Quiz time

[Eastie]

Would you be referring to an African or European swallow?

[Tonz]

Would you be referring to an African or European swallow?

In order to maintain airspeed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?Actually, wrong. By comparing the European Swallow with bird species of similar body mass, we can estimate that the swallow beats its wings 18 times a second with an amplitude of 18 cm:

Species Body mass Frequency Amplitude
Zebra Finch 13 g 27 Hz 11 cm
European Swallow 20 g ≈ 18 Hz? ≈ 18 cm?
Downy Woodpecker 27 g 14 Hz 29 cm
Budgerigar 34 g 14 Hz 15 cm

Note that even the tiny Zebra Finch flaps its wings no more than 27 times a second while cruising.

If we ignore body mass and look only at bird species with a similar wingspan, we can estimate an average frequency of 14 beats per second and an amplitude of 23 cm:

Species Wingspan Frequency Amplitude
Budgerigar 27 cm 14 Hz 15 cm
European Swallow ≈ 28–30 cm ≈ 14 Hz? ≈ 23 cm?
Downy Woodpecker 31 cm 14 Hz 29 cm
European Starling 35 cm 14 Hz 26 cm

By averaging all 6 values, we can estimate that an average European Swallow flies at cruising speed with a frequency of roughly 15 beats per second, and an amplitude of roughly 22 cm.


Shamelessly googled from here... http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/

[Eastie]

You were right - then all of a sudden you pull all those figures out your bottom. Although deviating from the original question in actual fact the maximum speed european sparrows can maintain is around 13–14 meters per second, and although the Lund study from Sweeden does not discuss cruising flight in particular, the most efficient flapping of 7 beats per second was observed at an airspeed in the range of 8–11 meters per second, with an amplitude of 90–100° - equating to 17–19 cm. Thus in pushing 43 beats you would be talking of another type of swallow, not euopean. If you were talking about one of the 40 odd species of African swallows them it would of course be a different story.


You were right before you started to get all technical :D (Plagiarised from unnamed sources.)

[Tonz]

You were right - then all of a sudden you pull all those figures out your bottom. [/font][/i][/size]

"cut and paste" has a lot to answer for... :)

Moving on...

Q. Who has appeared more often than any other woman on the cover of Time magazine? The Virgin Mary.

[silentC]

So whose turn is it :confused:

[Eastie]

Did you just answer your own question http://www.ubeaut.biz/hehehe.gif
(Silent - say "43" and it's yours :D)

[Tonz]

"cut and paste" has a lot to answer for... :)

Moving on...

Q. Who has appeared more often than any other woman on the cover of Time magazine? The Virgin Mary.


Answered my own question!!!! Not clever...

Let's try this one...

What icon of 20th century design was the Chapman Root Glass Company of Indiana responsible for introducing in 1915?

[craigb]

The CocaCola bottle?

[Tonz]

The CocaCola bottle?

Yes indeedy...

The Coca-Cola bottle; also known variously as the 'hobble skirt', the 'Mae West', the 'Thanksgiving' and the 'Christmas' bottle. By the 1990's it had become almost certainly the most recognizable corporate identity symbol on Earth, known to 90% of the world's population. The bottle itself was trademarked by Coca-Cola in 1960.

[craigb]

O.K. here's an easy one. What's the street address of the Simpsons' house?

[silentC]

742 Evergreen Terrace

[silentC]

What and where is this?

[ozwinner]

A big filter for my DC.

Where? I dont know I lost it.
Can you please return it?
Al

[Zed]

standing in front of its launch support gantry is the first stage of a irish rocket booster engine shell on its side...

[Iain]

A reject from Federation Square (well, it is symetrical)

[silentC]

It's on the outskirts of a European city that has very strict requirements concerning the appearance of buildings constructed within it's limits. This building is in an area outside of that jurisdiction where anything goes and there are all sorts of weird looking buildings there.

[ozwinner]

Venise?


Al

[silentC]

It's the 'Grand Arch' in la Defense, Paris.

Who wrote The Real Thing?

[ozwinner]

Rodney Marsh

[Zed]

russell morris wrote the song "the real thing"

assuming in correct heres the next quesiton :

"who was the assistant illinois enema bandit" ?

[Tonz]

Who wrote The Real Thing?


The Real Thing - Drama 1982 - Tom Stoppard
The Real Thing (Truth and Poer at the Coca-Cola company) - 2004 - Constance L Hays.
The Real Thing - Song - Tennesse Ernie Ford

[silentC]

Sorry, Zed, but it wasn't Russell Morris. He sang it but it was written by someone else. Someone unlikely I might add.

Tonz, in Australia there is only one real thing ;)

[craigb]

Johnny Young.

