What Famous Physicist Built an Inaccurate Model of the Hydrogen Atom?

[Evo]

No googling for answers!

1. The vomited concretion of a certain aquatic mammal was once prized for doing what? What is it called? Answered in post 19

2. What creature can taste with it’s feet? Answered in post 32

3. What native African animal can go without drinking water longer than a camel? Answered in post 53


4. Formerly, he received only a primary education yet he developed the modern theory of electromagnetic fields. Beyond his success in the then theoretical branch of physics, this gentleman created a series of lectures aimed at children. Those lectures discussed "The Chemical History of a Candle." Answered in post 19

5. What writer accurately described the two moons of Mars (including size and rotation) more than 100 years before they were discovered?

6. Who said “My dear, descended from the apes! Let us hope it is not true, but if it is, let us pray it will not become generally known”? Answered in post 26

7. What is the longest place name (city/town etc...) in current use? I will accept knowing what country the town is in. Answered in post 55

8. What English word, when written in capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down? Answered in post 16

9. What is unique about the words month, orange, silver and purple? Answered in post 24

10. William Clark, of the famous Lewis & Clark expedition, was the only one in the expedition to refuse to eat this food. What was it?

11. Who is Samuel Clemens? Answered in post#2

12. What 15th-century artist is credited with inventing oil painting? Answered in post 22

13. How many paintings did Vincent van Gogh sell in his lifetime? Answered in post#10

14. Who was the only person to win the Nobel Prize twice -- in both Physics and Chemistry? Answered in post 20 & 21

15. This Danish born scientist built the most recognized yet inaccurate model of the hydrogen atom. He founded the modern quantum theory of matter and worked under Ernest Rutherford in Manchester, England. In 1939 he was elected president of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters. He also helped in the British-American atomic bomb project at Los Alamos. Answered in post#5

 

[Moonbear]

Ooh, I like Evo's quizzes. Do we have to go by the only one answer per person rules?

I'll take an easy one to start. #11 is none other than the author Mark Twain.

(I was going to answer #1, but realized I can't spell it without looking it up). I can give a hint on #7, as I know it's in Wales, but haven't a chance of getting it right (shared an office with a Welsh post-doc once who had it on his coffee mug...it wrapped around the whole mug about 3 times...lots of Ll's and W's in it, and not very many vowels).

 

[mattmns]

8. OHO

I think that is a word

MOW is wrong (my original guess)

 

[Evo]

Ooh, I like Evo's quizzes. Do we have to go by the only one answer per person rules?

If someone answers incorrectly, you can answer that question even if you have already answered one. Same thing if you guess one wrong, you can try another.

I'll take an easy one to start. #11 is none other than the author Mark Twain.

Correct!

(I was going to answer #1, but realized I can't spell it without looking it up).

If you know the answer but need spelling etc... it's ok to look that up.

[quoteI can give a hint on #7, as I know it's in Wales, but haven't a chance of getting it right (shared an office with a Welsh post-doc once who had it on his coffee mug...it wrapped around the whole mug about 3 times...lots of Ll's and W's in it, and not very many vowels).[/QUOTE]Number seven is not fair to expect someone to actually spell the whole name correctly, well except Gokul probably could. The location in Wales was the longest current location (I thought), it turns out that there is actually one other current location with a longer name. I will accept knowing what country the town is in.

 

[dextercioby]

8.Well,let's see:SIS,or SOS?
4.James Clerk Maxwell??
14.Linus Pauling.
15.Niehls Bohr...

Daniel.

 

[Evo]

8. OHO

I think that is a word

Not in my dictionary.

MOW is wrong (my original guess)

It's close, except it's not the same backwards.

 

[chroot]

7. Wales.

- Warren

 

[motai]

2. What creature can taste with it’s feet?

Guessing wildly, but I think it is a common fly.

 

[Evo]

8.Well,let's see:SIS,or SOS?

SIS is an abbreviation and SOS is an acronym, but I'll give you credit. I still want to see if someone knows what the natural word is.

4.James Clerk Maxwell??

No

14.Linus Pauling.

No

15.Niehls Bohr...

YES!

