+Pharisee Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Belfast? I'd argue that one. Depends on your definition of Capital Cities I suppose. Next Question: Which pop/rock band is most associated with roundels?? Could be The Who. Or The Jam. I had one on the back of a rather natty fishtail parka back in the day......... gave the rockers something to aim at Ahh.... those were the days. Black leather, Castrol 'R', old brit iron that leaked oil everywhere and chucking scooters over the sea wall at Southend Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Belfast? I'd argue that one. Depends on your definition of Capital Cities I suppose. Next Question: Which pop/rock band is most associated with roundels?? Was it The Beastie Boys that started a craze for pinching VW roundels? Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Could be The Who. Or The Jam. I had one on the back of a rather natty fishtail parka back in the day......... gave the rockers something to aim at Close enough. I'd say The Who. The Jam were just a Who tribute band Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Could be The Who. Or The Jam. I had one on the back of a rather natty fishtail parka back in the day......... gave the rockers something to aim at Close enough. I'd say The Who. The Jam were just a Who tribute band The Who were definitely the ones. Here's a bit of trivial associated with the use of the 'RAF' roundel in the UK. In the 1990s the Royal Air Force decided that it needed a more 'public' identity, after years of HM Forces low profile due to Northern Ireland and a steadily progressing cut back in the Service as a result of the 'Peace Dividend' after the end of the Cold War. When the lawyers looked into it it was decided that as the RAF had not taken a Trademark or Copyright on the roundel in the 1960's when bands such as The Who used it in Pop Culture, the RAF could no longer claim it to by 'their symbol'. Thus whenever you now see the RAF Roundel used to advertise or publicize the Royal Air Force, it is including text, like this, which is legally protected. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Whoops - haven't really got time to think of a decent question...... What are the square roots of 1 and -1? Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Whoops - haven't really got time to think of a decent question...... What are the square roots of 1 and -1? That'll be 1 and i - haven't used it since I learnt it in 6th form, despite 5 years studying engineering and a further few years since. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'll go with 1 and then "There isn't one", because I don't think you can have a square root of a negative number. (Well, maybe you can... but the concept of such a number makes my brain hurt.) MrsB Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Square roots of 1 are +1 and -1, square roots of -1 are i and -i Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 square root of 1 is 1, square root of -1 is j (IIRC) Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Ding to the Bongtwashes - although at school the square root of -1 was always j, but at college it mysteriously became i. Edited February 23, 2009 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Square roots of 1 are +1 and -1, square roots of -1 are i and -i Oh aye - it's all coming back now! Doh Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 At our school it was either i or j, especially as we used it in both maths and physics. OK, another (sort of) maths one, what are the names of the five platonic solids? Quote Link to comment
Ayondin Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 At our school it was either i or j, especially as we used it in both maths and physics. OK, another (sort of) maths one, what are the names of the five platonic solids? Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Ringo? Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Ringo? close "...the faces of a Platonic solid are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. They have the unique property that the faces, edges and angles of each solid are all congruent. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Ringo? close "...the faces of a Platonic solid are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. They have the unique property that the faces, edges and angles of each solid are all congruent. By that definition I would therefore guess Tetrahedron, cube & dodecahedron. Can't remember any other names for solid shapes at the moment, but perhaps a sphere creeps in by some tortuous abstraction of the definition although it doesn't seem to fit the description above. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Ringo? close "...the faces of a Platonic solid are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. They have the unique property that the faces, edges and angles of each solid are all congruent. By that definition I would therefore guess Tetrahedron, cube & dodecahedron. Can't remember any other names for solid shapes at the moment, but perhaps a sphere creeps in by some tortuous abstraction of the definition although it doesn't seem to fit the description above. A pyramid on a triangular base (as opposed to a square base like the ones at Giza) ? Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 That's a tetrahedron, the platonic solids are: Tetrahedron, cube, dodecahedron, icosahedron and octahedron IIRC Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 That's a tetrahedron, the platonic solids are: Tetrahedron, cube, dodecahedron, icosahedron and octahedron IIRC That's a Ding to Ian Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Oh! It's me :-) 22/7 is a pretty poor approximation of pi. What fraction is the best approximation of pi with less than five digit numerator and denominators? Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Oh! It's me :-) 22/7 is a pretty poor approximation of pi. What fraction is the best approximation of pi with less than five digit numerator and denominators? As you've specifically asked for LESS that 5 digits, I'll go for 2196/699, which gives 3.1416 (correct to 4dp) if 5 digits are allowed, 22010/7006 which is accurate to 8dp Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Nope, you can do better than 4dp with less than five digits. Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) Nope, you can do better than 4dp with less than five digits. 