15 questions I bet you can't answer.

[Keanumoreira]

I can only answer the last one: the Theory of Relativity.

 

I fail. :(

 

Nope, wrong.

 

It's related to the Theory of Relativity, but not the answer.

 

Don't worry though, it wasn't meant to be finished by anyone. However, I'm sure a genious will stumble in and prove me wrong. >_>

Doubt it. Some of those questions are near impossible to answer. I wonder... do you know the answers? ;)

 

But, anyway, I have a question for you. What's a line? :P

 

Nope, each has an answer alright, believe me, and yes, I know every single answer from off the top of my head. Believe it or not, these were some basic fun facts I learned years ago. :laugh:

Edited December 1, 2010 by Keanumoreira

[Keanumoreira]

Okay.. My best guesses. Some of them I know outright, and the rest are random ideas because I'm more likely to get it right with a guess than leaving it blank.

 

1. Basic math

2. Trinidad

3. Caviar and lobster

4. Timbuktu

5. Parliament?

6. Guam

7. Quebec

8. Christians

9. Cane alcohol

10. Blue Supergiant

11. Andromeda (Definitely wrong)

12. The Milky Way (Yes, that's our galaxy, not the solar system)

13. Glycogen

14. Rosh Hashana (Probably wrong and misspelled)

15. Quantum Theory (Wrong, but my other guess got shot down.)

 

You got every problem execpt number one wrong. :laugh:

 

#15: You're about there, but not quite. Keep digging.

[AliasTheory]

Noooo! Then #10 must be some star of more than 1000 solar masses or something. I would not be surprised if it were some star that has some random slur of letters and numbers for a name.

[Keanumoreira]

But, anyway, I have a question for you. What's a line? :P

 

Frankly though, anyone can make an impossible test. With enough research and our friend the Internet I'm sure we can find all the answers. But what good is that? For me, readily knowing these accomplishes nothing worthwhile.

 

Yes, the answers are around the net, but they are not easy to find by far. Anyone who manages to finish this test will get my personal kudos, for it is designed to be time consuming. Good luck.

[Keanumoreira]

Noooo! Then #10 must be some star of more than 1000 solar masses or something. I would not be surprised if it were some star that has some random slur of letters and numbers for a name.

 

It's way bigger than that, and the answer is very simple, even if you don't know it. If you think outside the box, you'll get it right.

[AliasTheory]

It's way bigger than that, and the answer is very simple, even if you don't know it. If you think outside the box, you'll get it right.

Aww crap, I just realized you wrote massive. That's what I get for multitasking. In that case, probably some hypergiant. It could easily be a blue one too.

 

That's called misinterpreting, not shifting thought methodology.

[brokenergy]

 

1. The Arabians invented what fundamental system?

 

Keanu, algebra was invented before the "Arabs", the name was invented. It was invented by the Greeks in geometry and the Indians have used it as well. Plus the first book was from a Persian man called Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī who was also influential in other fields of maths as well.

 

2. What diamond shaped Island charges you one thousand dollars for chewing gum?

 

Trinidad

 

3. During the 1800's, what two foods where not available to the poor in common supply? (Vegetables, bread, and fruits don't count)

 

Caviar and lobster

 

4. What was the world’s cleanest city during the 16th century that rivaled even those in Europe before it was destroyed?

 

Timbuktu

 

5. What were the houses that the British built in Singapore?

 

Parliament

 

6. What island people won't become a state because of taxes?

 

Guam

 

7. What famous city in the Americas was deprived of being a national capital?

 

Quebec

 

8. During the Midpoint of the first millennium, what group of people was expelled from Rome, only to return a year later?

 

Christians

 

9. What alcohol is made from sugarcane?

 

Rum

 

10. What star is so massive, that the Earth isn't even the size of the tip of a pinhead in comparison?

 

Rigel

 

11. What is the closest Brown Dwarf from our own star?

 

Epsilon Indi

 

12. The Sol system is also known as what?

 

The solar system

 

13. What protein in the human body, needed for life, is shaped like a cross?

 

Glycogen

 

14. The breaking of the fast is also known as what?

 

Breakfast

 

15. The process of aging slower, by traveling faster at any given measure of time, is known as what theory?

 

Time dilation, from the theory of relativity where as you travel closer to the speed of light, time slows down.

 

[ub3rman123]

So you're saying caviar was in good supply for the lower class?

[dazzerfong]

Lobster back then was cheap (at least in China, it was a poor man's food, it's only because now it's rare it's so expensive), so I'm pretty sure that's wrong. I'm pretty sure that meat was expensive back then though. Caviar, not too sure.

[VesemirTheWitcher]

I'm loving this thread! =3

 

btw, i thought #8 was "Jews"... well, live and learn.