I ask, U Answer, then U ask.....

[Hekta]

....then someone else answers and so on..... get it ?
(kinda like the word association game...)

Righty-o here goes

What's your favourite TV show ?

(nice and easy.....that should get us started)





Stuart Hector

[Cameron Wheeler]

star treck (sory I'm a trekie)

what is your favorite film?

[sammycerv]

Dead Poets Society

Whose your favorite actor?

[Asia]

Etsuko Shiomi <right now one of Sonny Chiba's JAC star members>



What is your favorite food?

[Aicerno]

My favorite food is WASABI!!!!!!!!!:D (With sushi and sashimi on the side):p

What's your favorite colour?

[Kreth]

Blue, no yel-. AHHHHHHHHHHH!

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Jeff

[JimmyCrow]

African or European Swallow?

[william northcote]

Depends on the size of the coconut?:wave:

[dirtyvicar]

Are you suggesting coconuts are migratory ?

[Cameron Wheeler]

it would take 2 sparrows with the coconut in a sling to transport it

[JimmyCrow]

A 5 ounce bird could not carry a 1lb coconut. In order to maintain air speed velocity a swallow needs to beat his wings 43 times every second. Am I right?
It could be carried by an African swallow but not a European swallow, thats my point. But, then of course African swallows are non-migratory so they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.

If two swallows carried a coconut using a sling where would they tie sling to. Oh, yes It could held under the dorsal guiding feather.:p

[JimmyCrow]

Here is a new question. What do you do with witches?
Here's a clue :redhot:

(Remember: after you give your answer you must ask another question)

[Aicerno]

Hmm. . . Burn them? *Thinks for a second* Nah couldn't be. . . got too many friends from that particular belief group. I got it, invite them to a barbecue :cool:

What's 2 times 2 times 3?

[Kreth]

42

Why do people say, "Can I ask you a question?"

Jeff

[JimmyCrow]

Stupidity perhaps, lack of education and conversation skills.

Why does everyone from North Jersey begin every sentence with “not fer nutten”

[tim_dahl]

Becuase you always get something for a nothing.

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

[JimGould]

Thats 2 questions so I'll just answer the first..

Why does your nose run? To keep your face in shape

...

Who invented the Ironing Board?

[FastEd]

Sarah Boone


Who is the current heavy weight boxing champion of the world?

[JimGould]

WBC & IBF - Hasim Rahman
WBA - John Ruiz
WBO - Wlad Klitschko



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If it take one man 2 hours to dig a hole, how long does it take 2 men to dig 1/2 a hole?

[Hekta]

depends how much beer they have :)

how much wood can a woodchuck chuck ?


Stuart Hector

[Asia]

2 quarts!

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

[Son of Thunder]

They both have feathers (assuming you write with a quill).




Is there such a thing as a "gruntled" employee?


Charles Hackney
UAlbany Bujinkan
Jehovah Nissi!

[Hekta]

ummmm... Yes ??:confused:

Is it ok to use the AM Radio after Noon ?


Stuart Hector

[PeteBoyes]

It's o.k. to use the radio, but it's only polite to wait until Noon has finished with it!

What colour are greenhouses ?

[Dale]

Transparent??

Why does my head hurt reading this??

[Son of Thunder]

It could be a tumor.


Does a root beer float?

[Jinkaze]

Only if it weighs the same as a duck.

If you offer me a penny for my thoughts and I put my two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

[Jon S.]

For those who drive Caravans.

What is best in life?

Jon Small

[PeteBoyes]

The letter 'F', because without it Life would be a lie.

Why do American's not like 'U's?
As in coloUr and honoUr?

[bgb]

Because we are to self centered to think about "u".

Why do you always hit the red stop lights when you are in a hurry?

Barb Bloom

[sifumiles]

They are set to a timer.




And how can you have an "escalator" that goes down? Would that be a descalator?

[Matt Whittle]

Nope, one that only goes down would be an "emasculator".


What's red and sits in the corner?


Matt Whittle

[Kimpatsu]

A baby chewing razor blades.
Define the place of molecular biology in a clone community.

[Chuck Munyon]

Maintenance of homology; after all, if people start to deviate too much via random mutation, then they're not clones anymore.

And why is Weird Al's "I think I'm a Clone Now" to the tune of "I Think We're Alone Now" STILL so gosh-darn funny?

[Kimpatsu]

Classic humour is timeless.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood, Chuck?

[Chuck Munyon]

This Chuck would chuck all the wood I could chuck at the people who keep hauling that one out. Also prohibited are Chuck Wagon, Chuck Norris, "What's up, Chuck?" and Chuck-chuck-bo-buck-banana-fana-fo-f... well, you get the idea.

How many roads must a man walk down, before people will stop making fun of his name? :redhot: :burnup:

(Note: I am not actually angry; these smilies are just way too addictive :D :toast: )

[Kimpatsu]

How many Bob Dylans does it take to put a man at his ease?
I guess your name is just too tempting a target.

[Shizen]

How many Bob Dylans are there? (sorry I have no answer)

another question:

Why is a nickel coin bigger than a dime?

[chrisinbrasil]

To take the focus off the fact that the penny is also bigger than the dime.

Why are boxing rings square?

[Kimpatsu]

Because boxing bends you out of shape.
(But it's also a thumping good time.) :laugh:
If C-H-E-M-I-S-T is pronounced "chemist," how do you pronounce C-H-A-I-R?

[PeteBoyes]

Dunno!

But how do you keep 4,554 (at the last count!) Martial artists in suspense ?

Answer tomorrow.

[Kimpatsu]

Pete,
Don't ask a question if you can't answer the preceding one.
It misses the point of the thread.

[chrisinbrasil]

Since Kimpatsu didn't ask a question, I'll ask, answer and ask again.

Where does the word salary come from?

It comes from the Latin,salarium, because salt used to be a precious commodity and was awarded to Roman soldiers as a prize or allowance due to its value.

Riddle me this????????

Why are there children's urinals in 21 and over establishments?

[sean_stonehart]

For the vertically challenged.

