Apolyton Quiz III

[Adam Smith]

Re: Apolyton Quiz III

(1) What was the name of the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken ankle?

Mudd

(2) What was the name of the Duke of Wellington?

Arthur Wellesley

(3) Not counting the original 13 colonies, what independent countries have joined the U.S. to become states?

Texas, Hawaii, California (Bear Republic)

(4) What is the last letter in the Greek alphabet?

Omega

(5) If you'd have asked an astronomer in the late 19th Century what planet was closest to the Sun, he would have probably replied ____?

Vulcan

(6) Before its independence, Panama belonged to what country?

Columbia

(7) What European nation has now existed for more than 600 years without ever having been in a war?

Switzerland

(8) H2SO4 is commonly called ____?

Sulfuric Acid

(9) What was the first country to use money?

If you mean currency, its China.

(10) Where is the island nation of Mauritius?

Indian Ocean

(11) Where are the Isles of Langerhan?

Pancreas

(12) Who was the first Playboy centerfold.

Marilyn Monroe

(13) Lightwaves with the longest wavelengths detectible by the human eyes are seen as ___?

Red

(14) What does the "00" in 007 denote?

Licensed to kill?

(15) What makes "heavy water" heavy?

An extra hydrogen

(16) Who was the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic?

(17) What were the names of Superman's parents on Krypton?

(18) What alcohol beverage is named after Elizabeth I's sister?

Bloody Mary

(19) What two countries was Mary, Queen of Scots the queen of? (Hint: One was Scotland)

Scotland, France

(20) What is the Doppler Effect? [/QUOTE]

Compression or expansion of wavelength from a moving source relative to a stationary observer.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Re: Apolyton Quiz III

(1) What was the name of the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken ankle?
His name is Mudd

(2) What was the name of the Duke of Wellington?
Beef

(3) Not counting the original 13 colonies, what independent countries have joined the U.S. to become states?
Texas, California, Hawaii

(4) What is the last letter in the Greek alphabet?
Omega

(5) If you'd have asked an astronomer in the late 19th Century what planet was closest to the Sun, he would have probably replied ____?
Mercury

(6) Before its independence, Panama belonged to what country?
Columbia

(7) What European nation has now existed for more than 600 years without ever having been in a war?
Switzerland

(8) H2SO4 is commonly called ____?
I dropped Honors Chem and got a C in regular Chem

(9) What was the first country to use money?
South Africa ~70,000 years ago

(10) Where is the island nation of Mauritius?
Near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean

(11) Where are the Isles of Langerhan?
Norway?

(12) Who was the first Playboy centerfold.
Marilyn Monroe...don't ask me why I know that

(13) Lightwaves with the longest wavelengths detectible by the human eyes are seen as ___?
Big Freakin' Explosions

(14) What does the "00" in 007 denote?
License to Kill

(15) What makes "heavy water" heavy?
Bags of sand

(16) Who was the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Buzz Aldrin

(17) What were the names of Superman's parents on Krypton?
Jor-El and Tinkerb-El

(18) What alcohol beverage is named after Elizabeth I's sister?
The Bloody Mary

(19) What two countries was Mary, Queen of Scots the queen of? (Hint: One was Scotland)
Scotland, France

(20) What is the Doppler Effect?
Some sound thing?

[germanos]

Re: Apolyton Quiz III

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Remember, resorting to internet searches or other refrence materials is not permitted!

(4) What is the last letter in the Greek alphabet?

Omega

(5) If you'd have asked an astronomer in the late 19th Century what planet was closest to the Sun, he would have probably replied ____?

Mercury

(6) Before its independence, Panama belonged to what country?

Spain?

(7) What European nation has now existed for more than 600 years without ever having been in a war?

Switserland, although it should be noted that Swiss mercenaries played a large roll in about every war fought in Europe during that time

(8) H2SO4 is commonly called ____?

soda

(10) Where is the island nation of Mauritius?

Indian Ocean

(11) Where are the Isles of Langerhan?

On your kidneys

(13) Lightwaves with the longest wavelengths detectible by the human eyes are seen as ___?