 

[chroot]

13. One, to his brother.

- Warren

 

[mattmns]

SIS is an abbreviation and SOS is an acronym, but I'll give you credit. I still want to see if someone knows what the natural word is.

S does not look the same backwards as it does forward, or is it just me?

 

[Evo]

7. Wales.

- Warren

It used to be, they've found one that is longer.

 

[Evo]

S does not look the same backwards as it does forward, or is it just me?

the question should specify that it is read backwards (as in a palindrome), not a mirror image, but good point!

 

[Evo]

Guessing wildly, but I think it is a common fly.

No, but you're on the right track.

 

[Evo]

13. One, to his brother.

- Warren

That's correct!

 

[mattmns]

the question should specify that it is read backwards (as in a palindrome), not a mirror image, but good point!

Ok that should make it a bit easier.

NOON

NON

Are either of these words in your dictionary lol?

 

[Dooga Blackrazor]

8. "I" could be the answer if it's considered a word.

 

[Evo]

Ok that should make it a bit easier.

NOON

NON

Are either of these words in your dictionary lol?

THAT'S CORRECT!

8. "I" could be the answer if it's considered a word.

Good question, I need to look that up.

 

[plover]

1) ambergris, used in perfume
3) elephant
4) Faraday
10) tofu

 

[marlon]

14 is marie Curie

marlon

 

[meteor]

14)Marie Curie. though Bardeen won the physics prize twice

 

[marlon]

12 is Jan Van Eyck from BELGIUM...

It was not Da Vinci...


marlon

 

[meteor]

3)I'm going to guess a dromedary

 

[jcsd]

9. they have no words that rhyme with them

10. longpig

 

[marlon]

6) sounds like the words of somebody from the church...maybe a pope or some priest ?

marlon

 

[jcsd]

6) sounds like the words of somebody from the church...maybe a pope or some priest ?

marlon

close as I rememberit, it was the wife of a certain Anglican bishop.

 

[marlon]

close as I rememberit, it was the wife of a certain Anglican bishop.

they do indeed sound like feminine words. I think you are right on this one...

marlon

 

[chroot]

Ok that should make it a bit easier.

NOON

NON

Are either of these words in your dictionary lol?

Since when has N looked the same upside-down?

- Warren

 

[Evo]

1) ambergris, used in perfume

Correct!

3) elephant

no

4) Faraday

Correct!

10) tofu

No, but if they had it with them he might not have eaten it.

 

[Evo]

14 is marie Curie

marlon

Correct!

14)Marie Curie. though Bardeen won the physics prize twice

Also correct!

 

[Evo]

12 is Jan Van Eyck from BELGIUM...

It was not Da Vinci...


marlon

Correct again! (you've got to watch those guys from Belgium)

 

[marlon]

2 is a butterfly

marlon, the animal that tastes with his feet

 

[Evo]

3)I'm going to guess a dromedary

no

9. they have no words that rhyme with them

Correct!

10. longpig

No

9. close as I rememberit, it was the wife of a certain Anglican bishop.

Correct! wife of the bishop of Worcester In 1860 the famous duel between T.H. Huxley and Bishop Wilberforce took place, and the wife of the bishop of Worcester is reported to have said this in reaction to hearing Darwin’s theory of evolution.

 

[Evo]

2 is a butterfly

marlon, the animal that tastes with his feet

correct and not sure marlon will be invited over for dinner.

 

[marlon]

correct and not sure marlon will be invited over for dinner.

i cannot seduce you with one of my oil-paintings ? The other one, i sold to my brother...

marlon

 

[jcsd]

The only thing I know abot the Lewis-Clarke exepidtion is that cannibalism that took place (I believe that the creators of South Park did a musical based on the story entiteld Cannibal!); longpig is a pseudonym for human flesh.

 

[Evo]

The only thing I know abot the Lewis-Clarke exepidtion is that cannibalism that took place (I believe that the creators of South Park did a musical based on the story entiteld Cannibal!); longpig is a pseudonym for human flesh.

I haven't heard of cannibalism on the Lewis & Clarke expedition, The Donner party is infamous for it though.

This was something else.

