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Science Peehs Reveal Thread.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Also Starring LeVar Burton determined to hold onto the spoon.


    Also Starring Levar Burton 45



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Question 7: A prime number between 1 - 100


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    There was a lot of choice in this round so quite a few aces... and 47 is popular for some reason.



    47 – 5
    Niska
    Sheridan81
    sKeith
    Strawberry Milkshake
    yozico

    71 – 3
    Gru
    Three More Big Sleeps
    Zaph

    73 – 3
    bolgbui41
    Local_Chap
    sullivlo

    2 – 2
    Maddux Bald Court
    Spook_ie

    23 – 2
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    quickbeam

    43 – 2
    bubblypop
    Skippy44

    61 – 2
    Homer J Fong
    spacetweek

    83 – 2
    Rikand
    Ted_YNWA

    3 – 1
    conor222

    11 – 1
    Electric Nitwit

    13 – 1
    Necro


    19 – 1
    sammyjo90

    37 – 1
    Barney92

    41 – 1
    davetherave

    53 – 1
    Green&Red

    67 – 1
    ShaneU

    79 – 1
    lassykk

    97 – 1
    Purple Mountain

    Incorrect:
    1 – 6

    mustang shelly

    33 – 6
    Baggly

    50 – 6
    aspiewriter


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 711 ✭✭✭Three More Big Sleeps


    Here's thirteen-odd minutes of Anti-Prime education to pass the time before the next reveal...



    (Feck ya, 71.)


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,143 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Green&Red moving into the lead on this round, followed by conor222 and Skippy44. Also Starring LeVar Burton determined to hold onto the spoon.




    Green&Red 14
    conor222 15
    Skippy44 16
    Electric Nitwit 17
    davetherave 17
    bolgbui41 19
    ShaneU 20
    Three More Big Sleeps 20
    Rikand 20
    bubblypop 21
    Homer J Fong 23
    quickbeam 23
    Local_Chap 23
    spacetweek 24
    Necro 24
    Baggly 25
    Spook_ie 25
    sullivlo 26
    Barney92 27
    Gru 27
    Ted_YNWA 30
    yozico 30
    Zaph 31
    lassykk 31
    Purple Mountain 32
    Sheridan81 32
    aspiewriter 32
    mustangshelly 32
    sKeith 34
    Niska 34
    Strawberry Milkshake 35
    Maddux Bald Court 36
    sammyjo90 39
    Also Starring Levar Burton 45




    Ah Baggly.

    It's been too long since we had a midtable battle :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    ...and 47 is popular for some reason.

    47 – 5
    Niska
    Sheridan81
    sKeith
    Strawberry Milkshake
    yozico

    Must be their age ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Random that 47 was picked by so many


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Green&Red staying at the top for this round....




    Green&Red 14
    conor222 15
    Skippy44 16
    Electric Nitwit 17
    davetherave 17
    bolgbui41 19
    ShaneU 20
    Three More Big Sleeps 20
    Rikand 20
    bubblypop 21
    Homer J Fong 23
    quickbeam 23
    Local_Chap 23
    spacetweek 24
    Necro 24
    Baggly 25
    Spook_ie 25
    sullivlo 26
    Barney92 27
    Gru 27
    Ted_YNWA 30
    yozico 30
    Zaph 31
    lassykk 31
    Purple Mountain 32
    Sheridan81 32
    aspiewriter 32
    mustangshelly 32
    sKeith 34
    Niska 34
    Strawberry Milkshake 35
    Maddux Bald Court 36
    sammyjo90 39
    Also Starring Levar Burton 45





  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Must be their age ;)
    Green&Red wrote: »
    Random that 47 was picked by so many

    Just let of centre. Quite usual actually.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Question 8: An element whose one or two letter symbol does not match its English name (i.e. the letter(s) that represent the element is not the starting letter of the name)



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Electric Nitwit tying at the top of the table with Green&Red. It has been very tight so far tonight with three rounds to go....




