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03-02-2014, 07:53 PM
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03-03-2014, 05:19 AM
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I'll have a stab at birthplaces, and also one invention.
1. Harry Coover, 1917-2011. Born in England. 3. William Addis, dates unknown. Invention about 1780. Also born in England. 4. Raymond Kurzweil, 1948-present. Opitical Character Recognition software. Born in USA 8. Adophe Sax, 1814-1894. Born in France. 10. Edwin Beard Budding, 1795-1846 Born in USA. |
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03-03-2014, 07:01 AM
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Wasn't Kurzweil's contribution in the field of sound on the computer. OCR goes back to the days of Big Iron, you had to fill out cards with numbers in a certain way for the computer to recognize them.
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03-03-2014, 05:05 PM
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3. Correct. 4. Both correct. 8. No, wrong country. 10.No, wrong country. 3 points to the Grand Mouse. |
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03-03-2014, 05:09 PM
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One point to Kumabjorn. So at this stage we have: 6 orlok 3 pdurrant 1 Stitchawl 1 Kumabjorn |
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03-03-2014, 06:09 PM
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I think Adolphe Sax was Belgian?
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03-03-2014, 07:30 PM
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OK, wild guess time- countries they were born in:
6. Jean-Joseph Etienne Lenoir, 1822-1900 - France?. 8. Adophe Sax, 1814-1894 - Germany? 9. Faust Vrancic, 1551-1617 - Poland? 10. Edwin Beard Budding, 1795-1846 - England? |
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8. No. 9. No. 10. Yes. |
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03-04-2014, 02:36 AM
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Sorry folks: this was obviously a bit too much on the hard side. So I'll give you the inventions I have left, and you can take a punt on who invented them, using the dates.
Internal combustion engine Adjustable spanner Superglue Parachute Toothbrush Lawnmower Flatbed scanner Motorboat Saxhorn They are of course mixed up, including where there are two inventions down to one person. At this point, orlok is in the lead well and truly with 7 points. pdurrant has 3 points. Stitchawl and Bilbo each have 1 point. My apologies - I have Kumabjorn a point which I shouldn't have done, as the Mouse had already got OCR. I'll do a rerun of the questions with the answers so far. Last edited by Bookpossum; 03-04-2014 at 02:39 AM. Reason: Correcting my error. |
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03-04-2014, 02:47 AM
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1. Harry Coover, 1917-2011.
2. Humphry Davy, 1778-1829. England. Miner's safety lamp. Orlok, 2 points. 3. William Addis, dates unknown. Invention about 1780. England. pdurrant, 1 point. 4. Raymond Kurzweil, 1948-present. Optical character recognition. pdurrant, 1 point. 5. Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955. Scotland. Penicillin. Orlok, 2 points. 6. Jean-Joseph Etienne Lenoir, 1822-1900. 7. Montgolfier brothers, 1740-1810. France. Hot air balloon. Orlok, 2 points. 8. Adophe Sax, 1814-1894. Saxophone. Stitchawl, 1 point. Belgium. Bilbo, 1 point. 9. Faust Vrancic, 1551-1617. 10. Edwin Beard Budding, 1795-1846. England. pdurrant, 1 point. |
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03-04-2014, 06:17 AM
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3. Parachute
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03-04-2014, 07:32 AM
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I remember wondering why, if there were no planes yet. Stitchawl |
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03-04-2014, 08:37 AM
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 1. Harry Coover, 1917-2011. Superglue? |
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