+The Forester Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 A smidgen under 21%. It's such a steady figure, regardless of atmospheric conditions, that we calibrate dive gear O2 sensors by adjusting the scale to read 21% in fresh air on the surface, Link to comment
+The Golem Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Pingaling! Well done - next question please... Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 (edited) I'm confident that my answer's correct, unless the questioner wants the figure to two decimal places (21.95), so here's my related(?) question: Where in the world is most of the world's Helium located? Edited August 21, 2006 by The Forester Link to comment
+Team Maddie UK Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I'm confident that my answer's correct, unless the questioner wants the figure to two decimal places (21.95), so here's my related(?) question: Where in the world is most of the world's Helium located? I think that's in the States. I seem to recall that is why Germany used hydrogen in the Zeppelins because they didn't have access to the Helium. Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Yup, Texicass, in fact. In the 1920s the US made a strategic decision to corner the world market in Helium so that Uncle Sam could hold the entire world's airship industry to ransom. The plan came to grief, along with public confidence, as a result of the Hindenburg whoopsie. The strategic reserve, which holds something like 90% of the world's Helium, is mostly located in Texas and is currently for sale. They've been trying to flog the stuff off for about ten years now, but big business spiked the Fed's plan by having their tame Congresscritters insert a clause into the Act which has resulted in the Fed having to price its Helium at 25% above the free market rate. Hence, the main buyer for the stuff is the gumment itself which now has to buy it, 25% above the market rate, from itself. Dontcha juz love capitalism and the game of Monopoly! Link to comment
+Team Maddie UK Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 In the 1920s the US made a strategic decision to corner the world market in Helium so that Uncle Sam could hold the entire world's airship industry to ransom. The plan came to grief, along with public confidence when the whole government of the USA started speaking in such high squeaky voices that no-one could understand them. In what kind of device would you find a fusee? Link to comment
+Family Hodge Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 While we're waiting for Pharisee... Can you tell me what percentage of the Earth's atmosphere is made up of oxygen? 21% Link to comment
+Team Maddie UK Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 While we're waiting for Pharisee... Can you tell me what percentage of the Earth's atmosphere is made up of oxygen? 21% Sorry, already answered by the Forester Link to comment
+Family Hodge Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 (edited) While we're waiting for Pharisee... Can you tell me what percentage of the Earth's atmosphere is made up of oxygen? 21% Sorry, already answered by the Forester and this is not the first time i have aswered an old question ????????????????????????????????????? Sorry Edited August 21, 2006 by Family Hodge Link to comment
+Team Maddie UK Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Yep, done it myself Link to comment
+rutson Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Easee peasee, you find the fusee in the plugee Link to comment
+Team Maddie UK Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Easee peasee, you find the fusee in the plugee Nice idea but ... NO Link to comment
+MarigauxToby Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 OK first time I've managed to answer a post on here I think that a fusee is part of a clock, something to do with the weights as I recall. Claire Link to comment
+Team Maddie UK Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 That's a ding on that one Marigaux It's a conical device that compensates for the change in pull of the weight as the chain gets longer. Over to you... Link to comment
+MarigauxToby Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Although there have been many grey horses who have run in the Grand National there have only ever been two grey horses who have won it. Name these two grey horses. Link to comment
+The Golem Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 Think we need a clue... Link to comment
+melmur Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Lamb (a long time ago but won it twice apparantly) & Nikolaus Silver (in the 60's). Neither of which I would have known if I had not been to a pub quiz tonight. Link to comment
+melmur Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 & just in case I'm right, here's the next question..... where is bbroyġbvġw used? and your best attempt at a 'PC' mnemonic please. Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 The way I remember resistor value colour codes is that it's the order of the colours of the spectrum of light, but a mnemonic I was taught by a Tech is: Bad beer rots our young guts, but vodka goes well. Aviation is full of mnemonics. One which I'm quite sure will instantly spring to mind if I ever have an engine failure on takeoff in a twin-engined aircraft is: Firewall everything. --this means push all engine control levers all the way forward. Undercarriage up. --you don't need the gear yet and the aerodynamic drag impedes climbout. Check which engine iss failing. --shutting down the wrong engine is a killer. Kill the dying engine. --shut off the fuel and electrics to stop fire and feather the propeller to prevent drag. Link to comment
+MarigauxToby Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Here's Melmurs retrospective DING (I see he's already asked the next question) Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) Presuming I was right in my selection of what the letters represented, here's my challenge: Now that Pluto has been demoted from being a planet to being a mere cartoon dog, think of a suitable mnemonic for the order, in increasing distance from the sun, of all the planets of the solar system. My now obsolete one was My Very Easy Method Just Simply Uses Nine Planets. Today's Friday Quiz is slightly unusual in that there is no preconceived answer. Best mnemonic to be entered by pub opening time today (circa 18:00 if the barmaid's off her back) wins. Usual rules apply: Judge's opinion will be biassed, bigotted, incomprehensible, but final. Vaguely caching or navigation related theme for the mnemonic will incur the Judge's favour Winner gets to set the next (conventional) pub quiz question. Edited August 25, 2006 by The Forester Link to comment
