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

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  • #8072
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    The TauTona mine is the deepest in the world. What country is it in and what do they mine there?


  • #8073
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,744 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Guano? Paraguay? (both total guesses :D)

    edit, I should not have bothered! :D


  • #8074
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    The TauTona mine is the deepest in the world. What country is it in and what do they mine there?

    South Africa. Gold.


  • #8075
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    looksee wrote: »
    Guano? Paraguay? (both total guesses :D)

    edit, I should not have bothered! :D

    Always worth having a go
    garancafan wrote: »
    South Africa. Gold.

    Full marks!


  • #8076
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    The concept of "proof" spirit for excise duties originated in England in the 16th century. What was the original test applied for "proof" of liability to excise?


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  • #8077
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    garancafan wrote: »
    The concept of "proof" spirit for excise duties originated in England in the 16th century. What was the original test applied for "proof" of liability to excise?

    Ability to go on fire?


  • #8078
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    The concept of "proof" spirit for excise duties originated in England in the 16th century. What was the original test applied for "proof" of liability to excise?

    Read a piece about Gay-Lussac's work on a proof system recently. It referred to a small ball of gunpowder being dropped in the liquid; if it still ignited then the liquid was proof enough for tax.


  • #8079
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Read a piece about Gay-Lussac's work on a proof system recently. It referred to a small ball of gunpowder being dropped in the liquid; if it still ignited then the liquid was proof enough for tax.

    Seems obvious, now that you mention it. :p

    How do you keep all this stuff in your brain, Autumn Harsh Cloud?


  • #8080
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    Seems obvious, now that you mention it. :p

    How do you keep all this stuff in your brain, Srameen?

    Could be wrong, as the piece was about France.

    I have a bit of an eidetic memory for facts - but not for spelling.


  • #8081
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I think you have a collection of external drives that you can plug into your head as required. Go on, admit it!


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  • #8082
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    feargale wrote: »
    Ability to go on fire?

    A shot in the right direction, but needs much more.


  • #8083
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    garancafan wrote: »
    A shot in the right direction, but needs much more.

    I'm having a shot of good stuff right now. How many shots do I need?


  • #8084
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Was Srameen wrong? That's unpossible! :eek:


  • #8085
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    I'm having a shot of good stuff right now. How many shots do I need?

    Any proof of that?


  • #8086
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Read a piece about Gay-Lussac's work on a proof system recently. It referred to a small ball of gunpowder being dropped in the liquid; if it still ignited then the liquid was proof enough for tax.

    Gay-Lussac's work was a refinement of the existing system. If (as you say) the ball of gun-powder ignited then the liquor was deemed to be liable for duties. But what was (and still is!) the quantity of gun-powder? Of what was (and still is!) the "proof"?


  • #8087
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    looksee wrote: »
    Guano? Paraguay? (both total guesses :D)

    edit, I should not have bothered! :D

    Yes you should - gave us a laugh :D.


  • #8088
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    garancafan wrote: »
    The concept of "proof" spirit for excise duties originated in England in the 16th century. What was the original test applied for "proof" of liability to excise?
    garancafan wrote: »
    Gay-Lussac's work was a refinement of the existing system. If (as you say) the ball of gun-powder ignited then the liquor was deemed to be liable for duties. But what was (and still is!) the quantity of gun-powder? Of what was (and still is!) the "proof"?

    I'm not sure how much detail you're looking for. The gunpowder would be a pellet and going by ABVs for proof I'm assuming something like 57% being 100.


  • #8089
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I'm not sure how much detail you're looking for. The gunpowder would be a pellet and going by ABVs for proof I'm assuming something like 57% being 100.

    You have answered the question that I posed. Well done.

    I should have given the question more thought. What I had hoped to elicit was the origin of the term "proof". Yes, it came to mean proof of liability to excise duties, but the term and the quantity of gunpowder had their origins in a test that had nothing to do with liquor. Of what was the original "proof"?


  • #8090
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    garancafan wrote: »
    You have answered the question that I posed. Well done.

    I should have given the question more thought. What I had hoped to elicit was the origin of the term "proof". Yes, it came to mean proof of liability to excise duties, but the term and the quantity of gunpowder had their origins in a test that had nothing to do with liquor. Of what was the original "proof"?

    Is it the 'proving' of gun barrels?


  • #8091
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Is it the 'proving' of gun barrels?

    You have it Bonzodog. The quantity of gunpowder was such that it produced pressure in excess of that used to propel the projectile in normal circumstances. If the weapon suffered no deformations or cracks then it was "proof" that the weapon was safe. The test is still in use today for smooth-bore sporting weapons.

    Both Srameen and bonzodog2 have earned the right to set one.


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  • #8092
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    may I interject with a side question while we wait? no prizes or anything just private honour.
    Violet Jessop born in Argentina died in 1971 at the age of 84. what links this former nurse with a Red Star and three White Stars, and also an Olympic event? enjoy this one folks


  • #8093
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    She was fond of working on ships, so a red star liner and a white star liner? I knw she was on the Titanic and Olympic. That's all I've got.


  • #8094
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    indeed she was also on the Brittanic and was hurt when it sank, she survived the Titanic sinking and was on the Olympic when it collided with another ship. As far as I am aware she is the only person with this unwanted claim to fame, and, as you said she also served on the Red Star line I think, although, not sure, it was aboard the Berengaria. Well done help yourself to a Jaffa cake :)


  • #8095
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    What links the Parthenon in Athens, a dodecahedron, and the Fibonacci sequence ?


  • #8096
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    Anything to do with the golden ratio?


  • #8097
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    TheBoyFromAus wrote: »
    Anything to do with the golden ratio?

    Yes


  • #8098
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    Is that the answer? Or is expansion required, as i have no idea past the fact that they all in some way link back to the ratio


  • #8099
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Well if you can elaborate, that would be nice, but it is the answer


  • #8100
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    I havent a clue how it ties into fibonacci. Maybe someone else can finish it off.


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  • #8101
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Number 12


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