How ignorant are you? Quiz
rAD
"educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
What is the capital of Canada?
The sun is the nearest....what?
It begins, "Call me Ishmael".
The term of a US Senator?
Decade in which the American Civil War was fought?
Who first saw the moons of Jupiter?
He painted Starry Night.
In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
He wrote The Blue Danube.
How did Joan of Arc die?
What animal do Hindus most revere?
Name two of Shakespeare's plays.
Madagascar is in this ocean.
The two elements that make up water.
He lead the first voyage around the world.
How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
Longest river in the world?
How many legs do spiders have?
In Relativity, the speed of this is constant.
A "bit" can be either of these two numbers.
What language do they speak in Brazil?
Define a prime number.
What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
What language did the Romans speak?
In what city is the Parthenon?
According to Christians, how many days did God take to create the world?
"AC" stands for what type of electricity?
He conquered Mexico for Spain.
Founder of Islam?
First person in Space?
In what state is New York City?
What subatomic particles draw a TV picture?
How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
rAD
Chain Smoker
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> You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
> "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
>
> What is the capital of Canada?
Ottowa
>
> The sun is the nearest....what?
Star
>
> It begins, "Call me Ishmael".
Moby Dick
>
> The term of a US Senator?
6 years, unless reelected
>
> Decade in which the American Civil War was fought?
1860's
>
> Who first saw the moons of Jupiter?
Galileo
>
> He painted Starry Night.
Rembrandt I think
>
> In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
Heh. Dunno this one at all.
>
> He wrote The Blue Danube.
Lost again.
>
> How did Joan of Arc die?
burning
>
> What animal do Hindus most revere?
Humans, but cows is probably the "right" answer
>
> Name two of Shakespeare's plays.
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet
>
> Madagascar is in this ocean.
Indian
>
> The two elements that make up water.
hydrogen and oxygen
>
> He lead the first voyage around the world.
Magellan
>
> How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
23 I think Or is that genes?
>
> Longest river in the world?
Nile, although some argue Amazon
>
> How many legs do spiders have?
8
>
> In Relativity, the speed of this is constant.
c, which is the speed of light
>
> A "bit" can be either of these two numbers.
0 or 1
>
> What language do they speak in Brazil?
Portuguese
>
> Define a prime number.
any positive integer except 1 with only itself and 1 as factors
>
> What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
No idea
>
> What language did the Romans speak?
Latin
>
> In what city is the Parthenon?
Athens
>
> According to Christians, how many days did God take to create the world?
6 then rested the 7th
>
> "AC" stands for what type of electricity?
Alternating current
>
> He conquered Mexico for Spain.
Hernan Cortez
>
> Founder of Islam?
Mohammed
>
> First person in Space?
Yuri Gagarin
>
> In what state is New York City?
New York
>
> What subatomic particles draw a TV picture?
Electrons
>
> How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
1 month
>
>
> rAD
>
You got me on a couple, but I probably passed. Not bad, I think, for "some
junior college" after a public education in Southern California.
Dwain Goforth
ha...@hoho.net says...
> You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
> "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
>
I got an A.
Thank God for public schools!
Susan Cohen
Chain Smoker wrote:
> "rAD" <ha...@hoho.net> wrote in message
> news:uungmrp...@corp.supernews.com...
> > You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
> > "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
> >
> > What is the capital of Canada?
>
> Ottowa
>
> >
> > The sun is the nearest....what?
>
> Star
>
> >
> > It begins, "Call me Ishmael".
>
> Moby Dick
>
> >
> > The term of a US Senator?
>
> 6 years, unless reelected
>
> >
> > Decade in which the American Civil War was fought?
>
> 1860's
>
> >
> > Who first saw the moons of Jupiter?
>
> Galileo
> >
> > He painted Starry Night.
>
> Rembrandt I think
Van Gogh
> > In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
>
> Heh. Dunno this one at all.
Lots of reasons; polar ice-cap melting, coastline changing...
> > He wrote The Blue Danube.
>
> Lost again.
Johann Strauss, the younger
> > How did Joan of Arc die?
>
> burning
(Hopefully, she died of asphyxiation, first)
> > What animal do Hindus most revere?
>
> Humans, but cows is probably the "right" answer
> >
> > Name two of Shakespeare's plays.
>
> Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet
Certainly better than Coriolanus & Titua Andronicus. Then again, just about
anything *is*.
> > Madagascar is in this ocean.
>
> Indian
>
> >
> > The two elements that make up water.
>
> hydrogen and oxygen
>
> >
> > He lead the first voyage around the world.
>
> Magellan
> >
> > How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
>
> 23 I think Or is that genes?
>
> >
> > Longest river in the world?
>
> Nile, although some argue Amazon
>
> >
> > How many legs do spiders have?
>
> 8
>
> >
> > In Relativity, the speed of this is constant.
>
> c, which is the speed of light
> >
> > A "bit" can be either of these two numbers.
>
> 0 or 1
>
> >
> > What language do they speak in Brazil?
>
> Portuguese
> >
> > Define a prime number.
>
> any positive integer except 1 with only itself and 1 as factors
>
> >
> > What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
>
> No idea
I always figured "Nihon" meant...."Nihon"! I certainly never saw it used any
other way....
> > What language did the Romans speak?
>
> Latin
>
> >
> > In what city is the Parthenon?
>
> Athens
> >
> > According to Christians, how many days did God take to create the world?
>
> 6 then rested the 7th
> >
> > "AC" stands for what type of electricity?
>
> Alternating current
> >
> > He conquered Mexico for Spain.
>
> Hernan Cortez
> >
> > Founder of Islam?
>
> Mohammed
>
> >
> > First person in Space?
>
> Yuri Gagarin
> >
> > In what state is New York City?
>
> New York
> >
> > What subatomic particles draw a TV picture?
>
> Electrons
> >
> > How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
>
> 1 month
>
> You got me on a couple, but I probably passed. Not bad, I think, for "some
> junior college" after a public education in Southern California.
I have to admit, I suspected a trick somewhere.
Susan
Saleh El Din
"Chain Smoker" <j...@noname.com> wrote in message
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> "rAD" <ha...@hoho.net> wrote in message
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> > You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars
being
> > "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school
knowledge:
> >
> > What is the capital of Canada?
>
> Ottowa
this also is the name of one of the largest Indian nations, which spaned
Canada and United states!
Chain Smoker
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>
> "Chain Smoker" <j...@noname.com> wrote in message
> news:asgim9$5jb$07$1...@news.t-online.com...
> > "rAD" <ha...@hoho.net> wrote in message
> > news:uungmrp...@corp.supernews.com...
> > > You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars
> being
> > > "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school
> knowledge:
> > >
> > > What is the capital of Canada?
> >
> > Ottowa
> What a donkey! It is not Ottowa, idiot. It is OTTAWA. the tragedy is that
> this also is the name of one of the largest Indian nations, which spaned
> Canada and United states!
Idiot? What a laugh. I spell Ottawa incorrectly, you call me an idiot for
it, then you promptly spell "spanned" wrong. Nobody's perfect, little man.
I take it as a sign of your own intellect that, although I failed to answer
several of the OP's quiz questions and even answered one of them dead wrong
(to my credit, the 2 painters were countrymen, at least), all you could find
fault in was my spelling.
Least you could do was look at least one of my unanswered questions up on
the internet, copy and paste the relevant passage verbatim, then ridicule me
on missing that particular question. Too late now.
Gregory Gadow
> You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
> "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
>
> What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
> The sun is the nearest....what?
Star.
> It begins, "Call me Ishmael".
"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
> The term of a US Senator?
Six years.
> Decade in which the American Civil War was fought?
The War Between the States started in 1861 and ended in 1865, so the answer is
the 1860s.
> Who first saw the moons of Jupiter?
