+MartyBartfast Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 DING Didn't take long, I remember watching the bombign on the telly as a kid! Quote Link to comment
+Dobunnis Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Next question... remember no search on the internet... Where in the world is Mather Point? Edited January 20, 2012 by Dobunnis Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Next question... remember no search on the internet... Where in the world is Mather Point? It's somewhere very grand, I happen to know. Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Mather Point is situated at the Grand Canyon! One of my fav places which ive had the pleasure to visit Im baaaccckkk.....its been a good few months few ups n downs but im back on the geocaching drug Helllooo alll Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Mather Point is situated at the Grand Canyon! One of my fav places which ive had the pleasure to visit Im baaaccckkk.....its been a good few months few ups n downs but im back on the geocaching drug Helllooo alll I can Ding! that for you. Welcome back and Helloooo too! Over to you for a fresh quiz question Edited January 22, 2012 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Keeping with the grand canyon.... Which river flows through the grand canyon ??? Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The Colorado? Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 DING!!!!! over to u my good friend Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Let's see...another one about the Colorado river... Name 4 of the American States that the Colorado flows through (or out of/into). Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'll guess: Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) Hmmm, my 4 answers are correct, but since I've missed an obvious state I wonder if the question is correct... Edited January 23, 2012 by MTH Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'll guess: Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California Ding...Yes, I see what you mean now about the question! I remember it as going through 7 States, but they are the ones that feed the river and it does only go through those 4 (American) States (as far as I can see). Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I misread the question as I thought you wanted the only four states, not just any four and was very confused when I remembered Arizona. My apologies as there was nothing wrong with the question. On to the next question. You'll have heard about the Aurora visible from northern parts of the UK in the last few nights and may even have been fortunate enough to witness the event. This year should be very good for Aurora with the sun approaching a solar maximum, but this particular event has been caused by a CME. I just want to know what those letters stand for, but for extra credit you can explain what it actually means. Mark Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Coronal Mass Ejection. This occurs when a magnetic loop of force projecting from the Sun's surface breaks. The open end effectively forces a massive amount of high velocity charged particles from the corona out and into the solar system. When the ejected mass hits the Earth's magnetic field, it is direct to the poles and ionises gases high in the atmosphere producing the aurora borealis and aurora australis. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 DING Another way to think of it is that the sun sneezes and the snot hits the earth :ph34r: Mark Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 ... the sun sneezes and the snot hits the earth... Ah, it may snot, but it's quite pretty :- From the latest CME Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Sticking with the aurora (locally called the merry dancers ), which atmospheric gas is responsible for the dull brick red colour sometimes seen in displays? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Trying to remember what I was told at the Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden last month Unfortunately we didn't see the aurora, although the camera did pick up a very faint glow on a 30s exposure. Pretty sure the green was Nitrogen, so perhaps the red is Oxygen Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm going to guess at Argon Quote Link to comment
+Betelgeuse Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Trying to remember what I was told at the Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden last month Unfortunately we didn't see the aurora, although the camera did pick up a very faint glow on a 30s exposure. Pretty sure the green was Nitrogen, so perhaps the red is Oxygen DING! The red colour is produced by atomic oxygen at higher levels in the atmosphere. The green colour is oxygen as well but this time it's molecular and at a lower level - this is the predominant colour in an aurora. Nitrogen produces the more rarely seen blue and purple colour We get superb displays here when the activity is high but annoyingly, the current event has coincided with mainly overcast conditions. I'm hoping that tonight will be clearer. Anyway, over to you... Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 A complete change in direction for the next question. You've all heard of Shangri-La, but who invented it and in which book? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Half an answer - "Lost Horizon". Can't remember the author. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That's half a ding. I'll give everyone until 5pm to come up with the author. If they don't The Patrician can have this one. Mark Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 A clue - he also wrote Goodbye Mr Chips Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm going to give it to the Patrician for getting Lost Horizon. The author was James Hilton. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm going to give it to the Patrician for getting Lost Horizon. The author was James Hilton. Ta! That's the bloke, I was thinking of Conan Doyle, Kipling, Rider Haggard, et al but I knew it wasn't any of them, especially Al before anyone else gets in with the joke. Which novel, published in 1949 and originally to be called 'The Last Man in Europe' has the opening line: 'It was bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen'? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm going to give it to the Patrician for getting Lost Horizon. The author was James Hilton. Ta! That's the bloke, I was thinking of Conan Doyle, Kipling, Rider Haggard, et al but I knew it wasn't any of them, especially Al before anyone else gets in with the joke. Which novel, published in 1949 and originally to be called 'The Last Man in Europe' has the opening line: 'It was bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen'? 1984 Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 drat...too slow.... Got to be my favourite novel Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 1984 DING! Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Ok Where, and when, was the lego brick invented? Quote Link to comment
