Can you stump us?

Hey-
I thought it would be fun- and educational if we had a thread that asks a question to something we need an answer for- or have always wondered.
So, Someone poses a question and then someone else finds the answer, lists the point of refrence where they found the answer and then poses a new question.
You can also do it as a true or false. Be sure and list where you got your info!!

Sound fun??
Okay, here is our first question.

Why is there no such thing as Channel #1? Why does every service- ie. Cable, satellite, dish network on the television start with channel 2?

Channel #1 is the Emergency Broadcast Channel, other stations monitor it for emergency broadcasts and then re-broadcast it on thier own channel during emergencies...

if you ever see the "This is a test, this is only a test" commercials... that's actually coming from channel #1

I like this game :)

... with this link for your reading pleasure:

[url]http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon971031/skinnyon.html[/url]

Great job- Eric!!

Boy, you are smart- how did you know that?
Now, since you answered that question, you are obligated to ask one...
Keeps the game going.
BTW- here is some more information on the answer:
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.

Your up!

Come on Eric, you answered so you have to post a question!!!

Annie

Since Eric won't post a quetion, I will. Music history buffs, get ready...

How many horn concertos did Mozart really write, and who were the concertos written for?

I thought he hated the horn...???

Four concertos. Somebody else is going to have to come up with the "WHO FOR?") part...............

Molly, it was the flute Mozart didn't like. Which is funny because he wrote some really nice flute music:)
He thought it was a weak, trivial, shreeky instrument.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop?

(ccccrrrrruuunch!) "The world may never know ... " :p

Good One!!

What is the name of this symbol? "@"

Its called a "commercial A" or @t (at)

Im going to wait for you to confirm this one for me, Miz-
This question drove me NUTS!!!

Ill get ya back though!

ML

Did broccoli occur in nature, or was it genetically modified?

this one has buged me for a long time. witch came first the chicken or the egg. lol great thread Melissalynn.

have a good day all

richard :D :D

Rich-
Your killin me!

Jgirl.
Broccoli is naturally occuring in nature.
Right after Eve bit the apple, she grabbed some broccoli to cover herself.
Everyone knows that!

haha
MelissaLynn

Where the concertos written for Ignaz Leitgeb? Web site thought there were six written but only 4 survived...

If peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers how my pickled peppers did peter piper pick? And how many did he have when he returned home?

The funny little a with its tail circling back around it is probably one of the most commonly used symbols today. So it is truly amazing to learn that there is no official, universal name for it. The most accepted term, even in many other languages, is to call it the at sign. But there are dozens of different words used to describe it. A lot of languages use words that associate the shape of the symbol with some type of animal.
Here are a few examples of the many exotic terms associated with the @ symbol:

apestaart - Dutch for "monkey's tail"
snabel - Danish for "elephant's trunk"
kissanhnta - Finnish for "cat's tail"
klammeraffe - German for "hanging monkey"
kukac - Hungarian for "worm"
dalphaengi - Korean for "snail"
grisehale - Norwegian for "pig's tail"
sobachka - Russian for "little dog"

Before it became the standard symbol for e-mail, the @ symbol was typically used to indicate the cost or weight of something. For example, if you bought five oranges for $1.25 each, you might write it as 5 oranges @ $1.25 ea. It is still used in this manner on a variety of forms and invoices around the world.
The actual origin of the symbol is uncertain. It was used by monks making copies of books before the invention of the printing press. Since every word had to be painstakingly transcribed by hand for each copy of a book, the monks that performed the copying duties looked for ways to reduce the number of individual strokes per word for common words. So, the word at became a single stroke of the pen as @ instead of three strokes. While it doesn't seem like much today, it made a huge difference to the men who spent their lives copying manuscripts!

Another origin tale states that the @ symbol was used as an abbreviation for the word amphora, which was the unit of measurement used to determine the amount held by the large terra cotta jars that were used to ship grain, spices and wine. Giorgio Stabile, an Italian scholar, discovered this use of the @ symbol in a letter written in 1536 by a Florentine trader named Francesco Lapi. It seems likely that some industrious trader saw the @ symbol in a book transcribed by monks using the symbol and appropriated it for use as the amphora abbreviation. This would also explain why it became common to use the symbol in relation to quantities of something.

Broccoli was genetically created by Albert Broccoli. It's a cross between Cauliflower and another vegetable that I forget. I do also know that Albert Broccoli also was the creator of the James Bond movies.

