+Carbon Hunter Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Youngest multiple organ transplant recipient?
+Wazat Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 Well almost there, but will give it to you CH. The worlds youngest surgeon. At 7 years of age he performed surgery on an 8 year old girl who's hand had been burnt and had fused the fingers to form a fist. It was an illegal operation but the girl's poverty stricen family had heard about the boy genius and had asked him to help. He had learned Shakespeare at the age of 4 and was allowed to watch surgeries performed from the age of six by doctors who noted his incredible knowledge of science. At the age of 12 he now believes he has found a cure for cancer, something he says he discovered at the age of 8 after doing a lot of research on cancer.
+Carbon Hunter Posted November 17, 2012 Posted November 17, 2012 Doha is about to host COP 18 on climate change - last year COP 17 wa sin Durban and the previous year COP 16 was in Cancun, Mexico. Where was COP 1 held?
+Wazat Posted November 17, 2012 Posted November 17, 2012 Think that was the Earth Summit that was held in Rio, but i think COP1 was in Geneva or Berlin. Cannot remember but read into it when the COP17 was held.
+Carbon Hunter Posted November 18, 2012 Posted November 18, 2012 Correcy WAZAT - WSSD (or Earth Summit) was held in Rio in 1992. COP 1 was in Berlin - with COP 3 being in Kyoto (hence Kyoto Protocol). There have been 3 in Africa (Marakaech, Nairobi and Durban). All yours Wazat
+Wazat Posted November 18, 2012 Posted November 18, 2012 Recently man broke the sound barrier in freefall from 40km above the earth, but what was believed to be the first man made object to break the sound barrier?
+Carbon Hunter Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Projectile from a gunpowder firearm?
+Carbon Hunter Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 A long whip (like the Voortrekkers used)?
+Wazat Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Take it away CH, the Bull Whip was the first man made object with which the sound barrier was broken. Although nobody realised it in those days. Chuck Yeager is officially recorded to be the first human to have exceded the speed of sound in an aircraft. 50 years and 1 day later the first man to break the sound barrier on land was Andy Green in the Thrust SSC. And 65 years to the day that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 aircraft, Felix Baumgartner became the first human to break the soundbarrier without any form of propellant after jumping from a balloon from 39km+ height. Interestingly enough an the very same day Chuck Yeager went up in an aircraft the very same day and also went through the sound barrier, exactly 65 years later.
+Carbon Hunter Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 A new report released last week states that a countrwill overtake saudi Arabia by 2020 as the world's largest oil producer - what country is that?
+Carbon Hunter Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 cincol has it. Strangely enough - the US will overtake the Middle East in 2020
+cincol Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 Read it in an article the other day strangely enough. When you see various registrations, etc such as ISO 2001, ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO 18000, etc - what does ISO stand for and how did it come about?
+Wazat Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 International Standerdisation Organisation.... ???
+Carbon Hunter Posted November 22, 2012 Posted November 22, 2012 I iknow what it stands for - but not sure why it came about.
+Wazat Posted November 22, 2012 Posted November 22, 2012 Geeze my spelling. Not sure why it came about but it is actually the International Organization for Standardization (AmericaniZed) IOS i guess, but i think they saw Apple comming and settled for ISO before Apple could sue them if they said iOS....
+cincol Posted November 22, 2012 Posted November 22, 2012 Geeze my spelling. Not sure why it came about but it is actually the International Organization for Standardization (AmericaniZed) IOS i guess, but i think they saw Apple comming and settled for ISO before Apple could sue them if they said iOS.... I hope this was not your final answer!!
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Time to resurrect this thread after over 3 months Who is buried in England but without his heart as it was quoted that the locals said "You can have his body, but his heart belongs in Africa!" when his body returned to England?
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Dr Henzz I presume .. you are correct - well done - off you go.
+Henzz Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Oh... First name that popped into my mind, didn't think it would be right... ... Awkward moment of silence while I'm thinking of a question... I'll be back in a moment .....
+Henzz Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 O.K. here goes... Many of us don't even notice the numbers and the letters on the sidewalls of our car's tyres, leave alone knowing what it means... Here is a typical example... " 175/80 R14 88H " What would the H at the end be an indicator of ?
+Henzz Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Sort of heading down the right path Pooks... The code could also be --- L M N P Q R S T U V W or Y. L is on the one side of the spectrum and Y at the other end...
+Henzz Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Speed rating. Now we're up to speed... All your's Cincol. All tyres have a speed rating --- "maximum permitted speed that the tyre can endure for a period of ten minutes without being in danger of sustaining damage" L = 120km/h Y = 300km/h. My tyres on my Yaris is rated T. So if I drive flatout down a mineshaft at 190km/h my tyres should hold up just fine.
+cincol Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 The airline industry has recently needed to ground 2 different, modern airliners for various "faults". The most recent was the B787 Dreamliner for an electrical fault - operated by ANA - All Nippon Airlines which was also the launch carrier. IMHO the previous grounding was far more serious but had much less hype. What aircraft was involved? [Manufacturer & model] - Bonus points for the 2 carriers that experienced the problems.
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 The airline industry has recently needed to ground 2 different, modern airliners for various "faults". The most recent was the B787 Dreamliner for an electrical fault - operated by ANA - All Nippon Airlines which was also the launch carrier. IMHO the previous grounding was far more serious but had much less hype. What aircraft was involved? [Manufacturer & model] - Bonus points for the 2 carriers that experienced the problems. Not something you want to read on the way to the airport (I trust it was not Philippines Airlines or Qatar )
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Airbus A380 - grounded with Qantas (and Emirates perhaps)?
+cincol Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) Airbus A380 - grounded with Qantas (and Emirates perhaps)? Airbus A380 correct. Only half a bonus point. The airlines concerned were Qantas and Singapore Airlines who both experienced problems with engines and wing cracks! Edited February 18, 2013 by cincol
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 OK - Jonty Rhodes did his famous flying run out in the 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia. Who were South Africa playing in that match?
+TeamDJ* Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 OK - Jonty Rhodes did his famous flying run out in the 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia. Who were South Africa playing in that match? South Africa played Pakistan and Jonty Rhodes ran out Inzamam-ul-Haq.
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 All yours TeamDJ - glad this is rolling again
+TeamDJ* Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Staying with cricket… In that same year, South Africa played England in the Semi-finals and rain interrupted play for 12 minutes with South Africa 231/6 off 42.5 overs and the over limit was reduced to 43 overs with the target reduced by 1 to 252. (The SCG scoreboard and the TV coverage incorrectly displayed South Africa needing 22 off 7 balls, then 22 off 1 ball - the actual requirement to win was 21 off 1 ball) If A Duckworth/Lewis calculation under the rules in 2006 would have been used, what target would South Africa needed to chase down in the 43 overs.
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