Galileo Galilei is the first European to have published works regarding the
moons of Jupiter. Galileo was not the person who invented the telescope (his
own notes tell of his having stolen the idea from a Dutchman, likely Hans
Lippershey who had filed a patent application with the Belgan government in
1608), nor was he the first one to use it to peer at the heavens. He was,
however, the one who presented his findings as fact and therefore got in to a
lot of trouble.
> He painted Starry Night.
Vincent van Gough.
> In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
It is getting larger.
> He wrote The Blue Danube.
Assuming you mean "An der schonen blauen Donau" ("On the Beautifule Blue
Danube"), it was Johann Strauss.
> How did Joan of Arc die?
Burned to death as a heretic by English forces at Rouen on May 30, 1431.
> What animal do Hindus most revere?
That depends entirely on the sect. As any educated person knows, Hinduism is
not a monolithic religion; it is a very large association of religions and
teachings sharing a common mythology and heritage.
> Name two of Shakespeare's plays.
Just two? "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Twelfth Night" are two of my
favorites.
> Madagascar is in this ocean.
It is in the Indian ocean, to the east of Africa.
> The two elements that make up water.
Oxygen and hydrogen.
> He lead the first voyage around the world.
Merely led? There is evidence that Chinese explorers, heading east, made it
past South America. Speaking from a Euro-centric point of view, Christopher
Columbus started out to voyage around the world. Magellan came closer, though
he never finished the trip (his crew did, though. Eventually.)
> How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
Two sets of 23, one set from each parent. Thus, 46 chromosomes.
> Longest river in the world?
The Nile.
> How many legs do spiders have?
Eight.
> In Relativity, the speed of this is constant.
Light.
> A "bit" can be either of these two numbers.
A bit is a conceptual representation. Bits can be magnetic north or magnetic
south, 90% of polarization, 'on' or 'off', yin or yang, male or female, two
distinct levels of stablized voltage or any other related but distinct
duality. Bits are often represented by numerical represented as 0 and 1.
> What language do they speak in Brazil?
Portugese is the official language of Brazil.
> Define a prime number.
Any integer where the only two integer factors are 1 and itself.
> What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
Nippon. Written in kanji characters derived from the Chinese ideogram
representing sunrise. Thus, the Land of the Rising Sun.
> What language did the Romans speak?
Latin.
> In what city is the Parthenon?
Athens, atop the Acropolis.
> According to Christians, how many days did God take to create the world?
Seven (on the seventh day, God created the Sabbath.)
> "AC" stands for what type of electricity?
Alternating current.
> He conquered Mexico for Spain.
Hernando Cortez, but he had a LOT of help.
> Founder of Islam?
Mohammed.
> First person in Space?
Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961.
> In what state is New York City?
New York State.
> What subatomic particles draw a TV picture?
None. Electrons can't draw.
> How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
Aproximately 29 days, give or take.
--
Gregory Gadow
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unConstitional acts of my government, to excercise my
rights guaranteed by that Constitution -- the right to
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to petition for a redress of grievances, the right to
be secure in my person and property against search and
seizure without due process of law -- then I am a traitor.
And God grant us many, many more traitors, for we are in
dire need of them.
AllYou!
"Susan Cohen" <fla...@hers.com> wrote in message
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I think the question means larger or smaller, not why.
Rising sun?
rAD
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
He was the founder of Communism.
Who invented the phonograph?
What's different about a right triangle?
The circumference of a circle divided by its diameter equals this.
All vertebrates have this.
What are the three primary colors of light?
The North Pole is under this ocean.
Cleopatra's most famous boyfriend?
He overthrew the Roman republic.
This gas makes up most of the sun.
How many millimeter in a meter?
He painted the Mona Lisa.
These organs make pee.
The horse originated on this continent.
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
He was president during World War I.
How many "letters" make up the genetic "code"?
What canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
How do you find the area of a rectangle?
Name three of the Great Lakes.
In what state did the two sections of the transcontinental railroad meet?
What body of water separates Europe and Africa?
Mark Twain's real name?
The father of "evolution"?
Alexander the Great spoke this language.
In what country is Cape Town?
rAD
Susan Cohen
"AllYou!" wrote:
> "Susan Cohen" <fla...@hers.com> wrote in message
> news:3DEBD426...@hers.com...
> >
> >
> > Chain Smoker wrote:
> >
> > > "rAD" <ha...@hoho.net> wrote in message
> > >
> > > > In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
> > >
> > > Heh. Dunno this one at all.
> >
> > Lots of reasons; polar ice-cap melting, coastline changing...
>
> I think the question means larger or smaller, not why.
I was thinking "by what process", but yes, I can see that's what the question
means.
> > > > What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
> > >
> > > No idea
> >
> > I always figured "Nihon" meant...."Nihon"! I certainly never saw it used
> any
> > other way....
>
> Rising sun?
It's actually "Nippon" - I thought of the wrong word - yes, that's what it
means: "Land of the Rising Sun"
Susan
Adam Littman
>"rAD" <ha...@hoho.net> wrote in message
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>> You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
>> "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
>> He painted Starry Night.
Van Gogh
>> In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
Increasing. As the techtonic plates that meet at the Mid-Atlantic trench shift
apart.
>> He wrote The Blue Danube.
Strausse (sp?)
>> He lead the first voyage around the world.
>
>Magellan
Though he himself didn't make it.
>> How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
>
>23 I think Or is that genes?
23 pairs. 46 total.
>> What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
"Start (origin, source) of the Sun". Hence "Land of the Rising Sun".
>> How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
>
>1 month
Give or take.
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Brain Death
>You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
>"educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
Without looking any up.
>What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
>
>The sun is the nearest....what?
Star
>
>It begins, "Call me Ishmael".
Moby Dick
>
>The term of a US Senator?
Six Years
>
>Decade in which the American Civil War was fought?
1860s
>
>Who first saw the moons of Jupiter?
Copernicus?
>
>He painted Starry Night.
Van Gogh
>
>In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
?
>He wrote The Blue Danube.
Who was Strauss?
>
>How did Joan of Arc die?
Burned at the stake
>
>What animal do Hindus most revere?
Cow
>Name two of Shakespeare's plays.
Twelfth Night and As You Like It
>Madagascar is in this ocean.
Indian
>The two elements that make up water.
Hydrogen and Oxygen
>He lead the first voyage around the world.
Magellan
>How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
46
>Longest river in the world?
Nile
>How many legs do spiders have?
Eight
>In Relativity, the speed of this is constant.
What is Light?
>A "bit" can be either of these two numbers.
1 or 0.
>
>What language do they speak in Brazil?
Portuguese
>Define a prime number.
A number that is only divisible by 1 and itself without leaving a
fraction.
>What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
?
>What language did the Romans speak?
Latin
>In what city is the Parthenon?
Athens
>According to Christians, how many days did God take to create the world?
Six
>"AC" stands for what type of electricity?
Alternating Current
>He conquered Mexico for Spain.
What was Cortez?
>Founder of Islam?
Muhammed
>First person in Space?
Alan Shepard
>In what state is New York City?
New York
>What subatomic particles draw a TV picture?
electrons
>How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
About 30 days.
BD
Adam Littman
>In article <uuobnjo...@corp.supernews.com>, rAD wrote:
>> More embarrassing questions:
>
>What's the point of this? Most of these are elementary
>school stuff. Some of it is junior high.
>None of it would make the first round on _Jeopardy_.
>
>For example, incandescent light bulbs with tungsten filaments were used
>in stage lighting and store windows when Edison was a kid.
>His team developed equipment to manufacture them cheaply enough that
>they could be used for street and residential lighting as well.
>Nobody knows who the actual developers were, because Edison
>(and Westinghouse) came up with the idea of getting
>engineers to sign away the rights to their own creations.
>The story where they tested a lot of other filament materials may be
>true, but it was still just hype. Everybody knew tungsten and platinum were
>the only practical materials for the job, before the Edison labs ever
>looked at it.