Scott, I bet you're telling the truth...but it sounds like a tall one!

happygirl-------you win for the who part, but sorry six is the wrong answer.

Correct answers:
Who?:Leitgeb
How many?: Seven, but only 4 and one-half survived. The Concert Rondo is the half concerto. This info comes from my future horn professor Dr.Richard Chenoweth. I know, I'm a nerd, but at least I'll be getting paid to be a nerd one of these days.

[QUOTE=Melissalynn]Rich-
Your killin me!

Jgirl.
Broccoli is naturally occuring in nature.
Right after Eve bit the apple, she grabbed some broccoli to cover herself.
Everyone knows that!

haha
MelissaLynn[/QUOTE]

Believe it or not, I saw a sign at Whole Foods Market in San Diego - a store which is required to disclose if a food is GMO - Broccoli is a hybrid food! it is a cross between asparagus and cauliflower...


Little known fact!

[QUOTE=jgirl]Believe it or not, I saw a sign at Whole Foods Market in San Diego - a store which is required to disclose if a food is GMO - Broccoli is a hybrid food! it is a cross between asparagus and cauliflower...


Little known fact![/QUOTE]

Well i'll choose *not* to believe you :D

You are thinking of broccoflower....

Q. What is broccoflower? Did someone misspell broccoli?

A. A strange new vegetable is invading produce departments throughout the United States. This produce stranger, broccoflower, is the result of a genetic cross between broccoli and cauliflower. Although its physical attributes resemble cauliflower, it has the color and flavor of broccoli.

Initial indications from producers of this new crop suggest that demand for broccoflower is exceeding supply. Whether or not broccoflower's rapid rise in popularity is due to its novelty or to its taste, it is the hottest produce item to hit the market in recent years.

Cultural practices and growing seasons are similar for both cauliflower and broccoflower. The major difference in production is that there is no need to tie wrapper leaves over broccoflower to maintain its color and quality as is required for cauliflower cultivation.

Hmmm,

Well, than, how can one tell the difference? cause if God didn't create it, I don't want it in my body! I'm assuming since I buy mostly organic I'll be OK? Not sure the human race has had much time to adapt to a "broccoflower" Yuck. Way to ruin something healthy.

[COLOR=Olive][B]Okay- In case you havent had enough Broccoli- (and who has, really) :rolleyes:
Here is a game for you. Its very pretty![/B][/COLOR]

[url]http://www.spassmonkey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/broccoli.htm[/url]
Clink the link and test your vitamin skills~! (vitamin skills???) :confused:

And here is an interesting variation of Broccoli:

[COLOR=DarkGreen][B]Broccolini :
This elegant vegetable is a
naturally occurring hybrid cross
between broccoli and gai lan
(Chinese Kale). Sweet with a
subtle peppery edge in the stem,
it is 100% edible and makes for
elegant plate or salad presentations.
Treat yourself or your guests to this
exciting new vegetable!

Broccolini is NOT a genetically modified organism. It is a natural hybrid. [/B] [/COLOR]

;) [COLOR=DarkGreen][B][U][I]Fascinating!!!![/I][/U][/B][/COLOR] ;)


[COLOR=Green][B]Now, go eat your veggies.
Genetically modified or other. rofl. Whats next, CORN?? hahaha :)

Just kidding- So far, in my very serious, professional research (in between calls on the phone with friends, laundry, feeding the cats, taking a nap, smoking some ciggs and mindless white static in the background from the T.V. with no cable), I have found no evidence to support that broccoli has not been here since Eve bit the apple.
Thats my story, and I am sticking to it!
xoxo :p
MelissaLynn

And now.... For your reading pleasure::

