How much do you know about the World Today?

[Kramerman]

on normal world today: 12/20.... damn all those names

on nomral history: 12/20 again

on the normal science and technology quiz: 19/20!!!


this one got me:

5 - Of the following, who did NOT take part in the development of the first steam engines? - Wrong
James Watt
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Savery
James Hargreaves

all i knew was james watt had somethn to do with it
the correct naswer is hte last one, james hargreaves

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Japher
Louisianna Purchase?

yeah, the louisiana purchase is the largest land purchase by the US ever... woohoo! whata bargin too Thank you Mr. Bonaparte!

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Ramo


And it isn't. Scandinavia represents a linguistic group which excludes Finnish (which isn't even a Germanic language).

this is what i learned as well. It interesting that linguists (last i read) have no idea where finnish came from, its just some random language, where most other languages (with some notable exceptions, like one from northern spain i believe) can be traced back to some point. I find that very interesting. i mean, you would think its a mixture of like slovic and scandinavian or somethn, but its not. Ive never actaully heard finnish tho, i bet it sounds pretty cool

[cinch]

Originally posted by Kramerman
this is what i learned as well. It interesting that linguists (last i read) have no idea where finnish came from, its just some random language, where most other languages (with some notable exceptions, like one from northern spain i believe)

That would be Basque, I do believe.

[cinch]

Whoops, I should correct myself.

The people are Basque; the language they speak is Euskara.

Read about them crazy Basques hee-yah:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque

[Monk]

Magyar isn't Indo-European either. I wonder to which degree it's related to Finnish?

[Kramerman]

cool

[cinch]

Originally posted by Monk
Magyar isn't Indo-European either. I wonder to which degree it's related to Finnish?

From Wikipedia (how much you want to trust it is up to you):

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The other non-Indo-European languages in Europe, Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, and Turkish, were all brought in by invaders from Asia during recorded history. The Indo-European languages were introduced in the same way a few millennia earlier. When could the Basques have arrived?

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The Finno Ugric languages are a subfamily of the Uralic languages. It consist of several languages, notably Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian. Contrary to most of the languages spoken in Europe, the Finno-Ugric languages are not part of the Indo-European family of languages.

The ancestor of the modern Finno-Ugric languages, the so-called Proto Finno-Ugric was spoken about 5000 years ago on the western side of the Ural mountains. There is evidence that before the arrival of Slavonic tribes to their present territory in Russia, a sprinkling of Finno-Ugrians inhabited the whole territory from the Urals to the Baltic Sea.

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Interesting, if accurate.

[laurentius]

Originally posted by Monk
As Finnish is grotesque, Finland couldn't possibly be Scandinavian.

Hey At least we dont speak with hot potatoes in our mouths!

[laurentius]

Cinch:
Kramer:
When reading all this you must bear in mind that finnish was the very first language ever spoken by man and that we used to rule the world thru energy grid lines that can still be found in Glastonbury and near the stonehenge for example. Or so I'm told

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by laurentius
Hey At least we dont speak with hot potatoes in our mouths!

Danskjävlar! That's why Scandinavia should be limited to Sweden and Norway

[Kramerman]

oh, cool. will you use this 'energy grid' once more when you again hold the reigns of world domination? i hope so, sounds neat

[laurentius]

Kramer:
We havent decided yet. I must consult my fellow finns about that.

[Monk]

Hey cinch, thanks for the lookup. That's cool.

Now, Comrade Ingrid,

I don't want you to mistakenly think that you somehow hit a nerve when you demanded the exclusion of Denmark from Scandinavia. But just you wait until the 2004 European Championships, you good-for-nothing blue and yellow social democratic Elk-loving, tobacco chewing Systembolaget customer.

As I'm concerned he might carry a knife, I won't throw any stereotypes at Laurentius for the potato thing.

[laurentius]

Its not my fault you language sounds like that.