Which would make it very strange that Edison's light bulbs used carbonized
thread, not tungsten.
Cameron L. Spitzer
> More embarrassing questions:
What's the point of this? Most of these are elementary
school stuff. Some of it is junior high.
None of it would make the first round on _Jeopardy_.
> What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
>
> He was the founder of Communism.
>
> Who invented the phonograph?
You're supposed to answer "Edison" here. You'd be wrong.
The fact is Edison was a financier and a self-promoter, but he wasn't
much of an engineer. Of all the
things he's credited with "inventing," the only ones he actually invented
may have been the stock ticker and the engineering sweatshop. His fortune
was made by buying or stealing existing inventions and applying large
(for the time) engineering teams to "productize" them, and then monopolizing
the resulting markets. (This is not to minimize the stock ticker,
a truly ingenious variation on the telegraph. The same general idea lived
on in the Teletype and the Selectric typewriter.)
For example, incandescent light bulbs with tungsten filaments were used
in stage lighting and store windows when Edison was a kid.
His team developed equipment to manufacture them cheaply enough that
they could be used for street and residential lighting as well.
Nobody knows who the actual developers were, because Edison
(and Westinghouse) came up with the idea of getting
engineers to sign away the rights to their own creations.
The story where they tested a lot of other filament materials may be
true, but it was still just hype. Everybody knew tungsten and platinum were
the only practical materials for the job, before the Edison labs ever
looked at it.
The cylinder recorder was around when Edison was a kid, too.
But it was impractical because the cylinders were made of wax
and could only be played a few times.
Edison's people came up with a process for reproducing the recordings
in relatively sturdy thermosetting plastic. But their product
couldn't compete with Victor's flat (78 RPM) format because it was too
expensive to store and ship, and didn't play long enough.
It was only in Edison's corporate hype that he "invented" any "phonograph."
(For some reason, Edison didn't take credit for the telephone.
Bell's phone was impractical because its electret microphone wasn't
sensitive enough. Edison's lab came up with the carbon button mike.
Electrets came back when field effect transistors got cheap enough to
use in phones.)
Edison was to General Electric as "Bill" Gates is to Microsoft.
If he hadn't been there, the company, needing a heroic figurehead,
would have had to invent him.
Cameron
Chain Smoker
> More embarrassing questions:
>
>
>
> What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
Adjective modifies a noun. Adverb modifies verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs
>
> He was the founder of Communism.
Karl Marx
>
> Who invented the phonograph?
Addressed in another post already
>
> What's different about a right triangle?
It has 1 right angle (90 degree angle). Knowing the lengths of any two
sides, a person can calculate the length of the 3rd side using the
pythargorean theorem.
>
> The circumference of a circle divided by its diameter equals this.
pi
>
> All vertebrates have this.
bone
>
> What are the three primary colors of light?
Red, green, blue
> The North Pole is under this ocean.
Arctic
> Cleopatra's most famous boyfriend?
Mark Anthony
> He overthrew the Roman republic.
Julius Caesar
> This gas makes up most of the sun.
Hydrogen
>
> How many millimeter in a meter?
1000
>
> He painted the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
>
> These organs make pee.
kidneys
>
> The horse originated on this continent.
asia
>
> Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt
>
> He was president during World War I.
Another I have no idea
>
> How many "letters" make up the genetic "code"?
4 I think
>
> What canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Panama
>
> How do you find the area of a rectangle?
length times width
>
> Name three of the Great Lakes.
Superior, Huron, Ontario
>
> In what state did the two sections of the transcontinental railroad meet?
Utah?
>
> What body of water separates Europe and Africa?
Mediterranean Sea
>
> Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel Clemens
>
> The father of "evolution"?
Charles Darwin
>
> Alexander the Great spoke this language.
Greek
>
> In what country is Cape Town?
South Africa
>
>
> rAD
Stumped on 1, no doubt wrong on others. Somone will surely correct me.
Giles Hancock
>
> You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
> "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
>
> What is the capital of Canada?
>
C
> The sun is the nearest....what?
>
yellow dwarf
> It begins, "Call me Ishmael".
>
good
> The term of a US Senator?
>
who cares about the US
> Decade in which the American Civil War was fought?
>
see above
> Who first saw the moons of Jupiter?
>
Voyager I
> He painted Starry Night.
>
Don McLean
> In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
>
tides
> He wrote The Blue Danube.
>
duh, it's a river
> How did Joan of Arc die?
>
strangled by the executioner b4 she burned
> What animal do Hindus most revere?
>
moo
> Name two of Shakespeare's plays.
>
King Lear, Hamlet
> Madagascar is in this ocean.
>
good
> The two elements that make up water.
>
H,O
> He lead the first voyage around the world.
>
lead ?
> How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
>
lots
> Longest river in the world?
>
Gulf Stream
> How many legs do spiders have?
>
as many as they need
> In Relativity, the speed of this is constant.
>
Einstein's bike
> A "bit" can be either of these two numbers.
>
a bit of what ?
> What language do they speak in Brazil?
>
football
> Define a prime number.
>
ok
> What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
>
Japan
> What language did the Romans speak?
>
fwee bwian
> In what city is the Parthenon?
>
British Museum
> According to Christians, how many days did God take to create the world?
>
4000 years
> "AC" stands for what type of electricity?
>
Milan
> He conquered Mexico for Spain.
>
Maximillian I
> Founder of Islam?
>
it's not foundering
> First person in Space?
>
James T Kirk
> In what state is New York City?
>
who cares
> What subatomic particles draw a TV picture?
>
crayons
> How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
>
1 werewolf
Giles Hancock
>
> More embarrassing questions:
>
> What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
yes, but what's the similarity ?
>
> He was the founder of Communism.
Confucious
>
> Who invented the phonograph?
>
the what ?!
> What's different about a right triangle?
>
different from what ?
> The circumference of a circle divided by its diameter equals this.
>
two semi-circles
> All vertebrates have this.
>
bad breath
> What are the three primary colors of light?
>
red blue yellow
> The North Pole is under this ocean.
>
poor thing
> Cleopatra's most famous boyfriend?
>
a snake !
> He overthrew the Roman republic.
>
Alaric
> This gas makes up most of the sun.
>
Sssh, don't tell Bush
> How many millimeter in a meter?
>
1 meter in a millimeter
> He painted the Mona Lisa.
>
da Vinci's apprentice
> These organs make pee.
>
mouth organ high note
> The horse originated on this continent.
>
Gondwanaland
> Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
>
who cares
> He was president during World War I.
>
Clemenceau ?
de Coubertain ?
> How many "letters" make up the genetic "code"?
>
14, and two speechies
> What canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
>
Strait of Magellan
> How do you find the area of a rectangle?
>
depends where you lost it
> Name three of the Great Lakes.
>
Erie, Erie, Virginia
> In what state did the two sections of the transcontinental railroad meet?
>
in the state of matrimony
> What body of water separates Europe and Africa?
>
that little bit between Morocco and Parsley Island
I don't think the Spanish have given it a name yet
> Mark Twain's real name?
>
Huckleberry
> The father of "evolution"?
>
some little amoeba called Adam
> Alexander the Great spoke this language.
>
did he really ?
> In what country is Cape Town?
>
the rainbow nation
rAD
These invaders ruled Spain for 700 years.
This makes green plants green.
Name three of the Ten Commandments.
What gas makes up most of the atmosphere?
What strange property does ice have?
Name two Scandinavian countries.
What god threw a hammer?
Name all of the vowels.
These primitive Europeans are now extinct.
What continent did American Indians come from?
This group of animals raise their young in pouches.
Who was the "Belle of Amherst"?
The sacred river of India?
The mountains of Switzerland?
What cloth comes from "worms"?
The Brooklyn Bridge crosses this river.