[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=Green][B]The botanical family to which broccoli belongs is the Brassicaceae, also known as the Mustard family. The Brassicaceae is a large family comprised of approximately 3,000 described species apportioned among 350-380 genera. The precise number of genera will vary depending on the authority :)
The classification scheme for broccoli and indeed all of the other brassicas is clear and straightforward until one reaches the species level. At that point the addition of numerous subspecies, varieties, and cultivars results in a rather complex and confusing arrangement of-the taxa in question. For example, the scientific name for broccoli, Brassica oleracea (L.), is also shared by cabbage, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, collards, brussels sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, and tronchuda kale, to name a few. Despite the fact that all of the aforementioned varieties are similar to one another and to broccoli, and are therefore referred to as B. oleracea, they are nevertheless separate entities. Most authorities today consider there are two major varieties of broccoli, B. oleracea (L.) var. botrytis or cauliflower broccoli and B. oleracea (Plenck) var. italica or sprouting broccoli.[/B][/COLOR]
:eek: [COLOR=SeaGreen][B]The origin of our modern day broccoli may well be an ancient one. Cultivation of a bygone ancestral cabbage may have occurred as early as 8,000 years ago along the Northern European coast. It was from this area that this wild ancestral cabbage was later introduced into the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and even into the Near East and Orient . [/B] [/COLOR] :eek:
[COLOR=DarkGreen][B]Theophrastus (370-285 B.C.) indicates "... that at his time several different coles were already used in Greece," (Snogerup, 1980). The Romans Plinius (23-79 A.D.) and Cato (234-149 B.C.) also mention the cultivation of a number of different forms of coles, primarily cabbages and kales (Snogerup, 1980). Indeed it is more than likely that "The first selection of sprouting broccoli was probably made in Greece and Italy in the pre-Christian era,"
The present day distribution of many of the brassicas also corresponds nicely to the hypothesis that broccoli and the other coles originated from a vild, Western European B. oleracea. :D The preponderance of Brassica genera, species, and varieties is in keeping with N.I. Vavilov's assertion that the center of origin for a crop corresponds to an area of diversity of its wild relatives.[/B][/COLOR]

That's some intense trivia there! and no........Corn is not next. They started hybridizing and messing with corn genetics YYYYEEEEAAAARRS ago!

:confused: now I'm really confused. Anyways I eat broccoli, just not that often. So far I've figured out organic lettuce is the only veggie not under fire. Ha HA JK but isn't it insane?

Anyways I had a blast with the broccoli game but the thing kept careening out of control

Cubby Broccoli, Producer Of James Bond Films, Dies
By Matt Spetalnick

LOS ANGELES (Reuter) / June 28, 1996 -- Legendary filmmaker Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, who brought James Bond to life on the big screen and produced 17 box-office hits based on the British superspy's exploits, has died. He was 87.

Broccoli, who had been in declining health in recent years suffering from heart problems, died peacefully Thursday at his Beverly Hills home, his production company said Friday.

Descended from Italian horticulturists who crossed the cauliflower with rabe to create a vegetable that bears the family name, Broccoli will go down in history himself as the mastermind behind the hugely successful Bond franchise.

Broccoli was a longtime fan of Ian Fleming's spy novels, but his big break came when he convinced the United Artists studio to put up $1 million for the 1962 film adaptation of Dr. No, his first installment in the 007 saga.

Legend has it that Broccoli's wife, Dana, looking at audition films, picked little-known actor Sean Connery out of the lineup, saying: "Take that one! He's gorgeous!" The film made Connery an international star, and since then the adventures of the suave secret agent have brought in more than $1 billion at the box office.

As word of Broccoli's death spread, tribute poured in. Said actor Roger Moore, who starred in 7 Bond films: "He was a fine human being, an extremely talented producer, loved by every single member of any crew he employed."

Actor Desmond Llewelyn, who played "Q," the high-tech genius who invented gadgets for Bond, said: "He was the most gentle, thoughtful, lovely man and I will miss him very much."

"The Bond legacy will not stop with Broccoli's death," said screenwriter John Cork, co-founder of the Ian Fleming Foundation. "Every major action star from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Bruce Willis owes a debt to him."

And even without Broccoli, the show will go on. Broccoli's daughter Barbara and stepson Michael Wilson -- co-producers of last year's Bond blockbuster GoldenEye-- already have the next installment, so far unnamed, in its early stages.

Born on Long Island, New York, the son of an Italian immigrant farmer, Broccoli was nicknamed "Cubby" for his childhood resemblance to a round-faced comic-strip character.

As a restless young man, he left the family vegetable farm to seek his fortune in Hollywood. His first job was as a lowly production assistant responsible for waking up the extras on the Western film The Outlaw.

Working his way up through the ranks, he became an independent producer. His first film was the 1953 movie The Red Beret starring Alan Ladd. Attracted by the government subsidies available to filmmakers in Britain, Broccoli moved there and founded Warwick Pictures with partner Irving Allen.

He was by then a powerful figure in show business. Billionaire Howard Hughes befriended him, and Cary Grant was best man at his wedding.