    Electric Nitwit 19
    Green&Red 19
    conor222 20
    davetherave 21
    Skippy44 21
    bolgbui41 24
    ShaneU 24
    Rikand 24
    spacetweek 24
    Three More Big Sleeps 25
    bubblypop 25
    Local_Chap 27
    Homer J Fong 28
    quickbeam 28
    Spook_ie 28
    Necro 28
    Baggly 29
    Barney92 29
    Gru 29
    sullivlo 30
    Ted_YNWA 32
    Zaph 33
    lassykk 35
    yozico 35
    Purple Mountain 36
    mustangshelly 36
    Niska 36
    Sheridan81 37
    sKeith 37
    aspiewriter 38
    Maddux Bald Court 39
    Strawberry Milkshake 39
    sammyjo90 44
    Also Starring Levar Burton 51





    Sorry Rainbow, I aced the last round, don’t think anyone should have been catching me

    No panic obvs!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Question 8: An element whose one or two letter symbol does not match its English name (i.e. the letter(s) that represent the element is not the starting letter of the name)



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    Uh Oh!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Mercury (Hg) or Hydrargyrum to its close buddies and Tungsten (W) also known as Wolfram sheep this round.... with an Ace for spacetweek with Antimony (Sb) .... or Stibium



    Mercury – 5
    bolgbui41
    conor222
    Sheridan81
    Three More Big Sleeps
    yozico

    Tungsten – 5
    Green&Red
    Homer J Fong
    quickbeam
    sammyjo90
    Skippy44

    Gold – 4
    davetherave
    mustang shelly
    Necro
    Strawberry Milkshake

    Iron – 4
    Baggly
    lassykk
    Purple Mountain
    ShaneU

    Potassium – 4
    bubblypop
    Local_Chap
    Rikand
    sullivlo

    Sodium – 3
    Maddux Bald Court
    sKeith
    Spook_ie

    Lead – 2
    Gru
    Ted_YNWA

    Silver – 2
    Barney92
    Niska

    Tin – 2
    Electric Nitwit
    Zaph

    Antimony – 1
    spacetweek

    Incorrect:

    Fire – 6
    aspiewriter

    Salt – 6
    Also Starring LeVar Burton


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Salt – 6
    Also Starring LeVar Burton

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    Just remembered Salt is a compound...

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Green&Red wrote: »
    Sorry Rainbow, I aced the last round, don’t think anyone should have been catching me

    No panic obvs!

    I think that table might have just been one round early ;)


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,143 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Thought I'd sheep with Gold, I really did.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Green&Red wrote: »
    Sorry Rainbow, I aced the last round, don’t think anyone should have been catching me

    No panic obvs!

    Whooops! I don't know what happened there as I have your score as zero for that round, I'll edit that now...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    I think that table might have just been one round early ;)

    Why don’t you f**k right off and practice some scoreboard social distancing?
    I was here first and you are not welcome


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Necro wrote: »
    Thought I'd sheep with Gold, I really did.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Green&Red wrote: »
    Why don’t you f**k right off and practice some scoreboard social distancing?
    I was here first and you are not welcome

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,941 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU



    Salt – 6
    Also Starring LeVar Burton

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


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    Leo has me spooked


    That and your aftershave



    But mainly Leo


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Making its second appearance of the night...... it's close at the top, definitely closer than the government sanctioned 2 metres.



    Electric Nitwit 19
    Green&Red 19
    conor222 20
    davetherave 21
    Skippy44 21
    bolgbui41 24
    ShaneU 24
    Rikand 24
    spacetweek 24
    Three More Big Sleeps 25
    bubblypop 25
    Local_Chap 27
    Homer J Fong 28
    quickbeam 28
    Spook_ie 28
    Necro 28
    Baggly 29
    Barney92 29
    Gru 29
    sullivlo 30
    Ted_YNWA 32
    Zaph 33
    lassykk 35
    yozico 35
    Purple Mountain 36
    mustangshelly 36
    Niska 36
    Sheridan81 37
    sKeith 37
    aspiewriter 38
    Maddux Bald Court 39
    Strawberry Milkshake 39
    sammyjo90 44
    Also Starring Levar Burton 51



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    At this point it seems to be just me and my sexy split personality fighting it out for the wooden spoon... I must've been drunk when I submitted these answers...

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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,143 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    *Waves at Baggly*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    Aagh, feet and inch ace, trying to be too clever with fecking chains :mad:

    Likewise but I'm suspect on some of those aces :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Question 9: A country that has had an astronaut in space


    The burning question.... did anyone say Mongolia???


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  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Maddux Bald Court


    I wonder did anyone say Kildare...


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,143 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    I wonder did anyone say Kildare...

    Few space cadets there alright, no astronauts though :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Now before anyone says Houston we've got a problem, in terms of space firsts the USSR and Russia are classed as separate entities.....

