Canadian Geopub Quiz

[+Juicepig]

Chinese Compass?

[+willowbrookfarm]

a sextant?

[danoshimano]

A piece of lodestone (magnetic rock).

[+Bullfrog Eh-Team]

Earliest form of a functional compass ? How about 'a shadow' ? The sun casts a shadow along a measurable path - creating one point in time and then another point in time, of the observers choice. The difference in the location of the 'points' then provides a 'direction' to follow - hence the the SHADOW is a 'functional' (read moving, not fixed') compass.

Or, is this response just too geographicly, chronologicly simple ?

Edited November 3, 2007 by Bullfrog Eh-Team

[lewis82]

The chinese chariot that points to the south?

[Stroover]

A piece of lodestone (magnetic rock).

 

Danoshimano is the closest. I was looking for the olmec hematite, which in fact did use a loadstone, and dates back to 1000 B.C. Take it away, Dano!

Edited November 3, 2007 by Stroover

[+Bullfrog Eh-Team]

A piece of lodestone (magnetic rock).

 

Danoshimano is the closest. I was looking for the olmec hematite, which in fact did use a loadstone, and dates back to 1000 B.C. Take it away, Dano!

Guess I thought 'shadows' might have been used to indicate directions before 1000 yr BC ! Oh Well, I'll try harder next time.

[Stroover]

A piece of lodestone (magnetic rock).

 

Danoshimano is the closest. I was looking for the olmec hematite, which in fact did use a loadstone, and dates back to 1000 B.C. Take it away, Dano!

Guess I thought 'shadows' might have been used to indicate directions before 1000 yr BC ! Oh Well, I'll try harder next time.

 

Know what? I had never heard of the use of shaddows for direction. So, if y'all think he should get it, I'm easy. I'll let you folks decide.

[+Bullfrog Eh-Team]

Know what? I had never heard of the use of shaddows for direction. So, if y'all think he should get it, I'm easy. I'll let you folks decide.

Sorry ! Guess I was thinking outside the box again. I'll bow to Dano's concrete hand's-on instrument. Go to it Dano.

[+ve1bvd]

What was the earliest known form of a functionnal compass? (as in something mobile, not the North Star).

 

A magnetized needle, placed on a small piece of wood, and floating in a shallow bowl. The needle will point to the magnetic north pole, of course. Placing it on the floating piece of wood allows it to swing in azimuth [the horizontal plane]

 

Howzat?

 

Phil/ve1bvd

[Stroover]

What was the earliest known form of a functionnal compass? (as in something mobile, not the North Star).

 

A magnetized needle, placed on a small piece of wood, and floating in a shallow bowl. The needle will point to the magnetic north pole, of course. Placing it on the floating piece of wood allows it to swing in azimuth [the horizontal plane]

 

Howzat?

 

Phil/ve1bvd

 

That came much later after the olmec hematite. What you're describing is the pre-cursor to the actual compass.

[danoshimano]

Okay... I'm thinking of something...

[+TOMTEC]

Okay... I'm thinking of something...

Is it Purple?

 

 

 

TOMTEC

[+2happy2gether]

Okay... I'm thinking of something...

 

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

[+Bullfrog Eh-Team]

Okay... I'm thinking of something...

I think I see the smoke over the horizon.....

[lewis82]

Is it alive?

[Stroover]

Does it use batteries?

[+ElectroQTed]

Animal, vegetable, mineral or unkown?

[danoshimano]

HAHA! You asked for it...

 

Is it Purple?

No.

 

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

Yes.

 

I think I see the smoke over the horizon.....

Yes.

 

Is it alive?

No.

 

Does it use batteries?

No.

 

Animal, vegetable, mineral or unkown?

Mineral.

 

That's 6, 14 to go!

 

Okay, okay. I'll show a picture.

 

What is THIS?

[+Landsharkz]

It looks like a variable geometry exhaust duct from a jet engine with an afterburner. (Chris' answer).

[QuigleyJones]

Oh thats easy, its the Parliamentary Library.

[QuigleyJones]

Google shows I'm right.

So next question.

 

What do these three buildings have in common?

I'm looking for one specific thing.

 

[danoshimano]

It looks like a variable geometry exhaust duct from a jet engine with an afterburner. (Chris' answer).

 

Heh heh heh. Good one.

 

The correct answer is "Library of Parliament" (close enough, Quigley). It was finished in 1876, and spared from destruction in 1916 when the rest of the Centre Block of the Parliament building was destroyed by fire. I believe it was early evening, and the people who were in the library discovered the fire and closed some big steel doors therefore saving the library.

 

[Stroover]

I'm trying to see the corelation of this with navigation or whatever, and I'm only getting a brain fart.

[+Juicepig]

I'm trying to see the corelation of this with navigation or whatever, and I'm only getting a brain fart.

 

Perhaps becuase it has more to do with canadian geography.. now stop stinking up the place! \

 

What do these three buildings have in common?