Why do restaurants have a smoking section & swimming pools not have a peeing section? :nono: Isn't that the same thing?

[PeteBoyes]

To answer your question - No they're not the same thing.

I thought the kiddies pool was the peeing section, that's why the water always feels warmer there!

How many sides has a circle ? (I don't think this question has been asked before).

Pete Boyes.

p.s. How do you pronounce chair ?

[Ronin]

Circles have infinite sides, and if this was a test, I hope it would be graded on a curve..hee hee

How do you pronounce chair? Very carefully.

Which US Presidents were assassinated and by who?

[PeteBoyes]

Abraham Lincoln - John Wilkes Booth
James Garfield - Charles Guiteau
William Mckinley - Leon Czolgosz
John F Kennedy - Lee Harvey Oswald (probably!)

By the way a circle has 2 sides - an inside and an outside.

If Charles Windsor ever gets to be King what number will he be ?

And what number will his son Wills be ?

[Kimpatsu]

I'm not much of a royalist, but I think Charles will be number 3.
His son Wills will be the royal pothead.:D

[Asia]

Kimpatsu,

You didn't ask a question!!!!:nono:
As Morita-sensei used to say to me:
DAMEDAMEDAMEDAMEDAMEDAME!!:nono: :nono:
(I still get this feeling that she is sitting in Japan saying this eventhough I am on the otherside of the globe)

For those who have seen "Black Hawk Down" (great movie!) Can you name at least 3 technical inaccuracies in the movie?
(I am not usaully one to point these things out but when you watch a Army movie with a bunch of soldiers they get pointed out)

[yamamatsuryu]

#1) Uniforms
#2) Equipment
#3) Tactics
(List could go on an on, but it's still one of the best damn Military movies I've ever seen)


What get's wet the more it dries?

Jared Albrecht

[PeteBoyes]

Answer: A towel

A question for all you BJJers out there. What is the name of the World Cup trophy that Brazil got to keep because they won it 3 times ?

n.b. This s a football/soccer question !

[chrisinbrasil]

It was the Jules Rimet Cup. It was stolen that same year, I believe.

Why does everyone feel that it is the responsibility of the US to stop the struggles in the Middle East when it is painfully obvious that they want to kill each other?

Extra credit: Why do Americans have to pay for it while in recession and facing budget cuts in the already underfunded education department?

(Did you catch that? That was a little political vent there...)
:toast:

[Kimpatsu]

Sorry! You're quite right, I dashed off my answer, and forgot to post a question! So, to remedy the oversight, here goes:
What is the second biggest Greek city in the world?

[Minuet]

:idea: Thessaloniki with a population of 1,000,000.

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

[Asia]

He is TURTLE SOUP!!


How many bits are in a Gigabyte, exact number no rounding!! heheheh!

[hikari]

8589934592 (1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 8 = 2^33), unless I'm very mistaken.

What does he have in his pocketses? :D

[Ben Bartlett]

Oyster crackers.

What are the properties of the Klein four group?

[Kimpatsu]

When I asked the Greek question, I was looking for Melbourne, Australia, but a quick check now reveals that Melbourne's Greek population has fallen to third place, and Thessaloniki is indeed number two. Congratulations, Minuet.
The Klein bottle is a non-orientable surface obtained by identifying the ends of a cylinder with a twist. This representation is constructed from two pieces, one a tube around a figure eight curve and the other a surface of revolution of a piece of that curve. There is a curve of self-intersection in three-dimensional space, but the intersection points have a different fourth coordinate so the surface is actually embedded, without self-intersection, in four-space. In other words, it only has one continuous surface; a three-dimensional Moebius band.
Question: So, what do women want? :confused:

[Asia]

EVERTHING and Nothing!!!!


Who put the BOP in the BOP SHE BOP BOP?

[Kimpatsu]

The same person who put the RAM in the RAM A LANG A DING DONG.
Who took the fizz out of physics?

[Chuck Munyon]

Nobody; they just gave it all to Richard Feynman for safe keeping.

Is the transition from solid to liquid helium first or second order?

[Jon S.]

A 50/50 chance. :idea:

I'll say...first order.

Some tough questions lately. Okay, if that's how we want to play.:up:

In building construction, what characterizes "balloon framing"?:smash:


Jon Small

[Kimpatsu]

From an architecture and design web page:
Balloon framing is method of wood construction used primarily in Scandinavia and the United States. It utilizes long continuous framing members that run from sill to eave line with intermediate floor structures nailed to them. Once popular when lumber was plentiful, balloon framing has been largely replaced by 'platform framing'.
So, now we know.
Here's an impossible question:
What am I thinking right now? :D

[John McCollum]

:idea:
You are undoubtedly thinking of the answer to your question.

What colour do smurfs go when you strangle them?

[Asia]

If it is the same as when you drown them it is DARK BLUE!!!

What is the second law of Thermodynamics?:confused:

[hikari]

The entropy inside a closed system always increases. In other words, delta(S) >= 0.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

[Ben Bartlett]

To get to the other side!

What is the name of Pluto's satellite?

[Jon S.]

Charon.

Who's the ferryman?


Jon Small

[Kimpatsu]

Charon is the ferryman. The river is the Styx.
What is the last book of the Old Testament? (And no peeking!)

[Julien]

Would it be "malachi" ?

how do call a deaf dog ?

[Julien]

Doh !

me and my good english...

let's see if can get it right this time :

"how do you call a deaf dog ?"

[SuperBallz]

you don't its not gonna come to you anyway.


"How come superman can stop bullets with his chest but ducks when someone throws a gun at him?"

[Kimpatsu]

It looks better on camera.
What was the name of Earth's first satellite?

[PeteBoyes]

Or do you mean artificial satellite, in which case it's Sputnik.

How do you spell 'Hungry Horse' using only 4 letters ?

[Kimpatsu]

I was thinking of the Moon, Pete. Well done (you'd be surprised how many people trip up on that one).
Hungry horse in four letters is MTGG, right. (You can tell I do crosswords.) Talking of which, here's my question:
The chosen people's chosen people (8 letters).