Who painted the ceiling of Sistine Chapel?
This element makes up most of the earth's surface.
What happened at Kitty Hawk?
Lindbergh flew across this ocean.
Henry Ford's most famous car?
He drilled the first oil well in America.
Name the two poles of a magnet.
Name one of the islands of Japan.
rAD
rAD
Hitler was born in this country.
Napoleon was born on this island.
Columbus was born on this peninsula.
She said, "Let them eat cake"
...In answer to what statement?
He developed Alternating Current.
What gas makes the bubbles in beer?
Chile is on this continent.
What's different about laser light?
The asteroid belt is between the orbits of these two planets.
The father of radio?
These particles flow in the wiring of your house.
Frenchman who discovered the effects of microbes?
First man on the moon?
Gettysburg is in this state.
He developed the V2 rocket.
He found new uses for the peanut.
rAD
rAD
Steel is made mostly of this element.
He is credited with inventing the telephone.
Name the two elements in a carbohydrate.
What chromosome do males have that females don't?
What is the colored part of your eye called?
...What does it do?
This heavy element makes blood red.
Name a famous Asian American besides Judge Ito.
The mouth of the Mississippi is in this state.
What is the main different between plant and animal cells?
He developed the first laws of gravity.
Filo Farnsworth is credited with inventing this.
rAD
Gregory Gadow
> More embarrassing questions:
>
> What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
An adjective modifies a noun; an adverb modifies a verb and, sometimes, an
adjective.
> He was the founder of Communism.
Karl Marx is credited with "founding" communism, even though the concept of
all property in common and held for the good of the community was practiced
by the Apostles.
> Who invented the phonograph?
Thomas Alva Edison.
> What's different about a right triangle?
By definition, all right triangles have one 90 degree angle.
> The circumference of a circle divided by its diameter equals this.
Pi, roughly equivalent to 3.14159
> All vertebrates have this.
A backbone (politicians being a noteable exception.)
> What are the three primary colors of light?
Red, blue and green.
> The North Pole is under this ocean.
The Arctic Ocean.
> Cleopatra's most famous boyfriend?
Define "most famous." She did take as lovers both Julius Caesar and Marc
Antony.
> He overthrew the Roman republic.
Define "overthrew." Julius Caesar had himself declared the power of Imperator
by the Senate (normally reserved to the supreme commander during times of
war) but it was his successor, Octavius Augustus, who retained the title and
power of Imperator during times of peace and turned the Senate from the voice
of the Roman Republic to a rubberstamp of Imperial will, with the next
Emperor, Tiberius, diminishing the Senate even further. Technically, though,
the Roman Republic continued to exist until Rome fell to the Goths in the 5th
century.
> This gas makes up most of the sun.
Hydrogen, as with most stars.
> How many millimeter in a meter?
'Milli' = one thousandth, so there are a thousand millimeters in a meter.
> He painted the Mona Lisa.
Michelangelo.
> These organs make pee.
The kidneys, assuming you mean urine.
> The horse originated on this continent.
Fossil horses have been found on every continent except Antarctica and
Australia, so it is hard to say. Modern horses are believed to come from a
genus of Equus from Asia, though.
> Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
Washington, Lincoln, Roosiveldt and Jefferson.
> He was president during World War I.
Woodrow Wilson.
> How many "letters" make up the genetic "code"?
There are two sets of genetic codes. Most forms of life use deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA). Some bacteria and viruses instead have their code in ribonucleic
acid (RNA.) Both codes have three "letters" in common: adenine, guanine and
cytosine. DNA matches cytosine with thymine while RNA uses uracil. Thus,
there are five "letters."
> What canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Why use the Panama Canal when you have the Straits of Magellan?
> How do you find the area of a rectangle?
The area of any quadrilateral can be found my multiplying height by width.
> Name three of the Great Lakes.
Huron, Superior, Ontario.
> In what state did the two sections of the transcontinental railroad meet?
I want to say Kansas, but I don't think that is right.
> What body of water separates Europe and Africa?
The most significant body of water is the Mediterranean Sea.
> Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel Clemens.
> The father of "evolution"?
Why do you put evolution in quotes? Does the ghost of Charles Darwin haunt
you?
> Alexander the Great spoke this language.
Alexander spoke many languages, including Greek and Persian.
> In what country is Cape Town?
South Africa.
Kurt
> >
> > He was the founder of Communism.
>
> Karl Marx
Hardly... Read some Marx. Communism was a historical regression for Marx
whereby pre-modern values were inculcated within the process of
industrialization. The post-capitalist vision Marx has is of a post-economic
utopia where scarcity has been conquered by technology the human beings are
no longer forced into relations of production.
Communism was around well before Marx. I don't really know a specific
origin, but it is likely that it arose within certain protestant sects
during the 16th century...
Dan Clore
>
> You have probably spent 16 yrs and several hundred thousand dollars being
> "educated". But are you? Take this test of basic jr high school knowledge:
> How many legs do spiders have?
Eight or less, depending on how many you've pulled off.
> What language do they speak in Brazil?
Portuegese, Spanish, English, many native languages,
probably more.
> What language did the Romans speak?
Latin, Etruscan, Greek, Italian, probably many more.
> According to Christians, how many days did God take to create the world?
Depends on whether the Christians in question are
creationists, and if they are, whether they take the term
"day" literally.
--
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thee always, and break down any terminus on which is
written: 'So far shalt thou pass, but no further go.'"
--Clark Ashton Smith
Dan Clore
>
> More embarrassing questions:
> He was the founder of Communism.
You want Karl Marx, but he did not found communism.
Depending on how loosely the term is defined, examples can
be found going back thousands of years.
> How do you find the area of a rectangle?
Look inside the four lines and there it is.
--
Dan Clore
Now available: _The Unspeakable and Others_
All my fiction through 2001 and more. Intro by S.T. Joshi.
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Lord We˙rdgliffe and Necronomicon Page:
Dan Clore
>
> Still more embarrassing questions:
> This makes green plants green.
Chlorophyll, various carotenes, probably other things.
> Name three of the Ten Commandments.
First, second, and seventh.
> Name all of the vowels.
*All* of them? In every language? Without using phonetic
symbols?
Chain Smoker
> Still more embarrassing questions:
>
>
> These invaders ruled Spain for 700 years.
Moors, or as George might tell the bubble boy, the Moops
>
> This makes green plants green.
Chlorophyl
>
> Name three of the Ten Commandments.
Thou shalt not steal, kill, commit adultery
>
> What gas makes up most of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
>
> What strange property does ice have?
It is less dense as a solid than as a liquid
>
> Name two Scandinavian countries.
Finland, Norway. Or I could say Sweden, Denmark. Whichever you prefer
>
> What god threw a hammer?
Thor maybe? not sure
>
> Name all of the vowels.
a e i o u, sometimes y. I've also heard w can sometimes be considered a
vowel, but only from one source when I was in kindergarten. Never saw that
claim again, so I figure it was a mistake
>
> These primitive Europeans are now extinct.
Neanderthals
>
> What continent did American Indians come from?
Asia
>
> This group of animals raise their young in pouches.
marsupials
>
> Who was the "Belle of Amherst"?
no idea
>
> The sacred river of India?
also no idea
>
> The mountains of Switzerland?
Alps
>
> What cloth comes from "worms"?
silk
>
> The Brooklyn Bridge crosses this river.
East River? Just a guess
>
> Who painted the ceiling of Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
>
> This element makes up most of the earth's surface.
Oxygen maybe. I think sand is SiO2 or something like that, so there has to
be a lot of it. I am not sure if you mean by weight or by moles, and I
don't know if it would make any difference anyway. I'll stick with oxygen
as my guess.
>
> What happened at Kitty Hawk?
Wright brothers flew their plane a few seconds
>
> Lindbergh flew across this ocean.
Atlantic
>
> Henry Ford's most famous car?