 

[marlon]

Besides i have another question : why is it a camel can "store" water that good? How is it done ? And what's up with the bump on their back...Believe me, it is not for water storage. It contains tissue that can be used as energy-source when food is hard to find...

marlon

 

[Evo]

i cannot seduce you with one of my oil-paintings ? The other one, i sold to my brother...

marlon

Aha! Trying to divert my attention with your painting while you stick your feet in the food!

 

[marlon]

Aha! Trying to divert my attention with your painting while you stick your feet in the food!

Well at least i don't come from apes...oopps sorry, is this common knowledge yet

marlon

ps : your avatar tastes real good...mmmmmmmmmm

 

[brewnog]

8 - Llanfairpwyllgwyngillgogerychwrndrobwillantisiligogogoch?

 

[Evo]

Besides i have another question : why is it a camel can "store" water that good? How is it done ? And what's up with the bump on their back...Believe me, it is not for water storage. It contains tissue that can be used as energy-source when food is hard to find...

marlon

True, the camel stores fat, not water in it's humps. The camel gets water from it's nose.

The Truth About Camels

Despite all of the stories, a camel doesn’t store water for its legendary pan-desert treks—not in its humps, which contain fat, nor in its stomach, which holds a mundane amount of liquid. Rather, according to Duke University physiologist Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, one of the camel’s most impressive water-conserving organs is its oversized nose.

"A camel that has been deprived of water under hot desert conditions is actually able to withdraw water from its own exhaled air," he explains. As with other mammals, the inside surface of a camel’s nostrils consist of whorled tissue called turbinates. But the similarity ends there. Rolled up like a papyrus scroll, the camel’s turbinates have a huge surface area that is also unusually dry and cool. Consequently, the camel’s nose effectively recaptures most of the moisture contained in the warm, water-saturated air moving out of its lungs.

In addition, camels have the unusual ability to allow their body temperature to creep several degrees above normal without breaking a sweat or suffering heat stroke. Instead, the camel simply permits the excess heat to dissipate when air temperatures drop during the nighttime hours.

I will post the URL for this after another question is answered.

 

[marlon]

Indeed i have read that the water can be extracted and stored in the blood-circulation. They have quite an extraordinay metabolism


marlon

 

[Evo]

8 - Llanfairpwyllgwyngillgogerychwrndrobwillantisiligogogoch?

Not according to recent sources. I thought that was it but it turns out another longer name is being used somewhere else.

 

[Evo]

ps : your avatar tastes real good...mmmmmmmmmm

Get your feet off my face!

 

[mattmns]

Since when has N looked the same upside-down?

- Warren

It also does not look the same backwards. But according to Evo it is correct.

I looked up the word OHO which was one of my earliest guesses, and this is what dictionary.com says.

"Used to express surprise, comprehension, or mock astonishment."

However, it is an interjection, so it may not be a word. Kind of like "Ugh" is not really a word, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[marlon]

Get your feet off my face!

sorry, you have already been digested...I am feeling a bit heavy now ? I wonder why that is ?

marlon

 

[Evo]

It also does not look the same backwards. But according to Evo it is correct.

Write NOON on a piece of paper and turn it upside down. Or turn your monitor upside down. It's a palindrome, they didn't word the question correctly, it should state that it reads the same backwards, not looks the same. But it does look the same upside down.

I got that question from http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/palindromes.htm

Here is a numbers palindrome from the site. 111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

 

[mattmns]

Write NOON on a piece of paper and turn it upside down. Or turn your monitor upside down. It's a palindrome, they didn't word the question correctly, it should state that it reads the same backwards, not looks the same. But it does look the same upside down.

I got that question from http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/palindromes.htm

Here is a numbers palindrome from the site. 111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Yeah when I was considering NOON upside down I was just rotating it 180 degrees, not really upside down, but I thought it was what you meant

 

[plover]

Re #9, the wisdom of Theodor Geisel concerning the FLUNNEL:

A softish nice fellow who hides in a tunnel.
He only comes out of his hole, I'm afraid,
When the right kind of softish nice music is played
On a kind of a hunting horn called the o'Grunth.
And to learn how to play it takes month after month
Of practising, practising.
Isn't much fun-th.
And, besides, it's quite heavy.
Weighs almost a tun-th.
That's why few people bother to play the o'Grunth
So the Flunnel's been out of his tunnel just one-th.