[PeteBoyes]

Answer = Chosen People and use the 'S' infront of ELECTED which is also chosen people.

If I'm correct, my question is what 6-letter word does this give : £51

[Kimpatsu]

Sorry, Pete,
You're wrong.
Want to try again?

[PeteBoyes]

I'll have to admit defeat, by the way the answer to my question was LIQUID

Liquid - as it having sufficient funds
£ = A British pound, QUID
51 = LI in Roman numerals.

[Kimpatsu]

I'll post the correct answer if it isn't supplied by the end of the weekend.
Once again:
The chosen people's chosen people (8 letters)

[Kimpatsu]

Since no one answered, I guess that stifles the thread, so here's the solution.
The chosen people's chosen people: Knessett. Ha ha ha! :laugh:

[PeteBoyes]

I did ask if it was something associated with the Jewish faith, so not even half a mark ?

Just to check if this is dead or not -

What English word(s) contains all 5 vowels, only once, and in the correct order ?

[Kimpatsu]

Hi, Pete,
You get half a mark for that. In reply to your question, will "Facetious", "abstemious", or "arsenious" (containing arsenic) do?
Now for something completely different: Where does Peruvian balsam come from?

[Hekta]

Peru ?

OK if you are driving at the speed of light, and you turn your headlights on, what happens ?

Stuart Hector

[Kimpatsu]

Stuart Hector is wrong. Anyone else: Where does Peruvian balsam come from?

[Andrei Arefiev]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Stuart Hector is wrong. Anyone else: Where does Peruvian balsam come from?

From one website:
Range: Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, South America

From another:
Peruvian Balsam comes from El Salvador.

I'm glad I didn't answer immediately or it would have been Peru.

As for Mr. Hector's question: you won't know the difference. Otherwise, it's all in the eye of the beholder.

What connects Squirrel and Little Arrow? And what happened to Barker?

[PwarYuex]

You asked two questions. I will answer the later, what happened to Barker. Well I hope this is the guy your talking about, the Australian bishop which Barker College is founded? Well he died in 1952 from a heart attack. I think your talking about something/someone else but you didnt specify so i guess im right.
My question: What is the westernised-chinese (in American, westernized) word for hopeless?

[kenshorin]

Originally posted by PwarYuex
You asked two questions. I will answer the later, what happened to Barker. Well I hope this is the guy your talking about, the Australian bishop which Barker College is founded? Well he died in 1952 from a heart attack. I think your talking about something/someone else but you didnt specify so i guess im right.
My question: What is the westernised-chinese (in American, westernized) word for hopeless?

HopeRess! :laugh:

Whats the longest word in the English language? (hint: it is 28 letters long, and I'll be damned if I can figure out exactly what it means...)

[Kimpatsu]

Antidisestablishmentarianism, meaning "To oppose the breakaway reform church." For good measure, you could also try, "Floccinauhilipilification," meaning, "to estimate as worthless."
Where are the islets of Langerhans?

[PeteBoyes]

See http://www.islets.net/islets.html :D


But from Encyclopedia Britannica...
also called ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS, irregularly shaped patches of endocrine tissue located within the pancreas of most vertebrates. They are named for the German physician Paul Langerhans, who first described them in 1869. The normal human pancreas contains about 1,000,000 islets.


There are 2 places in the world where you can travel 1 mile north, then 1 mile east, and finally 1 mile south and end up where you started. One place is at the South Pole, where's the other ?

[Ron Rompen]

There are 2 places in the world where you can travel 1 mile north, then 1 mile east, and finally 1 mile south and end up where you started. One place is at the South Pole, where's the other ?


This one is hard to describe, please bear with me.

Start from a position to the south of the north pole, such that when u move 1 mile north, a movement 1 mile east will cause a 360° change in longitude (i.e. you walk in a circle around the pole).

[PwarYuex]

What's your question?

[Jon S.]

Good answer. Tough question though.


This is my answer:

My question is this: What is the difference between a woman from Maine and a Moose?

[Kimpatsu]

50 pounds and a flannel shirt!
What are the two moons of Mars called?

[PwarYuex]

OK, dont know how to spell them but here goes:
Phobos and Deimos?

The are two asteroids just caught in the gravity?

My question:

Which Simpsons character is "The Collector" when he is a super hero. And i want his name.

[Hekta]

Originally posted by PwarYuex
My question:

Which Simpsons character is "The Collector" when he is a super hero. And i want his name.

The Comic Book Store Guy

Have you ever imagined a world without hypothetical questions ?


Stuart Hector

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by PwarYuex
And i want his name.
Ok... That's a wierd name. And yes, I just imagined it.
Who likes short shorts?

[Shizen]

quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally posted by PwarYuex
And i want his name.
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[. . . ]
Who likes short shorts?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We like short shorts.

What band originally performed the song, "Turning Japanese?"
Hint for the ska fans: 'Skankin' Pickle' did a cover of it.

p.s.
Does anybody know the name of 'The Comic Book Store Guy' from The Simpsons? Is he really The Collector's alter-ego?

[FastEd]

Originally posted by Shizen
quote:

What band originally performed the song, "Turning Japanese?"
Hint for the ska fans: 'Skankin' Pickle' did a cover of it.



The Vapors first preformed it in the 80's.

What prompted the capture of the Tigress and Scorpion? (American Navy Schooners).

[Jon S.]

In the War of 1812, the destruction of the Nancy and the blockade of Fort Michilimackinac by the Scorpion and the Tigress.

From here: http://members.rogers.com/kingsharbour/nancy.htm


Thanks for the history lesson.:)


Specifically, where is the first place the sun hits in the United States?

(hint: it's a mountain)

[Son of Thunder]

Originally posted by Shizen
Does anybody know the name of 'The Comic Book Store Guy' from The Simpsons? Is he really The Collector's alter-ego?

That is his name. Comic Shop Guy. That's it.

"Ah, Aquaman, when will you learn that you can never marry a surface woman?"

