+Couparangus Posted October 22, 2006 Author Share Posted October 22, 2006 If it were not for a friend of mine obsessed with particle physics I wouldn't even know about this stuff. This guy has his built his very own particle accellerator which is truly frightening to watch. Some of his other experiments I'm sworn to secrecy on are equally astonishing. Interesting stuff, but let's keep it on-geo-topic! Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Guess How Many! The jar is all of Canada, the jelly beans are new geocaches of all types placed in the last 30 days. I will let the contest run for a bit, and the closest person is the winner. One answer per person, please. No tools allowed except your brain. Quote Link to comment
+wavector Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 but let's keep it on-geo-topic! I really didn't know physics was off topic, the quark question mislead me. I did manage to refrain from posting any links or even using Google at all. Now I see it is turning into a contest thread! I will guess 389 jelly beans, I mean caches. Any idea of how many days this contest is going to run? The number of days you keep the contest running could have a significant impact on the final answer. Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I'm thinking no more than a couple days. I want enough time for everybody to get an answer in, but not drag it out too much. (The actual answer is based on today.) Quote Link to comment
general_tupperware Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Guessing around 450, but probably if I get it right, I will miss my 24 hour deadline and someone else will get the question. Oh well, fine by me... Quote Link to comment
+Rideau Rangers Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I'll say 275 Quote Link to comment
+mark&beth Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I'll go way out there and guess 1465. I like thinking big haha Quote Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I'll go way out there and guess 1465. I like thinking big haha That's not a bad guess! But, I'll be a little more conservative: 1280 Quote Link to comment
+Landsharkz Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 A wild jellybelly guess of 630! Quote Link to comment
+geek-e Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 my guess is 1168. Quote Link to comment
+res2100 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 862, but I don't like Jellybeans. Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Did I win??? Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 New caches of all types placed in the last 30 days (from the date of my jelly bean jar post): Quebec = 358 Ontario = 314 Alberta = 172 BC = 151 Nova Scotia = 122 New Brunswick = 83 PEI = 52 Manitoba = 45 Newfoundland = 38 Saskatchewan = 30 Nunavut = 1 NWT & Yukon = 0 A total of 1,366 caches! Holy snappin' hell cats! That's a lot! Mark&Beth had the first close answer, coming within 99. Geek-e was also fairly close (within 198). And the winner is GrosseFamille who came within 86 caches with their answer of 1,280. Interestingly, GrosseFamille is also from La Belle province where the most caches were placed. Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I am thinking of a virtual cache in front of the Science Centre in Toronto (Every Cache Moves). There is a big spike in the plaza that is driven down into the centre of the earth, and the spike has torn the sidewalk as the plate moves. I think the rip is about 1m and I think the Science Centre has been there about 30 years. While we wait for the next question, I'll ask one to keep this place busy. Q: if it is in fact true that the spike is driven into the centre of the earth, how long would the spike be? I'll accept the answer in units of metres or kilometres. hint: it would be a hell of a long spike Quote Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 New caches of all types placed in the last 30 days (from the date of my jelly bean jar post): Quebec = 358 Ontario = 314 Alberta = 172 BC = 151 Nova Scotia = 122 New Brunswick = 83 PEI = 52 Manitoba = 45 Newfoundland = 38 Saskatchewan = 30 Nunavut = 1 NWT & Yukon = 0 A total of 1,366 caches! Holy snappin' hell cats! That's a lot! Mark&Beth had the first close answer, coming within 99. Geek-e was also fairly close (within 198). And the winner is GrosseFamille who came within 86 caches with their answer of 1,280. Interestingly, GrosseFamille is also from La Belle province where the most caches were placed. Hey! Nice.. I keep a close count on the caches placed in Québec.. picked a number, 256, and multiplied by 5 - not all the provinces are as proliphic as Qc and Ont. I am thinking of a virtual cache in front of the Science Centre in Toronto (Every Cache Moves). There is a big spike in the plaza that is driven down into the centre of the earth, and the spike has torn the sidewalk as the plate moves. I think the rip is about 1m and I think the Science Centre has been there about 30 years. While we wait for the next question, I'll ask one to keep this place busy. Q: if it is in fact true that the spike is driven into the centre of the earth, how long would the spike be? I'll accept the answer in units of metres or kilometres. hint: it would be a hell of a long spike I skip my turn.. don't have any Qs! But I'll try to answers.. 5000Km? Quote Link to comment
+res2100 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Since the earth is an elipse and not a perfect sphear, being fatter at the equator, it all depends on where on earth you drive the spike into it. Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Since the earth is an elipse and not a perfect sphear, being fatter at the equator, it all depends on where on earth you drive the spike into it. If you want to do some math, you can get the exact coordinates of the spike from this post. Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Since the earth is an elipse and not a perfect sphear, being fatter at the equator, it all depends on where on earth you drive the spike into it. You're absolutely right, but the difference is of the order of 20 km or so. So, here is the question, reworded: What is the AVERAGE radius of the Earth, in other words, the number that is used in intorductory calculus and physics classes? Quote Link to comment
+TBranch Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 mean radius of apx 6380km Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 mean radius of apx 6380km You got it! I would have accepted anywhere between 6370 and 6400 km. Next question is yours! Quote Link to comment
+TBranch Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 OK - This was a bonus question on my survey final exam and I have always remembered it. Leave point A and travel at a heading of 180 degrees for 357m Turn and travel at 90 degrees for 143m Turn to 0 degrees and travel 357m look down and you will be at your start point Explain how this is possible. Quote Link to comment
+hidnseek Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 your standing on the north pole Quote Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 your standing on the north pole Ditto Quote Link to comment
