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Special knowledge quiz
« on: February 14, 2007, 09:19:57 AM »
OK, first someone asks a question and then another tries to answer. The one who answers correctly may ask another question.

How did America get its name?
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2007, 09:30:45 AM »
An Italian Amerigo Vespucci it was named after.

First Norseman to reach America?
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2007, 09:35:27 AM »
Leif Erikson.  8)

How was nitrocellulose discovered?
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2007, 03:24:47 PM »
Somebody probably cleaned up nitric acid with a cotton cloth.

Who was Al Gore's college professor who introduced him to the idea of carbon dioxide gas as a cause of global warming?
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2007, 03:41:39 PM »
Dr. Roger Revelle

Who came up with the Theory: of String Theory.
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2007, 05:13:32 PM »
Wow these little factoids are almost as enrapturing as wikipedia.
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2007, 07:25:23 PM »
Quote from: kevv729 on February 14, 2007, 03:41:39 PM
Dr. Roger Revelle

Who came up with the Theory: of String Theory.

Gabriele Veneziano 


Who invented Google?   :laugh:
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2007, 09:06:09 PM »
The word or the service?
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2007, 09:09:50 PM »
Quote from: Nomaken on February 14, 2007, 09:06:09 PM
The word or the service?

Doesn't really matter it was a joke.
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2007, 02:33:25 AM »
Well, the word Google comes from "googol", that is a number with one 1 and 100 zeros and was invented by a nephew of the American matematician Edward Kashner.  8)
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Re: Special knowledge quiz
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2007, 04:34:16 AM »
By the way, to be precise about that nitrocellulose thing; it was a German chemist who wiped up nitric acid with his wife's cotton apron an then hanged it near the oven to dry it. The apron exploded!  ;D
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