The Ultimate Trivia Thread

[Solitaire1]

Originally Posted by crich70

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.

You are right, and I apologize for the mistake. I thought it was "Dimensions" though.

My favorite Doctor is The Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker), with The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) running second.

New Trivia Item: Per Wikipedia, the Bell Pepper has the lowest Scoville Scale rating possible: 0.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

You are right, and I apologize for the mistake. I thought it was "Dimensions" though.

My favorite Doctor is The Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker), with The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) running second.

New Trivia Item: Per Wikipedia, the Bell Pepper has the lowest Scoville Scale rating possible: 0.

You might be right about the 's' at the end of dimension.

Bats aren't blind. They have very good eyesight via their sonar.

[cromag]

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.

Just got around to reading my Jan. 10th issue of Science News magazine. There's an article on what is likely to be Earth's most abundant mineral -- considering the planet as a whole -- bridgmanite. Samples have been recovered from a meteorite found in Australia. It's a form of magnesium iron silicate. It requires high temperatures and pressure to form, and Earth's supply is likely 660 to 2900 km below the surface.

[Luffy]

In 63 AD, Pompeii was destroyed by an earthquake. Then of course around 16 years later, it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius, even though it wasn't fully rebuilt.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Luffy

In 63 AD, Pompeii was destroyed by an earthquake. Then of course around 16 years later, it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius, even though it wasn't fully rebuilt.

Wasn't Herculanium its sister city? It was also destroyed by Vesuvius I believe. And Pliny the elder (or was it the younger) wrote about the event.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by crich70

Wasn't Herculanium its sister city? It was also destroyed by Vesuvius I believe. And Pliny the elder (or was it the younger) wrote about the event.

Honestly I don't know. Not a clue. Sorry.

[pdurrant]

Herculaneum was destroyed by a pyroclastic flow killing all remaining inhabitants due to the intense heat (500°C). It was buried by successive flows and ash to a depth of up to 25m.

Because of the initial intense heat and the subsequent burial, Herculaneum is one of the few places where the wooden interiors and furniture of roman houses has been preserved intact (although carbonised). There are household shrines, beds, screens, balconies, doors all preserved so that the finest of detail can still be seen.

[Luffy]

Thanks pdurrant.

Roman Emperors ordered gladiators' deaths by putting their thumbs up, known as pollex infestus. The saving symbol involved placing the thumb inside the hand, known as pollex compressus (the thumb signified respectively a drawn and sheathed sword).

[trichobezoar]

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

"Droid, or a robot in human-like form, is a shortened form of android which was used as early as the 1700s. Droid was first published in the 1950s in magazines like If that printed sci-fi short stories. The 1977 film franchise Star Wars brought droid into mainstream usage. Lucasfilms Ltd., the production company that gave the world these beloved sci-fi films, has even registered droid as a trademark, which has led to legal debate on the use of the term following the introduction of Droid smartphones."

[crich70]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Herculaneum was destroyed by a pyroclastic flow killing all remaining inhabitants due to the intense heat (500°C). It was buried by successive flows and ash to a depth of up to 25m.

Because of the initial intense heat and the subsequent burial, Herculaneum is one of the few places where the wooden interiors and furniture of roman houses has been preserved intact (although carbonised). There are household shrines, beds, screens, balconies, doors all preserved so that the finest of detail can still be seen.

I believe that fresco's on the walls have also been preserved to a degree. So we even have an idea what the Romans did for the equivalent of wallpaper. And they've been able to pick out enough details from contemporary documents from back then to be able to point to at least one building and identify it as a house of ill repute. Sort of the Roman equivalent of the red light district.

[Justin Thyme]

I believe that then entire city of Herculaneum was devoted to the sex trade.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Justin Thyme

I believe that then entire city of Herculaneum was devoted to the sex trade.

Could be. Sort of the ancient world's version of Las Vegas if you think about it. When a Roman wanted to get away from it all for a time they would go to Herculaneum. Mankind doesn't change much over a few thousand years.

[doubleshuffle]

Well, what happened in Herculaneum certainly did stay there...

[crich70]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Well, what happened in Herculaneum certainly did stay there...

Yeah they had a hot time in the old town for sure.

[kindlekitten]

Ssssssmokin hot