But Broccoli's breakthrough came in 1962 when after a brief meeting and a handshake, United Artists president Arthur Krim agreed to back Dr. No, which was made in collaboration with Harry Salzman. The story of a bed-hopping, martini-drinking secret agent with a license to kill was an instant hit with moviegoers worldwide.

The Broccoli-Saltzman partnership dissolved in 1976, but Broccoli kept the rights to produce new installments, the latest last year when Pierce Brosnan debuted as Bond in GoldenEye.

Dr. No was followed by From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun.

Broccoli has been credited with developing the Bond recipe for success -- exotic locations, colorful villains, dazzling gadgetry and beautiful, scantily clad women.

Outside the Bond genre, Broccoli's other films included Fire Down Below, The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on Fleming's children's story.

Broccoli was honored with the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Award for career achievement at the 1982 Academy Awards and the Order of the British Empire in 1987.

I like broccoli!!!!!! :) :) :p

See! It WAS/IS hybridized. I think it's funny how the article just mentions it in passing, like it's no big deal. It's like a throw away line, like when someone casually mentions, oh yeah, I'm moving out of the country tomorrow. Ha HA

Anyways, what is sacred anymore? Pretty soon we'll be half mechanical computers. That's my piece.

Here's one. Ancient Egyptians believed that the brain was useless and the soul resided in the heart. When mummifying the brain was thrown away whilst most organs were preserved in jars. Conciousness we would say is in our brains. We hear voices in our heads, no not those kinds of voices, I mean when you think to yourself, your thoughts are in your head. It seems to me that if ancient Egyptians also thought in their heads they might have linked that pile of grey mush to it somehow. So my question is, do you think ancient Egyptians thought in their chests?

Impossible to give a definative answer, I'm just looking for opinions. I have another involving two people and flatulence in an elevator but I'll save that for now. Probably distasteful to some, if I get requests I'll post it.

Here's another one to think about:

What's a word that rhymes with "orange"?

thats a trick question!

Did you think about it Angel??;)

i know for a fact!!!! theres no word that rhymes with orange.... or other words, like silver!

You're too clever by far!!!

How about purple???

purple too :D

Smarty pants :cool:

i wish i was smart enough to think of a good question to stump people haha!

......................... initiator of the thread. These are two GK(general knowledge) "stumpers" - if you need to look them up(you're stumped by the way), don't post, it could be interesting to see how long and who holds these two "nuggets in a pile of manure"(translated rather than post the Latin) connected to one of America's most widely read, well known and renowned satirists. If you have a guess(put guess in Title), but are unsure, post it and I'll PM you - cold, warm, hot or 100% correct will be the return message. Where are our "literatae" when we need them?

Mark Twain was the pseudonym used by Samuel Clemens - Did Mr. Clemens have a middle name or use a middle initial? If so what is/are they/it?

Connect Mark Twain's(pseudonym as words) significance to the writing of the man.

RES GESTAE!

Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
(1835-1910)
check spelling of name

Langhorne

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

........................ did it for me. That's what happens when you bang it out from memory! Thank you Sister Mary Margaret - no need for knuckle tapping! LOL! Did you know that because that is your work(illustration posted)?

ANTE TUBAM TREPIDAT!

Ha, this is fun!!

I've always wondered.... what was Norm's final bar tab? He went to Cheers EVERY day for years & years and never paid a cent. Always put it on his tab. I was wondering if maybe they showed that on the last episode or something (which I missed, darnit!).

No robi just a poor student with a good memory....no crs for me....I've said it before and I say it again.... I (do) DRS.......

There was an epidose (not the last one though) where Sam erased Norm's bar tab and said the tab goes back to when Norm first stepped foot in the bar.

I remember that Cheers show, but I think the show went on for awhile after that. I remember Norm did some painting and things around the bar. Maybe he paid up--------

I still watch it when it's on Nick or some independent station.

I love this thread! My interest was piqued, and here's what I found:

(This is from an [URL=http://www.klast.net/bond/cubby.html]obit for Albert "Cubby" Broccoli[/URL], who produced the James Bond films):

Descended from Italian horticulturists who crossed the cauliflower with rabe to create a vegetable that bears the family name, Broccoli will go down in history himself as the mastermind behind the hugely successful Bond franchise.