Red

(15) What makes "heavy water" heavy?

At least one of the hydrogen atoms in the molecule is a deuterium atom (tritium will do as well)

(20) What is the Doppler Effect?

A shift in wavelength due to a transmitting object moving away or towards the observer.

[Sikander]

Re: Apolyton Quiz III

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Remember, resorting to internet searches or other refrence materials is not permitted!

(1) What was the name of the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken ankle?

Mudd, but I can't remember his first name.

(2) What was the name of the Duke of Wellington?

Wellesly (sp?) (dude, you're named after a college!), iirc Arthur.

(3) Not counting the original 13 colonies, what independent countries have joined the U.S. to become states?

Texas, California, Hawaii are all I can think of.

(4) What is the last letter in the Greek alphabet?

Omega

(5) If you'd have asked an astronomer in the late 19th Century what planet was closest to the Sun, he would have probably replied ____?

Mercury?

(6) Before its independence, Panama belonged to what country?

Colombia


(7) What European nation has now existed for more than 600 years without ever having been in a war?

Switzerland?

(8) H2SO4 is commonly called ____?

No idea.

(9) What was the first country to use money?

Phryggia? Some old state in Anatolia anyway. They had the Midas touch.


(10) Where is the island nation of Mauritius?

Indian ocean.


(11) Where are the Isles of Langerhan?

I think they are in the intestines.


(12) Who was the first Playboy centerfold.

No idea, but she's gotta be pretty old by now.


(13) Lightwaves with the longest wavelengths detectible by the human eyes are seen as ___?

Red


(14) What does the "00" in 007 denote?

A license to kill?

(15) What makes "heavy water" heavy?

Bonus hydrogen iirc.

(16) Who was the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Lindberg on the way home.

(17) What were the names of Superman's parents on Krypton?

You can't imagine how little I care.

(18) What alcohol beverage is named after Elizabeth I's sister?

Bloody Mary

(19) What two countries was Mary, Queen of Scots the queen of? (Hint: One was Scotland)

Crap, either England or France, I can't remember.

(20) What is the Doppler Effect? [/QUOTE]

Shifting of the wavelengths of light due to the relative motion of the observer and the observed.

[Main_Brain]

19) Scotland and France
18) Bloody Mary
17) "Mom" & "Dad"
16) Earhart
14) License to Kill; Also , there are only 9 '00' Spies at any Time.
( Sometimes less like when they train in Gibraltar and 004 dies an unfortunate Death)
13) Red
10) commonwealth
9) Lydia
7) Not Switzerland
4) omega
3) Texas, Hawaii, California

[Lawrence of Arabia]

2. Arthur Wellesley
3. California, Texas, Hawaii
5. Venus
6. Columbia
7. The Holy See
9. Crete
10. Off of southern Africa, to the east
14. License to Kill
19. Scotland, United Kingdom
20. The change of pitch in a passing object due to its motion

[atomant]

Re: Apolyton Quiz III

1) NFI
2) SNFI
3) Guess to are not talking Caprica, Sagitaria, Virgon or the lost 13th colony.... Earth
4) Omega, also the name of the timelord that invented umm time travel
5) The world is a disc that moves through space on the back of four elephants that rest on the back of a giant turtle... doesn't everyone know this?
6) Don't know, but they probably had even sillier names for hats.
7) France, they usually surrender or collaborate.
8) ?
9) depends on your diffinition of money. I'll GIVE you two Goats for MY woman would appear to be a fair swap for most men.
10) umm its an island, so planet earth, surrounded by water of a slightly salty content, but to be more specific, the indian ocean, which incidently is the only ocean to share the same name as a country.
11) to hazard a guess, in a sea, i mean, its an island, so it ain't gonna be land locked now is it. STRANGELY KIDNEY SHAPED THOUGH
12) don't know but i would want photgraphic proof before i believed you
13) umm do you see the light wave, or the effects that they cause as they pass through a filter (atmospheric or other wise)
14) O(h) O(hhh?)
15) The drink bottle
16) No one cares who was second, better to be first than best...
17) From supermans perspective, Mum and Dad.
18) to guess, Bloody Mary.... and the Screwdriver was really 'named' for her personal mechanic. He gave extra personal service
19) Scotland, United Kingdom
20) Dopple Effect: an occurance whereby useless trivia is designed to confront and confound people who are skiving work and trying to look busy whilst answering inane questions. Named after the noted sales person, Franz, get your steak knives here, Doppler. The term was first used during pre nazi germany, incidently on the night of the long knives.