:saw: :D :D

[Budoka 34]

When the third one drowns.

What is the name of the beaked laughing creature that sits with Jabba the Hut in the Return of the Jedi?
:smilejapa

[PwarYuex]

You shouldnt have asked a Star Wars question with me around ;).
The character you talk of is called Salacious Crumb, he's homeplanet is Kowok, and he's species is known as "the kowakian monkey lizard" Ok, since were doing Starwars questions now, ill ask one:
Which teacher did Exar Kun study under? (Joke, even though we all know its Vodo-Siosk Baas dont we? Yes....)
OK heres the real question: What species' hair does Boba Fett have attached to his suit?
Grroooooowwwwllll

[Jon S.]

Wookie.


Here's my question, again:

Specifically, where is the first place the sun hits in the United States?

(hint 1: it's a mountain)
(hint 2: it's in a national park)

[bgb]

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, ME


Who will ask the next question?


Barb Bloom

[Rogier]

I will...

What is the name Beavis' alter ego??

hint: it has something to do with corn...

[PeteBoyes]

Which country makes Panama hats ?

[Kimpatsu]

Originally posted by bgb
Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, ME
Who will ask the next question?
You should.

[PeteBoyes]

Technically speaking, he did!

[bgb]

Okay, I will!

Which country makes Panama hats?

Barb Bloom

[bgb]

Originally posted by PeteBoyes
"Technically speaking, he did!"

Pete!
Technically speaking, SHE did!

Geez, I'm beginning to develop a complex here.

BARB Bloom

[Kimpatsu]

Panama hats come from Ecuador.
In which movie does "Freedonia" appear?

[Exorcist_Fist]

Duck?@Soup

Who is the voice actor for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the German Dub of the Terminator?

[Dahlia]

Originally posted by Silent Dan
Who is the voice actor for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the German Dub of the Terminator?

Christian Danneberg



Who or what is Badz Maru?

@ bgb
Get yourself an avatar :D

[Exorcist_Fist]

A Penguin from San Rio.

In the version of the Terminator I saw, Arnold Scharzenegger did the voice over for his own character. Maybe I should have said Austrian version.

[Dahlia]

Originally posted by Silent Dan
Maybe I should have said Austrian version.

That wouldn't have made a difference. His movies are redubbed in German, since he usually speaks English though coming from Austria ;)

What's the full name of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?

[Asia]

Answer: Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery

Anime geek question:

How many childeren does Vegeta have?

[Exorcist_Fist]

That can not be correct, the version I saw when I lived in Wien--I am fluent in German--was dubbed by Arnold, so either you are incorrect, or there are different versions.

[Exorcist_Fist]

I have no life. I just got in touch with a pal from Wien. He said that there is indeed a special version that was released only in Austria, but Arnold did not originally dub it. In the initial release it was felt that his Austrian accent was too strong for wide German release. After Arnie got popular it was re-released in Austria with his own voice, for limited runs. Strange since it was fine for the English version.

so anyway, we are both correct. Though, technically, I did say "German" version, so I guess maybe I am wrong after all.

My apologies. And here i thought i was clever.

[Exorcist_Fist]

Third post is the charm.

Oh, and If I am correct, Vegeta has two kids, Trunks and Bra.

If I am correct, the next question is:

What is the chinese name of the sword that Enishi uses, and for bonus points, who invented the techniques for it?

[Asia]

Haven't watched Kenshin for awhile but here goes,


Sword: Watou

Founder of the style: Enshin for Garyu Watoujutsu
the other I don't know

[Exorcist_Fist]

Sorry, watou is the name the author of Kenshin gave it. There is a real chinese weapon with a chinese name that it is based on though.

I"ll post the answer in a few hours if no one gets it.

[Exorcist_Fist]

The weapon is called a miao dao.

More information on it, and the other two-handed chinese blades can be found here.

http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/contact.html

The next question is...

Who else want to ask a question.

[Laotse]

Because "I" am everything.

Why do U ask?

[Laotse]

Sorry about the last one ... I got lost.

I practice miao dao. My question is, who asked about it?

[Asia]

Sorry Dan,

You wanted the REAL weapon. I just thought you wanted what it was refered to in the anime series.

My question:

What is the STRONGEST (alc% wise) in the world? (Hint I am drinking it right now:D Ok that was not much of a hint)

[Kimpatsu]

I think Asia means Schnapps, but he's forgotten rocket fuel. :D
Who created the Shadow?
("Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men...")

[Asia]

I meant the strongest BEER!!! Sorry.

As for your answer, Tony

Walter Brown Gibson aka Maxwell Grant (going from comic collection:D )

I reask my question:

What is the STRONGEST (alc% wise) BEER in the world?

[Kimpatsu]

The strongest beer in the world is is Sam Adams Utopia MMII, which is 48% proof, or 24% alcohol by volume. If you're drinking that, how are you going to make it to work tomorrow? (And no, that's NOT my question.)
Well done LeTerian for getting the name of the author right. Now try this one.
How did the character of the Shadow, Lamont Cranston, get his name?

[Asia]

The Shadow is ACTUALLY, Kent Allrad. Lamont Cranston was just a wealthy persona for the Shadow to masscared as. One version I read said that there was a Lamont Cranston who was a wealthy playboy but was wasting his life. The Shadow apporached him one night, disquised as him, and "convinced" him to let the shadow take over his life. And another one says that Kent died in a plane crash in tibet but the "essence" of the The shadow massacraded as both Kent and Lamont.

Question:

Who was the first comic strip character to exhibit varied superhuman powers on a regualr basis? (to help it is NOT Superman, Spiderman, or the Phantom.)

[Kimpatsu]

Are you thinking of Doc Savage?
The point about Lamont Cranston is that Walter Gibson was living in Lamont Mansions, and the janitor was a Mr. Cranston, in New York city, when he created the character.
If I'm right about Doc Savage, here's my question:
Which SF TV show first featured a living hologram as a major character? (And be careful!)

[Rogier]

I don't know if I'm right but I think it's Red Dwarf..

if I am right here my question..

what is the name of the android on Red Dwarf?