Model T
>
> He drilled the first oil well in America.
I know this one, but I cannot dredge the info up ATM
>
> Name the two poles of a magnet.
North and South
>
> Name one of the islands of Japan.
Okinawa
>
>
>
> rAD
More wrong answers, but I enjoy these anyway. It's enlightening to see how
much I know and don't know.
Chain Smoker
news:uuplnde...@corp.supernews.com...
I would not be surprised if Thomas Moore's book (hope I remember the name
right), Utopia, introduced some form of communism or variant thereof to its
readers. I wouldn't swear to it, having only heard about it, and never
having actually read it.
That being the case, this question was not the only one with an answer
subject to debtate. I was at lunch and decided to go with the short answer
I thought most likely to be counted right, rather than write all my thoughts
on the matter out.
Chain Smoker
> The first atomic blast was in this state.
>
> Hitler was born in this country.
Late in the 19th
>
> Napoleon was born on this island.
Elba?
>
> Columbus was born on this peninsula.
Iberian
>
> She said, "Let them eat cake"
Marie Antoinette
>
> ...In answer to what statement?
They have no bread to eat
>
> He developed Alternating Current.
Nokola Tesla, one of the most brilliant men of his age. This was the shark
for whom Edison was the remora.
>
> What gas makes the bubbles in beer?
CO2, carbon dioxide
>
> Chile is on this continent.
South America
>
> What's different about laser light?
All of its light waves (and let's not have someone take the tangent on me
about light being both, waves and particles simultaneously) are exactly the
same frequency and polarity.
>
> The asteroid belt is between the orbits of these two planets.
Mars and Jupiter
>
> The father of radio?
Marconi
>
> These particles flow in the wiring of your house.
electrons
>
> Frenchman who discovered the effects of microbes?
Louis Pasteur
>
> First man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
>
> Gettysburg is in this state.
Pennsylvania? I am embarrassed not to know this one.
>
> He developed the V2 rocket.
Verner von Braun I think
>
> He found new uses for the peanut.
George Washinton Carver? wild guess here
>
>
> rAD
>
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"Dan Clore" <cl...@columbia-center.org> wrote in message
news:3DECD956...@columbia-center.org...
> rAD wrote:
> > How do you find the area of a rectangle?
>
> Look inside the four lines and there it is.
ROTFL
nfpi
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Kurt
> That being the case, this question was not the only one with an answer
> subject to debtate. I was at lunch and decided to go with the short
answer
> I thought most likely to be counted right, rather than write all my
thoughts
> on the matter out.
No offense intended. I just get a little touchy about people ascribing
'communism' to Marx [who happened to be a much more complex & influential
thinker than most in the mainstream would believe...]
I'm just wondering why rAD is on the jeopardy kick... I also think he needs
to dredge up some tougher questions. I've only seen a few so far that I
couldn't answer off the top of my head...
>
>
Chain Smoker
> How many strands are there in a double helix?
2
>
> Steel is made mostly of this element.
Iron, Fe
>
> He is credited with inventing the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
>
> Name the two elements in a carbohydrate.
carbon, hydrogen. I thought oxygen was also necessary to be a carbohydrate,
though. been 10 years since college though
>
> What chromosome do males have that females don't?
Y
>
> What is the colored part of your eye called?
Iris
>
> ...What does it do?
it is the part that dilates tomake the pupil larger or smaller
>
> This heavy element makes blood red.
Iron again.
>
> Name a famous Asian American besides Judge Ito.
Wen Ho Lee, but some circles still hold him to be infamous, so let me also
put Bruce Lee -- he kicked Chuck Norris's ass, and that makes him a hero to
me
>
> The mouth of the Mississippi is in this state.
Louisiana is it? I hate if it's in Mississippi, because then I look like a
dope. But I think it's a trick question, and the mouth is in Louisiana.
>
> What is the main different between plant and animal cells?
Cell walls
>
> He developed the first laws of gravity.
Newton.
>
> Filo Farnsworth is credited with inventing this.
was it television? another guess
>
>
> rAD
>
Mickey
news:3DECC436...@serv.net...
> rAD wrote:
>
> > More embarrassing questions:
> >
> > In what state did the two sections of the transcontinental railroad
meet?
>
> I want to say Kansas, but I don't think that is right.
Prompotory Point, Utah.
>
> > What body of water separates Europe and Africa?
>
> The most significant body of water is the Mediterranean Sea.
>
> > Mark Twain's real name?
>
> Samuel Clemens.
Langhorn, even
>
Mickey
Mickey
I wondered also, but having had him killfiled, I couldn't figure it out.
Then I found one post with a referback to his post, and figured it out right
away, which is why I didn't play the game. If you select reply to post, he
has it sent to a dummy e-mail. I made sure it was a dummy by sending one
through, just to watch it bounce. Now I remember why I had him killfiled to
start with.
Mickey
Adam Littman
>"rAD" <ha...@hoho.net> wrote in message
>news:uupd1fl...@corp.supernews.com...
>> She said, "Let them eat cake"
>
>Marie Antoinette
Actually, that quote was falsely attributed to her. She never said it.
>> What's different about laser light?
>
>All of its light waves (and let's not have someone take the tangent on me
>about light being both, waves and particles simultaneously) are exactly the
>same frequency and polarity.
And in phase.
Brain Death
wrote:
>rAD wrote:
>
>> More embarrassing questions:
>> He painted the Mona Lisa.
>
>Michelangelo.
Leonardo da Vinci.
BD
Brain Death
>More embarrassing questions:
>
>
>
>What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
adjective modifies a noun while an adverb modifies a verb or an
adjective.
>He was the founder of Communism.
Given that Marx notes that he was called a communist by others, it
would be hard to argue that he "founded" it.
>Who invented the phonograph?
Edison, with quibbles.
>What's different about a right triangle?
it has an INTERIOR 90 degree angle.
>The circumference of a circle divided by its diameter equals this.
Pi
>All vertebrates have this.
a spine/backbone
>What are the three primary colors of light?
red, blue, yellow
>The North Pole is under this ocean.
Arctic
>Cleopatra's most famous boyfriend?
I'd guess Julius Caesar is a little more famous than Marc Antony.
>He overthrew the Roman republic.
Arguably Julius Caesar alone, arguably Caesar with Pompey and Crassus,
arguably Octavian aka Augustus.
>This gas makes up most of the sun.
Hydrogen
>How many millimeter in a meter?
1000
>He painted the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo Da Vinci
>These organs make pee.
Kidneys
>The horse originated on this continent.
Asia
>
>Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt
>He was president during World War I.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
>How many "letters" make up the genetic "code"?
Four, GATC
>What canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Panama
>How do you find the area of a rectangle?
Take the length of the base and multiply it by the height.
>Name three of the Great Lakes.
Superior, Michigan, Erie
>In what state did the two sections of the transcontinental railroad meet?
Utah, Promontory Point.
>What body of water separates Europe and Africa?
Mediterranean
>Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel L. Clemens
>The father of "evolution"?
Darwin
>Alexander the Great spoke this language.
Greek
>In what country is Cape Town?
South Africa.
BD
Brain Death
>Still more embarrassing questions:
>
>
>These invaders ruled Spain for 700 years.
Who were the Moors?
>This makes green plants green.
Sunlight (try taking a plant out of the sun if you don't believe me).
Okay, I know you mean chlorophyll.
>Name three of the Ten Commandments.
Honor thy father and mother, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not
kill.
>What gas makes up most of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen.
>What strange property does ice have?
Many. It is an excellent fire retardant although its two component
parts are both highly flammable. Although its two component parts are
gases, it exists most commonly in the world as liquid or solid. It is
also one of the few substances that is less dense as a solid than it
is as a liquid.
>Name two Scandinavian countries.
Sweden, Norway.
>What god threw a hammer?
