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Offline bloom25

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« on: February 16, 2001, 02:35:00 AM »
1. Who invented electronic television?  

2. What gameshow did he later appear on?  (Hint:  The panel was unable to guess what he did.  He eventually died unrecognized and later wished he hadn't invented the thing.)

3. The most conductive metal to electricity is?

4. The most conductive metal to heat is?

5. What 2 elements are liquid at room temperature?

6a. The quad four engine (GM) has how many spark plug wires?  (   )  6b. Also, what is it's firing order?

7.  The bandgap of silicon at room temperature (25c) is how many electron volts?

8.  What is the official unit of mass in the US measurement system?

9.  The AMD Athlon processor has a __ stage pipeline?

10. 1 HP is how many watts of power?

11. The heaviest warship currently in the Navy is the ____?

12. What class of destroyer was the USS Cole?

13a. What US ship carried an atomic bomb later used against Japan and was later torpedoed and the crew forced to spend 3 days in the water?

13b. What was the name of the b29 that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki?

14. The last man on the moon was ____?

15. Who has the second most all-time rushing yards in the NFL?

16a. Name all the sizes of engines (in cubic inches) based on the small block chevy? (V8s only, I'm not counting the 4.3 liter V6, which is a 350 with 2 cylinders missing.)

16b. Easy:  The firing order of all these engines was?

17. The 5.0 (302) in the 1988 Crown Victoria was rated at how many HP?

18. What was the name of the US commander who told the Germans "Nuts" when asked to surrender during the battle of the bulge?

19a. What famous German WWII pilot (top surviving WWI ace) struck a chimney and died while attempting to get to Udet's funeral?  

19b. How did Udet die?  What was the "official" cause of death?

20.  Who designed the Hawker Hurricane (among many others)?

That's enough for now.  




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Offline MrBill

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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2001, 03:34:00 AM »
well without looking any of em up

13a is the Indianapolis

18 was McCaliff (sp)

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2001, 09:19:00 AM »
I'm guessing here...

3. Metal with most electrically conductive properties, I think is Silver.

5. Elements liquid at room temp are Hg Mercury and I think the non-metal Bromine, Br.

8. Unit of mass in the US?  Newtons????

13a. US ship carrying atomic bomb? USS Indianapolis I think. (Capt. Quint survived this with scars to prove it.   )

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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2001, 09:51:00 AM »
2. What's My Line?

3. Silver?

4. Silver?

5. Mercury, Bromine

8. slug

10. 746 W

13b. Boxcars

16a. 265, 283, 327, 307, 350, 400,  262, 305, 267. And basically in that order if I remember right.

16b. 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2

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Offline NATEDOG

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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2001, 10:39:00 AM »
19b. he was pushed out of a plane. listed as a training accident.

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Offline Swager

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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2001, 10:54:00 AM »
20.  Sydney Camm
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2001, 12:16:00 PM »
Ok, we have some right answers.  Jimdandy got the Chevy V8 ones.  Silver indeed is the most conductive metal to heat AND electricity.  Mercury and Bromine are both liquid at room temp.  The slug is the official us unit of mass (lbs/32.2).  Others that are right:  Indianapolis, Boxcar, 746W, 18436572, Sidney Camm (also designed Fury, Tempest, Typhoon in addition to Hurricane), What's my line is correct, but no one has told me his name yet.  (His first name is Filo   )  MrBill also got the US commander, but I don't have the exact spelling now either.

Lots more to go guys!    (I'll know who is an electrical engineer (nerd) when someone gets the silicon bandgap and Athlon pipeline questions.)

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Offline Jimdandy

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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2001, 12:55:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by bloom25:
...(I'll know who is an electrical engineer (nerd) when someone gets the silicon bandgap and Athlon pipeline questions.)


LOL! We mechanical types stay away from that sparky crap. That stuff will shock you. We like gears and cams and super heated steam to screw us up. That's the way for a man to go, falling into the gears of a combine. LOL!  

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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2001, 12:58:00 PM »
JimDandy was close on 13b....but I believe the correct answer was "Boxscar".

I got a picture of the noseart from the plane that I took in January at the National Atomic Museum in Albequerque NM.  I need to get it scanned....I also have some pics of replicas of "FatMan" and "LittleBoy"...the 2 nuclear devices.

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Offline bloom25

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« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2001, 02:10:00 AM »
Ok, here's the answers to the ones that haven't been correctly answered yet.  (I just know everyone hasn't been able to sleep because they don't know all the answers.   )

1. Filo Farnsworth

6a.  Quad four engines have 0 spark plug wires.  The coils connect directly to the plugs.  The firing order is 1,3 (at the same time) then 2 and 4 at the same time.  

7.  Bandgap of silicon is 1.2 eV

9.  Athlons have an 11 stage pipeline, compared to P2, Celery, P3 10 stage and P4's 20 stage.  (Longer is NOT better for performance, but does allow higher clock speeds.)

11.  Heaviest warship in the navy is the Carl Vinson.

12. USS cole is Arliegh Burke class. (sp?)

14. Last man on the moon was Eugene Cernan. (LOL sp on the last name again.)

15. Eric Dickerson

17. (hehe) 120 hp.  Those emissions laws really took the punch out of the 5.0 during the late 80s and early 90s.

19a. Molders.

19b.  Udet died of suicide.  The "official" explaination was that he died "testing a new weapon."  (Cognac and sleeping pills are not a weapon as far as I know.)




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Offline Jimdandy

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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2001, 07:31:00 AM »
Oh damn I shoulda got the USS Carl Vinson. My Uncle was on it. My younger brother and 2 of my cousins got to go on a Tiger Cruise from Hawaii to San Francisco. They dropped bombs and everything for them. My cousin even got knocked on his butt when an F14 did a fly by at Mach 1. Lucky bastards.    

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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2001, 08:41:00 AM »
Hehehe wasn't the HO 302 like 140 hp.  Ooooh feel the power.  

And remember the old standard engine for the Firebird/Camaro?  The 95 hp Iron Duke LOL.  And people wonder why I don't like US cars.  This is the period when I was a teenager, and they were pathetic!  
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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2001, 09:53:00 AM »
Its "Bock's Car" not "Boxcar".

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