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Blisterman

Since this is the Table quiz forum, how about a thread where you ask a table quiz style question, and whoever gets it gets to ask another. Just like all those specific ones, except about anything.

I'll Start.
What is the capital of Denmark?

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Orion

Which planet has the longest day?

hamsterboy

Besides Earth........The winner, with 243 Earth days......Venus!

Orion

Besides Earth? I think 243 days is longer than 1 day

And you missed the secret bonus point - if only you'd mentioned that its day is longer than its year

Next question...

hamsterboy

Actually wondering whay I typed "Besides Earth"....oh well ....momentary lapse of reason I guess.
New Question

You see a statue of a soldier on a horse in a park: if the horse has both front legs off the ground...what does that signify?

Orion

That the soldier died in battle.

[edit]But that's actually an urban myth so the real answer is 'nothing'

[/edit]

hamsterboy

Right on both counts!
I took it that people would be aware of it even though it was a myth.
Onwards!

Orion

How much did SSF raise last year? (try googling that one

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RuggieBear

over 6k

Capt'n Midnight

6K or under then

Orion

hehe - there's a specific number mentioned in a post on the 13th Nov. It's not that hard to find ...

Capt'n Midnight

Macros42 wrote:

hehe - there's a specific number mentioned in a post on the 13th Nov. It's not that hard to find ...

I thought the point of this thread was Knowledge, not seaching

Orion

Oh alright then. Ruggie is right technically

But I thought one of you mods might have read the announcement from Devore about SSF

- 7k+ was the amount Dev mentioned in it

Next question so

Capt'n Midnight

Macros42 wrote:

Oh alright then. Ruggie is right technically But I thought one of you mods might have read the announcement from Devore about SSF - 7k+ was the amount Dev mentioned in it

Next question so

- 7K that's less than 6K , YEA! GO ME \o/

oh

me stops dancing

awaits Ruggie's question

RuggieBear

What was the name of the first microprocessor, who made it and when was it announced/released first mentioned?

Orion

It was the Intel 4004. As for year - early '70s is the best I can guess.

Capt'n Midnight

There was an earlier one for use in a calculator to reduce the chip count, 1968ish but wasn't released at the time. Can't remember if it was TI or intel.

RuggieBear

Macros42 wrote:

It was the Intel 4004. As for year - early '70s is the best I can guess.

well the 4004 was what i was looking for and it was announced by intel 35 years ago

Blisterman

New Question.
Where were French Fries invented?

(Hint, Not france)

Orion

Controversial question. Believe it or not me and some mates had a discussion about this after Sept. 11. (when they became Freedom Fries in some quarters).

The French and the Belgians both say they're Belgian. The Spanish also claim them. We agreed after about 10 pints that the term is probably American though.

[edit]btw - sorry for not posting a question. I never got a mail for Ruggie's post and forgot to check the thread

aequinoctium

it is claimed that the 25th december is jesus' birthday...

in fact his birthday is unknown...

whose birthday is it on december 25th which the church adopted as the birth date of jesus?

[Hint: QI on Friday night]

The Hill Billy

Shane McGowan?
Dido?
Annie Lennox?

Capt'n Midnight

mithras (sp) a roman god with loads of other similarities to you know who

Orion

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

mithras (sp) a roman god with loads of other similarities to you know who

That's correct. I'd have answered except I didn't know it myself - I asked a mate who's a pagan.

Blisterman

New question.
Which came first, colour Photography, or film with sound?

The Hill Billy

Colour photography - 1861 by James Clerk Maxwell.

(The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900.)

RiderOnTheStorm

what is the lightest metal?

RiderOnTheStorm

what is the longest river in Asia?

RiderOnTheStorm

what do the colours of the 5 rings of the Olympic flag represent?

Capt'n Midnight

RiderOnTheStorm wrote:

what is the lightest metal?

Lithium

On French aircraft carriers which colour has the biggest area on the flag ?

Hagar

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Lithium

On French aircraft carriers which colour has the biggest area on the flag ?

Red. The colour ratio on the flag is 30:33:37 Blue:White:Red

/ edit Can't think of a good question. Pass to someone else.