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Aug-07-2004, 11:42
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Let's start a quiz: One gives a question (all categories are allowed) and the one other answers, and is allowed to give a new question. If she/he doesn't know one, it will be up to the others to go on. The questions can be easy but also difficult :P.
I start an easy question: What is called "Olympiad" by the ancient Greeks?
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Aug-07-2004, 20:01
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The Olympiad was the four year interval between their games, and they later used the word as a measure of time--a four-year period. I like this idea.
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Aug-07-2004, 20:37
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Exactly, baroque, now you it's your turn, or someone who wants. 
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Aug-07-2004, 23:57
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Good idea.
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Aug-08-2004, 00:01
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OK, here is my question. What do many cars use for fuel in Brazil? I don't know whether it is easy or hard to answer.
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Aug-08-2004, 07:22
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Would it be Hydrogen Gas???
Btw, Daniel, I love this idea, you mind if I use it on MH?
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Aug-08-2004, 10:09
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Is it alcohol fuel?
@max: of course you can use it.
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Aug-08-2004, 20:15
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Right, Daniel! Your turn! It is legal there for YOUR CAR to drink and drive. But it has to be a particular kind of car of course or it's bad for its health. :lol:
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Aug-08-2004, 21:26
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Originally posted by baroque flute@Aug 8 2004, 02:15 PM
Right, Daniel! Your turn! It is legal there for YOUR CAR to drink and drive. But it has to be a particular kind of car of course or it's bad for its health. :lol:
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cool, I didn't know that...
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Aug-08-2004, 21:29
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A drunken car :lol:. The next question: Why is the sky blue?
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Aug-09-2004, 01:49
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That is the color most scattered by the atmosphere.
What is dark energy?
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Aug-09-2004, 08:09
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Originally posted by Harvey@Aug 8 2004, 04:49 PM
What is dark energy?
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It's a theoretical type of energy that acts as a repulsive force, and is supposedly the cause of the universe's accelerating expansion. Scientists have not yet confirmed whether it actually exists.
What is a chachalaca, and where can it be found?
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Aug-09-2004, 09:48
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It's a sort of bird and can be found from southern Texas in the Rio Grande Valley south to Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Why is the sea salty?
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Aug-09-2004, 21:10
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If memory serves, the inhabitants of the sea have no use for salt.
Why does the sunset appear red?
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Aug-10-2004, 08:08
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Originally posted by Harvey@Aug 9 2004, 03:10 PM
If memory serves, the inhabitants of the sea have no use for salt.
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I think that is wrong. Doesn't it have to do with the mid-rif region out in the middle of the ocean. Kinda like underwater volcanic motion..... Dangit, too complicated to explain without diagrams... I learned about this in 9th grade Earth Science, OMG, that was almost 8 years ago, feels like yesterday......
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