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Posted

Sorry guys, I forgot I answered the question.

 

As we are on television programmes. Here's one that may cause some disagreement

 

Who invented the television set?

 

The principle? Or first working model?

Nipkow if it's the principle. Not sure who's recognised as being first with a working model - there were so many of them......

Posted

Sorry guys, I forgot I answered the question.

 

As we are on television programmes. Here's one that may cause some disagreement

 

Who invented the television set?

 

The principle? Or first working model?

Nipkow if it's the principle. Not sure who's recognised as being first with a working model - there were so many of them......

I was always led to believe it was John Logie Baird in 1926. But, as keehotee said this is an area of hot debate.

Posted

Sorry guys, I forgot I answered the question.

 

As we are on television programmes. Here's one that may cause some disagreement

 

Who invented the television set?

 

I guess that's Baird. At 30 lines resolution coud have been better though :grin:

Posted

Sorry all - bit behind, and can't think of a question - but these have just popped up in another quiz - all from Futurama...

 

1. What is the name of Dr. Farnsworth's invention he introduces at the start of "Anthology of Interest I"?

2. What mail-order degrees does Dr. Zoidberg have?

3. How can Fry and Leela win back Bender's soul from the robot devil?

Posted

I've all four series (a new 26 episode package has been ordered by Fox!) but I'm doing this off the top of my head:

 

1. What is the name of Dr. Farnsworth's invention he introduces at the start of "Anthology of Interest I"?

The What-If Machine?

 

2. What mail-order degrees does Dr. Zoidberg have?

Not sure on this one... Humanology?

 

3. How can Fry and Leela win back Bender's soul from the robot devil?

A good song on this episode. Isn't it as simple as besting the Robot Devil in a musical duel?

Posted

I've all four series (a new 26 episode package has been ordered by Fox!) but I'm doing this off the top of my head:

 

1. What is the name of Dr. Farnsworth's invention he introduces at the start of "Anthology of Interest I"?

The What-If Machine?

 

2. What mail-order degrees does Dr. Zoidberg have?

Not sure on this one... Humanology?

 

3. How can Fry and Leela win back Bender's soul from the robot devil?

A good song on this episode. Isn't it as simple as besting the Robot Devil in a musical duel?

 

1.no. even more practical than that.

2.hmmm.... no!

3. You can have this one - it was a fiddle contest - so practically there....

Posted

name of Dr. Farnsworth's invention he introduces at the start of "Anthology of Interest I"?

Completely unrelated to futurama, but wasn't Farnsworth the mechanic/co-driver for the baddie in Herbie goes to Monte Carlo? :) Is it coincidence?

Posted

Quick Bump

Are we going to get a decision

 

OK--- to keep things moving, the answers were

 

1. What is the name of Dr. Farnsworth's invention he introduces at the start of "Anthology of Interest I"?

The Fin-longer (of course)

 

2. What mail-order degrees does Dr. Zoidberg have?

Murderology and Murderonomy

 

3. How can Fry and Leela win back Bender's soul from the robot devil?

By winning a fiddle contest

 

As SP was the only person to get one right, he can have the ding.....

Posted

OK let's get it moving:

 

What is DTMF and what does it stand for?

 

(In the event of any answer other than the one I mean, I'm thinking of the application which most of utilise daily)

Posted

OK let's get it moving:

 

What is DTMF and what does it stand for?

 

(In the event of any answer other than the one I mean, I'm thinking of the application which most of utilise daily)

 

Easy one... Dual Tone Multi Frequency. The tones a telephone generates when a number is dialed opposed to pulse dialing (as in the round dials in earlier days). I know DTMF as the tones I use on my handheld radio to send commands to amateur radio repeaters.

Posted

DING to ob4bam :-)

Who??? :D

 

AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden and the Stereophonics performed here, next year more noise will be made by an "un-musical" (is this a word?) event that was not held there for 17 years. What, where???

Posted

Is it castle Donnington? Don't know the event but i guess it's some sort of motor racing - I think they do bikes there. My guess is the British Grand prix as that's the the sport that seems up in the air atm.

 

Correct. Next year's F1 Grand prix is scheduled for Donnington.

 

Ding to you.

Posted

Eeek, I didn't have a question so this will be a quick one.

 

Which game has many different variations, the most common being the use of Armitage rules.

 

I'm sorry, I haven't a clue! :)

Posted

I only ever seem to get these right when I'm busy working. Perhaps if I answered more of these questions I'd earn more money! :P

 

OK. A dram is what fraction of an ounce?

Posted (edited)

I only ever seem to get these right when I'm busy working. Perhaps if I answered more of these questions I'd earn more money! :P

 

OK. A dram is what fraction of an ounce?

