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Old 09-28-2011, 05:23 AM   #4111
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I did wonder how the geographic name could fit with dust storms I didn't realise Phoenix had them - definitely worth missing.
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Old 09-28-2011, 05:25 AM   #4112
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Old 09-28-2011, 05:27 AM   #4113
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What's the main claim to fame of 19th century British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval?
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Old 09-28-2011, 08:26 AM   #4114
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[Just a side note on the haboob question: There was a MAJOR controversy in Phoenix when the term was used on TV & radio! Outraged viewers complained that it sounded too much like "boob" (shades of Beavis & Butthead), or that American TV should not use an Arabic/Islamic term for an American meteorological condition. Go figure!]
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Old 09-28-2011, 09:34 AM   #4115
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What's the main claim to fame of 19th century British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval?
He was the only UK Prime Minister to be assassinated? That's the only thing I know about him in any case.
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Old 09-28-2011, 02:19 PM   #4116
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He was the only UK Prime Minister to be assassinated? That's the only thing I know about him in any case.
Yes, that's it, Bilbo. Not an enviable reason for fame.

A rather more obscure reason: his father had a mountain in New Zealand named after him by Captain Cook.
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Old 09-28-2011, 02:54 PM   #4117
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Yes, that's it, Bilbo. Not an enviable reason for fame.

A rather more obscure reason: his father had a mountain in New Zealand named after him by Captain Cook.
That I did not know!

There will now be a (hopefully) short intermission while I think of a question. Talk amongst yourselves!
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Old 09-28-2011, 03:01 PM   #4118
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A Captain Cook question then.

For what reason did Captain Cook travel to the Pacific for the first time (in 1768/1769 ) and who commissioned him to do so?
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Old 09-28-2011, 03:35 PM   #4119
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Based on what I know, I'd say it was the Royal Society that commissioned him and something about Latitude.
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Old 09-28-2011, 03:40 PM   #4120
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I'll excuse myself from this one, as I have an unfair advantage.
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Based on what I know, I'd say it was the Royal Society that commissioned him and something about Latitude.
Half right!
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As someone who knew about mountains named after his father, I'd say so
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Half right!
Actually, thinking about it, more than half right - sorry.

It was to do with latitude, but involved observing and measuring a specific event. What was that event?

NB. It really is a skill, isn't it, posting unambiguous questions. One i've not mastered yet - sorry
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Actually, thinking about it, more than half right - sorry.

It was to do with latitude, but involved observing and measuring a specific event. What was that event?

NB. It really is a skill, isn't it, posting unambiguous questions. One i've not mastered yet - sorry
A specific event? I recall hearing of a means to measure time accurately by measuring the position of the moons of jupiter. It was computationally quite complicated and required a telescope and clear weather but, as I recall, it was the odds-on favorite to win the longitude prize, was it not? Is that the "event" that was to measured? Wait, you said latitude. Never mind. Or are these related?
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A specific event? I recall hearing of a means to measure time accurately by measuring the position of the moons of jupiter. It was computationally quite complicated and required a telescope and clear weather but, as I recall, it was the odds-on favorite to win the longitude prize, was it not? Is that the "event" that was to measured? Wait, you said latitude. Never mind. Or are these related?
Again, very close. I'll leave it open for just a little longer but you two are so close it would be mere quibbling to go on much longer.
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