The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

bonzodog2

What's the largest country in Africa ?

looksee

I'll suggest South Africa, though I suspect that could be an illusion caused by mapping. And various bits of it have been carved off. Worth a try though.

bonzodog2

No, not RSA

Into The Blue

I didn't have a clue, so googled it.. First two results are two different countries!!!

bonzodog2

OK, here's a little clue: the answer to my question was different before 2011

Samaris

Into The Blue wrote: »

Jericho, head to think about that!! The joys of no Facebook/twitter

Correct!

Into The Blue wrote: »

Boiling point of water at 1 atmosphere of pressure (14.5psiA) is 100C. As the pressure is increased, does the boiling point go;
A. Up
B. Down
C. Remain the same.

B. Down. As the pressure increases, the molecules are pushed closer together, requiring less energy to make them bounce off each other and produce heat.

Into The Blue

Samaris wrote: »

B. Down.

The correct answer was A. up.

Into The Blue

Into The Blue wrote: »

Inspired by the Grafton St question..

What year did the East Link toll bridge open?

Someone should have said "every year"

OldGoat

Samaris wrote: »

Correct!



B. Down. As the pressure increases, the molecules are pushed closer together, requiring less energy to make them bounce off each other and produce heat.

You have to remember how the boiling point is determined - when the (water) vapour pressure is greater that the external pressure allowing gas molecules to form. An increase in surface pressure means that the temperature has to be raised for a vapour to overcome the external pressure.

Increase in (external)pressure = increase in boiling point.

Samaris

OldGoat wrote: »

You have to remember how the boiling point is determined - when the (water) vapour pressure is greater that the external pressure allowing gas molecules to form. An increase in surface pressure means that the temperature has to be raised for a vapour to overcome the external pressure.

Increase in (external)pressure = increase in boiling point.

Drat, my memory for physics fails me Yeah, of course it is, water boils at a lower temperature at the top of Everest as the example goes.

Into The Blue

bonzodog2 wrote: »

OK, here's a little clue: the answer to my question was different before 2011

Moar clues!!!!

bonzodog2

Into The Blue wrote: »

Moar clues!!!!

The letters at the start and end are the same

Muff Richardson

bonzodog2 wrote: »

What's the largest country in Africa ?

Congo?

oops...just saw your last clue, clearly I'm wrong

Samaris

I thought it was Congo too, but the letters thing - Algeria?

bonzodog2

Samaris wrote: »

I thought it was Congo too, but the letters thing - Algeria?

And we have a winner at last! (It was Sudan until 2011 btw)

Samaris

Heh, my partner was saying Sudan too.

Hrm...in the series of Inspector Clouseau films, what was the original Pink Panther?

looksee

A night club?


Edit: nope, oh well!

bonzodog2

"Not now Cato!" I'd say, but then I'd have to think of a question.

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

Hrm...in the series of Inspector Clouseau films, what was the original Pink Panther?

I seenk eet wass a diamond wizz uh flaw rezembelling a pantherrr.

Samaris

BrensBenz wrote: »

I seenk eet wass a diamond wizz uh flaw rezembelling a pantherrr.

Oui! Over to you

BrensBenz

Samaris wrote: »

Oui! Over to you

OK.

You know how you used to tune it to the Muppet Show but would never admit it?
You know how you used to sing along with the theme tune?
Remember the last note of the theme music was played, usually badly, by your man below? What was his one-word name?

Muff Richardson

BrensBenz wrote: »

OK.

You know how you used to tune it to the Muppet Show but would never admit it?
You know how you used to sing along with the theme tune?
Remember the last note of the theme music was played, usually badly, by your man below? What was his one-word name?

total stab in the dark...Jake? think it was something like a jake

Jellybaby1

Can't remember, I think it was a jazzy style name like Duke but I know it wasn't Duke. Pass, as usual.

looksee

Oops I owe a question from back a couple of pages to the electrical earth question so:

Wabbits - sorry Rabbits are not native to Ireland, who was responsible for bringing them here?

looksee

And we are a question short that no-one threw in one for (if you see what I mean) so I'll see if I can come up with another one...

What/who is or was Dolly Blue?

garancafan

looksee wrote: »

Wabbits - sorry Rabbits are not native to Ireland, who was responsible for bringing them here?

The pied uilleann piper - or was that wats?

looksee

That was wats and he took em away!

BrensBenz

Muff Richardson wrote: »

total stab in the dark...Jake?)

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Can't remember, I think it was a jazzy style name like Duke...