 

Easy one, 1/8 of a fluid ounce :P Assumimg you are talking about liquids, otherwise 1/16 of an ounce for solids.

Edited by talkytoaster
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Easy one, 1/8 of a fluid ounce :P Assumimg you are talking about liquids, otherwise 1/16 of an ounce for solids.

 

It was the solid I was after so that's a good solid ding!

 

Nice to have some easy ones occasionally on here to try and keep the interest going.

 

Take it away talkytoaster!

Posted

Ok, quick one of the top of my head, no multipart this time:

 

Who were the two Formula 1 (F1) drivers that died during the very same racing meeting; one during qualifying and one during the race?

 

Extra kudos for the year and the track (but not required to get a ding).

Posted (edited)
Ok, quick one of the top of my head, no multipart this time:

 

Who were the two Formula 1 (F1) drivers that died during the very same racing meeting; one during qualifying and one during the race?

 

Extra kudos for the year and the track (but not required to get a ding).

 

Senna died in the race and Ratz--something (ratzenburger?) was killed in practice at Imola, I think. Can't remember the year but hazard a guess at '92

Edited by Pharisee
Posted (edited)
Ok, quick one of the top of my head, no multipart this time:

 

Who were the two Formula 1 (F1) drivers that died during the very same racing meeting; one during qualifying and one during the race?

 

Extra kudos for the year and the track (but not required to get a ding).

 

Senna died in the race and Ratz--something (ratzenburger?) was killed in practice at Imola, I think. Can't remember the year but hazard a guess at '92

Close enough: 33 year old Roland Ratzenberger was killed during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit on Saturday 30 April 1994 and Ayrton Senna died the next day during the race. They are the last two F1 drivers to die whilst racing/qualifying.

 

DING!

Edited by talkytoaster
Posted
Ok, quick one of the top of my head, no multipart this time:

 

Who were the two Formula 1 (F1) drivers that died during the very same racing meeting; one during qualifying and one during the race?

 

Extra kudos for the year and the track (but not required to get a ding).

 

Senna died in the race and Ratz--something (ratzenburger?) was killed in practice at Imola, I think. Can't remember the year but hazard a guess at '92

Close enough: 33 year old Roland Ratzenberger was killed during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit on Saturday 30 April 1994 and Ayrton Senna died the next day during the race. They are the last two F1 drivers to die whilst racing/qualifying.

 

DING!

 

OK... A simple question requiring a (relatively) simple answer... What are Buckyballs?

Posted

The third allotrope of carbon after diamond and graphite. Whereas in graphite the molecules are arranged in a planar configuration, in bucky balls they are arranged in a "ball" shape in a similar configuration to a geo-desic done.

Posted

The third allotrope of carbon after diamond and graphite. Whereas in graphite the molecules are arranged in a planar configuration, in bucky balls they are arranged in a "ball" shape in a similar configuration to a geo-desic done.

 

dam*it, I knew this one! I'll just add that the full name is Buckminster Fullerene and, unlike Graphite and Diamond, there is a discrete number of carbon atoms to a Buckyball (I believe it is is 60). They have some rather unusual properties, one of my favourites being the ability to trap another element inside the ball. I wonder if it rattles!

Posted
The third allotrope of carbon after diamond and graphite. Whereas in graphite the molecules are arranged in a planar configuration, in bucky balls they are arranged in a "ball" shape in a similar configuration to a geo-desic done.

 

 

That would be a ... DING for Mr. Rutson

Posted (edited)

Since he jumped in for my question (I was on a ferry in the north sea at the time) I'll jump in for his...

 

Brb with a good question (I knew the answer to several of the intervening ones. I even asked who Bucky Balls were named after on here, I think.)

 

Edit. Ok, I don't think this has been asked this before: Which is the smallest current county* (Not unitary blah blah) in England by area (possible trick question!)

 

*I wouldn't say the county of Manchester, but I would say the county of Yorkshire, for example.

Edited by Simply Paul
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Since he jumped in for my question (I was on a ferry in the north sea at the time) I'll jump in for his...

 

Brb with a good question (I knew the answer to several of the intervening ones. I even asked who Bucky Balls were named after on here, I think.)

 

Edit. Ok, I don't think this has been asked this before: Which is the smallest current county* (Not unitary blah blah) in England by area (possible trick question!)

 

*I wouldn't say the county of Manchester, but I would say the county of Yorkshire, for example.

 

The Isle of Wight at high tide, Rutland at low tide.

Posted

Or Bristol... They think they are are a county now....

 

I'll second Rutland - Isle of Wight and Bristol are both unitary authorities, not counties....

Posted

MartyBartfast gets the 'Qi'ng as this was the answer I was after. I didn't think the question would last long, but after some slow Qs on here, I wanted to bump things along. Over to you, MartyBartfast!

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