Apolyton Quiz V

[Zoid]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Apolyton Quiz V

Originally posted by Daz


damn again...how about a quarter point?

No! Now go away

[Agathon]

8) Who was the first to claim that the Earth rotated around the sun and not vice versa?
--Philolaus of Croton (in the 5th century BC

Bull****.

Philolaus claimed no such thing. He claimed that the Earth and Sun rotate around a central cosmic fire, not that the Earth rotates around the sun.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philolaus/#ast

Consider yourself pwned biatch!!!!



IIRC Aristarchus is the man you want.

[Zoid]

In his book "Big Bang" Simon Singh writes that Philolaus was the first, his idea was then built upon by Heracleides of Pontus and Aristarchus. Of course Singh could be wrong, it´s hard to argue against Stanford

[Zoid]

Several other sources also puts Aristarchus as the inventor of the heliocentric view. I changed the answer.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg
18) What island is the worlds second largest?
--Papua/New Guinea (Australia is not an island but a continent. But if you´ve written New Guinea somewhere I´ll accept that)

Papua New Guinea is not an island. Papua New Guinea is a country located on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea.

[Zoid]

Of course it is... Damn...

[Ecthy]

Originally posted by Zoid
15) Who is the only american president who has been president for more than two terms?
--Franklin D Roosevelt 1932-1945, four terms!

First voted into office in 1932, soi he started office in 1933.

1st term 1933-1937
2nd term 1937-1941
3rd term 1941-1945

How does this add up to more than 3 terms?

Edit: Naturally, to serve beyond January 1945, he also won the 1944 election, so he was voted into a 4th term. That one only lasted a few months anyway. Wiki can sometimes be your friend.

[Provost Harrison]

How did he get around that one then?

[KrazyHorse]

Around what one?

[Provost Harrison]

I'm with Aggie, defnitely Aristarchus...

[Kontiki]

There was no formal restriction on the number of Presidential terms until after Roosevelt.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Around what one?

The fact that he is only supposed to have up to two terms in office?

[Provost Harrison]

Curses to crossposts

[Ecthy]

Our nation was heading into a crisis as forseeable in 1940, so we allowed this one of our greatest presidents ever to serve more than two terms.

[Zoid]

"Our" nation Ecthy?