Trivial Pursuit

[chris blanc]

good lord man, get over it already

[AFF]

Look, cb. The answer to the question is going to be a number.

 

How many 'Beefeaters' in the Tower Of London? The answer will be a number.

 

Ohhhh! I seeeeeee. You're not trying to answer the question! You're giving me a spot of advice. Time will be the healer, cb. It was pretty hurtful, actually and this hurt will take a little more time to heal. But I'm on the mend. A little easier each day. I'm nearly up to an hour without the memory of those words coming back to haunt me. Getting there, thanks for your concern.

 

Anyway cb. Back to the question. How many?

[Rob_the_Saint]

23?

 

higher? lower?

 

congrats on your 1,500th post btw, every one a gem.

[AFF]

Nope.

 

Higher.

 

Thanks.

[Martin]

42, given that it is the answer to life the universe and everything.

[chris blanc]

It's 40

 

Who first split the atom?

[AFF]

It's 35 actually cb but let's go with the atom.

 

Oppenheimer?

[chris blanc]

I got the 40 off the web, sorry.

 

Oppenheimer's wrong too

[EFM's Librarian]

I would have said Enrico Fermi, but I know some people think otherwise.

 

[chris blanc]

I'll take Fermi, Ernest Rutherford is generally seen as the guy who did it, but Fermi got a Nobel prize for it, so that has to count for something.

[EFM's Librarian]

Okay, which is the only day of the week to have an anagram of itself, and what is the anagram? (I hope no-one has asked that before?)

[chris blanc]

The only one I can get is Monday : Dynamo

so I guess that's it

 

When does a leap year not fall on a year divisable by 4?

[AFF]

I don't know the answer to your question, cb, but just to say well done for getting the anagram. Good question that.

[EFM's Librarian]

I think its every year divisible by 500, or maybe 400 (am I allowed 2 answers?)probably should have checked before answering, I'll let somebody else confirm it.

 

Well done on the dynamo.

[chris blanc]

thanks, it's not a year divisible by 400 or 500, but you're on the right lines

[Slartibartfast]

leap years occur in years exactly divisible by four,

except that years ending in 00 are leap years

only if they are divisible by 400.

So, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, and 2200 are not leap years.

But 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years.

 

 

What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system?

 

 

[AFF]

Once again, I take my hat off to the answerer, Slart.

 

largest volcano: Saturn?

[chris blanc]

The largest known Volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars

 

OK here's a toughie:

 

There is only one word in the english language with 15 letters in it that can be spelt without repeating any of the letters, what is it?

[AFF]

O.K. cb. Two full days and the week-end?

 

Answer please on Monday morning and ask another.

 

[You might make your own arrangements to collect the prize Ferrari direct from David Holden.]

[Rob_the_Saint]

Actually there are at least three, but I wont spoil it for others. If no-one else has answered by Sunday evening I will reveal all (oo err, missus).