Silliness Quiz - Page 213

orlok · 06-15-2011, 11:37 AM

dreams · 06-15-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by orlok

Well, as a group effort, we have finally got there. I think it should go to @harakiri for solving the hardest ones, but it you've no question, then @dreams, you answered the most. Will you take it away...? <snip>

I had an unfair advantage, as we collected LP's. Some were played so often that we made copies so the LP would stay nice.

I can't think of anything right now. harakiri? Maybe, you could start the next one?

Stitchawl · 06-15-2011, 08:04 PM

Does this mean my 78's are passe?

Stitchawl

WT Sharpe · 06-15-2011, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Does this mean my 78's are passe?

Stitchawl

I still have some 16 RPM records. I haven't seen a machine in years that can play them.

orlok · 06-16-2011, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I still have some 16 RPM records. I haven't seen a machine in years that can play them.

I've never even heard of 16 RPM records

. Did these pre-date 78's?

harakiri · 06-16-2011, 05:39 AM

There's your new question:

What do you need in order to play 16rpm records

Bilbo1967 · 06-16-2011, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harakiri

There's your new question:

What do you need in order to play 16rpm records

See here.

harakiri · 06-16-2011, 05:47 AM

Hmmm, not sure if I was looking for that answer. But I guess its right.

The answer I was looking for was:

A Chrysler automobile made between 1956 and 1958.

Because these came with a Highway Hi-Fi player

Basically the first compact disc player for cars as the records where 7" in diameter

But Ok, you're next

dreams · 06-17-2011, 12:56 AM

Wow, I always thought 8-track players were first in cars. Highway Hi-Fi

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WT Sharpe · 06-17-2011, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by orlok

I've never even heard of 16 RPM records

. Did these pre-date 78's?

I don't believe so. They were used for a brief time for recordings that didn't require hi-fidelity, such as speech. In the early 70s, I bought a boxed set of the King James Bible read by Alexander Scourby on 16 RPM disks. At the time, I had a record player that could play them.

orlok · 06-17-2011, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I don't believe so. They were used for a brief time for recordings that didn't require hi-fidelity, such as speech. In the early 70s, I bought a boxed set of the King James Bible read by Alexander Scourby on 16 RPM disks. At the time, I had a record player that could play them.

And to think CDs can only be played at one speed! They call that progress???

We never knew we had it so good

.

SneakySnake · 06-17-2011, 09:59 PM

Coffee tables were bigger then to cope with the LP sized drink coasters.

maianhvk · 06-19-2011, 01:56 AM

since our latest winner disappeared without any further notice, may I seize the chance to ask an easy question, solved merely by logic thinking

and a bit of maths knowlege

what is the last digits of this sum:
1! + 2! + 3! + ... + 99!

tell us how you get to answer it too.

lestatar · 06-19-2011, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Coffee tables were bigger then to cope with the LP sized drink coasters.

Sorry to derail this thread further, but man...I miss LP sized Album Art and Booklets/Inserts!

<sigh> those were the days...

Billi · 06-19-2011, 02:59 AM

3
Beginning with 5! every factorial ends with 0, so you only have to add 1! + 2! + 3! + 4! (1+2+6+24 = 33).

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harakiri Groupie Posts: 174 Karma: 464618 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kindle Oasis 2	There's your new question: What do you need in order to play 16rpm records

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harakiri Groupie Posts: 174 Karma: 464618 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Hmmm, not sure if I was looking for that answer. But I guess its right. The answer I was looking for was: A Chrysler automobile made between 1956 and 1958. Because these came with a Highway Hi-Fi player Basically the first compact disc player for cars as the records where 7" in diameter But Ok, you're next

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06-19-2011, 02:59 AM	#3195
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	3 Beginning with 5! every factorial ends with 0, so you only have to add 1! + 2! + 3! + 4! (1+2+6+24 = 33).