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100% Chinga! They all have board game version themed on the movie/series. Battlestar Galactica is apparently a very nice co-operative game.

 

So over to you Chinga...

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100% Chinga! They all have board game version themed on the movie/series. Battlestar Galactica is apparently a very nice co-operative game.

 

So over to you Chinga...

 

Bah, I first thought of board games, as I play board games about twice a week, and play Battlestar galactica a lot, and there are about 10 different lord of the ring board games, but I have never heard of an A team, Spiderman or platoon board game

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Discobob, I am currently waiting for Carcassonne and Shadows over Camelot to arrive. Luckily I ordered it just before the Rand plummeted. What do you guys play?

 

Chinga, still over to you...

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Right idea cincol but not correct. Try taking it very literally.

more literally ?

 

smelling salts ?

 

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Right idea cincol but not correct. Try taking it very literally.

more literally ?

 

smelling salts ?

 

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Thats it 7Gryph7

 

Smelling salts or more correctly ammonia was extracted from a distillate of deer (in older English a hart or stag) and cattle horns and hooves. Today is it obtained via other chemical processes.

 

Carbon Hunter: "The solution made from antelope horn for medicinal purpoes (similar to rhino hiorn)? " Maybe smelling salts would work for you instead of rhino horn, who am I to judge ;)

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hehehe.

 

 

ok. could be a easy one.

 

Who is Tenzing Norgay? or at least, what is his claim to fame?

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Feeling confident - and have a question that is burning to be asked - especially with the Rugby World Cup getting to the knock out stages and all that controversy over the Red Card in Samoa. I had a really good question about samoa but decided on this "red card" question! Please identify the player throwing the punch.

 

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What animal, when dropped from a low height, will shatter and die ?

 

I suspect a live pansy shell would break apart pretty easily.

 

On second thoughts, the question said "shatter" so one of those branched corals would do that. and since it would no longer be attached to the reef it would die.

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I heard a rumour that a tarantula would shatter if dropped. dont know if its true? havent tested it yet.

 

100% correct!

 

Weird Fact: If you drop a tarantula it will shatter

 

First of all, unless you are allergic to tarantula venom, they are harmless to humans (though they pack a painful bite).

Some tarantulas can also shoot the “hairs” off their legs which can pierce human skin and cause great discomfort.

Now – back to the weird fact. Tarantulas have an exoskeleton (that means its skeleton is on the outside) like crayfish and crabs.

They shed their exoskeleton regularly – normally by lying on their back. (When they are shedding their skeleton, it is a good idea to keep right away from them as they will attack due to their vulnerable state.)

Because the exoskeleton is very fragile, if a tarantula is dropped from a low height, it will shatter and die.

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cool!

 

im currently on the road, and wont be able to check in here frequently so to keep the game going, the spot is up for grabs to the first person that posts a question. bad_boy_animated.gif

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Emirates Airlines had their inaugural flight of the Airbus A380 "Superjumbo" to Johannesburg this week. It was launched in October 2007 to which airline?

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Japan/nippon airlines? (not sure what they are called)

 

There is Japan Airlines - JAL - nope, not them. There is also All Nippon Airline - ANA. They are the launch customer for the 787 Dreamliner from Boeing later this year. Sorry, but no cigar. :ph34r:

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Qantas?

 

Qantas was #2. Emirates was #3, but also the BIGGEST customer by far to place orders. Oh, and BTW, some Saudi Prince has ordered a "personalized" A380 and paid cash with the order!! :P

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