+Juicepig Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 OK - This was a bonus question on my survey final exam and I have always remembered it. Leave point A and travel at a heading of 180 degrees for 357m Turn and travel at 90 degrees for 143m Turn to 0 degrees and travel 357m look down and you will be at your start point Explain how this is possible. Your GPS is really broken Quote Link to comment
+Fish Below The Ice Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 your standing on the north pole Or you're starting *mumble* meters north of the south pole, so that your 143m journey to the east will take you in a circle around the pole back to where you started. (Penantry: or will take you in n complete circles around the pole) dave Quote Link to comment
+hidnseek Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 where is the geographical center of Canada? Quote Link to comment
+hidnseek Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 correct your turn Quote Link to comment
+VO2WW Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 What is the longest transportation tunnel in Canada Quote Link to comment
+northernpenguin Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 What is the longest transportation tunnel in Canada Well I'm out for this one. I googled it, and it was right where I thought it would be. Quite the tunnel. Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 What is the longest transportation tunnel in Canada I'll take a stab and say the tunnel in Roger's Pass? Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 There must be some seriously stale air in that tunnel!! Quote Link to comment
+VO2WW Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Yep, Connaught Tunnel in Rogers Pass, take it away Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 (edited) Yep, Connaught Tunnel in Rogers Pass, take it away Coo' . Where is the oldest known (dated) rock in the world from and what is its approximate age? You can state the location as an approximate distance and direction from the nearest populated centre if you like. Bonus marks if you can name the formation, the rock type and geologic province the rock occurs in. Edited October 27, 2006 by shearzone Quote Link to comment
QuigleyJones Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Umm... If I recall correctly its part of the Canadian Shield, about 3.5bill years and igneous intrusive. Probably in Ontario but dammed if I know the closest town. Also I think theres some rocks of about the same age in central Australia. If im right my question is: Where is the oldest know sedimentary rock and how old is it. Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) Umm... If I recall correctly its part of the Canadian Shield, about 3.5bill years and igneous intrusive. Probably in Ontario but dammed if I know the closest town. Also I think theres some rocks of about the same age in central Australia. If im right my question is: Where is the oldest know sedimentary rock and how old is it. you're right about it's in the Canadian Shield part, but it's NOT in Ontario. The sedimentary rocks from Australia have detrital zircons that were dated to 4.2 billion years old. That means, the igneous or metamorphic rocks in which those zircons were crystallized were eroded to shed sediment (including zircons) for those sedimentary rocks were that old, but the deposition and concretion of those sedimentary rocks MUST have occured later, therefore the rock must be younger than 4.2 billion years. Without fossil data (ex. biostratigraphy), there is no known process to date the age of deposition of a sedimentary rock. No one has successfully identified the source rock of these sediments. At that age, there is a very good chance that the source rock has been lost to erosion. Edited October 28, 2006 by shearzone Quote Link to comment
VI Waypoint Hunters Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 you're right about it's in the Canadian Shield part, but it's NOT in Ontario.<snip> Hhmm.... Quebec? Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 you're right about it's in the Canadian Shield part, but it's NOT in Ontario.<snip> Hhmm.... Quebec? not Quebec, think more to the North Quote Link to comment
VI Waypoint Hunters Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 you're right about it's in the Canadian Shield part, but it's NOT in Ontario.<snip> Hhmm.... Quebec? not Quebec, think more to the North OK, how about the Northwest Territories I fiqure if I throw enough darts, maybe one will hit the target Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 you're right about it's in the Canadian Shield part, but it's NOT in Ontario.<snip> Hhmm.... Quebec? not Quebec, think more to the North OK, how about the Northwest Territories I fiqure if I throw enough darts, maybe one will hit the target OK, OK, it's the Acasta gneiss (say 'nice') of the Slave geologic province in the NWT, about 350 km north of Yellowknife. The rock was dated at almost 4.0 billion years old. I'll ask an easier question. How old do geologist estimate the Earth is? Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I'll ask an easier question. How old do geologist estimate the Earth is? Ummm... 6,000 years? Oh, wait... you said geologist. Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 According to my pre-history book, which my daughter has taken an interest in, I do believe it starts at 4,600,000,000 years ago. Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 According to my pre-history book, which my daughter has taken an interest in, I do believe it starts at 4,600,000,000 years ago. In other words, 4.6 billion years old (aka 4.6 Ga, Ga = giga annum). The world was a very different place back then. There was no atmosphere to protect the surface from cosmic rays and burn up in-coming meteors, no water and much of the crust was still molten. Conditions of the early Earth were harsh to say the least. Your question Couparangus. Quote Link to comment
+AV Dezign Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 There was no atmosphere to protect the surface from cosmic rays and burn up in-coming meteors, no water and much of the crust was still molten. Conditions of the early Earth were harsh to say the least. Your question Couparangus. So back then 5_Star caches were the norm? Quote Link to comment
CooeyMB Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I would guess so! Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 There was no atmosphere to protect the surface from cosmic rays and burn up in-coming meteors, no water and much of the crust was still molten. Conditions of the early Earth were harsh to say the least. Your question Couparangus. So back then 5_Star caches were the norm? ... back then, there weren't many drive-by micros yet Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 There was no atmosphere to protect the surface from cosmic rays and burn up in-coming meteors, no water and much of the crust was still molten. Conditions of the early Earth were harsh to say the least. Your question Couparangus. So back then 5_Star caches were the norm? ... back then, there weren't many drive-by micros yet Back then the solar system was a cosmic shooting gallery, and we are talking VERY heavy artillery! Quote Link to comment
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