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

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*Puts thinking cap back on*

garancafan

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

No, it's not a function that links them.

Two conclusions can be drawn from that:

1. They are not linked by a function

2. They are linked by a function that is other than lights.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

garancafan wrote: »

Two conclusions can be drawn from that:

1. They are not linked by a function

2. They are linked by a function that is other than lights.

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TheBoyFromAus

First discovered/documented by the same person?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

TheBoyFromAus wrote: »

First discovered/documented by the same person?

That's it. All discovered by Humphry Davy.

TheBoyFromAus

Pretty limited on linkages once the idea of similar function is removed haha.

For what reason are Daddy Long Legs technically not spiders?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I have quite a list but the number of legs is the first.

feargale

TheBoyFromAus wrote: »

Pretty limited on linkages once the idea of similar function is removed haha.

For what reason are Daddy Long Legs technically not spiders?

They don't spin webs.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

That's it. All discovered by Humphry Davy.

Sir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.

Ted_YNWA

ignore me .

missed a few posts

TheBoyFromAus

Feargale you have a poem for him and ive never heard of the bloke haha.
No.
No.

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feargale wrote: »

Sir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.

I read this to the tune of "I am the very model of a modern major general", as well as to the tune of "The elements song" by Lehrer. :rolleyes::P

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

You must be thinking of the harvestman and not our Daddy Long Legs, or Cranefly. So, the number of eyes would be diagnostic.

TheBoyFromAus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

You must be thinking of the harvestman and not our Daddy Long Legs, or Cranefly. So, the number of eyes would be diagnostic.

I didnt realise there was another species associated with the moniker.

Rubecula

daddy long legs are harvest men and are known to eat spiders

keane2097

The hat with the lamp that miners wear is named after Humphrey Davy I believe.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

The hat with the lamp that miners wear is named after Humphrey Davy I believe.

Davy invented that safety lamp. He was addicted to Nitrous Oxide and coined the name Laughing Gas for it.

Rubecula

George Stevenson invented the safety lamp and it was still used in the north east of England after Humphry Davy had invented his, allegedly this is why Geordies are called Geordies.

Rubecula

the former leader of North Korea was Kim Jong Il but where was he born in actuality and where was he born in myth?

feargale

Rubecula wrote: »

the former leader of North Korea was Kim Jong Il but where was he born in actuality and where was he born in myth?

Born in Russia in reality. In myth? Probably in a manger.

Rubecula

feargale wrote: »

Born in Russia in reality. In myth? Probably in a manger.

almost... the reality part is right anyway. :cool:

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

Born in Russia in reality. In myth? Probably in a manger.

On the summit of a volcano/mountain? (They have a sacred one - the name eludes me)

TheBoyFromAus

I'm guessing that means ye've given up on my question?

looksee

Er, what was the question again? It seems to have got a bit lost in the whole daddylonglegs /cranefly /harvestmen discussion...was anyone any way right?

New Home

Daddylonglegs is the title of a book and a film. There, I win.

TheBoyFromAus

I asked why Daddy Long Legs arent technically spiders, however the issue got slightly derailed. Essentially they are still arachnids, but the males have a penis, and are therefore not spiders.

feargale

It seems I owe half a question:

1. (An easy one): Which country has the most northerly southernmost point on land?
In other words, which Northern Hemisphere country is furthest from the Equator?

While you're at it, you may as well have the other half (not as easy):

2. Which country has the most southerly northernmost point on land?
In other words, which Southern Hemisphere country is furthest from the Equator?

Quazzie

feargale wrote: »

It seems I owe half a question:

1. (An easy one): Which country has the most northerly southernmost point on land?
In other words, which Northern Hemisphere country is furthest from the Equator?

While you're at it, you may as well have the other half (not as easy):

2. Which country has the most southerly northernmost point on land?
In other words, which Southern Hemisphere country is furthest from the Equator?

Iceland for the first?

New Zealand for the second?

feargale

Quazzie wrote: »

Iceland for the first?

Correct. Surtsey Island.

Quazzie wrote: »

New Zealand for the second?

No. (That's what I would have said too.)

Quazzie

feargale wrote: »

Correct. Surtsey Island.




No. (That's what I would have said too.)

Based on one more guess, and under the assumption that New Zealand has an island up north I'm unaware of, I'm going to go left-field with a guess of Lesotho?