll repeat.

[00:01:04]What is the name of the process by which a neutron star can accrete enough mass to briefly reignite as a millisecond pulsar?

[00:01:19]The answer is recycling.

[00:01:21]I'll also allow spin up.

[00:01:26]Question number two. Which Byzantine emperor uh issued the Ekloga, a legal code that replaced much of Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis in 726 AD?

[00:01:48]Which Byzantine emperor issued the Ekloga, a legal code that replaced much of Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis in 726 AD?

[00:02:08]The answer was Leo the Third, and I need specifics if you just said Leo.

[00:02:15]You've got to stay awake.

[00:02:18]I'll also allow Leo the Isaurian Isorian.

[00:02:25]Right, next question. What term describes a sound change where a consonant becomes more similar to a neighboring consonant by acquiring a feature it already has?

[00:02:44]What term describes a sound change where a consonant becomes more similar to a neighboring consonant by acquiring a feature it already has?

[00:03:01]That would be assimilation.

[00:03:05]Assimilation.

[00:03:08]Question four. What produces the blue purple color in morpho butterfly wings given it is not a chemical pigment?

[00:03:22]What produces the blue purple color in morpho butterfly wings given it is not a chemical pigment?

[00:03:36]The answer is structural color.

[00:03:40]Thin film interference produced by multi-layer nanostructures on the wing scales.

[00:03:51]Bit of maths now. What theorem states that every sufficiently large integer can be expressed as the sum of at most four perfect squares?

[00:04:08]What theorem states that every sufficiently large integer can be expressed as the sum of at most four perfect squares?

[00:04:24]That would be La- Lagrange's LaGrange's four square theorem.

[00:04:33]That's from the 1770.

[00:04:38]A bit of history now. Which 7th-century Arab general is credited with the decisive victory at the Battle of Al- Qadisiyyah, opening Mesopotamia to the Islamic Caliphate?

[00:04:57]Which 7th-century Arab general is credited with the decisive victory at the Battle of Al- Qadisiyyah, opening Mesopotamia to the Islamic Caliphate?

[00:05:17]The answer is Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, a companion of the prophet Muhammad.

[00:05:28]What reaction mechanism describes the addition of a nucleophile to a carbonyl compound followed by loss of a leaving group to regenerate the carbonyl?

[00:05:48]What reaction mechanism describes the addition of a nucleophile to a carbonyl compound followed by loss of a leaving group to regenerate the carbonyl?

[00:06:07]That would be nucleophilic acyl substitution.

[00:06:12]Because of course it would. Of course it would.

[00:06:16]That one was obvious.

[00:06:22]Which country contains the Wakhan Corridor shaped deliberately in the 19th century to prevent British India and Russia from sharing a border?

[00:06:40]This is definitely gettable.

[00:06:44]Which country contains the Wakhan Corridor?

[00:06:50]That's W A K H A N.

[00:06:53]Shaped deliberately in the 19th century to prevent British India and Russia from sharing a border?

[00:07:04]The country we're looking for is Afghanistan.

[00:07:08]Afghanistan.

[00:07:12]Canaletto spent roughly a decade working in England.

[00:07:18]This is an art question by the way.

[00:07:21]Which patron most sustained his English career?

[00:07:28]So Canaletto spent roughly a decade working in England.

[00:07:33]Which patron most sustained his English career?

[00:07:41]The answer is the Duke of Richmond.

[00:07:45]The Duke of Richmond.

[00:07:50]Bit of philosophy now. It's a bit of philosophy.

[00:07:54]Which pre- Socratic philosopher proposed that the fundamental substance of reality is the apeiron, an indefinite boundless source?

[00:08:10]Which pre-Socratic philosopher proposed that the fundamental substance of reality is the apeiron, an indefinite boundless source?

[00:08:26]That of course would be Anaximander of Miletus.

[00:08:32]Anaximander of Miletus.

[00:08:38]Question number 11.

[00:08:41]What quantum mechanical effect allows electrons to tunnel through a classically forbidden energy barrier making nuclear fusion in the sun possible at lower than expected temperatures?

[00:09:01]What quantum mechanical effect allows electrons to tunnel through a classically forbidden energy barrier making nuclear fusion in the sun possible at lower than expected temperatures?

[00:09:22]That would be quantum tunneling.

[00:09:27]Quantum tunneling.

[00:09:31]Still awake?

[00:09:33]Well, we'll continue on then.

[00:09:38]>> [sighs] >> What is the technical term for a word whose reversed form is a different word, such as stressed and desserts?

[00:09:53]I actually didn't realize that stressed was desserts backwards, so you learn something new.

[00:09:59]What is the technical term for a word whose reversed form is a different word, such as stressed and desserts?

[00:10:11]That is a semordnilap.

[00:10:15]Semordnilap, which is actually the word palindromes reversed.

[00:10:24]Semordnilap.

[00:10:29]Bit of nature for question 13.

[00:10:32]The mimic octopus, discovered off Sulawesi in 1998, impersonates toxic species.

