Trivia Game - answer the question, then add your own!
Posted by: joe90 on 26 March 2007
Let's have some fun.
This section of the forum can be a bit doom-and-gloom.
Answer the question and then ask another.
I'll start.
Q. What was the name of the B29 Superfortress that dropped the second atomic bomb? Correct spelling please.
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by JWM
Not a Mk1 Timex then?
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Officer DBL
It's John Harrison's Marine Timekeeper H4. Chronometers such as this made navigation so much easier as an accurate longitude could be established.
How I remember the joys of learing to swing a sextant as a Midshipman onboard the Dartmouth Training Ship nearly 30 years ago.
OK, if you are going to establish your position at sea with star sights, what do you use to work out which stars you can expect to see, wherever you are in the world?
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by acad tsunami
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Originally posted by Rob B:
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It's John Harrison's Marine Timekeeper H4.
Bravo. Correct.
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by acad tsunami
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Originally posted by Rob B:
OK, if you are going to establish your position at sea with star sights, what do you use to work out which stars you can expect to see, wherever you are in the world?
Planisphere?
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Officer DBL
Nope, but I can see your logic. The item I used was a little different - think trek and wars and add a word
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by acad tsunami
Star chart/map?
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Don Atkinson
Star Alamanac ?
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by JWM
'Scuse me for butting in, but I've got a backlog of questions to ask...
Q/. Who won the Guinness Rugby Premiership in 2007?
Chillkram? Flyfisher?
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by acad tsunami
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Originally posted by JWM:
'Scuse me for butting in, but I've got a backlog of questions to ask...
Q/. Who won the Guinness Rugby Premiership in 2007?
Chillkram? Flyfisher?
LOL I like it.
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Chillkram
quote:
Originally posted by JWM:
'Scuse me for butting in, but I've got a backlog of questions to ask...
Q/. Who won the Guinness Rugby Premiership in 2007?
Chillkram? Flyfisher?
Let's see if there's a different answer to next week's question!
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Officer DBL
Ok,
You are getting close with "star", now think of a Shakespearean theatre.
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by JWM
Astrolabe
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Officer DBL
Not an astrolabe.
The clues are all there
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by acad tsunami
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Don Atkinson
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The clues are all there
Magic. I think we must all agree that the best riddles are definitely light entertainment - yes?
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Don Atkinson
A quick "google" confirms Star Globes are available in the UK for £20, but - even better..........
Amazon are selling the "Tarquin Star Globe - to cut and make yourself"
About £5 new or 0.01p second-hand......
Tarquin!! come back - life can't be THAT bad, can it?
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by Officer DBL
Spot on Acad!
Posted on: 12 May 2007 by acad tsunami
White to move and force checkmate in 3 moves - what are the moves?
Acad vs player on Yahoo chess
bird's opening
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nbd2 0-0 6.c3 c6 7.Bd3 Re8 8.0-0 Bg4 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nd7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Qc2 Nd5 15.f5 gxf5 16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 f6 18.Qe6+ Kh8 19.Nf7+ Kg8
Posted on: 14 May 2007 by acad tsunami
Chops,
Come on it's only 3 moves - I should have put this on Don's brain teaser thread.
Posted on: 18 May 2007 by Officer DBL
What is the longest time it has taken to work out three chess moves?
Cheers
Rob
Posted on: 18 May 2007 by acad tsunami
Tomorrow it will have been a whole week! Who will get the right three moves, win the laurels and great acclaim?
Posted on: 18 May 2007 by Mick P
You because you are super intelligent.
Posted on: 18 May 2007 by Officer DBL
OK Acad,
I haven't played chess in decades and I don't know the terminology to describe the moves correctly, but here goes:
Third white pawn from left forward one space to challenge black knight. Black King is currently in check with white knight, which is protected by the white king, so black king has to move two places left to get out of check. This exposes the now challenged black knight.
Third white pawn from left takes black knight; white king and knight remain safe, black moves, but the black king can't go far.
Third white move is the left hand bishop diagonally forward three places and you have checkmate.
Any good?
Cheers
Rob
Posted on: 18 May 2007 by Alexander
White knight to H6, then black king has to move right or left. If black does F8 then white moves the queen to F7 or G8 which is checkmate.
If black moves the king to H8 in the corner then white moves the queen to G8. Black has to take queen with rook which appears to relieve black of the pressure. But the white knight back to F7 is check mate because the black king is immobilised by the rook.
Posted on: 18 May 2007 by JWM
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