+Birdman-of-liskatraz Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Ok Where, and when, was the lego brick invented? Denmark - 1934... Quote Link to comment
+The Duckers Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Also saying Denmark, but, later.... 1940 Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Ok Where, and when, was the lego brick invented? Denmark - 1934... Also saying Denmark, but, later.... 1940 No dings yet Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 At last one I know thanks to James May. Lego as we know it was 1st produced in 1949, but the company that makes it started making wooden toys 1932 and changed its name to Lego in 1934 (cant remember what it was called before). Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 At last one I know thanks to James May. Lego as we know it was 1st produced in 1949, but the company that makes it started making wooden toys 1932 and changed its name to Lego in 1934 (cant remember what it was called before). In which country? Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 As Birdman-of-liskatraz said Denmark Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) No correct answers yet... Ok - time for a hint - it wasn't Denmark....and it wasn't by Lego! Edited January 29, 2012 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 This one of those 'trick' questions... Guess you are referring to this? Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I have a funny feeling about this, that it was an English/UK invention originally...Something along the lines of the other plastic bricks available now and LEGO copied it, made some minor changes and patented it with their exact measurements. (I also have a nagging doubt it is German or Swedish for some reason..., but I'll go with British.) As for when...I'll go with 1948. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) I have a funny feeling about this, that it was an English/UK invention originally...Something along the lines of the other plastic bricks available now and LEGO copied it, made some minor changes and patented it with their exact measurements. (I also have a nagging doubt it is German or Swedish for some reason..., but I'll go with British.) As for when...I'll go with 1948. Ding for the country - and it doesn't seem fair to let somebody else get the overall ding for the year. Kiddicraft patented a building block toy in 1939 in the U.K. They later developed a self-locking building block and LEGO acquired the design rights in 1949. It didn't get renamed to "LEGO" until 1953. Over to you, Fiancetto..... Edited January 30, 2012 by keehotee Quote Link to comment
+MazdaRoy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I have a funny feeling about this, that it was an English/UK invention originally...Something along the lines of the other plastic bricks available now and LEGO copied it, made some minor changes and patented it with their exact measurements. (I also have a nagging doubt it is German or Swedish for some reason..., but I'll go with British.) As for when...I'll go with 1948. Ding for the country - and it doesn't seem fair to let somebody else get the overall ding for the year. Kiddicraft patented a building block toy in 1939 in the U.K. They later developed a self-locking building block and LEGO acquired the design rights in 1949. It didn't get renamed to "LEGO" until 1953. Over to you, Fiancetto..... Hmmm I disagree with your year.. "At last one I know thanks to James May. Lego as we know it was 1st produced in 1949, but the company that makes it started making wooden toys 1932 and changed its name to Lego in 1934 (cant remember what it was called before)." Lego was named in 1943, Lego brick was patented 28 January 1958. Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/lego.htm pretty much concurs, FWIW. Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/lego.htm pretty much concurs, FWIW. And yet this page, on the same website, disagrees with you. My call - Fianccetto gets the ding! Quote Link to comment
jadenrich2101 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 lets keep it friendly ppl! Thought websites were out of bounds aswell tut tut.....im here trying to rack my brain Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Well, I'm all confuzzled now! My question, as I've been a busy bee & have today got a new part time job (and probably another one as well tomorrow...) is this (one for the oldies): "Sixteen Tons" is a song about the life of a coal miner, first recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis. on 17th October, 1955 a version of the song was released in the UK (but not in USA) and by 15th December that year 2 million copies were sold. Who sang this version for the UK? Hopefully there can't be more than one answer! Edited January 30, 2012 by Fianccetto Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 My old dad used to play this one when I was nought but a kid and if I remember correctly it was Frankie Laine Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) That's a ding! (I think I heard my grandparents mention him once or twice!) This is the version I know - from a cassette my sister made for me. I thought the singer was black! Edited January 30, 2012 by Fianccetto Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? Edited January 30, 2012 by DrDick&Vick Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier?The whipA question we've had before so I'll use OP's Privilege and ding that for you Quote Link to comment
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