Silliness Quiz - Page 345

Daithi · 01-05-2012, 02:17 PM

Or Rum?

Hamlet53 · 01-05-2012, 02:19 PM

Going for surprising I will hazard pork.

Bilbo1967 · 01-05-2012, 02:24 PM

Not cotton, rum or pork, I'm afraid.

It is not surprising that it was wanted in India, nor that it came from New England particularly. It is surprising that it got to India in a usable state.

Hamlet53 · 01-05-2012, 02:28 PM

Ice?

Bilbo1967 · 01-05-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Ice?

It was indeed Hamlet, well done.

I'm just re-reading a book called "The Frozen Water Trade" by Gavin Weightman. It is subtitled, "How ice from New England lakes kept the world cool". It's quite an interesting read if you like quirky history.

Hamlet53 · 01-05-2012, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

It was indeed Hamlet, well done.

I'm just re-reading a book called "The Frozen Water Trade" by Gavin Weightman. It is subtitled, "How ice from New England lakes kept the world cool". It's quite an interesting read if you like quirky history.

Yes that is surprising, and interesting. I am surprised that it would not have been cheaper to obtain ice from the Himalayas, or from Russia.

So some questions regarding the United Nations that should not require Google searching, just knowledge of some basic facts about history as well as awareness of recent current events.

When and where was the United Nations first chartered? What country most recently joined the UN and how many member states does the UN now have?

Slightly more difficult bonus question. Name one universally recognized country that is not a member of the UN?

Daithi · 01-05-2012, 05:17 PM

1945 in New York? Serbia/Montenegro? 193? Taiwan?

I've probably gotten them all wrong because I guessed and didn't use Google.

Hamlet53 · 01-05-2012, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Daithi

1945 in New York? Serbia/Montenegro? 193? Taiwan?

I've probably gotten them all wrong because I guessed and didn't use Google.

The charter year is correct, but none of the other guesses. I also have now Googled what I thought was the answer to my bonus question and discovered that what I thought was true is ten years out of date. So can that bonus question.

issybird · 01-05-2012, 06:03 PM

It was 1945 in San Francisco. Clueless on the rest.

issybird · 01-05-2012, 06:29 PM

Oh, for most recent member, Southern Ethiopia?

I thought I knew the answer to your bonus question, lol! I was going to guess Switzerland.

Hamlet53 · 01-05-2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

It was 1945 in San Francisco. Clueless on the rest.

Yes, chartered in San Francisco in 1945. I have a memento of sort from that occasion, though I was not yet born. One of my great aunts and her husband were living in SF at the time and were invited to one of the commemorative events around the founding. They came away from that with a specially commissioned ink etching of San Francisco as viewed from Nob Hill in 1945. It fell into my possession when my aunt died and now hangs framed in my home, with the accompanying letter of explanation taped to the back.

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Originally Posted by issybird

Oh, for most recent member, Southern Ethiopia?

I thought I knew the answer to your bonus question, lol! I was going to guess Switzerland.

Your guess of Southern Ethiopia is so close, literally. And I must apologize to Daithi as he was correct with 193 as the number of current members.

Spoiler:

I was thinking of Switzerland

for my bonus question, as I knew it for years had not joined even though many UN office were located there. On checking though I found that it did join in 2002.

Great new avatar by the way.

Stitchawl · 01-05-2012, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

So some questions regarding the United Nations that should not require Google searching,

Have the rules changed here? I was under the impression that the use of Google disqualified us. Anyone can research an answer...

Let's keep Google for 'checking' answers, rather than finding them!

Stitchawl

issybird · 01-05-2012, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Yes, chartered in San Francisco in 1945. I have a memento of sort from that occasion, though I was not yet born. One of my great aunts and her husband were living in SF at the time and were invited to one of the commemorative events around the founding. They came away from that with a specially commissioned ink etching of San Francisco as viewed from Nob Hill in 1945. It fell into my possession when my aunt died and now hangs framed in my home, with the accompanying letter of explanation taped to the back.

Your guess of Southern Ethiopia is so close, literally. And I must apologize to Daithi as he was correct with 193 as the number of current members.

Spoiler:

I was thinking of Switzerland

for my bonus question, as I knew it for years had not joined even though many UN office were located there. On checking though I found that it did join in 2002.

Great new avatar by the way.

D'oh! South Sudan, of course. I need to lay off the vino. And my knowledge of Switzerland's exclusiveness is equally dated, obviously.

Daithi got two parts right, so I assume he's up.

Hope you feel better. And, thanks!

Daithi · 01-06-2012, 09:06 AM

I'm going to be out of the office most of the afternoon and won't be able to check answers, so why don't we let Issybird give us the next quiz.

issybird · 01-06-2012, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

I'm going to be out of the office most of the afternoon and won't be able to check answers, so why don't we let Issybird give us the next quiz.

Ack! What is this, hot potato?

I don't have time to post or tend a quiz today, so I'm declaring this open to any comer to post the next one.

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01-05-2012, 02:17 PM	#5161
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Or Rum?

01-05-2012, 02:19 PM	#5162
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Going for surprising I will hazard pork.

01-05-2012, 02:24 PM	#5163
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Not cotton, rum or pork, I'm afraid. It is not surprising that it was wanted in India, nor that it came from New England particularly. It is surprising that it got to India in a usable state.

01-05-2012, 05:17 PM	#5167
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	1945 in New York? Serbia/Montenegro? 193? Taiwan? I've probably gotten them all wrong because I guessed and didn't use Google.

01-05-2012, 06:03 PM	#5169
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,400 Karma: 235678911 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	It was 1945 in San Francisco. Clueless on the rest.

01-05-2012, 06:29 PM	#5170
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,400 Karma: 235678911 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Oh, for most recent member, Southern Ethiopia? I thought I knew the answer to your bonus question, lol! I was going to guess Switzerland.

01-06-2012, 09:06 AM	#5174
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I'm going to be out of the office most of the afternoon and won't be able to check answers, so why don't we let Issybird give us the next quiz.