03-20-2013, 04:48 AM | #11311 |
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I think you're looking for BOOK, but there's also OOSE and BOSE and BOOP
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03-20-2013, 12:18 PM | #11312 |
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03-20-2013, 02:34 PM | #11313 |
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OK, three quick trivia questions I recently came across.
1. What was Elvis Presley's part-time job in the 1970s? 2. What is the origin of the word trivia? 3. Who coined the term "radioactive" |
03-20-2013, 02:46 PM | #11314 |
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2. I always assumed it was formed from 'trivial' - but that sounds too obvious?
3. I think that Becquerel discovered radioactivity, maybe he didn't coin the term, but I'll say him anyway. |
03-20-2013, 02:56 PM | #11315 |
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2. I would guess it's derived from the Latin 'trivium' - denoting 3 somethings - but I have no idea how "three-ish" transformed into current day "trivia"
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03-20-2013, 03:03 PM | #11316 |
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2, Well, trivium was also a curriculum of studies in England, right? Which included 3 main subject areas? Which covered a broad area of topics?
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I suspect that the education level one is the correct origin. |
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03-20-2013, 07:10 PM | #11322 |
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One point to WT Sharpe.
One point to poohbear_nc. So: the person who can tell me the name of the scientist who coined the term "radioactivity" will win, as it's obviously the hardest question and I declare it to be worth two points! |
03-20-2013, 07:26 PM | #11323 |
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I can only think it was Marie Curie.
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Roentgen?
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