 

All have parking lots, and roofs

Edited November 7, 2007 by Juicepig

[QuigleyJones]

What do these three buildings have in common?

All have parking lots, and roofs

Correct, but thats not the anwser Im looking for.

Forgot what the guideline are but my Q is on canadiana, which I say is good enough.

[lewis82]

They all relate to airplanes?

 

The first might be a air tunnel for testing plane aerodynamics (NASA has one similar to that, if it really is one).

 

The third is an airport.

 

And as for the second... no idea.

[Stroover]

They're all a-symetrical? Man-made? designed by the same canadian architect?

[+Landsharkz]

I'm trying to see the corelation of this with navigation or whatever, and I'm only getting a brain fart.

I think there's a webcam at the Parliament Buildings so this is an actual geocache location

[QuigleyJones]

They all relate to airplanes?

 

The first might be a air tunnel for testing plane aerodynamics (NASA has one similar to that, if it really is one).

 

The third is an airport.

 

And as for the second... no idea.

Nope

To be more specific im looking for whats within each building (1 item).

 

#1 isnt in canada, but very canadian (probably the hardest to identify but if you get #2,3 it should be easy)

#2 is visable from danoshimano's building

#3 is next to where I am

 

Bonus hint:

Gur nafjre vf nyzbfg pregnvayl jvguva 10z bs lbhe pbbeqvangrf.

[danoshimano]

I'm trying to see the corelation of this with navigation or whatever, and I'm only getting a brain fart.

I think there's a webcam at the Parliament Buildings so this is an actual geocache location

 

Plus, I used Google Earth to navigate my way to it. And, as an added bonus, it is related to the "Canadian Hiking Experience" (specifically canoeing).

[+Couparangus]

Canoeing, eh? Okay, I'll guess that all three locations are completely inappropriate for canoeing.

[+Juicepig]

hmm, got number 2 and 3.. decyphered the clue..

 

I am going to say - They all have more then one phone line!

[+Fish Below The Ice]

#1 and #3 each have Haida canoe-themed sculptures in them, so I'm going to guess that #2 does, too.

 

dave

[QuigleyJones]

#1 and #3 each have Haida canoe-themed sculptures in them, so I'm going to guess that #2 does, too.

 

dave

Correct

They all have the Spirit of Haida Gwaii sculpture.

 

#1 is the Canadian embassy in washingtion (Bronze)

#2 is the Canadian Museum Of Civilization (Plaster)

#3 is YVR (Jade)

And the hint refers to a $20, bet theres one in your wallet right now.

[+Juicepig]

And the hint refers to a $20, bet theres one in your wallet right now.

 

Ahhh, That's why it didn't make sense

[+TOMTEC]

They all have the Spirit of Haida Gwaii sculpture.

Wow, did they update metric conversions to correspond with the new exchange rates:

The sculpture is 6 metres (200 feet) long, not quite 4 metres (132 feet) from the base to the top of the Shaman's staff, and weighs nearly 5000 kilograms (110 000 pounds)

Or does anyone else think they forgot to move the decimal place?

 

TOMTEC

[lewis82]

They forgot to move the coma. According to google, 5000 kilos is 11 000 pounds. 4 meters is 13 feet.

[+Fish Below The Ice]

OK, my question is: Who is going to make post #2000 in this thread?

 

dave

[+Bullfrog Eh-Team]

Not me !

[danoshimano]

OK, my question is: Who is going to make post #2000 in this thread?

 

dave

 

HAHA! Good one, and one closer.

 

By the way, who is going to correct Wikipedia? I nominate Tomtec.

[QuigleyJones]

OK, my question is: Who is going to make post #2000 in this thread?

danoshimano

[+Landsharkz]

OK, my question is: Who is going to make post #2000 in this thread?

 

dave

 

HAHA! Good one, and one closer.

 

By the way, who is going to correct Wikipedia? I nominate Tomtec.

We second the nomination!

[+Landsharkz]

Are there any other nominations?

[lewis82]

I'll try. (Edit: for the 200th, of course.)

 

(Am I allowed to post 6 blank mesages? )

Edited November 11, 2007 by lewis82

[+Couparangus]

Getting closer!

[+Fish Below The Ice]

I bet this is how res2100 felt when he was sitting up at 3am waiting for GC10000 to become available.

 

dave

[+Juicepig]

my money is on dabhid07

[+TOMTEC]

By the way, who is going to correct Wikipedia? I nominate Tomtec.

We second the nomination!

Sorry, I've been banned from editing Wikipedia after the last fiasco. It seems that Microsoft just does not understand the concept of humor. Then again, each of those edits was based on hard facts collected and distributed by my favourite MCSE, so maybe they just can't handle the truth.

 

So, back to the topic at hand...

 

NEXT POST WINS!!!

 

TOMTEC

[+Fish Below The Ice]

Juicepig guessed it would be me, so it looks like he's right. You're up, JP.

 

dave