The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[brewnog]

Nope, nope.

Lets see if this kills it.

discovered June 3, 1858.

Aaaaahhhh!

Got it, but this time I feel like I cheated.


Edit: No wait, I don't. Carry on...

 

[Danger]

Got it,

Edit: No wait, I don't. Carry on...

Your decisiveness is what makes you such a great leader.

 

[JamesU]

How do you cheat on this thread?
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[brewnog]

Your decisiveness is what makes you such a great leader.

Why does nobody ever follow?!

 

[Danger]

Why does nobody ever follow?!

We will. Right now, we're all just milling around waiting for you to pick a direction.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

"...about 200 miles west of Carnarvon..."

 

[Danger]

I'm outta this one, guys. My geography is almost as bad as my math.

 

[brewnog]

Ailsa Craig?!

Getting vague now, cos that's wrong wrong wrong too.


Some kind of oil field?

 

[JamesU]

Kormoran? whatever that is?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

My clues came from the 1976 Guinness Book of World's Records, but this is the beast.

Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people, is about 850 kilometres from Perth and midway between the Great Northern and North West Coastal highways. One of the most spectacular solitary peaks in the world, it rises 717 metres above a stony, red sandplain of arid shrubland—dominated by wattles, cassias and eremophilas—and is clearly visible from the air for more than 160 kilometres.

The rock itself, which culminates in a small peak on a plateau, is about eight kilometres long and covers an area of 4,795 hectares. At about twice the size of Uluru [Ayers Rock] it is the biggest 'rock' in the world...

http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/national_parks/previous_parks_month/mount_augustus.html

I defer to anyone who wishes. Gotta go for now.

 

[brewnog]

Ok, this one is a bit vague.

In April 1982, the number "392" got into the Guinness Book of Records. Why?

 

[DaveC426913]

Your backyard (assuming you have one) is plagued by these lobster cousins.

What are they?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Your backyard (assuming you have one) is plagued by these lobster cousins.

What are they?

Brew noggin already posted a quetion.

 

[brewnog]

Indeed I did, but I'll take a guess at Dave's anyway.

Earwigs?

 

[Huckleberry]

Tallest woman Zeng Jinlian (China) measured 8 ft. 1.75 in. (2.48 m) when she died on February 13, 1982.

The tallest woman in the world?

 

[brewnog]

The tallest woman in the world?

Nope. Another decent guess and you can have clue 2.

 

[JamesU]

A peak discharge of daily rainfall in massawipi of 392 m/s took place in 1982


too much googleing

 

[brewnog]

Wow, I'm impressed, but no. Did you make that up?!


Clue 2: You might find one of these leading a tribe of Native American Indians.

 

[JamesU]

c-can-nt...d-d-d-do..a-anymo-ore...g-g-goo-ogli-ing-g

 

[brewnog]

Heheheh.

The 392 record is a score.

 

[JamesU]

I CANT!£▬±bÑV I'm
Going INSANE![/size]

 

[Mk]

The Kansas City Chiefs, outgained the Pittsburgh Steelers 392-235 in 1982.

 

[Mk]

Oh, that was in 1997.
But the highest score in a single move in Scrabble was made by Karl Khoshnaw from Manchester, UK, CAZIQUES (West Indian Chiefs). He made 392 points in 1982.

Should've known, brewnog's from Manchester.

 

[Mk]

Whoever wants to do one can do one.

 

[JamesU]

Who ate el paso barbecue tonight, is full, and had to go go to lowes?

 

[Mk]

Your mom, whose total rest mass is approximately equal to that of a neutron star traveling at (1-(10^-1000))c.

 

[JamesU]

No, my cat's rest mass is approximately equal to that of a neutron star traveling at (1-(10^-1000))c. I was the one who did all that NEW QUESTION!

 

[Mk]

Your mom

Convient proof the universe is expanding exponetially.

 

[Huckleberry]

Over 400 prisoners were intentionally infected with this parasite in the 1940's. Name the parasite and the city they were in.

 

[Mk]

In the mid-1980s a company famous for making small replicate non-flammable automobiles, manufactured a "magic" puzzle that was not a cube. Who was the inventor? Name one other famous puzzle/toy that he invented.

 

[JamesU]

I can't find the city but I know you're talking about pellagra

 

[Mk]

The Prisoners are POWs right?

 

[Mk]

Pellagra is a vitamin deficiency disease caused by dietary lack of niacin and protein, not a parisite. Good guess though.

 

[Huckleberry]

Oops, I was catching up in another thread.

It isn't pellagra. They were not POW's. They were imprisoned criminals.

a hint. At the trial of Nuremburg Germany uses this incident to justify their actions in concentration camps, or at least to claim that they didn't act any differently than other nations have.

 

[JamesU]

Oh! malaria in chicago

 

[Huckleberry]

yup you got it

 

[JamesU]

Two great minds, one interest. Two important men, one invention. Two close friends, one story. What did they invent and who were they?

Most people have them

 

[Mk]

I guess its not the Brothers Grimm...

 

[Huckleberry]

I suppose its not the Wright Brothers and the airplane. Not many people own those.

 

[JamesU]

Nope, VERY common Item. I know MK and Huck have used them(as well as a lot more)

 

[Huckleberry]

Duryea brothers and the first gasoline powered automobilies.

 

[JamesU]

Sorry, nope. no cars or any automobiles. think circut city

 

[Mk]

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, they started Apple Computer and are credited with initiating the entry of computers into private homes.

 

[JamesU]

good job Mk!

 

[Mk]

What animal has the longest penis to body length ratio? Give an approximate ratio.

 

[Mk]

Oh, or should we use my old one I posted before I saw Huckleberry's?

In the mid-1980s a company famous for making small replicate non-flammable automobiles, manufactured a "magic" puzzle that was not a cube. Who was the inventor? Name one other famous puzzle/toy that he invented.

 

[Huckleberry]

I should have guessed the Mac reference from the killer thread.

 

[JamesU]

I think you should go to the old one...

 

[Huckleberry]

I would guess the human.

 

[Mk]

Not a human.