355/113 = 3.14159292035398 (accurate to 6 dp, I think...) Not used any clever maths to work it out - just Brute Force Excel! X/Y = PI, so for each value of X I made Y = X/PI to the nearest integer. Then SQRT((Pi - X/Y)^2) in another column. Then just did a great big copy down and found the smallest difference. Just didn't do a big enough copy before! I'm sure someone will drop by with some clever & elegant mathematical proof. I've just done a search (AFTER this) and someone else comes up with the same answer with 30 hours processing time. Edited February 26, 2009 by Guanajuato Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Keeping with the same theme. Something I found when I checked my answer: When is Pi day? I'll not accept 'Every Day' from Wiganers I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 My daughters birthday Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 My daughters birthday Depends when your daughter's birthday is. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 My lovely little one was born on March 14th Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'll give you the ding The place I saw had it as 22/7 (July 27th), but other sources quote 14 March (3/14). Both make (some) sense Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 My logic exactly Now a sporty question: The first Rugby World Cup was in 1987. Which two teams reached the final? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 (edited) Spot on So DING and over to Croft House Cachers. Edited February 27, 2009 by DrDick&Vick Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Thank you. Another question on one of my favourite topics then... From where do the following teams CURRENTLY hale, and what two towns/cities are missing from the final list? (First one with a complete list gets the ding.) Cherry and whites Quins Tigers Irish Wasps Falcons Saints Sharks Sarries Warriors London Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 (edited) Thank you. Another question on one of my favourite topics then... From where do the following teams CURRENTLY hale, and what two towns/cities are missing from the final list? (First one with a complete list gets the ding.) Cherry and whites Quins Tigers Irish Wasps Falcons Saints Sharks Sarries Warriors A few to be going on with ... Quins - London Tigers - Leicester Irish - Reading Falcons - Newcastle Sharks - Sale Pete Edited February 27, 2009 by Sharpeset Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Saints = St Helens Warriors = Wigan Quote Link to comment
Chudley Cannons Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 London Which one? Quins Quote Link to comment
+ayepee Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Cherry & Whites - Gloucester Quote Link to comment
+ayepee Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Cherry & Whites - Gloucester Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Sorry Guanjuato, you aren't on the same sport as me. Sharpeset's answers are all correct. All egg-chasing is the same isn't it? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hmmm, seems nobody's bothered with this one so I hereby assign the Ding to sharpeset. Oops - just spotted I've been awarded the Ding by default. Only looked 'cos I was going to add Northampton as the home of the Saints. Better think of a quick question to get this thread back up and running, so..... As I am just back from holiday: Which action film required construction of a villain's mountain-top den which now (decades later) thrives as a major tourist attraction with a revolving restaurant called Piz Gloria? Pete Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hmmm, seems nobody's bothered with this one so I hereby assign the Ding to sharpeset. Oops - just spotted I've been awarded the Ding by default. Only looked 'cos I was going to add Northampton as the home of the Saints. Better think of a quick question to get this thread back up and running, so..... As I am just back from holiday: Which action film required construction of a villain's mountain-top den which now (decades later) thrives as a major tourist attraction with a revolving restaurant called Piz Gloria? Pete Villains headquarters on a mountaintop? Has to be a James Bond film. No idea which though. Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Villains headquarters on a mountaintop? Has to be a James Bond film. No idea which though. A dinglet indeed for James Bond - and there are only so many to guess from.... Pete Quote Link to comment
+NennyandNunu Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Was it 'On her majestys secret service'? Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Was it 'On her majestys secret service'? it most certainly was.... DING Over to you Pete Quote Link to comment
+chizu Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Gah everytime I don't check this thread for a while there's a question I know - I've even had a hot chocolate at the restaurant !! The most amusing thing is a big sign at the top of the mountain indicating "no high heels"! Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Gah everytime I don't check this thread for a while there's a question I know - I've even had a hot chocolate at the restaurant !! The most amusing thing is a big sign at the top of the mountain indicating "no high heels"! Yes - we saw that sign just poking out above the several feet of snow. Just as amusing, on our visit, was the sign at the start of the black run down saying 'beware, light snow covering' when just a few hundred meters further on the piste had been wiped out by an avalanche! Quote Link to comment
+NennyandNunu Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 To be honest, that is probably the only question I;ll ever get right - I think my Dad for being an over the top Bond fan and a keen traveller! Question: How many Oscars did Walt Disney win? Quote Link to comment
+chizu Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 This was on the radio this morning - I think they said 22. Quote Link to comment
+tarmacjohn Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I think it is 32. Seem to have that stuck in the back of my head somewhere. tarmacjohn Quote Link to comment
+NennyandNunu Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 You are a lot closer John, but still not quite right! Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 26 Oscars I believe Quote Link to comment
+NennyandNunu Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 nope, getting colder in fact! Quote Link to comment
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