The Ultimate Trivia Thread

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by trichobezoar

According to 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe,

"While time travel has been considered since as early as The Mahabharata, H. G. Wells gave the English language much-used terminology on the subject. In 1894 Wells coined terms related to time travel such as time travelling and time traveller in his story with the heading "Time Travelling: Possibility or Paradox." A year later, in his novella The Time Machine, Wells explores time travel in more detail as an unnamed protagonist moves backwards and forwards in time, encountering the mythical species of the Eloi and the Morlocks on his way."

But it took another 112 years or so before David Tennant managed to put forward a one-sentence definition of time travel's complexities and complications:

[trichobezoar]

Lol That's an excellent description of time travel. Thanks for posting that!

Oh, 'have to come up with another trivia fact(s) according to the rules and regulations of the thread... Again, according to 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe,

"Zero gravity was coined by Arthur C. Clarke in Sands of Mars, his first science-fiction novel. A year later, he coined the term zero g, where g is short for "gravity," in his novel Islands in the Sky. Zero gravity is the condition in which the apparent effect of gravity is zero, and objects float if they aren't tied down to something larger and more sturdy, like the wall of a space ship."

[Luffy]

The main difference between a teepee and a wigwam is that a teepee is made out of buffalo hide and sticks and were mainly lived in by Indians from the Great Plains, whereas wigwams are mainly made of hay and were lived in by Indians from the Northeast.

[trichobezoar]

"Warp speed

If you're traveling in a spacecraft at a speed faster than light, you're moving at warp speed. The word warp comes from the Old English wearp which refers to threads running over fabric. In the 20th century, it became popular to conceptualize space and its relation to time as a fabric. The first known usage of warp in relation to speed was in a 1968 Star Trek script, 'All Our Yesterdays.' Since its debut in English, warp speed has taken on metaphorical senses outside the realm of space."


Source: 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe

[Luffy]

The commonest material in the world is Perovskite, named after the mineralogist Count Lev Perovski. It's a mineral compound of magnesium, silicon and oxygen. It accounts for half of the world's mass and is what most of the Earth's mantle is made of.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Luffy

The commonest material in the world is Perovskite, named after the mineralogist Count Lev Perovski. It's a mineral compound of magnesium, silicon and oxygen. It accounts for half of the world's mass and is what most of the Earth's mantle is made of.

Interesting. I honestly have never heard of it before.

[Solitaire1]

Originally Posted by trichobezoar

"Warp speed

If you're traveling in a spacecraft at a speed faster than light, you're moving at warp speed. The word warp comes from the Old English wearp which refers to threads running over fabric. In the 20th century, it became popular to conceptualize space and its relation to time as a fabric. The first known usage of warp in relation to speed was in a 1968 Star Trek script, 'All Our Yesterdays.' Since its debut in English, warp speed has taken on metaphorical senses outside the realm of space."


Source: 10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe

In Star Trek - The Original Series the warp factor is the speed of light times a cube of the warp factor (Warp Factor 1 is the speed of light, Warp Factor 2 is 8 times the speed of light, Warp Factor 3 is 27 times speed of light, and so on).

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

In Star Trek - The Original Series the warp factor is the speed of light times a cube of the warp factor (Warp Factor 1 is the speed of light, Warp Factor 2 is 8 times the speed of light, Warp Factor 3 is 27 times speed of light, and so on).

And at that it still wouldn't be fast enough for the Enterprise to reach its destination as I understand it. The galaxy is just too big for the ship to make it at a cubed speed of a warp factor. Of course back in the late 60's few would have known that.

[kindlekitten]

That movie terrorized the stuffing out of me when I was little

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by crich70

Interesting. I honestly have never heard of it before.

I myself can't believe that factoid is right.

[Solitaire1]

In Doctor Who the TRADIS has changed shape from the Police Call Box form. The Sixth Doctor managed to get the Chameleon Circuit working but disliked the results so much that he disabled it.

[cromag]

Originally Posted by Luffy

I myself can't believe that factoid is right.

I don't think it is. Naturally occurring Perovskite is made of calcium, titanium, and oxygen.

I believe that the most common mineral on the surface of the Earth's crust is silica (silicon dioxide). But the Earth's core seems to be mostly iron and if you take the Earth as a whole, that probably accounts for most of it.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

But it took another 112 years or so before David Tennant managed to put forward a one-sentence definition of time travel's complexities and complications:

And just about a week ago we lost 'the time traveller' when Rod Taylor passed away. I always liked his interpretation of the Wells book, though the remake with Guy Pierce isn't bad either.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by cromag

I don't think it is. Naturally occurring Perovskite is made of calcium, titanium, and oxygen.

I believe that the most common mineral on the surface of the Earth's crust is silica (silicon dioxide). But the Earth's core seems to be mostly iron and if you take the Earth as a whole, that probably accounts for most of it.

And a lot of it is in the core as well. The spinning molten Iron core of our planet is what creates our magnetic field which in turn protects us from a lot of hard radiation from the sun.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

In Doctor Who the TRADIS has changed shape from the Police Call Box form. The Sixth Doctor managed to get the Chameleon Circuit working but disliked the results so much that he disabled it.

You transposed two letters Solitaire1. It's Tardis not Tradis.
And for anyone who doesn't know what the name means:

T =Time
A =And
R =Relative
D =Dimension
I = In
S =Space

My favorite Dr. has always been Tom Baker.