Thor, aka Dr. Don Blake
>Name all of the vowels.
a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y
>These primitive Europeans are now extinct.
Who were the neanderthals
>What continent did American Indians come from?
Asia
>This group of animals raise their young in pouches.
Marsupials, or of course a herd of kangaroos.
>Who was the "Belle of Amherst"?
Weirdo Emily Dickinson
>The sacred river of India?
Ganges
>The mountains of Switzerland?
Alps
>What cloth comes from "worms"?
Silk
>The Brooklyn Bridge crosses this river.
What is the East River?
>Who painted the ceiling of Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
>This element makes up most of the earth's surface.
Silicon
>What happened at Kitty Hawk?
The Wright Brothers first flew a plane.
>Lindbergh flew across this ocean.
What is the Atlantic?
>Henry Ford's most famous car?
What is the Model T
>He drilled the first oil well in America.
Hmmm, I know it was in Titusville, PA, don't know the driller's name.
>Name the two poles of a magnet.
North and South
>Name one of the islands of Japan.
Hokkaido.
BD
Gregory Gadow
Doh! At least I got the nationality right.
Tiny Human Ferret
>
> The first atomic blast was in this state.
New Mexico.
>
> Hitler was born in this country.
Austria.
>
> Napoleon was born on this island.
Corsica.
>
> Columbus was born on this peninsula.
Italy.
>
> She said, "Let them eat cake"
Marie Antionette.
>
> ...In answer to what statement?
"The people have no bread!"
>
> He developed Alternating Current.
Nikoli Tesla.
>
> What gas makes the bubbles in beer?
Carbon Dioxide.
>
> Chile is on this continent.
South America.
>
> What's different about laser light?
It is both monochromatic and coherent.
>
> The asteroid belt is between the orbits of these two planets.
Mars and Jupiter.
>
> The father of radio?
Guglielmo Marconi.
>
> These particles flow in the wiring of your house.
Electrons.
>
> Frenchman who discovered the effects of microbes?
Louis Pasteur.
>
> First man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong.
>
> Gettysburg is in this state.
Pennsylvania.
>
> He developed the V2 rocket.
Werner Van Braun.
>
> He found new uses for the peanut.
George Washington Carver.
>
> rAD
Total time, 3 minutes.
--
Be kind to your neighbors, even though they be transgenic chimerae.
Whom thou'st vex'd waxeth wroth: Meow. <-----> http://earthops.net/klaatu/
Mickey
> Brain Death wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 06:48:22 -0800, Gregory Gadow <tech...@serv.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >rAD wrote:
> > >
> > >> More embarrassing questions:
> >
> > >> He painted the Mona Lisa.
> > >
> > >Michelangelo.
> >
> > Leonardo da Vinci.
>
> Doh! At least I got the nationality right.
Other than the Capella Sistina, Michelangelo didn't paint, he sculpted. His
2 most famous works are the Pieta and David. Actually, for those that are
planning a visit to the Capella Sistina, the wooden panes painted by
Bottecelli are far more impressive than the ceiling :)
Mickey
Giles Hancock
>
> Still more embarrassing questions:
>
> These invaders ruled Spain for 700 years.
bulls
>
> This makes green plants green.
so what's the question ?
>
> Name three of the Ten Commandments.
Jeff, Bill, Marvin
>
> What gas makes up most of the atmosphere?
laughing
>
> What strange property does ice have?
it owns most of antarctica
>
> Name two Scandinavian countries.
finland, faeroe is
>
> What god threw a hammer?
thor, but who caught it ?
>
> Name all of the vowels.
ok, a is for annie, e is for eddie, i is for ike, o is for oscar, u is
for ursula
>
> These primitive Europeans are now extinct.
homo erectus; picts ? ; the plantagenets
>
> What continent did American Indians come from?
North America
>
> This group of animals raise their young in pouches.
hippies
>
> Who was the "Belle of Amherst"?
never heard of him
>
> The sacred river of India?
Ganga
>
> The mountains of Switzerland?
Jungfrau, Matterhorn, the Juras ...
>
> What cloth comes from "worms"?
German cotton
>
> The Brooklyn Bridge crosses this river.
who cares
>
> Who painted the ceiling of Sistine Chapel?
Lawrence-Llewellyn-Bowden
>
> This element makes up most of the earth's surface.
soil
>
> What happened at Kitty Hawk?
the sun rose ...
>
> Lindbergh flew across this ocean.
>
> Henry Ford's most famous car?
the Ford
>
> He drilled the first oil well in America.
who cares
>
> Name the two poles of a magnet.
Jerzy, Latislav
>
> Name one of the islands of Japan.
Oki Gunto
>
> rAD
Giles Hancock
>
>
> Name a famous Asian American besides Judge Ito.
Lucy Liu
>
> The mouth of the Mississippi is in this state.
wet
>
> What is the main different between plant and animal cells?
vegetarians don't eat animal cells
>
> He developed the first laws of gravity.
God ?
>
> Filo Farnsworth is credited with inventing this.
Silly names ?
>
> rAD
Giles Hancock
>
> The first atomic blast was in this state.
loud
>
> Hitler was born in this country.
no he wasn't
>
> Napoleon was born on this island.
nope
>
> Columbus was born on this peninsula.
>
> She said, "Let them eat cake"
>
> ...In answer to what statement?
>
> He developed Alternating Current.
>
> What gas makes the bubbles in beer?
>
> Chile is on this continent.
south-east asia
>
> What's different about laser light?
it comes in lotsa bright colours
>
> The asteroid belt is between the orbits of these two planets.
who needs a belt in space ?
>
> The father of radio?
Peter Sellers
>
> These particles flow in the wiring of your house.
mice ?
>
> Frenchman who discovered the effects of microbes?
a dead one
>
> First man on the moon?
HG Wells
>
> Gettysburg is in this state.
who cares
>
> He developed the V2 rocket.
V1's son
>
> He found new uses for the peanut.
Charles M Schultz
>
> rAD
Giles Hancock
Did Adam have a belly button ?
Why wasn't there a barber in Hobbiton ?
Why did the US drop TWO A bombs on Japan in 1945 ?
Mickey
news:3DEE8E5D...@NOSPAMxtra.co.nz...
>
>
> Did Adam have a belly button ?
Nope
>
> Why wasn't there a barber in Hobbiton ?
Hobbits cut their own hair
>
> Why did the US drop TWO A bombs on Japan in 1945 ?
Why not?
Mickey
Gregory Gadow
Even worse, I vacation to visit foreign museums specifically to see famous
works of art (forget the red-light district and "coffee" houses in Amsterdam;
visit the Reichsmuseum and see all those Rembrandts and van Goughs!) I went to
the Louvre last spring and saw the Mona Lisa with my own eyes. I have no excuse
for such a mistake :-(
Speaking of Michelangelo, I am hoping to visit either Florence or Rome next
year. Which to see... David or the Pieta?
--
Gregory Gadow
tech...@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
If it is the act of a traitor to speak out against the
Gregory Gadow
> Did Adam have a belly button ?
If you mean the Adam created by God as described in Genesis, there can
be no answer, as Adam never existed.
> Why wasn't there a barber in Hobbiton ?
There probably was, it just wasn't relevant to the story. There is no
mention of toilets, either.
> Why did the US drop TWO A bombs on Japan in 1945 ?
Because we had them.
Chain Smoker
Don't forget the van Gough (van Gogh) Museum. I found myself having to
choose between that and the Rijksmuseum, as I and my girlfriend had roamed
all over the Netherlands and run short on time -- after 2 weeks we had seen
much, but there is more yet to see on my next visit. We went with the
Rijksmuseum because the Rijksmuseum had a greater variety of artists,
including Rembrandt.
