Announcement Trivia Chat: General Topics and Prizes for Top 3 Winners

[Greg Bernhardt]

Chat is now open, trivia will start in 30min
https://www.physicsforums.com/chat/

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Trivia has wrapped up. We had a absolute blast! Tons of great answers and commentary. Thanks to everyone who participated. I hope to run another trivia in a few weeks.

Here were the standings

8 @Infrared
5 @Charles Link
5 @jfizzix
3 @scottdave
2 @fresh_42
1 @phinds
1 @jerromyjon
.5 @Stavros Kiri
.5 @Owen Black

 

[scottdave]

I had fun, even though I didn't win.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I had fun, even though I didn't win.

You did pretty good though!

 

[scottdave]

Thanks. For the first third of the contest, I thought I'd never be fast enough to get one in time. So that half point was for the NZ language question?

 

[Evo]

Trivia has wrapped up. We had a absolute blast! Tons of great answers and commentary. Thanks to everyone who participated. I hope to run another trivia in a few weeks.

Here were the standings

8 @Infrared
5 @Charles Link
5 @jfizzix
3 @scottdave
2 @fresh_42
1 @phinds
1 @jerromyjon
.5 @Stavros Kiri
.5 @Owen Black

Thanks Greg!

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Thanks. For the first third of the contest, I thought I'd never be fast enough to get one in time. So that half point was for the NZ language question?

Yes, as an extra bonus from Greg, after inspired by StevieTNZ etc. , I think.

I was pretty slow all along, but eventually tackling something ...

 

[StevieTNZ]

WETA. WETA, not wetter! :O

 

[mfb]

Can you post the questions here?

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Can you post the questions here?

Jealous now ha!?
(We did learn a lot!)

 

[mfb]

I was not that interested in answering questions at 3 am local time. At that time I was more interested in sleep.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I was not that interested in answering questions at 3 am local time. At that time I was more interested in sleep.

What if you were on the space station?

 

[Drakkith]

Gah! I forgot about the trivia event!

 

[mfb]

It was 1 am local time at the ISS.
I was not in the ISS.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

It was 1 am local time at the ISS.
I was not in the ISS.

How is it determined?
(Next time Greg said there might be categories. More interesting? May be do an ISS trivia ... )

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Gah! I forgot about the trivia event!

Another dentist appointment?

 

[Drakkith]

Another dentist appointment?

Nope. I just forgot.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

How is it determined?
(Next time Greg said there might be categories. More interesting? May be do an ISS trivia ... )

Ok, got it! ISS time is GMT (or UTC), and it was in fact 1am there when the trivia was starting. mfb is always right ...
(London DST is one hour ahead GMT [was 2am in London], and Germany DST two hours ahead, thus 3am then. It works!)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Can you post the questions here?

Next time. I was deleting them from my list as I asked them

 

[QuantumQuest]

Unfortunately the time trivia was held was after 4:00 am here. Hoping for next time...

 

[Charles Link]

Unfortunately the time trivia was held was after 4:00 am here. Hoping for next time...

@QuantumQuest It was a lot of fun. Hopefully, the next one will be at a better time for you.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Since I was able to retrieve the last few lines of the trivia chat on my laptop, before the black hole swallowed it, I thought I would include the last words of the winner (@Infrared quote):

"Will be much more able to tutor geometer after that "coterminal angle" one"

Also congratulations to all 3 winners (@Infrared, @Charles Link, @jfizzix) !, and @scottdave and @fresh_42 did pretty good!

The ones at the end of the list we pretty much qualify as janitors of the chat room (jk), but that black hole that swallowed the page did a better job in cleaning up the chat room anyway! ...

 

[Charles Link]

Since I was able to retrieve the last few lines of the trivia chat on my laptop, before the black hole swallowed it, I thought I would include the last words of the winner (@Infrared quote):

"Will be much more able to tutor geometer after that "coterminal angle" one"

Also congratulations to all 3 winners (@Infrared, @Charles Link, @jfizzix) !, and @scottdave and @fresh_42 did pretty good!

The ones at the end of the list we pretty much qualify as janitors of the chat room (jk), but that black hole that swallowed the page did a better job in cleaning up the chat room anyway! ...

Just as @Infrared was posting the answer of -330 degrees, I figured out what "coterminal" must mean, but I think by then a couple others were also starting to figure that out as well. Meanwhile, the gravity on Mars was an interesting question. Mars must be considerably smaller than the earth.