Dunno if it's true, but it sounds more plausible than the idea that he was inventing veggies at the same time he was producing groovy movies. :)

OK, so here's my question:

[B]What is the most common bird in the United States?[/B]

And some others that I wonder about, but you don't have to:

When you get a raffle ticket that says "Keep this Ticket" how long do you have to keep it? (My boyfriend has had one in his wallet for about 20 years. I kid you not.)

And finally ... Is Paul dead? (Beatles fans, if you do a Web search for this, I promise you hours of entertainment.)

Thanks for the great thread!

My guess on the most common bird (without running to google) is the pigeon.

The second question I am stumped on....I guess this is why I rarely get involved in raffles.

Paul? I guess we will find out at the superbowl? I did run a google search, but haven't had time to read the interesting theories yet. I can see that some people have dedicated their lives to this qwest though...

Hmmm... maybe I'll have to start watching it on Nick. Cheers holds a special place in my heart. My dh is a real-life Cliff Clavin. Just FULL of useless information! Haha :)

Unfortunately I can't answer any of the other unanswered questions. I'm not so good at trivia.

Oh, here's one...anyone know? Why do hots dogs come in packages of 8 but buns come in packages of 10? You'd think somebody at one of the companies would have noticed this before!

common bird is a robin and not my wife. lol

have a good night all

richard

................. be kept for about a week after the drawing date, unless stated on the ticket. Such as: Winners will be notified within 90 days. Otherwise, if you don't hear in a week, you're a loser.

Thought the bird was the sparrow. Non indiginous too. Where's Lottie on this one?

Chaim(AD MULTOS ANNOS), you disappoint, when I saw your name after getting "flagged", figured it would be you answering the second part to the Samuel Langhorne Clemens stumper. There is a hint in GitOverIt's post, who by the way, wasn't stumped by L/Langhorne.

ABSIT INVIDIA!

Well, Im pretty late on the draw for Langhorn. I knew that, cause I am a fan.

As for the 2 questions... Im gonna give it some thought before I blurt something out.

Im gonna guess the most common bird is a sparrow.

About the Beatles- I had heard that the last song on the white album, when played backward it says Paul is dead. It sure sounds like it.

There are other songs you can hear played backward too. (Stairway to Heaven has a TON of them, and it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!!)
This is NOT for the faint of heart- its CREEPY!
There is even the original Popey the Sailor song- with some backwords msg. :eek:

There are speeches played backward too... Listen at your own risk!
Here is the link: [url]http://www.reversespeech.com/music_reversals.htm[/url]

As I said, listen at your own risk. You could spend DAYS on this site.

Cheers! I need to go rack my brain- thanks Robi :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=creakysue]You're too clever by far!!!

How about purple???[/QUOTE]

Burple! It is a small burp emitted less than five minutes after a meal.



Just Kidding. But that would be a great word, wouldn't it? :D

Does this mean that I'm going to have to find out what the most common bird really is? I thought I had read this recently, but I actually ... [I]mis-remembered[/I] ... so I don't think I know the real answer. Now who's stumped?!

MelissaLynn, I've heard that reverse speech guy on the radio--super creepy! He's the one who thinks that when people speak, they are unconsciously saying what they really mean backwards, right? I don't know if I buy the whole theory, but it is very interesting stuff!

P.S. I told my BF about this thread, and he says he wants to be buried with his raffle ticket. Silly boy!

[QUOTE=Robi]................. be kept for about a week after the drawing date, unless stated on the ticket. Such as: Winners will be notified within 90 days. Otherwise, if you don't hear in a week, you're a loser.

Thought the bird was the sparrow. Non indiginous too. Where's Lottie on this one?

Chaim(AD MULTOS ANNOS), you disappoint, when I saw your name after getting "flagged", figured it would be you answering the second part to the Samuel Langhorne Clemens stumper. There is a hint in GitOverIt's post, who by the way, wasn't stumped by L/Langhorne.

ABSIT INVIDIA![/QUOTE]

I was beaten to the middle name, although I would have misspelled it had I been the first to see the question (didn't know it ended with an 'e').

As for the second part of the question, I am well aware of the meaning of "Mark Twain" having an uncle who is obsessed with paddle riverboats himself. I don't see the connection to his actual writtings, but it's possible I would have to actually read one to see the connections.

