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bonzodog2 · 19-06-2015 1:48pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

Hmmm, "mathematical" as in "logical"?

This is arithmetical at most and certainly not logical: In my student years, the "weird wan" told us all about magic numbers, angel numbers and other vital information. 1+7+8+9 = 25; 2+5 = 7 and, as we all know, "7" is a magic / angel number and, when we have "7", all is well with the world. Oh how we laughed!

Not what I had in mind. Its the smallest number that has the property I am thinking of.

looksee · 19-06-2015 1:53pm

Its the smallest perfect number that can be divided by twice the square root of 1.

possibly.

bonzodog2 · 19-06-2015 2:08pm

looksee wrote: »

Its the smallest perfect number that can be divided by twice the square root of 1.

possibly.

Not true, given that twice the square root of 1 is 2
But it the smallest number that has the property

looksee · 19-06-2015 2:22pm

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Not true, given that twice the square root of 1 is 2
But it the smallest number that has the property

Sorry Bonzo, I was making that up as I went along, I have zero maths ability - though I can add up in the supermarket pretty fast!

Samaris · 19-06-2015 2:38pm

I was going to answer that it's the taxi cab number but I was out by 60. I dunno. It's a prime number at least?

bonzodog2 · 19-06-2015 2:43pm

Samaris wrote: »

I was going to answer that it's the taxi cab number but I was out by 60. I dunno. It's a prime number at least?

It is prime, but not the smallest!

bonzodog2 · 19-06-2015 3:47pm

I'll give you an hour or two, then I'll ask a different one, as its prob not that easy if you're not a connoisseur of obscure arithmetical facts!

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 3:50pm

Isn't there a mathematician's "magic" number 6714 or 6174 maybe? There's a sequence of subtracting a number from itself in reverse, e.g. 9871 - 1789 which gives you 8082. Then you do the same with 8082 and repeat the subtraction until you fall asleep I mean arrive at 6714 / 6174. Obviously I'm struggling to remember the details but it'a bit like those "think of a number, don't tell me; add 5; subtract 2; divide by 6", etc. etc. and you can magically reveal the secret number.

bonzodog2 · 19-06-2015 4:12pm

Clue: its the smallest number that satisfies a particular condition. It involves a sum, i.e. a+b

Samaris · 19-06-2015 4:32pm

Er, it's not the smallest number expressible by the sum of two cubes in two different ways, is it?

bonzodog2 · 19-06-2015 4:36pm

Samaris wrote: »

Er, it's not the smallest number expressible by the sum of two cubes in two different ways, is it?

It most certainly is, well done! 10**3 + 9**3 or 12**3 + 1**3

Off ya go Samaris

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 4:59pm

bonzodog2 wrote: »

What is special about the number 1789 ?

Sorry lads, I'm lost!

10**3 = (1000) + 9**3 (729) = 1729

12**3 = (1728) + 1**3 (1) = 1729

And isn't 1729 the "taxi cab" number from Samaris post 556, which was "out by 60"?

Samaris · 19-06-2015 5:35pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

Sorry lads, I'm lost!

10**3 = (1000) + 9**3 (729) = 1729

12**3 = (1728) + 1**3 (1) = 1729

And isn't 1729 the "taxi cab" number from Samaris post 556, which was "out by 60"?

*coughs* Yeah, I had a feeling it was that from the clues, but I'm afraid it should be 1729, yis.

What is the biggest moon in our solar system?

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 5:39pm

Yeah buh....the original question in Bonzo's post 550 concerned 1789 and not 1729?

Anyway, Ganymede.

Pulsating Star · 19-06-2015 5:40pm

Titan?

Samaris · 19-06-2015 5:44pm

Ganymede it is, the third moon of Jupiter.

You're up, Brens!

Edit: Misread Titan as Triton, somehow..

bonzodog2 · 19-06-2015 5:48pm

Oops! I did of course mean 1729. Apologies!
I'm sure you would have all got it instantly....

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 5:58pm

OK. Who or what was demoted because "it doesn't dominate and hasn't cleaned up its neighbourhood?

Samaris · 19-06-2015 6:00pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

OK. Who or what was demoted because "it doesn't dominate and hasn't cleaned up it's neighbourhood?