[PwarYuex]

Is is Rimmer or Lister? This is my Q:
How is a Raven like a writing desk?

[PwarYuex]

Ooops... Sorry about that, that raven Question has already been asked & answered.
New question: What are the Kanji (whole poem preferably) to the poem "The Five Coloured Clouds over the Eastern Sky" (Litterally read as "East Sky Five Colour Clouds")?

[Kimpatsu]

The Android in Red Dwarf is Kryton. Rimmer is the hologram, and Lister is the last surviving human. Holly is the computer. PwarYeux is wrong; does that invalidate his question?

[Asia]

OH that is what you meant. See what happens when you get me all geeked up!:p

As for the answer to my question:

No it was not DoC Savage. It was actually....drum roll...Popeye!!! The FIRST COMIC STRIP character to desplay various superhuman powers on a regular basis.

I don't know about Pek's question. I think he wants us to post kanji which I can't do on this computer.

But if we sticking to red dwarf then what was the mission of the "Inquistor" (my favorite episode)?

[PwarYuex]

There's a guy who gets rid of all the useless people in the universe. Then the black guy justifies his use that he has a great ass. (Which is very true)

Ok, My Question.

If you were travelling from Japan to Hawaii Directly (sorry about that), would you go past the island of Palau?

[william northcote]

I doubt it. I may be wrong on this, but it seems that to go between Japan and the US of A will take longer to go over the island rather than take a curved route over the Pacific.

If the world was flat, then yes it would. But due to the curve of the Earth, a curved line of flight is traced through the sky, metaphorically speaking. This will take less flight time pover the Pacific (discounting weather or some natural phenomina like volcanos suddenly erupting nearby). The same is for England to the US of A. They fly north the turn near the Glasgow area towards America.:shot:

My Question is one of two parts(I am greedy at this):

Can someone explain the theory of Scrodingers cat,
and is it a form of animal abuse. :D :)

[davoravo]

Schrodinger's cat was part of a though experiment. A cat is placed inside a box with a poison bomb. It is random whether the bomb will go off or not so that until the box is re opened we do not know if the cat is alive or dead; therefore until the box is opened two possible universes exist simultaneously.

As the cat was actually smarter than Schrodinger he could never be found when it was time to perform the experiment .. no imaginary animals were harmed in the making of this post.

Where is the pouch of Douglas (and what on earth was he doing there?)

[Dahlia]

An extension of the peritoneal cavity between the rectum and back wall of the uterus. Mr. Douglas did nothing else than to explore this part of the body and get it named after himself.

How often do pinguins have sex per year?

[davoravo]

each species has its mating season once per year in spring or summer. AS for sex, multiple times ...
"The first recorded examples of bird prostitution have been observed in colonies of Adelie penguins on Ross Island, about 800 miles from the South Pole, by Dr Fiona Hunter of Cambridge University and Dr Lloyd Davis of the University of Otago, supported by the New Zealand Antarctic Programme.
They observed how male Adelies pay for sexual favours with rocks and stones, a limited resource that can prove crucial for the survival of broods. In no other bird have such extra-marital exchanges been recorded"

Who was first referred to as Lucifer (before the prince of darkness took the monniker)?

[Soulend]

A male figure in classical mythology, which was the personification of the morning star (the planet Venus at dawn).

In pocketknife lingo, what does it mean if a knife 'walks n' talks'?

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Soulend
In pocketknife lingo, what does it mean if a knife 'walks n' talks'?

Could be wrong on this but... If it walks and talks, it means that it has multiple blades/tools, like a swiss army knife.

(yeh, and my previous question was a trick, you only go over sea (curved flight)).

Ok... If I said that what was significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on 1st January 2001, what would you answer. (AND DON'T USE A CALCULATOR OUTSIDE OF YOUR HEAD)

[Soulend]

Could be wrong on this but... If it walks and talks, it means that it has multiple blades/tools, like a swiss army knife.

Nope.

[PwarYuex]

OK, on to my second guess :D

Does it mean that they snap shut, and snap open, (like they *click* in place)

[Laotse]

***

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Laotse
***

I take it you want us to ignore this?

[Soulend]

Yep PwarYuex got it. Opens smoothly (walks), and closes with a 'snap' (talks).

[PwarYuex]

Ok... If I said that what was significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on 1st January 2001, what would you answer. (AND DON'T USE A CALCULATOR OUTSIDE OF YOUR HEAD)

[Budoka 34]

Is it one hour and one second into the new year or 01010101?
:smilejapa

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Budoka 34
Is it one hour and one second into the new year or 01010101?
:smilejapa

What's your question?

[Budoka 34]

Who is the first person to free climb the Nose route of El Capitan in Yosemite?
:smilejapa

[PwarYuex]

Warren "Batso" Harding. YAY. And I'm not even American.
OK.. I got one for you, If I said this in Dharug (an Aboriginal Language), what would I be saying "Waitara wahroonga warrawee turramurra pymble gordon killara" ??? Hohohohoho - ahahahha - ohhohohoh **Jabba Laugh**

[Budoka 34]

Nope! good guess. Warren Harding used fixed gear, including building ladders to climb El Cap.

To "free" climb you can not use any fixed gear or use anything but the rock, your shoes, and muscle to climb.

So the question still stands.
Who was the first person to "free" climb the Nose route on El Capitan in Yosemite?

Clue: She did it in great style.

:smilejapa

[Rogier]

I really don't have a clue so I'm gonna guess: Lynn Hill

[Budoka 34]

Rogier, you rock! Lynn Hill is correct.

What's your question?

:smilejapa

[Rogier]

I saw someone ask something in some australian or something so I'll do it in Dutch....

Imagine you are in the Red Light District in Amsterdam... you are going to ask the following question: how much for 2 minutes?


now what is this in dutch?




(i wonder if you guys get it :D )

[PwarYuex]

Ylma aoobee obbee

:D

Sorry... *Whimpers away*

[Rogier]

not even close....

okay a hint:

Imagine you are in the Red Light District in Amsterdam... you are going to ask the following question: how much for 2 minutes?


now what is this in dutch?