If someone already answered this I'm sorry and I missed it, but the answer to Robi's second question "Connect Mark Twain's(pseudonym as words) significance to the writing of the man.'' is that Mark Twain means "safe water" it has to do with the paddlewheel boats navagating the Mississippi river


Margaret

I must have seen a movie about his life because I can visually see him lowering a big heavy, knotted rope over the side of a paddle boat....it was used to mark the depths of shallow water...now did anyone else see this movie.....? eek........ tell me you did!
each mark stood for two fathoms......

I saw it Sally. That's why I remembered him hollaring "MARK TWAIN!.......SAFE WATER!"

Margaret

................. GOOD! For extra points tell us what the exact measurment of "twains" are - obviously we'll be looking this one up. Adding this little bit of info will give us the complete answer, that which I was seeking! But hey, the judges have ruled - you got it! Regardless, interesting little piece of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, no? Very clever man.


SAPERE AUDE!

....................... that burple is NOT a word? Uh oh!

Lottie, what is the answer to the bird question?


Chaim, no Twain in your library? If in fact you do test drive something, make sure it's unabridged. Lots of sanitized stuff around, especially public library or public school - keep the chilrun safe!

MORTUO LEONI ET LEPORES INSULTANT!

Can be a word if we want it to be and say it is so...HEY! Shakespeare did it(made up words), why can't we? Perhaps when we're dead we too will then be considered creative geniuses ;)

this thread is getting to hard on my brain or it's just to early in the moring. :eek:

have a good day all

richard

[QUOTE=Robi]................. GOOD! For extra points tell us what the exact measurment of "twains" are - obviously we'll be looking this one up. Adding this little bit of info will give us the complete answer, that which I was seeking! But hey, the judges have ruled - you got it! Regardless, interesting little piece of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, no? Very clever man.


SAPERE AUDE![/QUOTE]

Actually Robi I don't need to look this one up (I promise). If I'm not mistaken the total length of the twain was 30 ft and it had to be at least 12 feet to be safe water.

What about the word Nurple? I'll use it in a sentance. When I go outside on a cold day I get purple nurples. (this can apply to men or women)

:)

Scott, wear a thicker sweater to keep those purple nurples warm:D

Here's one:

What is a 'hectare' refering to?

And no cheating and googling it!!! Pull it out of the pile of unmentionable stuff Robi mentioned;)

[QUOTE=Robi]................. GOOD! For extra points tell us what the exact measurment of "twains" are - obviously we'll be looking this one up. Adding this little bit of info will give us the complete answer, that which I was seeking! But hey, the judges have ruled - you got it! Regardless, interesting little piece of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, no? Very clever man.


Mark Twain is Two fathoms or twelve feet

As for the bird answer, I can only guess, the English Sparrow. The birds I have are all domesticated and their ancestors were imported from Australia and Africa. That certainly doesn't make me an expert in ornithology.
Margaret

..................... only to our own community. Our creative genius wordsmith(who would never taut their genius) is: MOLLY! So if you have any "word" questions, now you know where to go.
Molly, I'm still working on walking that cat back from 2024(?). Drowning in your BURSQUE love! LOL!


Creaky, my guess is that it is a unit of measure used to mark square acreage - but it is metric or something and I am unfamiliar with the forward or reverse calculus used to configure the mass of land or it's relation say to, acres, square miles or the like. How's that for BRUTUM FULMEN?

Chaim, you got it! Specifically, a marked twain(the space between the markers) is two fathoms, a fathom is 6', there you have it!

Cat Whoaman, Latin it is - and like those Jesuits used to say right before they put a foot to your behind, "This fine institution DOES have a library, go find out for yourself!"

ANIMUS MEMINISSE HORRET!

I did not look this up, but asked my Honey (who read the encyclopedia britanica when he was eight years old.....just for something to do one summer)

A Hectare is a unit of measurement equal to 2.71 acers

Damn! That guy needs to go on Jepardy!

.......................... but you have just been stripped of your "Bird
Whoaman of NPF" title! LOL! ANYBODY? That was my guess too, sparrow, remember reading a story about them being so clever that they were the cause and effect for the "milk box". Took people awhile to figure out what was happening - pre-dawn, the sparrows would remove the lids(remember when they were cardboard?) get their daily dose of calcium and go merrily on their way. Albeit a little slower due to a belly full of milk. If you have ever watched for them in the pre-dawn hours they are extremely hard to detect - you keep thinking they are "flashbacks" from your "hippie" days, or so I'm told. LOL! But the clincher - non-indiginous! Birds, talk about "whasckeley"!
Somebody give it up, this is killing me! I heard that!

