Quiz time

[hexbaz]

Of course, the down side to answering a question is that you have to think of a new one!

This is probably easy, in that it must be findable with google:

Give the year it happened, and the name and species of the first living creature to make an earth orbit.

[duckman]

Year (guess) 1959
Species: Dog
Name: Laika

[Driver]

Alternatively

1521
Ferdinand Magellan
Homo Sapiens

[hexbaz]

I kind of realised that I would get an answer along the lines of Driver's, due to my poor wording.

But duckman extremely rapidly got the answer I was looking for, and was a mere 2 years out, which I think is close enough (given that he could have googled 'Laika' for the correct year - 1957):

Facts and pics here!

So I leave duckman and Driver to decide who will set the next test of grey matter!

[Driver]

Your go, duckster!

I was just being a smartarse.

[silentC]

Smarter than the average asre

[Driver]

Smarter than the average asre

Somebody had to say it!

[duckman]

Your go, duckster!

I was just being a smartarse.

I can't think of a damn thing so its 'boink' back to you Driver..

[Driver]

OK

What's wrong with my answer in post #1293 above?

[duckman]

OK

What's wrong with my answer in post #1293 above?

You've lost me.

Who said there was anything wrong with it? :confused:

[silentC]

OK

What's wrong with my answer in post #1293 above?

He didn't quite make it... Wasn't he the first man to 'almost' circumnavigate the globe? It was also a rather low orbit.

[bitingmidge]

How come someone who was killed halfway round, still gets the gernsey, and why don't we know about the bloke that actually brought the last ship home?

If this all happened today, the whole crew would get Rolex's (or at least Citizen Sportswatches), dinner at parliament house, and a contract to do ads for a little known brand of preserved peach.

Cheers,

P

[Driver]

Got it in one, Darren. Your go.

Biting, you're not serious, are you? The bloke who is nominally in charge always gets the credit. If you change that, you'll tear a hole in the fabric of the known universe and we'll all end up with bloody Woger and Seaman Staines ...

[silentC]

Who is this?

[duckman]

Got it in one, Darren. Your go.

Biting, you're not serious, are you? The bloke who is nominally in charge always gets the credit. If you change that, you'll tear a hole in the fabric of the known universe and we'll all end up with bloody Woger and Seaman Staines ...

You mean "What's wrong with my post?" was the quiz question? :eek: :eek:

Looks like it blew past me.