Trivia teaser

[Pyrotex]

complexity theory is another *term* for......Chaos Theory!

...Advice Pyro. - Go Get on "Jeapordy." you would crush!

Chaos Theory :cup: :confused: :eek2: :eek2: :hihi:

I must have half a dozen books at home with Chaos in their titles. Including the masterwork "Chaos, The Birth of a New Science"

Thank you! :(

[infamous]

Who was the first American to swim across the English Channel? And what year did he accomplish this feat?

[Racoon]

Who was the first American to swim across the English Channel? And what year did he accomplish this feat?

 

Gertrude Caroline was the first woman I believe; and she broke the mans mark.

 

Matthew Web was first back in 1885, if the source was right;

 

cant find first American man yet...

[infamous]

Gertrude Caroline was the first woman I believe; and she broke the mans mark.

 

Matthew Web was first back in 1885, if the source was right;

 

cant find first American man yet...

The answer would be: Henry Sullivan, 1923.............

[infamous]

On a clear night in the Northern Hemisphere, how many stars can the naked eye discern?

 

Answer (1): 3,000

Answer (2): 5,000

Answer (3): 1,000

Answer (4): 10,000

Answer (5): 50,000

 

Good luck.........................Infy

[Jay-qu]

ok it took me a long time to count, but i have it - 10,000 :phones:

[infamous]

ok it took me a long time to count, but i have it - 10,000 :phones:

No sir, the correct answer is; Answer (2) 5,000 stars....................

[Jay-qu]

guess its because I was counting the stars down here in the southern hemisphere - and there is a lot less light polution here which = more stars :xx:

 

quick question is there actually more stars visible down here or is it purely because of light pollution?

[Pyrotex]

...is there actually more stars visible down here or is it purely because of light pollution?

I've been a backyard astronomer for 40+ years. IMO, there are about the same number of stars in N and S hemispheres. And of course, observers at moderate latitudes in each share a great many stars around the celestial equator. Like Orion, which is equally visible to each.

 

Also, if memory serves me correct, the number 5,000 would be ALL stars above magnitude 6.0 (considered to be the dimmest stars visible with naked eye) for the whole sky, not just N hemisphere. I could be wrong on that one.

 

I hope I get to see the Southern sky before I die!!!

[infamous]

What percentage of the American public knows that the sun is really a star?

 

Answer (1): 25%

Asnwer (2): 35%

Answer (3): 45%

Answer (4): 55%

Answer (5): 65%

Answer (6): 75%

Answer (7): 85%

 

Good luck...............................Infy

[InfiniteNow]

I'm so reluctant to hear the answer on this... 35%?

[pgrmdave]

I trust in my fellow man - and happen to live in an area where most people would know that so my estimate will be a bit high. I think that 75% of people know it.

[infamous]

I'm so reluctant to hear the answer on this... 35%?

I can feel your pain InfiniteNow: 35% is not the correct answer so we now have 6 other alternatives. Just as a side thought; I wonder how many that know that the sun is a star really understand what a star is??

[InfiniteNow]

Just as a side thought; I wonder how many that know that the sun is a star really understand what a star is??

Everybody knows that... those are the things they show on the E! channel, the things that we are supposed to idolize and dress like and dream about. :umno:

[infamous]

Everybody knows that... those are the things they show on the E! channel, the things that we are supposed to idolize and dress like and dream about. :umno:

You make a good point there Infinite..............

[Jay-qu]

lol os whats the answer if your gonna make us guess i will punt at 45%

[infamous]

lol os whats the answer if your gonna make us guess i will punt at 45%

Actually Jay-qu, the answer is 55%. Maybe not as low as many would suspect nor as high as others would guess but never-the-less, lower than it should be...............Infy