ANTE LUCEM!

Crows? ..........They are indiginous aren't they?

Margaret

................................ but I'm sticking with Sparrows as my pick for sheer numbers.

Anybody? Who posted the question? Would you please give it up before we have to GOOGLE!?


MIRUM IN MODUM!

OK it's either very late or very early depending on how you look at it. I can't sleep due to severe heartburn...so I decided to ponder over the bird question....

Are we talking Birds of North America only?
Birds that migrate?

My picks are, blackbirds, or sparrows...OK whoever posted this question needs to let the answer out of the bird cage. I vote that if we don't have an answer by noon tomorrow/today/Sunday then we google it, that will put us out of our misery.. and we can move on to the next stumper.

.......................................... insomnia. The person who posted this particular stumper was kmartwick(Foundation Staff) and I really wish they'd give it up, SOON, curiosity is killing me and I've already used up several lives to date. Prefer not to "waste" one in this situation, thank you!

SAPIENS QUI PROSPICIT!, kmartwick!

The Jack of Clubs represents a Knight of the Round Table. Which one?

BRUTUM FULMEN!

[B]Sir Lancelot![/B] :D






[B]


May you be in heaven ,15 minutes before the devil knows you are dead![/B]

We are stumped, unless someone answered the question and you weren't paying attention.

Please give us the answer? I've pulled a muscle in my head!

Margaret

WELL I'M GOOD AT GOOGLING SO i'M GOING TO DO THAT!

just give us some hard ones that would not be easy to google......... now I'm going to check Deb's answer!!! ;)

woohoo Deb how did you know that? you are clever...this is what I found....

Think about this next time you play any card game!
We thank The Genie's View from The LaSalle County Genealogy Guild, 115 W. Glover Street, Ottawa, IL 61350 for this interesting story of the playing cards we all take so for granted.
Playing cards are thought to have originated in Hindustan about 800 AD.
During the Middle Ages, jacks, queens and kings (face cards) were named for legendary, historical and Biblical figures.
Did you know that the proper name for the King of Hearts is Charlemagne, Emperor of Rome and founder of the Roman Empire? The King of Spades is David, who slew Goliath. The King of Diamonds represents Julius Caesar.
The Queen of Clubs is Elizabeth 1 of England. Judith, who the Bible says killed an Assyrian general to save Israel, is The Queen of Hearts. Athena, the Greek goddess of war and wisdom, the pseudonym for the Queen of Spades. The Queen of Diamonds represents the Biblical Rachel.
La Hire, a French warrior who fought with Joan of Arc, earned the title of Jack of Hearts. The Jack of Spades stands for Hogier, cousin of Charlemagne and a Danish hero. The Jack of Diamonds signifies Sir Hector, a Knight of the Round Table and half-brother of Sir-Lancelot. [U]The Jack of Clubs is Sir Lancelot himself, chief knight of King Arthur's Round Table.[/U]The suits in a deck of playing cards represents the four ranks of society in the Middle Ages. Hearts are churchmen and statesmen; spades, the military; diamonds, the merchants; clubs, the peasants and workers.
The earliest playing cards in Europe were those used in Italy during the 14th century. During the French Revolution, playing cards were forbidden by law. During this time, the kings, queens and jacks became "sages," "virtues," and "heroes."

I think the bird is the sparrow. I think I read that it is not a native bird. Flew over from England, it did, a long time ago. Got here before I did!!!!!! :p ;) Does anyone know? :confused:

Now I have a stumper----
What are the only two words in the English that contain all the vowels, including "Y," in alphabetical order?

[B]There are just certian things I know! LOL!!![/B] :p

Deb, I thought you knew it all or is that know it all????????????????? :)

[COLOR=Red][B]THAT IS, KNOWITALL, AND THATS ARLIE , :eek: NOT ME!LOL! [/B][/COLOR]

Where is she?

[B]SHE IS WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL! SHE WILL BE BACK WHEN ITS OVER.....[/B]

............................................. obscure GK, something I figured NO ONE would know. Nice research and background info Git. I only enjoy one card game - GIN, some strategy involved, unlike other card games - simply the luck of the draw(unless you're counting). Was standing over DAW's shoulder at a Black Jack table(C note per hand), I was watching the cards being dealt and started to wonder about the "symbolism". The dealer busted BUT picked up everyones cards and chips(DAW and the other two players had become hypnotized(?) from winning about 8/9 hands in a row). STOP! You fuking idiots I said in a rather loud voice as the dealer raked the chips and cards. You busted - 9+9+4=22! What a comotion! Pit Boss, went to the tape, crowd of people - got it straightened out AND got DAW out of that room. LOL! Went up to our room(we were attending a Convention) - told DAW to stay put until further notice and I went to the public PC and started my research on cards and what they symbolize. Never imagined. Cool stuff though.