Incidentally, the Rijksmuseum's pride and joy, the colossal "Night Watchman"
is why I guessed wrong on the "Starry Night" question elsewhere in the
thread. I read Starry Night, but my mind's eye conjured up the Night
Watchman. I knew who had painted that, but was tentative in giving that
answer because I had a feeling that I was thinking of the wrong painting.
Turns out that feeling was correct.
Mickey
Yes, the reality is always disappointing. The Eifel Tower also looks better
on TV :o)
>
> Speaking of Michelangelo, I am hoping to visit either Florence or Rome
next
> year. Which to see... David or the Pieta?
Admitting my BIAS (in caps) here, I prefer Rome. It is my second favorite
city in Europe, behind Fussen, Germany, where both Maximillian II's castle
and Nueschwanstein are.
Mickey
Gregory Gadow
Err... I meant Rijksmuseum, not Reichsmusem. Drats, that Dutch and German are so
closely related except in spelling!
> as I and my girlfriend had roamed
> all over the Netherlands and run short on time -- after 2 weeks we had seen
> much, but there is more yet to see on my next visit. We went with the
> Rijksmuseum because the Rijksmuseum had a greater variety of artists,
> including Rembrandt.
I missed the Van Gough Museum. When I was there, the Rijksmuseum had two special
exhibits, one showing works of the Danish masters and one comprising sketches
done by Dutch and Flemish artists visiting Italy in the mid to late 15th
century, showing the development of composition and light/shadow interplay that
would bring the Renaissance to the Netherlands and inspire some of the greatest
works of painting every executed. There went my museum day. <shrug> Oh, well; an
excuse to go again.
> Incidentally, the Rijksmuseum's pride and joy, the colossal "Night Watchman"
> is why I guessed wrong on the "Starry Night" question elsewhere in the
> thread. I read Starry Night, but my mind's eye conjured up the Night
> Watchman. I knew who had painted that, but was tentative in giving that
> answer because I had a feeling that I was thinking of the wrong painting.
> Turns out that feeling was correct.
"Night Watch", actually
(http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/rembrandt27.html). Awesome piece of work.
The figures are almost *life size* and the painting is placed above eye level at
the end of a long hallway filled with the very best of Dutch and Flemish
artists. It was quite amusing to sit and watch visitors wander down the hall,
then stop and stare.
Gregory Gadow
I thought the Eiffel Tower was pretty impressive. I took the stairs up to the
second platform and the elevator to the very top. The view was nice but not
spectacular; Paris is too flat (and when I was there, too smoggy) for height to
do anything but loose detail.
> > Speaking of Michelangelo, I am hoping to visit either Florence or Rome next
> > year. Which to see... David or the Pieta?
>
> Admitting my BIAS (in caps) here, I prefer Rome. It is my second favorite
> city in Europe, behind Fussen, Germany, where both Maximillian II's castle
> and Nueschwanstein are.
Yeah, so much to see; so little time and money. I want to visit Bavaria to see
Mad King Ludwig's castles and sample genuine beer. See Venice before the sea
takes it. Moorish Spain. Athens. Monaco. Cairo and Karnak. Someday.
Chain Smoker
> Chain Smoker wrote:
>
> > "Gregory Gadow" <tech...@serv.net> wrote in message
> > news:3DEE31EA...@serv.net...
> > > Mickey wrote:
<snipped>
> > Don't forget the van Gough (van Gogh) Museum. I found myself having to
> > choose between that and the Rijksmuseum,
>
> Err... I meant Rijksmuseum, not Reichsmusem. Drats, that Dutch and German
are so
> closely related except in spelling!
I know what you mean. I have it easier I guess because I live in Germany
now, so I have gotten used to the difference.
>
> > as I and my girlfriend had roamed
> > all over the Netherlands and run short on time -- after 2 weeks we had
seen
> > much, but there is more yet to see on my next visit. We went with the
> > Rijksmuseum because the Rijksmuseum had a greater variety of artists,
> > including Rembrandt.
>
> I missed the Van Gough Museum. When I was there, the Rijksmuseum had two
special
> exhibits, one showing works of the Danish masters and one comprising
sketches
> done by Dutch and Flemish artists visiting Italy in the mid to late 15th
> century, showing the development of composition and light/shadow interplay
that
> would bring the Renaissance to the Netherlands and inspire some of the
greatest
> works of painting every executed. There went my museum day. <shrug> Oh,
well; an
> excuse to go again.
Only had one when I went, "Glory of the Golden Age -- Dutch art of the 17th
century" I get the feeling that they probably always have one special
exhibit or another going, no matter when you go. It blows the mind how many
well known paintings they have access to.
>
> > Incidentally, the Rijksmuseum's pride and joy, the colossal "Night
Watchman"
> > is why I guessed wrong on the "Starry Night" question elsewhere in the
> > thread. I read Starry Night, but my mind's eye conjured up the Night
> > Watchman. I knew who had painted that, but was tentative in giving that
> > answer because I had a feeling that I was thinking of the wrong
painting.
> > Turns out that feeling was correct.
>
> "Night Watch", actually
> (http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/rembrandt27.html). Awesome piece of
work.
> The figures are almost *life size* and the painting is placed above eye
level at
> the end of a long hallway filled with the very best of Dutch and Flemish
> artists. It was quite amusing to sit and watch visitors wander down the
hall,
> then stop and stare.
I stand corrected.
Mickey
I didn't find Paris overly impressive. Rome, on the other hand, is ALWAYS
impressive. My favorite hotel tehre is Villa Porta Ghese, which is the old
home of the Borgheses. It's a great walk from there to either the Vatican or
the Colloseum.
Also, while in Germany, it is always nice to take the trip to Lake Konstanz
(actually named The Boden Sea). There is a FABULOUS Steigenburger hotel
there called the Insel Hotel (it's on it's own little island). The lake
itself is part of 3 countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), and in the
middle is Isel Mainua, also known as Die Blumen Insel (the flower island),
which has millions of flowers and tress that are simply incredible to see. I
lived in Germany for quite a while, and travelled most of Italy and Germany
by car, so if you'd like any info, I'd be glad to share what I know with
you.
>
> > > Speaking of Michelangelo, I am hoping to visit either Florence or Rome
next
> > > year. Which to see... David or the Pieta?
> >
> > Admitting my BIAS (in caps) here, I prefer Rome. It is my second
favorite
> > city in Europe, behind Fussen, Germany, where both Maximillian II's
castle
> > and Nueschwanstein are.
>
> Yeah, so much to see; so little time and money. I want to visit Bavaria to
see
> Mad King Ludwig's castles and sample genuine beer. See Venice before the
sea
> takes it. Moorish Spain. Athens. Monaco. Cairo and Karnak. Someday.
As a point of history here, he wasn't really mad. He was considered as such
because he preferred to spend the kingdom's money building castles, whereas
his predecessors and contemporaries preferred to spend the money on war. He
was the major patron of Wagner and his music, and his death was altogether
odd. He allegedly drowned in 3 feet of water, while being acknowledged as
the best swimmer in all of Europe at the time.
BTW, if you do go to see the two castles (Maximiilian II and Ludwig III),
see the little town they are near (about 5 miles). That is the Fussen I
mentioned about (means feet, as in feet of the Alps). It's a beautiful town
with amazing painted buildings. One other thing, while the flowers around
the 2 castles are VERY impressive and beautiful, the castles themselves look
best in February, with all the snow and the mist around them.
Mickey
Mickey
notforpublicinfo
"Susan Cohen" <fla...@hers.com> wrote in message
news:3DEBD426...@hers.com...> > > In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
> >
> > Heh. Dunno this one at all.
>
> Lots of reasons; polar ice-cap melting, coastline changing...
...and to a far lesser degree, the mid-atlantic rift is spreading. This
causes the continents of the Americas and of Europe and Africa to be slowly
separating. Molten material from inside the earth comes up to fill that
void. It is caused by contintental drift. It is counterbalanced by having
the Pacific plate dive under the Americas.
