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

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Duck eggs?

Rubecula

lol I prefer a good hard boiled ostrich egg myself. Very filling and tastes great lol lol

Beasty

Hang on!!

If it's eggs, why is it not chickens? More importantly, which came first

New Home

A hen from the future got into a time machine and laid an egg in the past. Like, obviously. Duh.

New Home

Beasty wrote: »

Hang on!!

If it's eggs, why is it not chickens? More importantly, which came first

Because

1. Not all chickens are hens,

and

2. Hens lay more than one egg each.

Ted_YNWA

Not all eggs are laid by hens

New Home

Dammit, Ted! Go away, you and your logic! :pac:

Ted_YNWA

Sorry,

Forgot where I was.

Never let logic get in the way of a good rant.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Rubecula wrote: »

eggs?

Yes, eggs. Hen's eggs.



Not all eggs become hens and a hen lays many eggs.

fritzelly

Won't mention my post ever so slightly earlier ahem (waits for mod to delete my post :pac:)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

fritzelly wrote: »

So it's eggs? Really?

Yep! Your question next so.

fritzelly

Rubecula can have it, too busy this weekend to follow up on boards

looksee

Ahem, see rule 1. Answer question...set the next one!

Rubecula

sod it I will give you a question

fritzelly

looksee wrote: »

Ahem, see rule 1. Answer question...set the next one!

Ok!

How does the touchscreen on your smartphone work (hint its not because you are pushing it)

Rubecula

they work with anything that holds an electrical charge – including human skin.

fritzelly

Rubecula wrote: »

they work with anything that holds an electrical charge – including human skin.

Yes but how? It's not just an electrical charge (goes to double check he knows what he's talking about)

Rubecula

the two most commonly used systems are resistive and capacitive touch screens. Capacitive touch screens are constructed from materials like copper or indium tin oxide that store electrical charges in an electrostatic grid of tiny wires, each smaller than a human hair. There are two main types of capacitive touch screens – surface and projective. Surface capacitive uses sensors at the corners and a thin evenly distributed film across the surface whereas projective capacitive uses a grid of rows and columns with a separate chip for sensing.

fritzelly

You win

Rubecula

thank god I didn't know what you wanted lol.

my question is space related.


there is, in the constellation of Centaurus, a nebula called the Boomerang Nebula it is cold there. but why is it special?

Beasty

It keeps going back to where it started???

fritzelly

Black hole?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It's about as cold as something can be in Nature. Reckoned to be only a degree or two above absolute zero. But you told us it was cold, so maybe you want something else... I think it's the youngest nebula found to date....isn't boomerang shaped as first thought.

Rubecula

Beasty wrote: »

It keeps going back to where it started???

no

Rubecula

fritzelly wrote: »

Black hole?

not that I know of

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

It's about as cold as something can be in Nature. Reckoned to be only a degree or two above absolute zero. But you told us it was cold, so maybe you want something else... I think it's the youngest nebula found to date....isn't boomerang shaped as first thought.

you are closest yet but not what I wanted

piuswal

it is the coolest natural place known in the universe

Rubecula

piuswal wrote: »

it is the coolest natural place known in the universe

yes but not quite why it is special
(somewhere has to be coldest after all)

New Home

An Australian named it?

Or, does it form the tail of Centaurus?

Rubecula

New Home wrote: »

An Australian named it?

Or, does it form the tail of Centaurus?

no and no … sorry

clue: it is COLD

fritzelly

It's absolute zero?