[PwarYuex]

Ahhhh....
Ok. Thats like
"Mississippi is a very long word, if you can't spell it your a dunce"

OK, according to my friend it is "Dit" or if you're pointing, "Dit here"...

OK, Answer my Aboriginal Question :)

(above)

[Rogier]

correct :D

don't have a clue what the answer to your question is..

[PeteBoyes]

Aren't the Aboriginal names Railway Stations on the North shore line ?

What Cathedral has the tallest Spire in the UK ?

[PwarYuex]

Wow.. You do a search?

[Rogier]

easy... Salisbury Cathedral

how high is the highest "mountain" in The Netherlands..

[Chuck Munyon]

Depends on how much time he spent at the local hash bar.

Do you think G.W. Bush ever gets stoned to the Bejeezus?

[Mike Williams]

"Hoeveel kost het voor twee minuutjes? Zeg, wat duur! O je, ik heb geen geld bij me - mag ik je volgende week betalen?"

The question is in the answer! :D

Cheers,

Mike

[Ian Sparrow]

I'm guessing a bit but it sounds like you didn't go prepared! Go get some more money, don't think they're gonna take payment in yen.

OK, which historical figure decided to tax men (and I guess women!) who had beards?

Ian

[John McCollum]

Peter the Great introduced a beard tax in 18th century Russia. Apparently King Henry VIII also wanted to introduce a similar tax, before changing his mind and growing a whopping great ginger beard himself.

Which city has the most Rolls-Royces per capita?

[PwarYuex]

Thailand?

[Ian Sparrow]

I think its Hong Kong?

If it is, how do they stick the sugar in sugar cubes together?
(don't actually know the answer)

Cheers
Ian

[PwarYuex]

With sugar glue...
Where's the most hillarious place you've had sex?

[kenshorin]

Thats a subjective question... that doesn't count.

[bonzuko]

Q:

Whooooo are you? Who-who? Who-who?

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by kenshorin
Thats a subjective question... that doesn't count.

As you will actually note (look at the beggining of the thread), the thread was meant to be subjective, and to find out about people, it just became a contest of who's smarter... So my question stands.

[PeteBoyes]

The problem with the question is that there is not a 'right' answer. My current answer may be superceded tonight :D and then I'd have to post a different answer tomorrow - the chain of questions and answers will be broken.

I addition, what we find hilarious may be someone else's perversion - I sure there's some joke there about tickling and fancy but I just can't think of it.

That's as much of answer as I'm going to give, although it was amusing for a while remembering all the different places (quite a long while actually if anybody is asking!!)

If anyone wants to continue the thread my question is...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel helped develop the Internet as long ago as the 1860s - How ?

[Onmitsu]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel helped develop the Internet as long ago as the 1860s - How ?

Prior to 1845 there was no agreed standard in Britain on how far apart tracks should be placed. A government-appointed commission deliberated over whether the wider spacing favoured by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (7) was preferable to George Stephenson's narrow one (8). During tests, one of the narrow gauge trains fell off the track and Brunel's engine was more economical than a second narrow gauge locomotive that did stay the course - but preference was given to the narrower track.


The adoption of this standard got rid of the inefficiency of having to transfer goods and passengers from one train to another halfway through a journey because the tracks didn't meet. As with our modern-day email, the issue was less about which standard was adopted and more about the adoption of any standard, making much longer unbroken journeys possible.


What was the first publicly broadcasted video tape?

[PeteBoyes]

Whoa there Greg !

Wrong answer!

The correct answer should have been that he designed and had built the Great Eastern - the ship that was used to lay the first Transatlantic Telegraph cable.

I dunno the answer to your question, so I'll repeat it...

What was the first publicly broadcasted video tape?

[Onmitsu]

Wrong answer!
This however does not change the fact that Isambard Kingdom Brunel helped to develop a system of standards which without we would not be able to send e-mail. That is according to at least one historian.

[dirtyvicar]

Originally posted by PeteBoyes


What was the first publicly broadcasted video tape?

Would that be:

World's First Broadcast via Videotape -- CBS airing of the Douglas Edward and the News program on November 30, 1956, from New York. CBS Television City in Hollywood replayed the broadcast three hours after it was received on the West Coast. The show was in black and white.

?

If so -

Why do we drive on a parkway and park on the driveway ?

[ScottUK]

Originally posted by dirtyvicar
Why do we drive on a parkway and park on the driveway ? A - Don't you guys have roads in the USA?

Q - Who said it was OK to drive on the right in America?

[Kimpatsu]

Henry Ford. The reason why half the world drives on one side of the road and half on the other is as follows:
Traditionally, armies marched on the left hand side of the road, keeping their swordarms (right hands) free to draw in the event of attack. Vehicles, unsurprisingly, were part of the convoy, and so also drove on th eleft. Napoleon Bonaparte, however, was left-handed, so he took to marching his army on the right when he was off conquering Europe, and the conquered countries still drive on the right to this day. Napoleon never conquered Britain, so the UK remains a left-hand country. Interestingly, Sweden was originally the same as the UK, but changed in 1945 to be in line with the rest of Europe. Now, to America...
Henry Ford manufactured the model T in left-hand drive only, forcing America to drive on the right, to eliminate competition from Rolls-Royce. Which is why the USA drives on the right side of the road, and the UK drives on the correct side... :D
Now for my question: Who was the first actor to play James Bond?

[Jdalton51]

Barry Nelson did so in the 1954 TV movie, Casino Royal. Not to be mistaken with the spoof done in 1967.

That being said,Answer me this: Following the cold war, what was the last country in Eastern Europe to abandon rigid Communist Party rule?

[PwarYuex]

Albania?

That being said (I'm probably wrong there anyway)...

What is the Australian Capital city? What does the name mean?
Why is it located there? (Basically in the middle of nowhere).