I don't know the direct quote, but I'm thinking a cathedral to a church?

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 6:11pm

Samaris wrote: »

I don't know the direct quote, but I'm thinking a cathedral to a church?

No, not that. The quote may not be the exact words used by the authority making the decision but it gives the gist of their reasoning.

Oh, I should mention that I corrected their spelling of "neighbourhood".....so they probably come from that far away land of bad spellers.

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 8:42pm

OK, a clue:
Its first visitor isn't expected until next month despite having left home in January 2006, with no stops, detours or breakdowns on the way!

WildWater · 19-06-2015 9:51pm

Travelling since 2006! Some thing in space? Pluto was demoted. Not sure of anything else.

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 10:05pm

WildWater wrote: »

Travelling since 2006! Some thing in space? Pluto was demoted. Not sure of anything else.

Correct - Well Done!

Because the definition of a planet was changed, poor old Pluto is no longer a planet. It's only a "dwarf planet" and a "plutoid" because a planet's gravity "sweeps its area in space and absorbs other objects." Pluto hasn't yet

The New Horizons space craft, the first to visit Pluto, is almost there, on its way to the Kuiper Belt.

WildWater · 19-06-2015 10:12pm

Keeping it in space: Who was the last man to arrive on the moon?

Samaris · 19-06-2015 10:16pm

WildWater wrote: »

Keeping it in space: Who was the last man to arrive on the moon?

I think that's Apollo 17 in the '70s, but there were two astronauts. One of them has the moderately awesome name Harrison Schmidt. Not sure which was first/last though.

WildWater · 19-06-2015 10:20pm

Samaris wrote: »

I think that's Apollo 17 in the '70s, but there were two astronauts. One of them has the moderately awesome name Harrison Schmidt. Not sure which was first/last though.

Apollo 17 Dec 1972 and yes Harriso Schmidt was onboard the LEM the other one was Gene (Eugene) Cernan. But which was last to arrive? And for a bonus point what was different about him compared to the other astronauts?

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 10:47pm

Schmitt went for his walk first. Cernan was last in, so he hoisted the drawbridge. 17 was Cernan's second trip - he was aboard 10 as well.

WildWater · 19-06-2015 10:57pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

Schmitt went for his walk first. Cernan was last in, so he hoisted the drawbridge. 17 was Cernan's second trip - he was aboard 10 as well.

Cernan was last to leave the moon but the question was who was last to arrive? When they arrived who was second to leave the LEM?

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 11:00pm

WildWater wrote: »

Cernan was last to leave the moon but the question was who was last to arrive? When they arrived who was second to leave the LEM?

Emmm, Schmitt climbed out first; Cernan climbed out second(?)

WildWater · 19-06-2015 11:02pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

Emmm, Schmitt climbed out first; Cernan climbed out second(?)

Actually no. Cernan was commander and climbed out first (and climbed in last) thus making Schmitt the last man to arrive on the moon. He was also the only scientist to go on a moon mission.

BrensBenz · 19-06-2015 11:17pm

WildWater wrote: »

Actually no. Cernan was commander and climbed out first (and climbed in last) thus making Schmitt the last man to arrive on the moon. He was also the only scientist to go on a moon mission.

Yes, my error. I was thrown by the word "arrived" because the lander "arrived" with two passengers, at the same time! or sump'n. It's late!

Samaris · 19-06-2015 11:19pm

I mentioned the name above, but tbh, it was really by luck! Want to ask another?

BrensBenz · 21-06-2015 9:39am

Samaris wrote: »

I mentioned the name above, but tbh, it was really by luck! Want to ask another?

Samaris, it looks like a "no" from WildWater so, since you were closest, would you like to set the next question?

Samaris · 21-06-2015 4:43pm

Grando!

Hrm...Mickey Mouse was designed by Ube Iwerks as a replacement for another, older flagship character after the ownership dispute was used by distributors Universal Studios as leverage to try get Disney to take a budget cut on their cartoons. Some eighty years later, he was traded back to Disney and now fully belongs to the Disney Corporation. What was the name of that first character?

BrensBenz · 21-06-2015 4:59pm

Samaris wrote: »

Grando!