[00:10:44]Name two animals it has been documented to mimic.

[00:10:50]As Harsh, name me one and you can go to sleep.

[00:10:57]So, the mimic octopus impersonates toxic species.

[00:11:03]Name me one animal that has been documented to mimic.

[00:11:12]The three most documented are the flatfish or flounder, a lionfish, and banded sea snake.

[00:11:27]Question 14 is another history question.

[00:11:30]The Siege of Caffa in 1346 is often cited as introducing bubonic plague to Europe.

[00:11:40]What was the mechanism mechanism of transmission according to contemporary accounts?

[00:11:49]The siege of Caffa in 1346 is often cited as introducing bubonic plague to Europe.

[00:11:58]What was the mechanism of transmission according to contemporary accounts?

[00:12:07]The answer is Mongol forces catapulted plague-infected corpses over the walls of the Genoese trading post.

[00:12:19]Fleeing merchants then carried the disease westward. So, if you said catapults or corpses, you can go to sleep.

[00:12:34]What is the minimum number of colors required to color any planar map so no two adjacent regions share a color?

[00:12:46]And what is the theorem that proves it?

[00:12:51]What is the minimum number of colors required to color color any planar map?

[00:12:57]Planar planar.

[00:12:59]So, no two adjacent regions share a color?

[00:13:04]And what is the theorem that proves it?

[00:13:07]Well, the theorem is just the and then the number color theorem.

[00:13:15]The answer is four.

[00:13:17]Even if you guessed it, well done.

[00:13:20]So, the four color theorem.

[00:13:26]In cricket, what is the dismissal handled the ball, and in which year was it merged into another mode of dismissal?

[00:13:40]These two part questions are a bit mean.

[00:13:41]If you get either part right, we'll we'll count it.

[00:13:46]In cricket, what is the dismissal handled the ball, and in which year was it merged into another mode of dismissal?

[00:13:59]It occurred when a batsman deliberately touched the ball with a hand not holding the bat.

[00:14:07]In 2017, it was merged into obstructing the field.

[00:14:17]What is the chan oh It would help if I could pronounce all the words.

[00:14:25]What is the Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar limit, and approximately what value does it represent in solar masses?

[00:14:38]What is the Chandrasekhar limit, and approximately what value does it represent in solar masses?

[00:14:52]That would be 1.4 solar masses.

[00:14:59]What was the name of the secret protocol appended to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939?

[00:15:10]What was the name of the secret protocol appended to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939?

[00:15:23]The answer is the secret additional protocol.

[00:15:27]The secret additional protocol.

[00:15:30]Dividing Eastern Europe into Nazi and Soviet spheres.

[00:15:36]The USSR denied its existence until 1989.

[00:15:42]The secret additional protocol, like I could have probably come up with a slightly more imaginative name, couldn't they?

[00:15:53]Which African country is entirely surrounded by only one other country?

[00:15:58]All this is so doable.

[00:16:01]This is doable.

[00:16:05]Which African country is entirely surrounded by only one other country?

[00:16:14]That is Lesotho.

[00:16:17]Lesotho.

[00:16:20]Is um Is Eswatini not as well? I'm just I'm trying to picture like the uh the GeoGuessr map.

[00:16:32]I want to go and have a look.

[00:16:35]Um Oh, no, it's not.

[00:16:39]Because it also borders Mozambique.

[00:16:42]Makes sense.

[00:16:45]Question number 20. Question number 20.

[00:16:51]What is the Sanskrit rhetorical device called yamaka?

[00:16:58]And how does it differ from ordinary wordplay?

[00:17:03]Like what is the Sanskrit rhetorical device called yamaka?

[00:17:10]And how does it differ from ordinary wordplay?

[00:17:19]Maybe you can just give me a kind of similar description.

[00:17:25]We're good.

[00:17:28]Yamaha is the repetition of the same sound cluster in different positions within a verse each time with a different meaning.

[00:17:40]It is purely phonological governed by strict metrical rules and considered a high literary ornament.

[00:17:54]The repetition of the same sound cluster in different positions within a verse each time with a different meaning.

[00:18:05]Question 21 art.

[00:18:09]What does sfumato literally mean in Italian?

[00:18:16]And what optical effect does it achieve?

[00:18:22]What does sfumato literally mean in Italian?

[00:18:27]And what optical effect does it achieve?

[00:18:30]Again.

[00:18:32]Either of the questions you get right, you can go to sleep.

[00:18:38]Smoky or evaporated.

[00:18:42]It uses ultra-thin translucent glazes to eliminate hard edges creating soft atmospheric transitions most visible in the Mona Lisa. Question number 22 What is the difference between MHC class 1 and MHC class 2 molecules in terms of expression and which T cells they activate.

[00:19:16]You know, it's a bit of an issue where you don't even understand the question.

[00:19:23]What is the difference between MHC class 1 and MHC class 2 molecules in terms of expression and which T cells they activate?

[00:19:39]The answer is MHC class 1 is on virtually all nucleated cells and activates cytotoxic CD8+ T cells.