[Kimpatsu]

Canberra. It was put there, in the Canberra Capital Territory (which is really in New South Wales) so that Aussies wouldn't argue over which state had the capital.
Where is the "First City of the Sun?"

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Canberra. It was put there, in the Canberra Capital Territory (which is really in New South Wales) so that Aussies wouldn't argue over which state had the capital.
Where is the "First City of the Sun?"

Hmmm... Canberra is in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory), and it was put there because noone could decide which city to put the capital in, so they stuck it in the middle of nowhere.

Also, I don't have any clue about your question.

[Kimpatsu]

Then my question stands. Where is the "First City of the Sun"?

[Rogier]

Heliopolis ??

if that is correct then my question is:

Tony... what is the next question??

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Rogier
Heliopolis ??

if that is correct then my question is:

Tony... what is the next question??

(Even though not directed at me...)

"What's your question?"

Will be said by Tony.

[Kimpatsu]

I see your thinking, but it's not correct.
Hint: Think wines.

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Hint: Think wines.

I tend to think more about beer...

[Rogier]

wine... wine.... Gisborne??

[Kimpatsu]

Rogier is correct. It's the easternmost city in the world. Rogier gets to ask the next question.

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Kimpatsu
Rogier is correct. It's the easternmost city in the world. Rogier gets to ask the next question.

That's only relative to our method of recording time....

[Rogier]

HA.... I got it I got it.... [small victory dance] yeah yeah [/small victory dance]

okay the question is:

Who is Rob Haans and what is the highest title he's won?

(okay that's actually two questions... but if you know the first one you can easily answer the second.)

[Grace]

Rob Haans

I believe he was a JuJitsu World Champion from the Netherlands. Won the gold medal at the world games in Japan in 2001.

Rogier is this correct?

[Rogier]

correct... you get to ask the next question

[Grace]

In what country is the worlds longest railroad tunnel and how long is it?

[Jdalton51]

Japan, 33.5 miles/53.9 km

England & France's Chunnel is a close second at 31.1 mi/50.0 km

Of the two things, which are you least likely to do in public - pick your nose or scratch your bum?

[Rogier]

neither.... I'm a man so I don't have problems with doing these things....

My question:

On the soundtrack of the movie Donnie Darko there is a song called Mad World. Who originally performed this song??

[PeteBoyes]

On the soundtrack of the movie Donnie Darko there is a song called Mad World. Who originally performed this song??

Tears for Fears.

My question...
Which planet of the Solar System has a moon named Cruithne ?

[Kimpatsu]

The earth. It's a near-Earth asteroid. (Although whether that makes it a moon is open to debate.)
How do you make a Tangerine sing?

[Ron Rompen]

'How do you make a Tangerine sing?"

You need only to dream (plug for my all-time favorite band)

[Kimpatsu]

Wrong answer, Ron. Try again.

[Peter H.]

Play a song it knows the words to

[Kimpatsu]

Good enough, Peter. The point is that a Tangerine is a person from Tangiers. Peter sets the next question.

[Kimpatsu]

Oh, Peter,
Where's that question, please?

[Rogier]

tony.. I suggest you ask a question to keep the thread going...

[Kimpatsu]

OK...
Where did the first ever Boy Scout camp take place?

[Rogier]

The scouts were founded by Lord Robert Baden Powel of Gilwell he wrote his ideas in a book called Aids to Scouting and was based on the idea that boys could be used during war for certain tasks and that the needed some kind of training for that...

In 1907 he tested his ideas with a camp on Brownsea island... the following year his Scouting for Boys came out...


and no... I didn't copy and paste this...


my question: a basic economy question... What is Engel's Law?

[Kimpatsu]

Rogier supplied rather more information than requested; "Brownsea Island" would have sufficed. ;)
Now, to answer his question (from an online dictionary of economics):
With rising incomes, the share of expenditures for food (and, by extension, other) products declines (= Engel found, based on surveys of families' budgets and expenditure patterns, that the income elasticity of demand for food was relatively low). The resulting shift in expenditures affects demand patterns and employment structures. (Engel's Law does NOT suggest that the consumption of food products remains unchanged as income increases! It suggests that consumers increase their expenditures for food products (in % terms) less than their increases in income.)

What is Boyle's Law? (Detailed answer and explanation, please.)

[Ian Sparrow]

Boyles law relates to the pressure and volume of gases.
At a fixed temperature, a fixed number of gas molecules will be in a state such that the product of the gas pressure and the volume of the gas is constant. If you double the gas pressure the volume must halve.
As a bonus extra, the value of the product of pressure and volume is proportional to temperature.
(Assumes gas is 'ideal' i.e. very small, non interacting gas molecules)

Explanation?
No gas is allowed to escape and increasing the pressure is roughly the same as saying that the molecules get closer together - i.e. the volume is less.


OK.
Explain Russel's paradox.

Cheers,
Ian

[PwarYuex]

Russell's paradox is the most famous of the logical or set-theoretical paradoxes. The paradox arises within naive set theory by considering the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. Such a set appears to be a member of itself if and only if it is not a member of itself, hence the paradox. :cool:

Hmmm...
In what kind of computer program would you use a Chamfer?

[Rogier]

in a CAD (design) program....

is Trekkie the correct term for a Star Trek fan??... if not provide the correct term!!...

[PwarYuex]

Originally posted by Rogier
in a CAD (design) program....

is Trekkie the correct term for a Star Trek fan??... if not provide the correct term!!...

I'm sure that's it... It isn't anywhere on the website (www.startrek.com) so maybe it isn't... I've heard it too many times for it not to be though.... ahh.. ahh.... *can't decide*

Rob

[Ian Sparrow]

Nah, they prefer to be called 'Trekkers' don't they?
Like it really makes a difference.

Why do trekkers dislike being called trekkies?

[Rogier]

Why... why... you ask me???

Because we simply are Trekkers.... do it's the same as when someone says: karate... ooohhh that thing that Bruce Lee did....
:D :D


my question... what the hell did they find in that hole in the pyramid, I know that they send that robot car through it, but I didn't have a chance to look at the program..

