Trivia teaser

[Jay-qu]

D) What Christmas plant was off-limits to early Catholics, due to its pagan past?

 

would that be holly?

 

H) What element has the lowest boiling point?

 

helium :rainbow:

[Racoon]

No and Yes Jay-Q!

 

*note* to avoid artificially adding to my post count with simple yes and no's simply refer back to my initial trivia list to see if it is correct and which ones have been answered...

 

Others may have a different method however. :rainbow:

[infamous]

 

A) What species of whale dives deeper and stays underwater longer than any other?

Humpback Whale??

[Pyrotex]

A) What species of whale dives deeper and stays underwater longer than any other? Blue Whale

 

C) What English city was the worlds first to mine for coal, in 1233? Newcastle

 

E) What 8-legged critters are mites' closest relatives? scorpions

[TheBigDog]

A) Sperm :hihi: Whale

 

Bill

[Pyrotex]

A) Sperm :hihi: Whale

BigDog said "sperm"!!!!!!!!!!!! :hihi: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :lol: :)

[InfiniteNow]

A) Sperm Whale

BigDog said "sperm"!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :hihi: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :hihi: :lol:

 

Are those what the seamen hunted? :eek:

 

Hi, I'm 7 years old again. ;)

[Turtle]

D) What Christmas plant was off-limits to early Catholics, due to its pagan past?

 

mistletoe. Holly became the substitute.:hihi:

[Pyrotex]

G)What is "Kwok's" disease said to be an allergy to?

It is said to be an allergy to Mono Sodium Glutemate or MSG, though there is still some controversy on this point.

 

Addendum: An "allergy" is technically a histamine reaction to foreign particles in mucus membranes and food proteins in the stomach or gut. Sensitivity to MSG is therefore not an "allergy". It is literally a chemical poisoning caused by intake of an amount in excess of what the liver can process.

[Racoon]

Good Job Boys!!

seems we got fot some fart smellers here! errrr... Smart Fellers here! :hihi:

 

OK answers to E) and F): closest relative - Tick :lol: and the average hen lays ~20 eggs / month!

Round 3 - looks like Pyro is in the lead! -

 

1a) What did Robert Goddard's 1918 rocket, launched out of a tube, come to be called? Pyro! :) Bazooka

 

2b) What are mathematicians trying to quantify unpredictable systems likely to call "complexity theory"? :eek: - not quite yet Pyro??

 

3c) What inventive businessman inspired workers with a sign reading: "There's a better way. Find it!" ?

 

4d) What parts of the body experience growth at different rates, called anagen, catagen, and telogen?:hihi: Pyro again

 

5e) What northern constellation is formed by: Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Pheeda, Megrez, Mizar, and Alkaid ? Yes! Pyro, next question for $400 please Alex!:eek:

 

6f) What vegetable does a cook add to a Bechamel recipe to make florentine sauce? :eek: Pyro is running the table!

 

7g) What weather does the "Old Farme'rs Almanac" forecast when hens ruffle their feathers?

 

8h) What lab insect has sperm cells that are 1,200 times larger than humans?

 

9i) What do sailors call the electrical halo effect that land-lubbers know as "corona"? Yuppers again P! :eek: St. Elmo's fire

 

10j) Where did Giovanni Shiaparelli first notice the lines he called "canali", widely mistranslated as "canals"? Pyro! :eek: Mars of course!

[Pyrotex]

2b) What are mathematicians trying to quantify unpredictable systems likely to call "complexity theory"? Non-linear systems

 

4d) What parts of the body experience growth at different rates, called anagen, catagen, and telogen? hair

 

5e) What northern constellation is formed by: Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Pheeda, Megrez, Mizar, and Alkaid ? The asterism known as the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major

 

6f) What vegetable does a cook add to a Bechamel recipe to make florentine sauce? spinach

 

9i) What do sailors call the electrical halo effect that land-lubbers know as "corona"? St. Elmo's Fire

 

10j) Where did Giovanni Shiaparelli first notice the lines he called "canali", widely mistranslated as "canals"? Mars!!

[InfiniteNow]

I know who I want on my team next time I play trivial pursuit. :rolleyes:

[Pyrotex]

1a) What did Robert Goddard's 1918 rocket, launched out of a tube, come to be called?

The Bazooka

[Pyrotex]

I know who I want on my team next time I play trivial pursuit. :rolleyes:

You listen to your Uncle Pyro, now Inf. I am a veritable warehouse of information and wisdom, most of it never even used!! :)

[InfiniteNow]

I am a veritable warehouse of information and wisdom, most of it never even used!! :)

Well, I could've told ya that. :rolleyes:

[Pyrotex]

2b) What are mathematicians trying to quantify unpredictable systems likely to call "complexity theory"? :hihi: - not quite yet Pyro??

 

Okay, Ima gonna tryta answer thisun, then I'll quit. Sorry I got carried away with the quiz, but it's yer own dern fault for asking me questions that I knew!

I think I will "buy a vowel" -- that is, I would like a re-phrasing of the question to make it clear what it is you're asking for. Complexity theory is the study of "systems" (usually physical systems) that are described by non-linear differential equations. Are you by any chance looking for the phrase, "Butterfly Effect"? ;)

[Racoon]

Sorry I got carried away with the quiz, but it's yer own dern fault for asking me questions that I knew!

I think I will "buy a vowel" --

 

complexity theory is another *term* for......{suspenseful music}.........

Chaos Theory!

 

If this is wrong, then GO SUE Trivial Pursuit Genus 5 edition.

 

I LOVE Trivia. Blame Infamous, it was HIS IDEA!

and a word of Advice Pyro. - Go Get on "Jeapordy."

you would crush!