Produced by Ian Meldrum

[silentC]

Yes!! I was starting to think I was making these too hard ;)

[craigb]

Well if we're going to talk about ancient Australian music :)

Miles Ago is the title of an album by which Australian band ?

[Tonz]

Spectrum?

[craigb]

Yep.
Your turn

[Tonz]

See how many of these you can get.
Who were the famous riders of these horses?

Bucephalos
Black Bess
Arion
Copenhagen
Marengo
Babieca
Incitatus
Pegasus
Trigger
White Surrey
Midnight

[Driver]

Bucephalos - Alexander the Great
Black Bess - Dick Turpin (highwayman)
Arion
Copenhagen - Duke of Wellington
Marengo - Napoleon Bonaparte
Babieca
Incitatus - Caligula (don't think he rode the horse but he had him made a senator!)
Pegasus
Trigger - Roy Rogers
White Surrey
Midnight

Struggling with the rest.

Col

[arose62]

I knew Bucephalos and Trigger, so went googling for the others:

asking about Arion gave:
"Immortal Horses

Pegasus is perhaps the most familiar of Poseidon's equine offspring, but he is not the sole horse born of a unique union. Poseidon sires the horse Arion as well, one of several horses in Greek mythology to be endowed with immortality.

In other myths, Adrastus is not the sole master of Arion. Rather, the horse is first owned by Oncus. Herakles requests the horse for use in battle, and he then passes Arion into the hands of Adrastus."

Sheesh! Following on from just reading about the monk's spelling mistake (celibate for celebrate) makes me wonder if this bb is still family-rated.

I never knew until now that greek gods fathered horses.... my mind is still boggling. Did it happen every time? Did the poor mother know what she was about to give birth to? Did the midwife? Breastfeeding ? Nappy changing ?
Toilet training ? High chairs ?

Cheers,
Andrew

[silentC]

I think the lines between gods, humanity, and the animal kingdom were very blurred back then.

I nominate Driver as the next quiz master, seeing as he had most of them. All in favour?

[craigb]

Aye

[Tonz]

I
I nominate Driver as the next quiz master, seeing as he had most of them. All in favour?

Sounds fair enough...

The full answers I've got are..

Bucephalos - Alexander the Great
Black Bess - Dick Turpin
Arion - Hurcules
Copenhagen - The Duke of Wellington
Marengo - Napoleon Bonaparte
Babieca - El Cid
Incitatus - Caligula
Pegasus - Apollo
Trigger - Roy Rogers
White Surrey - Richard III
Midnight - Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates (in Rawhide).

[Driver]

OK

What was Tonto's real name (we're talking about the Lone Ranger's offsider, here, not our distinguished fellow member of this BB) and - apart from his fame as Kemo Sabay's mate, what else was he noted for?

[craigb]

Are you after the name of the actor who played Tonto?

[Driver]

Are you after the name of the actor who played Tonto?

Yes.

[Tonz]

Well there were several Lone Ranger films and TV shows but I'm guessing you're after...

Jay Silverheels - Star Lacrosse Player and boxer.

[Driver]

Well done, Tonz. Your go.

[Tonz]

Ok an easy one.. What do these names all have in common?.....

Winnebago
Tobacco
Chinook
Laguna
Mobile
Mono
Yazoo

[craigb]

Well my guess would be that they are all the names of Native American tribes.

[Tonz]

That would be correct....

[craigb]

In The Wizard of Id comic strip, what is the wizard's wife's name?

[Grunt]

Blanch

[Zed]

Blanch is spelled as "Blanche" therefore Grunt is wrong and I'm right! No, I insist (I hate to be a spelling nazi but otherwise I'll never get to aska question!!!) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[craigb]

Go for it Zed :)

[Zed]

Who is the "Assistant Illinois Bandit" ???

[craigb]

Who's going to be first to say Rodney Marsh

[Zed]

rodney marsh is incorrect.

clue : he's an afro-american musician

[silentC]

Stevie Wonder!

[Tonz]

Ray White?

[Zed]

Tonz is correct, the answer is (as quoted by Frank Zappa on the Live in New York Album) "And the world famous Ray White, the "Assistant" llinois Bandit!

PS : Highly recommended album for music enthusiests.

Quote of the album : "he just keeps pumpen everyone one of 'em up witha illinios enema bandit juice" :confused:

Cheers

[Tonz]

How's your latin?

In 1860 a new product was created and named after the latin words for its two main constituents, flax and oil. What was it?

[griffo]

Linseed Oil :D

[Tonz]

Linseed Oil :D

Nope...

[Grunt]

Linoleum

[Tonz]

Linoleum

Yup, Linoleum (Lino floor covering) - from latin 'linum' (flax) and 'oleum' (oil).

Your go...