+Tiger-Eyes Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 My very early marrows just suited Uncle Neville Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) More Verses Eight Might Just Spark Universal Nonsense Edited August 25, 2006 by Simply Paul Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Should we assume that you want the Full Monty of 12? ...cos that's going to be tricky. MrsB Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Only the newly accepted list of planets counts. Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Mythical Virgin Eventually Makes Joyful Sounds Until Nightfall Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Pharisee's one is the most memorable, for my limited memory. Pharisee's go. Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Ok... just to maintain the theme.... Who discovered Pluto and in what 'Merican State was he when he discovered it? Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 The name Tomball springs to mind. There's an airfield just outside Houston Tx named after him, so i guess he was in Texas when he discovered Pluto. Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Subsequently Googled and found that I'm only half right, so I don't win the coconut. Dammnable thing is that I've flown to the local airport of the observatory where he did discover Pluto. Methinks I know which cacher is going to win this one 'cos he's the sumbitch who threw a very hard and deeply frozen slushball at me there, from a range of 30 metres, and scored a direct hit! Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 The information I had was :- Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Arizona I'll be off-line now until at least next Tuesday so if somebody (Mr Forester?) could set a new question, I'd appreciate it. Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 OK, a quick one: If you need to improvise a compass, you know that iron is a magnetic metal and can easily be used to find Magnetic North/South. Nickel is another magnetic metal. What is the third metallic element which is magnetisable? Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Nice easy one for a Saturday morning - Cobalt is the third magentic metal. Cheers! Seasider Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Yup, easy. Give us anuvver. Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) OK. Keeping with the space theme of the last few questions ... Five "nations" are currently planning manned lunar missions for the first quarter of the 21st century. Two of the would be protagonists are obvious - NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) who plan to land independent missions in 2018. The three other nations plan to land circa 2025 - who are they? Cheers! Seasider Edited August 26, 2006 by Seasider Link to comment
+The Forester Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 The Plentiful People's Republic of China; The Former Worker's Paradise of WotzLeftOfRussia; The Questionable democratic state of British West Lothian. Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 The Plentiful People's Republic of China; The Former Worker's Paradise of WotzLeftOfRussia; The Questionable democratic state of British West Lothian. 1/3 correct. Cheers! Link to comment
+Alice Band Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 China Japan Russia plans to beat everyone by getting there by 2015 Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 China Japan Russia plans to beat everyone by getting there by 2015 2/3 correct! Cheers! Seasider Link to comment
+Alice Band Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 2/3 correct! Cheers! I'm curious now - I asked one of my neighbours who works at the National Space Centre to get that answer. They didn't think there was a third one, except for Russia who are racing to beat everyone Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) See below - edited to give next question to Alice Band as their answer was close enough but MartyBartfast beat me to it! Cheers! Seasider Edited August 26, 2006 by Seasider Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 2/3 correct! Cheers! I'm curious now - I asked one of my neighbours who works at the National Space Centre to get that answer. They didn't think there was a third one, except for Russia who are racing to beat everyone Seems the NSC is a bit behind the curve. There is no official policy by the Russia Government to go to the moon. Your friend is referring to a company called RKKE which announced it would like to build a lunar base if Mr Putin would give them the money! Still one country missing. I'll give you a clue. Their inaugral mission (unmanned) is due for launch in early 2008 and will be called Chandrayaan-1. Cheers! Seasider India? (Plus Japan & China from previous answers) Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) 2/3 correct! Cheers! I'm curious now - I asked one of my neighbours who works at the National Space Centre to get that answer. They didn't think there was a third one, except for Russia who are racing to beat everyone Seems the NSC is a bit behind the curve. There is no official policy by the Russia Government to go to the moon. Your friend is referring to a company called RKKE which announced it would like to build a lunar base if Mr Putin would give them the money! Still one country missing. I'll give you a clue. Their inaugral mission (unmanned) is due for launch in early 2008 and will be called Chandrayaan-1. Cheers! Seasider India? (Plus Japan & China from previous answers) Correct! India have plans for a manned mission. They announced in 2004 a target date of 2015 which was then revised to 2025 and is subject to the performance of their robotic missions (and cash). Sorry had amended above to give the next question to Alice Band but over to you. Cheers! Seasider Edited August 26, 2006 by Seasider Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 OK change of tack :- Which is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world? Link to comment
+rutson Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I'll have a punt at Damascus Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I'll have a punt at Damascus DING. Your turn. Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 Looks like Rutson is busy finishing his much anticipated GSAK script! Cheers! Seasider Link to comment
+rutson Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Eak sorry! Yes have been working on the script, it's far from ready for release yet, it's in alpha testing with the GSAK beta testers at the moment, and I've been ironing out some bugs and adding more features as well as running it on several sets of test data. I want it to be as stable and user friendly as possible before letting it fly It's now over 1300 lines :$ Anyway... a err.... question.... OK, last bug I ironed out was in the "Fastest 100" section, who were the cachers in the UK who set that benchmark? Link to comment
+Seasider Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Eak sorry! Yes have been working on the script, it's far from ready for release yet, it's in alpha testing with the GSAK beta testers at the moment, and I've been ironing out some bugs and adding more features as well as running it on several sets of test data. I want it to be as stable and user friendly as possible before letting it fly It's now over 1300 lines :$ Anyway... a err.... question.... OK, last bug I ironed out was in the "Fastest 100" section, who were the cachers in the UK who set that benchmark? Well - Molinnis Crew, Plymplodders and Wadders equalled the record last week but I can't seem to remember who set it earlier in the year...! :) Cheers! Seasider Link to comment
+Alice Band Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Do I get ask a question then if Seasider gets a Ding? Link to comment
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