Close but no prize yet.
Hint: He got his name from a type of menswear, popular in the 1940's or so.

looksee

Trilby?

Into The Blue

looksee wrote: »

Rabbits are not native to Ireland

Jasus.. Every day is a school day

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Oops I owe a question from back a couple of pages to the electrical earth question so:

Wabbits - sorry Rabbits are not native to Ireland, who was responsible for bringing them here?

Iiii'm going to guess Walter Raleigh, if only because that man seems to have spent half his life introducing invasive species from X to Y.

looksee

Samaris wrote: »

Iiii'm going to guess Walter Raleigh, if only because that man seems to have spent half his life introducing invasive species from X to Y.

Nope. Maybe there is a bit of dodgy grammar in my question (read: there is a bit of incorrect grammar in my question :P)

Who were responsible for introducing them?

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Nope. Maybe there is a bit of dodgy grammar in my question (read: there is a bit of incorrect grammar in my question :P)

Who were responsible for introducing them?

Aha. That be suggesting that it was a group rather than a person. OK so. Well, the hare has been around quite a long time, so if the Early Irish had introduced them, I think the difference would have fallen out of folk memory by now. Vikings are possible, but Normans seems most likely. They were very fond of their rabbit.

looksee

Give him a cigar (or her) you are right

Rubecula

Rabbits were also brought to the UK as were many other species, as food. They have been here so long, many folks think of them as native.

Did you know that the largest indigenous wild animal in UK is the Red Deer by the way?

Samaris

Staying on the animals for a bit - a male swan is a cob, what is a female swan called?

looksee

Hen?

BrensBenz

BrensBenz wrote: »

OK.

You know how you used to tune it to the Muppet Show but would never admit it?
You know how you used to sing along with the theme tune?
Remember the last note of the theme music was played, usually badly, by your man below? What was his one-word name?

BrensBenz wrote: »

Close but no prize yet.
Hint: He got his name from a type of menswear, popular in the 1940's or so.

Over a day now and no progress!
Hint: The "menswear" was a style of mens' suit.

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Hen?

Close, but I cannot yet pass back the cigar!

looksee

Oh! Oh! yes! god bless me auld brain! Its a Pen! (or maybe Penn). That was buried deep!

bonzodog2

BrensBenz wrote: »

Over a day now and no progress!
Hint: The "menswear" was a style of mens' suit.

I guessed, and confirmed with wiki. It says ******(not the correct # of letters) is named after an actual 20th C sax player. I did guess (or dredge up from what remains of my memory cells) from the clue about the "style of mens' suit". I can think of 1 other person with this name.

Samaris

looksee wrote: »

Oh! Oh! yes! god bless me auld brain! Its a Pen! (or maybe Penn). That was buried deep!

*hands cigar over* Yep! Pen it is.

looksee

looksee wrote: »

What/who is or was Dolly Blue?

No answers for this? I'll leave it a bit longer. - tell you what I will offer less options - how about

What was Dolly Blue

looksee

What is the length of the Shannon River? In miles...none of these newfangled keelomiters

garancafan

The figure 319 springs to mind.

looksee

Ok I am going to pass the baton to garacafan.

I did a bit more research and discovered that there are dozens of notions about how long the river is, from 280km to 360km. I think the answer is nearer to the 360, but that is in new money, in miles about 224. Still, too many answers to stand over it. (its too wide to stand over it too!)

Give it a lash G.

Rubecula

looksee wrote: »

Ok I am going to pass the baton to garacafan.

I did a bit more research and discovered that there are dozens of notions about how long the river is, from 280km to 360km. I think the answer is nearer to the 360, but that is in new money, in miles about 224. Still, too many answers to stand over it. (its too wide to stand over it too!)

Give it a lash G.

Depends on how long your legs are I think :eek:

Rubecula

looksee wrote: »

No answers for this? I'll leave it a bit longer. - tell you what I will offer less options - how about

What was Dolly Blue

We used something like that to clean the sheets when I was a young un (Well me mum did anyway)

looksee

Yay Rube, you got it! Its actually an optical whitener that puts just a touch of blue onto the whites - apparently it is in fact a dye. Over to you

Rubecula

looksee wrote: »

Yay Rube, you got it! Its actually an optical whitener that puts just a touch of blue onto the whites - apparently it is in fact a dye. Over to you

:pac: never thought about it now I need to think of a question :eek:

Which singer had a hit with "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" ?

phew I may have got away with it lol