[00:19:51]MHC class 2 is only on professional antigen-presenting cells and activates helper CD4+ T cells.

[00:20:04]Duh.

[00:20:05]Because obviously How many types of photoreceptor cells does a mantis shrimp possess compared to the human three?

[00:20:26]That's How many types of photoreceptor cells does a mantis shrimp possess compared to the human three?

[00:20:40]It's 16.

[00:20:42]16.

[00:20:47]Right.

[00:20:50]What is the Mohorovicic discontinuity and how was it discovered?

[00:21:01]What is the Mohorovicic discontinuity and how was it discovered?

[00:21:11]The Mohorovicic Mohorovicic discontinuity.

[00:21:19]The answer is the boundary between Earth's crust and mantle where P wave seismic velocity jumps from 6.5 to 8 km/s.

[00:21:33]It was discovered in 1909 by Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovicic analyzing two distinct wave arrival sets from a local earthquake.

[00:21:56]In the Tour de France, what is the lanterne rouge?

[00:22:03]And has finishing last ever been strategically desirable?

[00:22:09]In the Tour de France, what is the lanterne rouge?

[00:22:14]And has finishing last ever been strategically desirable?

[00:22:22]So, the lanterne rouge is the last place rider. So, the second part of the question was a little bit of a clue.

[00:22:31]In the post-war era, finishing last sometimes earned higher appearance fees at subsequent criterium races than finishing midfield. There you go.

[00:22:46]Right. In history, who led the final phase of the Asian Revolution that achieved independence in 1803 to 1804?

[00:23:01]So, what African-American who led the final phase of the Haitian Revolution that achieved independence in 1803 to 1804.

[00:23:14]Very cool name.

[00:23:17]The answer is Jean-Jacques Dassalines.

[00:23:21]Jean-Jacques Dassalines.

[00:23:25]After Toussaint Louverture Louverture was captured and died in French captivity.

[00:23:37]Which atom within hemoglobin's prosthetic group actually binds to oxygen?

[00:23:47]Which atom within hemoglobin's prosthetic group actually binds to oxygen?

[00:23:59]The answer is iron.

[00:24:02]Iron at the center of the por- porphyrin ring in the heme group.

[00:24:14]I think I should probably stop trying to pronounce the the science ones.

[00:24:18]Right, just three questions left.

[00:24:22]Anyone still going?

[00:24:25]>> [snorts] >> Let's see. And if we do well do the 13th I'll do a bonus question.

[00:24:31]Maybe.

[00:24:33]We'll see.

[00:24:36]Okay.

[00:24:38]Which artistic movement did Tom Wolfe critique in The Painted Word in 1975?

[00:24:50]Which artistic movement did Tom Wolfe critique in The Painted Word?

[00:24:57]And what was his core argument?

[00:25:05]The answer is abstract expressionism and its successors, which would be minimalism and conceptual art.

[00:25:16]You said any of them?

[00:25:18]Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

[00:25:20]Go to sleep.

[00:25:24]Okay.

[00:25:27]What is it? Oh, I'm not reading that one.

[00:25:33]Which African state successfully resisted European colonization throughout the scramble for Africa?

[00:25:45]Which African state successfully resisted European colonization throughout the scramble for Africa?

[00:25:58]The answer is Ethiopia.

[00:26:02]I'll also allow Abyssinia, but Ethiopia.

[00:26:10]And the final final question.

[00:26:15]What is the trolley problem originally designed to illustrate and who first formulated it?

[00:26:24]Get either part right, you can go to sleep.

[00:26:30]What is the trolley problem originally designed to illustrate and who first formulated it?

[00:26:39]The trolley problem.

[00:26:44]It was introduced by Philippa Foot in 1967 to test the doctrine of double effect.

[00:26:55]Judith Jarvis Thomson later developed the footbridge variant to sharpen the contrast between utilitarian and deontological reasoning.

[00:27:13]So, if you said Philippa Foot, well done.

[00:27:16]And if you explained that, then well done. You can go to sleep. You can go to sleep.

[00:27:25]Well, my friends, we're at the end of our 30 questions now, and if you haven't got one right, well, I don't really know what to say.

[00:27:35]I'm going to give you a bonus question, which at the very least fans of the channel will be able to answer, so I can hopefully send more of you off to sleep.

[00:27:50]What's my name?

[00:27:52]Not my channel name.

[00:27:54]What is my name?

[00:27:59]I've said it a few times in videos, possibly in comments.

[00:28:04]What's my real name?

[00:28:09]My real name is Jacob.

[00:28:13]Jacob. So, if you knew that, you can go to sleep.

[00:28:17]But ultimately, I really have no power over what you do, so these types of videos are pretty pointless, but at the very least, you tested yourself against the 30 very, very difficult trivia questions.

[00:28:34]I really hope you enjoyed this video, everybody. If you did, if you're still here because you didn't get one right, then please leave a like on the video, and subscribe if you're new.

[00:28:46]But until the next video, everybody, take care.