Hmmm …
I’ve got to admit, I’ve now got an old episode of Horizon on, at the mo.
All about what’s called — depending on who you ask — Hawking’s Paradox, or Information Paradox.
Lord know’s if I’ve even STARTED to understand that one!
I mean, beyond the fact that it’s about black holes, and the way quantum particles interact with them.
Look, I do quizzes, I’m blowed if I know!
But the episodes being rather helpful in explaining the basics.
I still don’t know if I could explain it, but at least I’m in a better layman’s position to understand it*.
I think …
Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Kaiju, bless him, bagging 8 out of the monster questions: but also giving us a pile of information about the 1992 and 1996 US Presidential elections, and the word ‘cack’.
Lets see how he — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 14th August, 1885, saw Japan issue it’s first patent: for rust proof paint, in fact. What was Japan’s second patent for … ?Q2) 14th August, 1980, saw the start of the strikes in a Gdansk what, that were led by Lech Walesa: shipyard, steel-foundry or car factory?Q3) 14th August saw the execution of Rainey Bethea in the last what in the USA … ?Q4) More to the point, in which year … ?Q5) 14th August, 1967, saw the passing of the UK’s Marine Broadcasting Act, 1967: what did this outlaw?Q6) And finally … 14th August, 1969, saw British troops deployed where … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) Which lefthanded member of the British Royal family got married to his long-term fiancée, this year … ?A1) Prince William.Q2) More to the point, what’s he and his new wife’s new title … ?Q2) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.Q5) 2008 was the year that saw both candidates for the presidency of the USA — President Barack Obama and Senator John McCain — notably noted as left handers. When was the last year this happened?A5) 1992.Q6) Name any of the contenders, that year.Q7) According to the Gerschwin theory of handedness, left-handedness occurs due to high levels of what, in the womb: Testosterone, Œstrogen, or Androgen?A7) Testosterone.Q8) Bill Gates is famously left -handed: but how many of the 5 members of the Macintosh design team were southpaws?A8) 4, out of the 5.Q9) Left handers are occasionally described as cack-hander: from which language does the word cack come from … ?A9) Latin: from the word, cacare.Q10) And finally … Which left-handed member of Brazil’s national football team was born Edison “Edson” Arantes do Nascimento … ?A10) Pelé.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
* There’s stuff I know. There’s stuff I don’t know. There’s stuff I know that I know. There’s stuff I know I don’t know. There’s also stuff I don’t know I know, and stuff I know I don’t. There’s also stuff I know that you know that I don’t, and that I know that you don’t. I’ve got a headache … … … …
2 comments:
Hi there! I did a quick check of some of your recent posts, so I'm assuming/hoping you and yours are well and unaffected by the awful stuff I've been hearing about what's been going on in London. I haven't been online or paid much attention to the news, but I did hear there were riots, so I was thinking about people I knew and wondering how they were.
Anyway, once I've gone through my (literally) hundreds of emails, I'll probably blog about my vacation. :)
1. tea-making machine
2. shipyard
3. hanging
4. 1936
5. offshore pirate radio stations
6. Northern Ireland
Debbi, I’m fine: granted, London’s only twenty or so miles away, so the rioting didn’t get much out of north west, and south west arts of town
It was a bit hairy for a friend of mine, though, who lives near some of the affected areas.
Oh, and by the way … ?
Welcome Back, enjoy the new favicon …
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