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Sheesh. I cant think of any other German clothing manufacturer :grumpy:

Maybe the night GTP traffic has a better idea. See you all in the morrow :)
 
Hugo Boss


Originally posted by TurboSmoke
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thats the same area 51 i meant...how many are there?
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You said a resort was Dreamland. Incorrect! A resort is different from a secret US military base hidden in a desert.
 
Not quite, but damn, you're in the ballpark.

(the answer) was definitely part of the Mercury Project.
 
Ahhh! You're so close, they were astronauts. But, only the Mercury 7 flew into space...
 
Did a little research; the Mercury 13 were a group of 13 women who passed the same tests that the original astronauts passed. their names were Jerrie Cobb, Bernice Steadman, Janey Hart, Jerri Truhill, Rhea Woltman, Sarah Ratley, Jan Dietrich, Marion Dietrich, Myrtle Cagle, Irene Leverton, Gene Nora Jessen, Jean Hixson, and Wally Funk (not much as far as names go). They are related to Mercury 7, as they shared the same results as that team.
I think that counts, yes?

In that case, approximately how many planets that we know of today have the ability to support life?
 
In the solar system/galaxy/universe?

1/potentially unlimited as telescopes cant explore enough of the galaxy to set a defined number/ potentially unlimited as telescopes cant - and will never be able to - explore enough of the universe to set a defined number
 
I believe we know of 51 planets, including our own solar system. However, all those detected external to the Sol system are Jupiter-like gas giants, of 2 Jupiter Masses and upwards.

Of the other known planets (ie our nine) only 1 is known to be capable of supporting life - with Mercury having no atmosphere, Venus being clouded in carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid (giving a MASSIVE greenhouse effect and an average surface temperature of 440 degrees C), Mars having only a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus all being gas giants with no distinct surface and Pluto being a vile little rock with frozen hydrigen on the surface - not enough energy persists there for any form of chemical reaction.

Planetoids and moons only reveals Europa as being capable of supporting life, as it has a massive ocean on it. The moon is constantly bombarded with short wavelength radiation from Jupiter, but the thick ice surface may well protect "life" in the oceans beneath. Many of Jupiter's moons are volcanically active - Io in particular - so there's some chance of the interior of Europa being heated. Heat energy + ocean = biodiversity.


So anyway, 1 planet only, but 2 planetary bodies...
 
Famine is correct? So its time for a new question?

Dunno but this just came into my mind.

Q: What is an underformed duck egg which is a specialty in The Phillipines called?
 
Famine is ALWAYS correct... :lol:

I was thinking of a tricky one, but I'll leave it for now... :D
 
Originally posted by TsLeng
Famine is correct? So its time for a new question?

Dunno but this just came into my mind.

Q: What is an underformed duck egg which is a specialty in The Phillipines called?
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Would that be "balut"?
 
What did the Confederates call the first true repeating rifle used by the Union Army? (easy).

For a bonus, What was Oliver Winchesters profession before he invested in the gun factory that eventually bore his name?
 
The first repeater i believe was named Matthew the Grumpy Goldfish...

the dudes profession before he invented the gun was junior plumber to the royal spanish court in 1743 (i bet he was glad to ditch that gig)
 
Originally posted by TurboSmoke
The first repeater i believe was named Matthew the Grumpy Goldfish...

the dudes profession before he invented the gun was junior plumber to the royal spanish court in 1743 (i bet he was glad to ditch that gig)
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You are incorrect.
Next guess please.
 
I'm not a gun-person, but I know my history teacher would know this one (used to be in the military and on the police force and has a strange fascination with guns...). I'll have to ask him on monday...
 
Originally posted by Gil
What did the Confederates call the first true repeating rifle used by the Union Army? (easy).
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Well, I'm not sure if I'm using the correct definition of "repeater", but I believe that would be Samuel Gattling's Gattling Gun.
For a bonus, What was Oliver Winchesters profession before he invested in the gun factory that eventually bore his name?
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He was a manufacturer of cloth, I believe. I do know that his daughter-in-law Sara, a strange person supposedly haunted by the ghosts of all the people killed by Winchester firearms, spent a considerably amount of her husband's inheritance building the Mystery House, which was a huge (and haunted looking, but that's High Gothic Revival architecture for you) and bizarre house. It was specifically designed and built to confuse the ghosts, being full of secret passages, dead ends, and stairs to nowhere.
 

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