All that is much slower than the effects you mentioned, however.
> > > How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
> >
> > 23 I think Or is that genes?
Chromosomes.
> > > What does Japan's name (in Japanese) mean?
> >
> > No idea
>
> I always figured "Nihon" meant...."Nihon"! I certainly never saw it used
any
> other way....
Isn't that Nippon?
Dave Simpson
> The term of a US Senator?
Four years, according to Democrats, such as the people chanting
"FOUR MORE YEARS!" for Carnahan on election night.
Typical Democrats are ignorant about other commonplace things, too.
It would be fascinating to learn how many of them believe Christopher
Columbus was the first President of the United States.
Dave Simpson
Dave Simpson
> > > In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
> >
> > Heh. Dunno this one at all.
>
> Lots of reasons; polar ice-cap melting, coastline changing...
Global warming is an eco-hoax-hype scare.
HINT: Look at South America and Africa.
The answer is, the Atlantic Ocean is getting larger (as the tectonic
plates that form it diverge).
(There is no excuse for any Californian, who should be fully aware
of plate tectonics, not being able to answer this question! What have
you been studying in school, rap music or global warming or
"nuclear/AIDS education"?)
Many of these questions are gimmicky and trivial, but wouldn't it be
good to have a set of serious questions (beginning with how long a
Senator's term is, and extending to the commonly acknowledged serious
political and economic issues of the day, and information related to
these) that would have to be passed in order to qualify for the vote.
The Democrats would never tolerate such a thing. There goes its
ignorance bloc, its bread and butter, for which vote fraud has no
chance of compensation!
Dave Simpson
Steve Thompson
'Scuse me for interrupting...
>Susan Cohen wrote:
>> > > In what way is the Atlantic ocean changing size?
>> >
>> > Heh. Dunno this one at all.
>>
>> Lots of reasons; polar ice-cap melting, coastline changing...
> Global warming is an eco-hoax-hype scare.
> HINT: Look at South America and Africa.
> The answer is, the Atlantic Ocean is getting larger (as the tectonic
>plates that form it diverge).
If that is true, wouldn't it mean that the sea level should be falling?
Regards,
Steve
Adam Littman
Not really. The plates only move at about 2.5 cm/year. And remember that the
worlds oceans are all connected to each other. The Pacific is shrinking, and
that makes up the difference. Also the polar ice caps have been melting since
the end of the last ice age. Raising the sea level.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/understanding.html
Steve Thompson
>In article <3026076ae08bf0fe...@Qax.com>, Steve Thompson <stev...@hotmail.coma.ca> wrote:
>>In <23e7f86e.02120...@posting.google.com> david_l...@yahoo.com
>> (Dave Simpson) writes:
>>> The answer is, the Atlantic Ocean is getting larger (as the tectonic
>>>plates that form it diverge).
>>
>>If that is true, wouldn't it mean that the sea level should be falling?
>Not really. The plates only move at about 2.5 cm/year. And remember that the
>worlds oceans are all connected to each other. The Pacific is shrinking, and
>that makes up the difference. Also the polar ice caps have been melting since
>the end of the last ice age. Raising the sea level.
I see. So if the polar ice caps have been melting for the last 10k years or
so, then it's natural that the Earth's albedo would fall proportionate to the
reduced area of reflectivity, leading to falling temperatures. However,
Scientists are saying that the world's average temperature has risen half a
degree or so over the last century. So I guess that global warming must then
really be a result of industry dumping particulate matter and CO2 into the
atmosphere, which results in less radiated heat (and greater precipitation in
areas inclined to receive rain and snow).
Looks like a positive feedback loop that might not break for quite a while,
Kyoto Protocol notwithstanding.
>http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/understanding.html
Thanks for the reference.
Regards,
Steve
Adam Littman
>In <asul6v$9km$4...@news01.cit.cornell.edu> al...@nospam.cornell.edu (Adam Littman)
> writes:
>
>>In article <3026076ae08bf0fe...@Qax.com>, Steve Thompson
> <stev...@hotmail.coma.ca> wrote:
>>>In <23e7f86e.02120...@posting.google.com>
> david_l...@yahoo.com
>>> (Dave Simpson) writes:
>>>> The answer is, the Atlantic Ocean is getting larger (as the tectonic
>>>>plates that form it diverge).
>>>
>>>If that is true, wouldn't it mean that the sea level should be falling?
>
>>Not really. The plates only move at about 2.5 cm/year. And remember that the
>>worlds oceans are all connected to each other. The Pacific is shrinking, and
>>that makes up the difference. Also the polar ice caps have been melting since
>>the end of the last ice age. Raising the sea level.
>
>I see. So if the polar ice caps have been melting for the last 10k years or
>so, then it's natural that the Earth's albedo would fall proportionate to the
>reduced area of reflectivity, leading to falling temperatures. However,
Rising temperatures. Both the start and the end of an ice age tend to be a
vicious cycle. At the start, more snow and ice means higher albedo (more light
reflecting into space without heating the earth first). Leading to lower
temperatures. Leading to more ice and snow. Lather, rinse, repeat.
At the end, the reverse happens. Melting ice and snow, lower albedo, more
light absorbed, higher temperature, etc.
>Scientists are saying that the world's average temperature has risen half a
>degree or so over the last century. So I guess that global warming must then
>really be a result of industry dumping particulate matter and CO2 into the
>atmosphere, which results in less radiated heat (and greater precipitation in
>areas inclined to receive rain and snow).
Let's not be too quick to say that is the only thing that causes heat
increases. The Sun's output is not constant, higher solar temperatures mean
more light hitting earth. There are also negative feedback loops involved.
Higher temperatures mean more cloud cover, higher albedo from the clouds, more
visible light reflected back into space.
Most of the warming noted has been nighttime and winter temperature increases,
as you would expect, since cloud cover at night doesn't reflect the Sun's
light back into space.
All in all, a very complex problem.
>Looks like a positive feedback loop that might not break for quite a while,
>Kyoto Protocol notwithstanding.
--
Steve Thompson
>In article <5b607f53f98f464c...@Qax.com>, Steve Thompson <stev...@hotmail.coma.ca> wrote:
>>>Not really. The plates only move at about 2.5 cm/year. And remember that the
>>>worlds oceans are all connected to each other. The Pacific is shrinking, and
>>>that makes up the difference. Also the polar ice caps have been melting since
>>>the end of the last ice age. Raising the sea level.
>>
>>I see. So if the polar ice caps have been melting for the last 10k years or
>>so, then it's natural that the Earth's albedo would fall proportionate to the
>>reduced area of reflectivity, leading to falling temperatures. However,
>Rising temperatures. Both the start and the end of an ice age tend to be a
>vicious cycle. At the start, more snow and ice means higher albedo (more light
>reflecting into space without heating the earth first). Leading to lower
>temperatures. Leading to more ice and snow. Lather, rinse, repeat.
This seems to fit my experience. Were I have lived, the winter snow-falls
have in recent years tended to be far less than what I recall from my early
childhood, although I cannot attest to any perceived change in temperature
over time -- and who would personally notice an average change of a mere one
degree over tens of years? Certainly not I!
>At the end, the reverse happens. Melting ice and snow, lower albedo, more
>light absorbed, higher temperature, etc.
[snip]
>Most of the warming noted has been nighttime and winter temperature increases,
>as you would expect, since cloud cover at night doesn't reflect the Sun's
>light back into space.
And that results in an insulating effect where radiated heat from the surface
is captured by cloud-cover?
>All in all, a very complex problem.
Yup. I really wouldn't want to be one responsible for trying to simulate
global weather patterns... Sounds too much like a lost cause.
Regards,
Steve
Adam Littman
Possibly some IIRC water vapor is a greenhouse gas, but I think it is more
along the lines of the clouds during the day counterbalancing the insulation
of the greenhouse gases, but not doing so at night.