Silliness Quiz - Page 279

HomeInMyShoes · 10-09-2011, 09:29 AM

Unk unk ugh unk!?!

poohbear_nc · 10-09-2011, 11:05 AM

Is this like Sean Connery playing Jeopardy on SNL?

"Alex, I'll try 'The Answer is 4' for $200"

PeterT · 10-09-2011, 12:00 PM

I think our minds are all RUSTY right now.

This question was not FAIR; RIGHT !

Stitchawl · 10-09-2011, 08:30 PM

The answer: Iron/steel

The sharp stone shaves off small bits of iron/steel, and the friction of that shaving heats the iron/steel to the melting point, causing it to glow. Because the bits are so small, that glow lasts only a small fraction of a second... what we call a 'spark!'

Stitchawl

PeterT · 10-09-2011, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

I think our minds are all RUSTY right now.

This question was not FAIR; RIGHT !

So much for the FERRITE joke

SneakySnake · 10-09-2011, 10:25 PM

so naughty playing with stichy like that!

I did like the ferrite joke too! Maybe we are all too dumb for those techy Qs

Stitchawl · 10-10-2011, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

So much for the FERRITE joke

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

so naughty playing with stichy like that!

I did like the ferrite joke too! Maybe we are all too dumb for those techy Qs

You're right! It went right over my head! I even looked twice because of the capital letters used, but didn't see any relevance!

But... this means that we have a new Grand Inquisitor!
PeterT.... please give us the new question!

Stitchawl

poohbear_nc · 10-10-2011, 08:33 AM

PeterT - I'll take "The Correct Answer is Air" for $400!

Oh wait, we're not playing Celebrity Jeopardy any more?

WT Sharpe · 10-11-2011, 05:00 PM

I thought you were talking about the medium in which to catch the spark. That's why I said punk (what we called it in the Boy Scouts—short for punk wood). Char cloth also works well for that.

Stitchawl · 10-11-2011, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I thought you were talking about the medium in which to catch the spark. That's why I said punk

I know that, Tom. I doubt anyone thinks you would call people names...

At Rendezvous, folks use char cloth made from mattress ticking, denim, and T-shirts. I make mine from cotton work gloves. When I use a 'fire piston' instead of the flint and steel, I use "Chaga" as the tinder. It burns longer than char cloth and works better in the smaller cup of the fire piston. I much prefer the flint and steel over the piston, and make my own strikers out of old files!

Stitchawl

maianhvk · 10-11-2011, 10:51 PM

And do we have a new quiz?

Shayne Parkinson · 10-13-2011, 08:19 PM

It's quiet in here...

Here's a question: what's the special link between US President James Garfield and Alexander Graham Bell?

Bilbo1967 · 10-14-2011, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

It's quiet in here...

Here's a question: what's the special link between US President James Garfield and Alexander Graham Bell?

Ooh, I remember reading this in a Bill Bryson book. When Garfield was shot, there were some bullets left in him. Alexander Graham Bell had invented a metal detector and used it to try to find the stray bullets. It failed, I seem to recall, because of the coil spring bed the President was lying on.

Is that it?

Shayne Parkinson · 10-14-2011, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Ooh, I remember reading this in a Bill Bryson book. When Garfield was shot, there were some bullets left in him. Alexander Graham Bell had invented a metal detector and used it to try to find the stray bullets. It failed, I seem to recall, because of the coil spring bed the President was lying on.

Is that it?

Oh, very good, Bilbo! Correct right down to the bedsprings.

Bell actually specially (and quickly) developed the metal detector to look for the bullets. Garfield's doctors were sceptical, both of the device and of this new-fangled idea of Lister's that cleanliness was a good idea; instead they poked around with their fingers and made the infection even worse.

All yours.

Bilbo1967 · 10-14-2011, 07:44 AM

Next question will be a sports one then.

In the longest cricket Test Match on record, in 1939, what caused the South Africa v England cricket match to be abandoned as a draw after 12 days of play?

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10-09-2011, 09:29 AM	#4171
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Unk unk ugh unk!?!

10-09-2011, 11:05 AM	#4172
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,812 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Is this like Sean Connery playing Jeopardy on SNL? "Alex, I'll try 'The Answer is 4' for $200"

10-09-2011, 12:00 PM	#4173
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,587 Karma: 79436940 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I think our minds are all RUSTY right now. This question was not FAIR; RIGHT !

10-09-2011, 08:30 PM	#4174
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	The answer: Iron/steel The sharp stone shaves off small bits of iron/steel, and the friction of that shaving heats the iron/steel to the melting point, causing it to glow. Because the bits are so small, that glow lasts only a small fraction of a second... what we call a 'spark!' Stitchawl

10-09-2011, 10:25 PM	#4176
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	so naughty playing with stichy like that! I did like the ferrite joke too! Maybe we are all too dumb for those techy Qs

10-10-2011, 08:33 AM	#4178
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,812 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	PeterT - I'll take "The Correct Answer is Air" for $400! Oh wait, we're not playing Celebrity Jeopardy any more?

10-11-2011, 05:00 PM	#4179
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I thought you were talking about the medium in which to catch the spark. That's why I said punk (what we called it in the Boy Scouts—short for punk wood). Char cloth also works well for that.

10-11-2011, 10:51 PM	#4181
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	And do we have a new quiz?

10-13-2011, 08:19 PM	#4182
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	It's quiet in here... Here's a question: what's the special link between US President James Garfield and Alexander Graham Bell?

10-14-2011, 07:44 AM	#4185
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Next question will be a sports one then. In the longest cricket Test Match on record, in 1939, what caused the South Africa v England cricket match to be abandoned as a draw after 12 days of play?

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