OK, granny, every time I get a few minutes I'm working on YOUR stumper. Got out the Scrabble letters. This is a SMOKIN' STUMPER, I know it's out there - a student at school brought it to class 2 or 3 years ago and the kids worked on it for days. Can recall the scene like a photo - the words just will not appear. I'm not giving up, YET! LOL! I'm ready to start going through my folders of USELESS BULLCHIT, I know it's in there but I would prefer not to uh, well um, you know cheat. To be sure I'll turn myself in if I do. LOL!

SPARROWS! C'mon!



SAPERE AUDE!

[QUOTE=kmartwick]Does this mean that I'm going to have to find out what the most common bird really is? I thought I had read this recently, but I actually ... [I]mis-remembered[/I] ... so I don't think I know the real answer. Now who's stumped?![/QUOTE]

I STILL don't know the answer! I'm sorry, everybody. I let you down. For what it's worth, I think sparrow is a very good guess. What about pigeons?

Here's a disheartening link I found in my attempts to google the real answer:

[url]http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/zoo00/zoo00241.htm[/url]

hello all
i think the bird is the blue haron. good guess i think :)

................................... GIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear kmartwick,

BURSQUE!

Sincerely,
Mr. Bad Example

PS BURSQUE!



AUT NON TENTARIS AUT PERFICE! (LOL!)

ABSIT INVIDIA!

COMMON URBAN AND SUBURBAN BIRDS*

Northern Oriole

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Eastern Bluebird

Blue Jay

Brown Creeper

Brown Thrasher

Canada Goose

Northern Cardinal

Gray Catbird

Cedar Waxwing

Chimney Swift

Chipping Sparrow

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Crow Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Hairy Woodpecker

American Goldfinch

Eastern Kingbird

Common Grackle

Green Heron

House Sparrow

White-throated sparrow

Carolina Wren

Dark-eyed Junco

Killdeer

Mallard

Wood Duck

Red-tailed Hawk

Northern Mockingbird

Mourning Dove

Common Ground Dove

Rock Dove

Myrtle Warbler

Nighthawk

Purple Martin

Eastern Screech Owl

Barn Owl

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-eyed Vireo

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-winged Blackbird

American Robin

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Song Sparrow

American Kestrel

European Starling

Rufous-sided Towhee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Wood Thrush

Wood Pewee

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Indigo Bunting

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

House Finch

*this list was composed by cross-referencing Hines 1978; Proctor 1986; and Scott 1987

.................................. seven(7) different species of Sparrow listed. Combined, would that make them the most populous species?


AMBIGENDI LOCUS!



PS Did you get a little mixed up? You have grannyfanny on that list - Carolina Chickadee!

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][FONT=Comic Sans MS]the winner!
now next question....[/FONT][/COLOR]

:) No one ever called me a chickadee before :)

We have lots of 'em here.

Robi, are you working on finding those two words? You better hurry before I forget what they are!!!!!!!

I have NO idea what those words are... I can think of a 2 but they dont have ALL the vowels (no Y and they certainly are not in order of AEIOU)
So, Im out of this question.
However, I can add a little to it-

What is the longest word in our dictionary that has only 1 vowel in the word?

:rolleyes: Have fun!

ML

[QUOTE=Melissalynn]

What is the longest word in our dictionary that has only 1 vowel in the word?

:rolleyes: Have fun!

ML[/QUOTE]

[B]STRENGTHS[/B] :)

not counting "Y"
PSYCHORHYTHMS

Here's one

What chemical substance is responsible for many car accidents each year?

One more, that I learned working in the spa industry.

What's the difference between a masseuse and a massage therapist.

[QUOTE=jgirl]Here's one

What chemical substance is responsible for many car accidents each year?[/QUOTE]


alcohol ???

that's my guess.....

i have one!

some of you have probably heard it, but i think it's a good one:


What's more powerful than God.
More evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it you will die.


...good luck!

Nothing... :)