+Simply Paul Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 (edited) Close enough for a Ding! That's both of Mars's moons, shot in real time by Curiosity this August, as Phobos overtook Deimos in its orbit and eclipsed it. Phobos was once thought to be artificial as it's very light (low in mass) for its size. It's also very dark in colour for a natural object. It orbits just 3,700 miles above the surface of Mars, making the two bodies the closest known orbiters in the solar system. Compare the 239,000 miles from the Earth to our Moon. Phobos rotates around Mars so quickly that, although its orbit isn't retrograde, it rises in the west and sets in the east. Here's a bit about the Mars flag. Edited October 12, 2013 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Thanks. Staying with Mars (even though I've asked the reciprocal of this question up-thread!) ... What, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs - the author of the Tarzan series, did natives of Mars call their home world? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) Barsoom Edited October 14, 2013 by Betelgeuse Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 DING! Over to Betelgeuse ... Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Sticking with Mars themed questions, who produced the first detailed map of Mars? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) Whoops.... Seems there was a duplicate post. Edited October 17, 2013 by Pharisee Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 BBC4, 20:00 "Mars: A Horizon Guide" - think this one might go this evening Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Not conclusive, but 5 minutes in I'll go with Pervical Lowell (which did ring a bell). Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Not conclusive, but 5 minutes in I'll go with Pervical Lowell (which did ring a bell). Is he related to Cervical Collar ? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 John Carter ? I see what you did there... Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Not conclusive, but 5 minutes in I'll go with Pervical Lowell (which did ring a bell). Not Lowell, although he did a lot of work on the mapping of Mars. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Bumping the thread - can we have a clue please? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Of course. A mistranslation of one of the terms he used led to what was probably the most famous error in planetary mapping. Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Of course. A mistranslation of one of the terms he used led to what was probably the most famous error in planetary mapping. Percival Lovell Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) I left this a while, but I was often the only kid with his hand up at school... The problem came with the plural for Canale - the Italian for groove or channel - being Canali. To English ears, that meant canal; artificial structures. So we're looking for an Italian, with a telescope. I'd guess at Galileo but I suspect it's someone considerably later for the way it caught the public imagination rather than resulted in religious genocide. I know Cassini was later, but late enough? Not sure. But he's my guess Edited October 24, 2013 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Right country, right misinterpretation, wrong person. Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Leonardo Da Vinci? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) The recesses of my mind have come up with a name like Scarpelli, and about 1890. (Astronomy-obsessed as a kid, less so now...) Edited October 26, 2013 by crb11 Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Not Da Vinci. Scarpelli is getting very close indeed but it's not right although the date is definitely in the ballpark. The study was undertaken in Mars' opposition of 1877. The astronomer was the first to identify the 'canali' later misinterpreted as 'canal' as mentioned by Simply Paul in an earlier post. Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Not Da Vinci. So I was only a few centuries out, then! Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 So I was only a few centuries out, then! Off by a whisker. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Sticking with Mars themed questions, who produced the first detailed map of Mars? Bump.... Still stuck :-( Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 There are a heap of clues already given - the canali clue is probably the strongest. However, He was born in 1835 and died in 1910. He was an Italian astronomer and also a science historian. As well as his studies of Mars, he also showed that the Perseid and Leonid meteor showers were associated with comets, in particular, he proved that the orbit of the Leonids and the orbit of the comet Tempel Tuttle were the same leading him to form the hypothesis that meteor showers could be caused by cometary trails. He has craters on both the Moon and Mars named after him. Any takers? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I looked the answer up after guessing before because it was bugging me... doubt the extra information you're giving is going to help anyone either, I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 :-( Can we relax the no-google rule in this one instance? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 From the first post in the original thread: Posted 19 May 2006 - 07:32 PM Welcome to the Groundspeak Arms, come in, take your coat off - put your feet up! I'm going to ask a question, whoever answers correctly can post the next question and so on... Rule 1 - No googling! Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer... Hmmmmmm! Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 :-( Can we relax the no-google rule in this one instance? I suppose that would be up to Simply Paul as the owner of the quiz. I've no particular objection if he's ok with it. Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 From the first post in the original thread: Posted 19 May 2006 - 07:32 PM Welcome to the Groundspeak Arms, come in, take your coat off - put your feet up! I'm going to ask a question, whoever answers correctly can post the next question and so on... Rule 1 - No googling! Rule 2 - Try and keep your question at the level someone in a pub quiz might be able to answer... Hmmmmmm! All things are relative. Set a TV soap or a popular sport question and I'd be stumped. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 :-( Can we relax the no-google rule in this one instance?I suppose that would be up to Simply Paul as the owner of the quiz. I've no particular objection if he's ok with it. Given it seems unlikely anyone knows this off the top of their heads, let the race to Google begin! (on this occasion. The standard rules apply generally) Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 In that case, Giovanni Schiaparelli? Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Google You can have the DING! for that. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Google You can have the DING! for that. Hehe thanks. My question is an ironic homage: what was Google called before it was Google? (And not 'Googol') Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Bump with a clue: the name is related to the way it ranks sites based on the number of sites that link back to it? Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I seem to recall (after reading your clue, giving part of what I think is the answer.....) that it is was called backscratch? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I seem to recall (after reading your clue, giving part of what I think is the answer.....) that it is was called backscratch? Close enough for a ding - the answer is Backrub. Your turn Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Thanks, I'll take the close enough I'll stick with the search engine of choice for the moment and ask what the first Google Doodle was in honour of? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Thanks, I'll take the close enough I'll stick with the search engine of choice for the moment and ask what the first Google Doodle was in honour of? Is this a clever ploy to ensure we can't search for the answer in Google? (because if you type Google into Google it will break the Internet). Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Was it google's birthday? Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Yes Marty, I am full of clver ploys Sorry Beach Hut, no ding there...... Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Oh well, seems like a clue may be needed as it's gone very quiet in here...... Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Oh well, seems like a clue may be needed as it's gone very quiet in here...... Yes please :-) Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 No need. I read about it on a news site related to the Doctor Who 50th Doodle. The first was a stick man in the Burning Man style, used to suggest the Google team were 'out of office' and away having fun in the desert. Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 And a ding to Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 Thanking you kindly. Sticking with burning men, which film is credited with featuring the first 'full body burn' by a stuntman? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Thanking you kindly. Sticking with burning men, which film is credited with featuring the first 'full body burn' by a stuntman? I'm going to guess at the Wicker Man? Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I reckon it's earlier than that, and the earliest I can think of is The Thing From Another World. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 You didn't see Edward Woodward burn in The Wicker Man, I'm gonna guess "The Towering Inferno" as I reckon it's about the right era. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I can’t remember the title of the film, but wasn’t it in a 1950 horror film about an alien. Quote Link to comment
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