    India a surprising sheep in that round and yozico, bubblypop and Gru with Aces.



    India – 5
    Barney92
    davetherave
    Electric Nitwit
    mustang shelly
    Zaph

    Canada – 4
    aspiewriter
    Purple Mountain
    sullivlo
    spacetweek

    USSR/Soviet Union – 4
    Maddux Bald Court
    Sheridan81
    Spook_ie
    Strawberry Milkshake

    China – 4
    lassykk
    Necro
    sammyjo90
    ShaneU

    United Kingdom – 3
    Skippy44
    Ted_TNWA
    Three More Big Sleeps

    USA – 3
    conor222
    Local_Chap
    Rikand

    Israel – 2
    bolgbui41
    Homer J Fong

    Russia – 2
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    quickbeam

    Japan – 2
    Niska
    sKeith

    South Africa – 2
    Baggly
    Green&Red

    Belgium – 1
    yozico

    Bulgaria – 1
    bubblypop

    France – 1
    Gru


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Suck it Necro


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,143 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Baggly wrote: »
    Suck it Necro

    :D I missed this, you should play more Sheep


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Ah Baggly


    First commercial astronaut


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    India a surprising sheep in that round...

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    I didn't even know if it was right :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


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  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Maddux Bald Court


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Green&Red opening up a small lead in Round 9 but closely followed by conor222, Electric Nitwit and Skippy44... it's all to play for in the final round.


    Green&Red 21
    conor222 23
    Electric Nitwit 24
    Skippy44 24
    bubblypop 25
    bolgbui41 26
    davetherave 26
    Rikand 27
    ShaneU 28
    Three More Big Sleeps 28
    spacetweek 28
    Gru 29
    Homer J Fong 30
    quickbeam 30
    Local_Chap 30
    Baggly 31
    Spook_ie 32
    Necro 32
    Barney92 34
    sullivlo 34
    Ted_YNWA 35
    yozico 35
    Zaph 38
    Niska 38
    lassykk 39
    sKeith 39
    Purple Mountain 40
    Sheridan81 41
    mustangshelly 41
    aspiewriter 42
    Maddux Bald Court 43
    Strawberry Milkshake 43
    sammyjo90 48
    Also Starring Levar Burton 53


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I lucked out with that astronaut one - googled it afterwards and although Israel was correct I was thinking of the wrong person. :o

    Switzerland killed me off though, should have been braver and just guessed. :( Didn't think tungsten would be so popular either.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,442 ✭✭✭davetherave


    I don't even know if my answer for question 10 is going to be right or not, like I said after I took the lead, All downhill from here :o


  • Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Shared an office with a Bulgarian when I worked in Kosovo, he was very proud they had an astronaut & Ireland didn't!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    FINAL ROUND:


    Round 10: A human taste detected by the tongue


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Oh Christ. I didn't even know what this one meant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    There are only 5 correct answers in this round......

    Green&Red said.... salty
    conor222 said.....bitter
    Electric Nitwit said ....sweet
    Skippy44 said.....sour


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    There are only 5 correct answers in this round......

    Green&Red said.... salty
    conor222 said.....bitter
    Electric Nitwit said ....sweet
    Skippy44 said.....sour

    I already feel I double bluffed myself by avoiding umami


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Sweet and Umami sheeped this round.. shout out to Maddux Bald Court for the most 'interesting' answer. :D



    Sweet - 7
    Baggly
    bolgbui41
    bubblypop
    Electric Nitwit
    mustang shelly
    Purple Mountain
    quickbeam

    Umami – 7
    Barney92
    lassykk
    sammyjo90
    sullivlo
    Three More Big Sleeps
    yozico
    Zaph


    Salt/Salty – 6
    Green&Red
    Gru
    Homer J Fong
    Sheridan81
    Spook_ie
    Strawberry Milkshake

    Sour – 4
    aspiewriter
    Necro
    Rikand
    Skippy44

    Bitter – 3
    conor222
    ShaneU
    Ted_YNWA



    Incorrect:
    Nipples – 8
    Maddux Bald Court

    Sweat – 8
    Also Starring LeVar Burton

    Tangy – 8
    sKeith

    Savoury – 8
    Niska

    Lime – 8
    spacetweek

    Acidic – 8
    davetherave

    Spicy – 8
    Local_Chap


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    F**k


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,433 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    I’ll be bitter over that!


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