[Kimpatsu]

But Trekkie is still an appropriate term...
OK, from which state does Captain Kirk hail?

[Jdalton51]

Iowa.

Which film alludes to Captain Kirk's home state? Hint: It is a space adventure spoof.

If you're really good, quote the line!

[Chuck Munyon]

Star Trek IV: The voyage home.

Marine biologist chick: "Let me guess; you're from outer space."
Kirk: "No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space."

What are the words to Kirk's verse in the spoof song "Star Trekkin'"?

[Adam Young]

"Star trekkin' cross the universe,
on the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk.
star trekkin' cross the universe,
only going forward 'cause we can't find reverse"



(Now to divert this thread from such Trekkie madness...)

Who was Basil's wife?

[Kimpatsu]

Lady Rosemary.
"We come in peace/Shoot to kill..." (More Kirk-related madness.)
Who's catchphrase was, "Time for bed"?

[Adam Young]

Well, I was looking for Sybil, but I guess Lady Rosemary is technically correct.

Good on you.

Cheers.

[PwarYuex]

ok, ok... Break it up, enough with the Star Trek madness....

[Kimpatsu]

I'm still waiting for an answer to my question... :confused:

[PeteBoyes]

Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout, although the "....move over Florence" was cut from the children's version of the show.

Q: Where did Destiny say "S.I.G." ?

[Kimpatsu]

Captain Scarlet.
What did UNCLE and THRUSH stand for?

[Adam Young]

UNCLE - United Network Command for Law Enforcement

THRUSH - Technological Heirarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity

( I needed help with that last one....)


When and where did Kermit debut?

[dirtyvicar]

If you mean Kermit the Frog, that would be 1956, Steve Allen's Tonight Show.

If you mean Kermit the file transfer protocol, that would be 1981, Columbia University.

What was the name of Racer X's car?

[Adam Young]

I did mean the frog (I don't know what that other one is!), and you were close, but not quite there. ;)

You are in the right decade, but it wasn't Steve Allen's show.

Anyone, anyone....

[dirtyvicar]

1955 - Sam And Friends broadcast in Washington, D.C.

What was the name of Racer X's car?

[Shitoryu Dude]

Racer X drove the X-11.

Who is "Ruler of the Eagle's Reaches"?

:beer:

[Kimpatsu]

Ashen Shugar.
Who wrote the Green Lantern's oath?

[Shitoryu Dude]

Which oath? I think he's had about three of them with different versions of how they came about.

The little blue guys wrote one of them, Green Lantern himself wrote one, and I think the Green Lantern who gave him the ring wrote one. Comic books get all their stories mixed up over a period 40 years or so.

:beer:

[Kimpatsu]

No, Harvey, I mean the real-life author who first created the oath,
"In brightest day/In blackest night/No evil shall escape my sight..."
Little blue men (the Guardians of Oa) can't write the oath; they don't exist. ;)

[dirtyvicar]

Racer X drove the X-11

Hmm... according to the official Speed Racer website (I'll let you figure out the url, it's not much of a stretch), it's the Shooting Star.

Although I'm sure many Chevy Citation X-11 owners thought they were Racer X... A revealing tidbit of your past, Harvey?:D

[Shitoryu Dude]

Ah - I checked out a Speed Racer site that stated without ambivalence that Racer X drove the X11 race car. Perhaps that was merely the model?

I did have a Chevy Citation for about 6 weeks back in 1988. Damn thing threw a rod.

:beer:

[Kimpatsu]

Is anyone going to answer the current question anytime soon?

[Adam Young]

Who wrote the Green Lantern's oath? Alfred Bester.

On what song and album did Bob Dylan make his recording debut? (Hint it wasn't his album)

[Kimpatsu]

Right you are, Adam! Excellent. Now I've got to go and research Bob Dylan...

[Ian Sparrow]

Not really an album, but as far as I can tell, the first known recording by Bob Dylan was made with his friend John Bucklen in 1958, with the songs
Hey Little Richard
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
Jenny Take A Ride
Blue Moon

Is that what you were after?

Cheers
Ian

[Ian Sparrow]

Ah no. A little more time wasting, er sorry, research came up with the following answer
Bob Dylan's first studio recording takes place when he plays harmonica on "Midnight Special" a track on Harry Belafonte's album with the same name. This was in June '61.

Now for a slight drop in the level of culture...
In the film 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves' what was Maid Marion's cat called?

Cheers
Ian

[Adam Young]

Nicodemus.


Who invented the spork?

[Kimpatsu]

Deleted due to shallow, inaccurate content. ;)

[Shitoryu Dude]

Patent Information:

1970 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 Aug. tm 65 Van Brode Milling Co., Inc., Clinton, Mass.

Spork for Combination Plastic Spoon, Fork and Knife.

_________________________________________________________

In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", why did they "quit dropping rocks on Cheyenne Mountain"?

:beer:

[Shitoryu Dude]

come on! I can't be the only person here who reads old science fiction!

:beer:

[Kimpatsu]

Harvey, the truth is, I read this novel 20 years ago. Give me one more hint, and I can try to answer it (I think!)
TIA,

[Shitoryu Dude]

OK, but you have to get the quote exactly right or it doesn't count.

After "dropping rocks" on NORAD for a month, it seemed as if the program may have been a bit too effective, as each rock that hit had the kinetic energy equal to that of an atomic bomb.

Bonus question, same author: Name of the individual who could walk through walls?

:beer:

[Ron Rompen]

Heinlein is one of my favorite authors, but I haven't read anything in a few years (studying, working, etc)

The 'walk thru walls' character was a cat, but I can't remember his name.....

[Shitoryu Dude]

Do I get a prize for coming up with a question that nobody can answer? :D

:beer:

[Kimpatsu]

Schroedinger the Cat. Named for Irwin Schroedinger, the quantum physicist. And on the same note...
Who first suggested the possible existence of the "multiverse"?

[Adam Young]

Michael Moorcock did, back in 1961 in a story titled "The Sundered Worlds."

What was written on the marker of Turambar's burial mound?