[Zkribbler]

(1) What was the name of the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken ankle?

Mudd

(2) What was the name of the Duke of Wellington?

Arthur Wellesley

(3) Not counting the original 13 colonies, what independent countries have joined the U.S. to become states?

Texas, Hawaii, California (Bear Republic)

(4) What is the last letter in the Greek alphabet?

Omega

(5) If you'd have asked an astronomer in the late 19th Century what planet was closest to the Sun, he would have probably replied ____?

Vulcan

(6) Before its independence, Panama belonged to what country?

Columbia

(7) What European nation has now existed for more than 600 years without ever having been in a war?

Switzerland

(8) H2SO4 is commonly called ____?

Sulfuric Acid

(9) What was the first country to use money?

If you mean currency, its China.

(10) Where is the island nation of Mauritius?

Indian Ocean

(11) Where are the Isles of Langerhan?

Pancreas

(12) Who was the first Playboy centerfold.

Marilyn Monroe

(13) Lightwaves with the longest wavelengths detectible by the human eyes are seen as ___?

Red

(14) What does the "00" in 007 denote?

Licensed to kill?

(15) What makes "heavy water" heavy?

An extra hydrogen

(16) Who was the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic?

(17) What were the names of Superman's parents on Krypton?

(18) What alcohol beverage is named after Elizabeth I's sister?

Bloody Mary

(19) What two countries was Mary, Queen of Scots the queen of? (Hint: One was Scotland)

Scotland, France

(20) What is the Doppler Effect?

Compression or expansion of wavelength from a moving source relative to a stationary observer.

I'm very impressed with Adam Smith's answers. He got most of the answers and even the obscure one on the planet Vulcan. Although, even Adam missed a few:

No one got (7) the 600+-year-old country with no wars: Andorra.

(9) Lydia (in central Turkey) was the country that invented money. King Croesus became the richest man in the world.

(15) Heavy water is heavy because the hydrogen atoms have neutrons.

(16) Amelia Earhart was the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic. ...Almost immediately after Linburgh's flight she flew as the first woman across the Atlantic with two men, but they never let her take the controls. About ten years later, she flew solo...and no one had soloed the Atlantic in the meantime.

(17) Jor-El and Lara were Superman's parents. (Tinkerb-El?? )

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Well, first "Country" to "mint coins", sure...

But shell necklaces were probably the first "money", and found in present-day South Africa.



So
edit: Damn it, why don't we have an angry tongue?! I'm too lazy to go find one...

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
(9) Lydia (in central Turkey) was the country that invented money. King Croesus became the richest man in the world.

Where did you get that from? I seriously doubt they "invented" money. Anything can be used as money, as long it's used as a means of exchange. Hence the conceopt of monet is probably as old as trade is. You are probably referring to minted coins, which is only one form of money.

[Colonâ„¢]

What EF said.

And where the hell did tongue went to again?

[Seeker]

"Hence the conceopt of Monet is probably as old as trade is."

I, on the other hand, believe that the concept of 'Cezanne' is even older!

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
What EF said.

And where the hell did tongue went to again?

Oh...the powers at Apolyton were paying that smilie in sea shells, so he left.

PS: I got this info from my high school history book. MainBrain knew the answer. Before then, barter was used. Except apparently in South Africa, where beachcomers were millionaires.

[Colonâ„¢]

Croesus just minted the first golden coins. Coins of other materials were used before him and, again, money does not equal coins.

[Zkribbler]

...and here I thought the controvery would be over the "Vulcan" answer.