Trivia Chat: General Topics and Prizes for Top 3 Winners

[Greg Bernhardt]

Trivia will be held in our chat room Thursday July 6th at 8PM CST! Trivia will be general topics. Google is allowed but speed is everything. Top 3 members will receive the coffee table book "What's It Like in Space?" or a $10 Amazon gift card if outside the USA. Reminders will be posted throughout next week. A link to chat will be posted here along with it being added to the top navbar and an alert will be sent out.

 

[Evo]

OOOH TRIVIA CHAT! Thank you Greg! What time?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

OOOH TRIVIA CHAT! Thank you Greg! What time?

oops thanks, added!

 

[Bystander]

Heh - heh - heh.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Don't forget we have Trivia tomorrow 8PM CST!

 

[GAUHAR CHAUHAN]

Sorry to ask but! since I m new to PF just can u detail this"TRIVIA" out pleasezz!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Sorry to ask but! since I m new to PF just can u detail this"TRIVIA" out pleasezz!

What details do you require?

 

[GAUHAR CHAUHAN]

What details do you require?

like sir what's this about and how can i take part in it??

 

[Drakkith]

Yeah, Greg. You haven't told us where it will be located at. It's not located at Evo's house again is it? I hate having to cross the moat.

 

[fresh_42]

Yeah, Greg. You haven't told us where it will be located at. It's not located at Evo's house again is it? I hate having to cross the moat.

I know exactly what you mean. Especially her Romanian Longhorn makes me shiver.

 

[Drakkith]

I know exactly what you mean. Especially her Romanian Longhorn makes me shiver.

I heard she has two and she only feeds them twice a year!

 

[StatGuy2000]

I love trivia! This sounds like fun! Thanks Greg!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I heard she has two and she only feeds them twice a year!

Trivia dates :D

 

[Adinath]

Hey Greg can you just explain me about the trivia in a nutshell ?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hey Greg can you just explain me about the trivia in a nutshell ?

I ask questions, if you answer correctly, you get a point :)

 

[Adinath]

But I bet that it won't be as simple as you said....

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

But I bet that it won't be as simple as you said....

Sorry I don't know what you are saying.

 

[fresh_42]

Sorry I don't know what you are saying.

This can't frighten me. Mathematicians call a group with
$808.017.424.794.512.875.886.459.904.961.710.757.005.754.368.000.000.000$
elements simple. And by the way, simple is somehow the opposite of solvable

 

[OmCheeto]

But I bet that it won't be as simple as you said....

Just pray that @Integral doesn't show up...

ps. I may or may not show up. Current plans are that I shall be in the burbs of Integraland when the game starts.

 

[jedishrfu]

This can't frighten me. Mathematicians call a group with
$808.017.424.794.512.875.886.459.904.961.710.757.005.754.368.000.000.000$
elements simple. And by the way, simple is somehow the opposite of solvable

This is like that question how many Americans live abroad? Answer: 99,999,999,999

and the followup question: Name them.

 

[mfb]

I'll start somewhere in the middle: John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, ...

 

[fresh_42]

Mathematicians call a group with
$808.017.424.794.512.875.886.459.904.961.710.757.005.754.368.000.000.000$
elements simple.

This is like that question how many Americans live abroad? Answer: 99,999,999,999

and the followup question: Name them.

The equivalent task would probably be: List the subgroups.

Edit: @mfb would certainly answer: "Let me start with the normal subgroups ..."

 

[Ibix]

This is like that question how many Americans live abroad? Answer: 99,999,999,999

That's... a lot of Americans.

 

[JBA]

OK, since I also don't have a clue as to what the "Trivia" that you refer to actually is, other than by definition, I will be the one with the detail questions.
How do you access it online, web address, thread or what?
What is the playing format?
What are the rules of the game?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

OK, since I also don't have a clue as to what the "Trivia" that you refer to actually is, other than by definition, I will be the one with the detail questions.
How do you access it online, web address, thread or what?
What is the playing format?
What are the rules of the game?

Some of your answers are in the first post of the thread. Don't over think it. I ask questions, first to answer gets the point.

 

[Baluncore]

Now that the CIPM has standardised the units used in science to SI, are answers given at 8PM CST, (whatever that may be), required to be in Fahrenheit, miles, BTUs, pounds and short-tons, or may SI be used ?

Question: What time does the Sun rise at Scott Base?
Answer: At about 12 Noon, on August 19.

 

[Drakkith]

Now that the CIPM has standardised the units used in science to SI, are answers given at 8PM CST, (whatever that may be), required to be in Fahrenheit, miles, BTUs, pounds and short-tons, or may SI be used ?

Question: What time does the Sun rise at Scott Base?
Answer: At about 12 Noon, on August 19.

I'm sorry, but your response must be in the form of a watercoloring.

But seriously, I doubt Greg cares about the units.

 

[mfb]

Now that the CIPM has standardised the units used in science to SI, are answers given at 8PM CST, (whatever that may be), required to be in Fahrenheit, miles, BTUs, pounds and short-tons, or may SI be used ?

Wait, what? This is a physics forum. Of course SI is fine.
Let me ask the opposite question: Are weird US units allowed?

 

[Ibix]

Are newer members aware of the existence of the chat room? PF has a real-time public chat facility. It used to be open every Sunday, but now is only open on special occasions, I think.

I expect Greg will post a link and an alert when it opens.

 

[JBA]

Oops, I missed the last sentence on accessing, it must have below the bottom of my bifocals.