[Grunt]

What do Patti Smith and Bob Dylan have in common?

[ozwinner]

Neither can sing?


Al

[Grunt]

Close but no cigar.

[Bob Willson]

Neither has had a hit song for the last 30 years?

[silentC]

They both shagged David Bowie?

[Wayne Davy]

They both shagged David Bowie?Hasnt everyone??
:p

[Grunt]

Patti Smith had a hit in 1995, Dylan has had several over the last 5 or so years.

Did Dylan sleep with Bowie? In any case that's not the answer.

[Bob Willson]

[QUOTE=Grunt]Patti Smith had a hit in 1995, Dylan has had several over the last 5 or so years. [QUOTE]

Damn, I must have fallen asleep that day.

[Grunt]

Ok, maybe this is a little obscure (more obscure than a liner credit on a Zappa album?). Hint: It has to do with bones.

[ozwinner]

They both have no inner ear bones?


Al

[craigb]

me gold member is about to drop off !!!!!!

Don't worry Al, when that happens Neil will give you a diamond one ! :eek:

O.K. I see this has been covered in the "Nothing to do with woodwork" forum.

I'll try and get with the program :o

[Grunt]

Too tough? I have to go to Sydney tomorrow, so I don't know if I'll be able to validate any answers. Both Dylan and Smith broke their necks. I know that some of you will find it disappointing that neither of these accidents were fatal.

Who is Bernard Shakey?

[Driver]

Shakin' Stevens' boring older brother.

[ozwinner]

If he's a big bloke Bernard Shakey who ever he wanty.


Al

[craigb]

Wasn't he an oridinary pop star who happened to be the brother of the Irish prime minister or something like that?

[Grunt]

No

[craigb]

Well Grunt, if your not going to be around then you better ask a question us simple folks can answer before you leave :D

[silentC]

I know this one!! Bernard Shakey is Neil Young :D

[Grunt]

Yes

[Iain]

To whom do graduate Doctors of Medicine dedicate their oath?

[silentC]

Hippocrates.

Which Greek philosopher lived for awhile in an earthenware tub?

[craigb]

Diogenes? (if that's how you spell it)

[silentC]

Correct (answer & spelling) ;)

[craigb]

Who was Ada Lovelace and why is she famous?

[bitingmidge]

She invented velcro shoe ties.

P

[Tonz]

Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace was the poet Lord Byron's daughter and was a member of London's Elite society.

She worked closely with Charles Babbage and has been credited with being the founder of modern scientific computing. A plan devised by her is considered to be the first computer program written.

[Tonz]

Q. There are several countries and continents that begin with the letter 'A'. Two of them differ from the rest. Which two and why?

[silentC]

Australia is the name of a country and a continent, so is Antarctica...

[Tonz]

Nope... Antarctica isn't a country.

[bitingmidge]

Africa and America(South) - they don't get Foxtel.

P

[Bob Willson]

As above, but they both begin and end with 'a'.

[Iain]

Hippocrates and Diogenes are both wrong!
Anyone care for another try?

[bitingmidge]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Bob Willson again. :D

[Tonz]

Hippocrates and Diogenes are both wrong!
Anyone care for another try?

Well from what I can see they are dedicating their lives to all humanity...

[Tonz]

As above, but they both begin and end with 'a'.

Not quite but you are on the right track...

[Driver]

Hippocrates and Diogenes are both wrong!
Anyone care for another try?

Rodney Marsh?

[Iain]

The oath is attributed to Hippocrates but dedicated to Apollo.

[Tonz]

The oath is attributed to Hippocrates but dedicated to Apollo.

I don't think the oath was dedicated to Apollo, more like sworn by Apollo (and a few others)... Classical Hippocratic oath...

I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant...

More to the point Modern doctors don't use the classical version and tend to use a more modern version more along the lines of...

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant...

[forunna]

Arctic and Antarctic becasue they both surround a pole. :cool:

[Tonz]

Arctic and Antarctic becasue they both surround a pole. :cool:

Those are oceans, not countries or continents... :rolleyes:

[Bob Willson]

Not quite but you are on the right track...
Umm they Both start with A and end with rica? :D

[ozwinner]

Umm they Both start with A and end with rica? :D
Wheres Arica? :confused:

Al

[Bob Willson]

http://www.geographia.com/chile/arica01.htm Duh.. :)

[Tonz]

Umm they Both start with A and end with rica? :D

Now you're just grabbing at straws.... :)

Here's the list..

Afghanistan
Africa
Angola
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Antarctica
Antigua
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba (A small island off the the coast of Venezuela)
Asia
Austria
Australia
Azerbaijan

and also, arguably, America and Australasia

They all start with the letter A and all end with the letter A except...