The totally random trivia quiz

[Damien Evans]

I've been looking for a trivia quiz, but i couldn't seem to find one soooo here it is: The Totally Random Trivia Quiz

The rules are simple, first person to answer the previous question correctly gets to answer the next question, and please no questions about hollywood celebrities, for the love of all things good in this world...

and feel free to google any answer

Anyway, here's the opening question:

How many times has Australia won the Americas Cup?

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If you meant football (soccer) the answer would be simple - never.
But I guess you've got some other sport on your mind like hmp..? Rugby, cricket or else.

[Damien Evans]

The americas cup is a yachting race, does that help?

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The americas cup is a yachting race, does that help?

Thank you for a hint.
That's not my cup of tea definitely but I'll try to answer it anyway
OK, I hold my previous answer: None
My second choice will be one time.
Cheers

[Damien Evans]

your second choice was correct, your turn

[Spacer X]

OK, My turn:
A bit gruesome historical question:
Was Nagasaki the primary target of the second nuclear attack?
If not, name the other city.

[Hydro]

No, Kokura was the primary target.

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Well done, your turn.

[Hydro]

In his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies , Nicolai Copernicus originally gave credit to ___________ for his earlier proposal of a heliocentric theory regarding the solar system.

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Aristarchus of Samos known also as the Greek Copernicus.

[Hydro]

Absolutely, back to you.

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Your question was very nice to me since I come from the Copernicus' nation
My next one:
May water explode? I mean our regular H2O. Please justify your answer.

[Hydro]

Your question was very nice to me since I come from the Copernicus' nation

Yes of course, I did not notice your location!

May water explode? I mean our regular H2O. Please justify your answer.

In certain cases of super heating due to the use of a microwave oven, apparently yes. (news to me!)

Yes, I cheated and googled it.

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Very good !
Water may also be very dangerous when used to extinguish some types of fires, though only certain types of fires get this hot.
One type of fuel that can do this is magnesium. Magnesium burns at 3600 F (2000 C) and at close distance is brighter than the Sun! Since magnesium burns so very hot, it can actually split water into hydrogen and
oxygen (2 H2O --> 2 H2 + O2). Then the hydrogen and oxygen undergo combustion due to the excessive heat to form water again. It may fuel a fire or simply explode killing all firemen.
Another is called thermite, which is a combination of aluminum powder and iron oxide (rust) - this will burn just as hot as magnesium.

O.K. Your turn.

Yes, I cheated and googled it.

No prob. You google, you learn. Anyway, nobody said it is forbidden.

[Hydro]

Immediately following the accident event of Apollo 13, what were Commander Jim Lovell's exact words to CapCom?

[Damien Evans]

Housten we have a problem?

[Hydro]

Housten we have a problem?

Ah! A common mistake and one that gets repeated constantly, mainly by the media, but close enough to the actual quote from Lovell.

"Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt."

And the actual first response after the event was by Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert.

"Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here."

Apollo 13 Chronology

Your turn!

[Damien Evans]

at what "temperature" do degrees celsius and farenheight equal each other?

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-40
Here's an excellent converter doing job in both ways.
How to convert manually?
Example: Celsius to Farenheight

°C= -40, what is the temperature in °F?

Therefore:

°F=(-40 * 1.8)+32

°F=-72+32 = +32-72

°F= -40

[Damien Evans]

-40
Here's an excellent converter doing job in both ways.
How to convert manually?
Example: Celsius to Farenheight

°C= -40, what is the temperature in °F?

Therefore:

°F=(-40 * 1.8)+32

°F=-72+32 = +32-72

°F= -40

funny, i thought it was minus 20...

You learn something every day, your turn again

[Spacer X]

funny, i thought it was minus 20...

If you knew how many times I was not correct

OK, we had sport, astronautics, physics so it's high time for
some biology-driven question
But it will have some physics too.

Name the animal which has such an 'armour', a thermal blanket that is not visible in infrared camera, almost all the heat it produces is not emitted through its almost perfect thermal insulation.

[Damien Evans]

Perhaps some variety of tortise?

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Perhaps some variety of tortise?

No, not tortoise.
I meant an animal which may sustain stable inner bodily temperature.
Of course all cold-blooded animals tortoises included are invisible in infrared provided they weren't sunbathing.
The only known today animals which normally keep the body temperature on the stable level irrespective of outdoors conditions (excluding all exceptions happening in extreme temperatures or in the case of animals to minute to keep the heater on all the time.) - warm-blooded - are mammals and birds.
The word armour might be misleading that'a why I put it in inverted commas. Think about fur or feathers instead.

[Damien Evans]

Armadillo?

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No, this is not that animal.

Well I guess the word armour led you in the wrong direction.
Which I mentioned in my previous post:

The word armour might be misleading that'a why I put it in inverted commas. Think about fur or feathers instead.

But your current answer is much closer to the right one than in the case of a reptile.
Armadillo is a mammal and my XXX is also a mammal.
Further hints:
1. you can eliminate all birds ,
2. it has fur,
3. if you'll think about thermal isolation - evolution never gives such gifts without purpose.

If you need more hints I'm ready to give them,
Over

[Hydro]

If you need more hints I'm ready to give them,
Over

Okay, we're waiting...

How about an otter? They have fur that traps a layer of air, keeping them dry and warm.

[Roy Batty]

Polar Bear?

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Great job Roy.
Now's your turn to challenge our knowledge.

[Roy Batty]

Well I thought of it straight away but I too was put off by the armour reference (even though it was in quotes). Nice photo btw!

Ok, I'm looking for a one word answer that links a topological construct, comic books & a concept artist in some well known sci-fi films.

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Mobius? The Mobius term has been used a bunch in scifi, games, TV, etc.