Hrm...Mickey Mouse was designed by Ube Iwerks as a replacement for another, older flagship character after the ownership dispute was used by distributors Universal Studios as leverage to try get Disney to take a budget cut on their cartoons. Some eighty years later, he was traded back to Disney and now fully belongs to the Disney Corporation. What was the name of that first character?

Seem to remember my Granda remarking, when trying to lighten the mood for us kids, that the man in the news at the time, Lee Harvey Oswald, was related to Mickey Mouse. "Whoh" we said. "Oh Yes, he was Mickey Mouse's father." Probably not forensically correct but was there an Oswald Wabbit?

Samaris · 21-06-2015 5:07pm

BrensBenz wrote: »

Seem to remember my Granda remarking, when trying to lighten the mood for us kids, that the man in the news at the time, Lee Harvey Oswald, was related to Mickey Mouse. "Whoh" we said. "Oh Yes, he was Mickey Mouse's father." Probably not forensically correct but was there an Oswald Wabbit?

You're a menace at this, Brensbenz!

Yes indeed, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Recently returned to Disney in 2013.

BrensBenz · 21-06-2015 5:13pm

Samaris wrote: »

You're a menace at this, Brensbenz!

Yes indeed, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Recently returned to Disney in 2013.

First sign of dimentia - detailed recollection of ancient data but can't remember if I took my medication this morning!

On a similar vain, Sgt. Bilko and Top Cat had a lot in common. For instance, Bilko's gang included the not-so-bright Doberman, while TC's gang included the not-so-bright Benny. What have Doberman and Benny actually got in common?

garancafan · 21-06-2015 6:57pm

Their voices.

BrensBenz · 21-06-2015 7:15pm

garancafan wrote: »

Their voices.

9.9 / 10 but, for perfection, what have the voices of Doberman and Benny (the Ball) got in common?

Oh, wait! That question gives it away. Benny's voice was supplied by the actor who played Doberman, Maurice Gosfield.

So, well done. Your turn.

garancafan · 21-06-2015 8:56pm

Wimbledon starts next week, so here is a topical one: In what circumstances in a game of tennis may a player win a set by a score of 6 games to 5?

Samaris · 21-06-2015 11:32pm

Hah, I have no chance with tennis questions! /bows out gracefully

garancafan · 22-06-2015 12:58am

garancafan wrote: »

Wimbledon starts next week, so here is a topical one: In what circumstances in a game of tennis may a player win a set by a score of 6 games to 5?

While it was formerly possible in Ireland it is not (sadly) currently so.

looksee · 22-06-2015 7:31am

If it starts raining? (I really have absolutely no idea, not even sure how tennis scoring works!

Pulsating Star · 22-06-2015 8:14am

garancafan wrote: »

While it was formerly possible in Ireland it is not (sadly) currently so.

So something we had, don't now have, but may again?
Can this only happen in a ranking or professional tournament ?

garancafan · 22-06-2015 1:37pm

Pulsating Star wrote: »

So something we had, don't now have, but may again?

Correct.

garancafan · 22-06-2015 1:39pm

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Can this only happen in a ranking or professional tournament ?

This arises at all levels of the game.

garancafan · 22-06-2015 1:45pm

Given the somewhat arcane nature of this question I think that - with the moderator's agreement - full recourse may be had to all sources of information.

Pulsating Star · 22-06-2015 2:31pm

Is this scoring only possible in "Real Tennis"

I see the only courts built here are either being restored or unplayable at present.

looksee · 22-06-2015 2:32pm

Look the mods are not governing how this game is played, its working on a consensus basis for rules

Unless yez get totally out of control that is!

BrensBenz · 22-06-2015 2:51pm

garancafan wrote: »

Given the somewhat arcane nature of this question I think that - with the moderator's agreement - full recourse may be had to all sources of information.

"Phew", I thought. "That would help". But it didn't! The explanations I found just now were written BY experts, FOR experts. Think you may get a cut and pasted answer!

I thought maybe a 6-5 set is fairly new, as is mandatory grunting. So I thought maybe a 6-5 would be allowed if, say at 5-5, the grunts from one player were dropping below the required decibel level. Strangely though, the sites I checked didn't mention grunting at all! That was my best guess!

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

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