the Trivia thread.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by LotC
How is gold made?

by fusion...in the heart of stars.

[Krill]

Originally posted by LotC
How is gold made?

Ask a fizzycyst.

[LotC]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


by fusion...in the heart of stars.

Nope.

[Dauphin]

Not far off, supernovae, and radioactive decay.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by LotC


Nope.

Rumplestiltskin spins it from straw?

[LotC]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Not far off, supernovae, and radioactive decay.

Your turn. It's tough finding a question that you can't Wikipedia in 2 minutes.

[LotC]

Just to clarify ZK, iron and nickel are the two heaviest elements that are actually made inside a star.

[Krill]

Couldn't you make them in a fission reactor ? (Though if you could I doubt it would be financially viable).

[LotC]

Originally posted by Krill
Couldn't you make them in a fission reactor ? (Though if you could I doubt it would be financially viable).

I was thinking more of how 99.99999999999999999999999999% of gold is made. To my knowledge, fission reactors don't generally produce gold isotopes. Perhaps someone with more nucular fizzics smarts can offer some insight.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by LotC


Your turn. It's tough finding a question that you can't Wikipedia in 2 minutes.

Yeah, but your question didn't require wiki to answer.


If you stand on top of the Eiffel Tower on a clear day, what is the furthest place you can see with the naked eye?

[Zkribbler]

The surface of the Sun.

[Patroklos]

Isn't Saturn farther awya than the sun?

EDIT: It appears even Jupiter is much farther away than the sun, and both Saturn and Jupiter can be seen clearly at night. But not during a clear day

http://www.northern-stars.com/solar_system_distance_scal.htm

[Will9]

You can't see Saturn during the day

[Dinner]

Wouldn't a different star be further away?

[Zkribbler]

It's daytime. How many stars can you see?