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Me and a friend often IM trivia questions at work to kill time :)... Here
are 15 of our recent favorites. We have gotten most of these. Lets see how
you do :):

1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?

2) What is a "stick shaker"?

3) What is a "pitot-static tube"?

4) What is a "spoon of Diokles"?

5) What is Mannlicker-Carcano most infamous for?

6) What was the first movie released on DVD?

7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?

8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
inflation is taken into account?

9) What is the "trench effect"?

10) What is a "detroit locker"?

11) What is "posse comitatus"?

12) What is the chemical ninhydrin used for?

13) Where in the world is Tennerife?

14) What is a hedrodyne?

15) What is a "smart pig"?

Have fun :)
 
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> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?

His film of the Kennedy assassination

> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?

Titanic

> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
> inflation is taken into account?

Gone With the Wind

> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?

the local citizenry who will assist law enforcement officials when requested
to do so

> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?

Canary Islands
 
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"Nobody" <nobody@cox.net> writes:

> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?

His movie of the Kennedy assassination (1st one)

> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands. Never heard of Tennerife.
--
Gareth Owen
Nuclear weapons can wipe out life on Earth, if used properly.
 
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Nobody wrote:

> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?

Titanic?

> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
> inflation is taken into account?

Gone With The Wind?

> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?

The US law forbidding use of the military for domestic crime-fighting?

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"In any market, as in any poker game, there is a fool."
- Michael Lewis
 
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"Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
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>
> > 11) What is "posse comitatus"?
>
> The US law forbidding use of the military for domestic crime-fighting?

Yes. That's a derived usage.
 
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"Gareth Owen" <usenet@gwowen.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Nobody" <nobody@cox.net> writes:
>
>> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?
>
> His movie of the Kennedy assassination (1st one)

correct

>> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?
>
> Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands. Never heard of Tennerife.

correct

> --
> Gareth Owen
> Nuclear weapons can wipe out life on Earth, if used properly.
 
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"Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
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> Nobody wrote:
>
>> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
>
> Titanic?

correct

>> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
>> inflation is taken into account?
>
> Gone With The Wind?

correct

>> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?
>
> The US law forbidding use of the military for domestic crime-fighting?

Close, but probably what you meant. Its an act that forbids the military in
taking part in *civilian* law enforcement. ie, the military can be used for
military actions in the US.


> --
> Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
> "In any market, as in any poker game, there is a fool."
> - Michael Lewis
 
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"Steve Grant" <ACE1242@concentric.net> wrote in message
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>> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?
>
> His film of the Kennedy assassination

correct

>> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
>
> Titanic

correct

>> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
>> inflation is taken into account?
>
> Gone With the Wind

correct

>> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?
>
> the local citizenry who will assist law enforcement officials when
> requested
> to do so

>> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?
>
> Canary Islands
>
correct
 
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Nobody wrote:

> Me and a friend often IM trivia questions at work to kill time :)... Here
> are 15 of our recent favorites. We have gotten most of these. Lets see how
> you do :):
>
> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?
>
> 2) What is a "stick shaker"?
>
> 3) What is a "pitot-static tube"?

Part of an airplane. For some sort of measurement, I think.

> 4) What is a "spoon of Diokles"?
>
> 5) What is Mannlicker-Carcano most infamous for?
>
> 6) What was the first movie released on DVD?
>
> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
>
> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
> inflation is taken into account?
>
> 9) What is the "trench effect"?
>
> 10) What is a "detroit locker"?
>
> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?
>
> 12) What is the chemical ninhydrin used for?
>
> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?
>
> 14) What is a hedrodyne?

Do you mean heterodyne? Type of radio receiver.

> 15) What is a "smart pig"?

--Jeff

--
It is only those who have neither
fired a shot nor heard the shrieks
and groans of the wounded who cry
aloud for blood, more vengeance, more
desolation. War is hell.
--William Tecumseh Sherman

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls
the pain of stupidity.
--Frank William Leahy
 
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"Jeffrey Turner" <jturner@localnet.com> wrote in message
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> Nobody wrote:
>
>> Me and a friend often IM trivia questions at work to kill time :)... Here
>> are 15 of our recent favorites. We have gotten most of these. Lets see
>> how you do :):
>>
>> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?
>>
>> 2) What is a "stick shaker"?
>>
>> 3) What is a "pitot-static tube"?
>
> Part of an airplane. For some sort of measurement, I think.

correct, it measures air speed and altitude.

>> 4) What is a "spoon of Diokles"?
>>
>> 5) What is Mannlicker-Carcano most infamous for?
>>
>> 6) What was the first movie released on DVD?
>>
>> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
>>
>> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
>> inflation is taken into account?
>>
>> 9) What is the "trench effect"?
>>
>> 10) What is a "detroit locker"?
>>
>> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?
>>
>> 12) What is the chemical ninhydrin used for?
>>
>> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?
>>
>> 14) What is a hedrodyne?
>
> Do you mean heterodyne? Type of radio receiver.

Not a type of radio receiver, but it has to do with radio...

>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>
> --Jeff
>
> --
> It is only those who have neither
> fired a shot nor heard the shrieks
> and groans of the wounded who cry
> aloud for blood, more vengeance, more
> desolation. War is hell.
> --William Tecumseh Sherman
>
> Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls
> the pain of stupidity.
> --Frank William Leahy
>
 
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>>> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?
>> Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands. Never heard of Tennerife.
> correct

Maybe Tennerife is in the Cannary Islands? 🙂
--
Mark Brader | "...being permitted to propel a ton of steel through
Toronto | public places at speeds of up to 33 m/s is not a
msb@vex.net | fundamental human right in my book" -- Paul Ciszek
 
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>>> 2) What is a "stick shaker"?

Device that warns the pilot when an airplane is about to stall
(i.e. drop below the airspeed needed to keep flying).

>>> 14) What is a hedrodyne?
>> Do you mean heterodyne? Type of radio receiver.
> Not a type of radio receiver, but it has to do with radio...

It's part of the tuning circuit.

>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?

A type of bomb.
--
Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions,
msb@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy."
Toronto -- Cher Classick
 
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"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
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>>>> 2) What is a "stick shaker"?
>
> Device that warns the pilot when an airplane is about to stall
> (i.e. drop below the airspeed needed to keep flying).

correct.

>>>> 14) What is a hedrodyne?
>>> Do you mean heterodyne? Type of radio receiver.
>> Not a type of radio receiver, but it has to do with radio...
>
> It's part of the tuning circuit.

nope.

>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>
> A type of bomb.

nope.

> --
> Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions,
> msb@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy."
> Toronto -- Cher Classick
 
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Nobody wrote:

> "Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
> news:10r73bc9ai3ro1e@corp.supernews.com...
>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>>
>> A type of bomb.
>
> nope.

<WAG> A device for sniffing out truffles?</WAG>

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
But on the other side, It didn't say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.
 
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"Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
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> Nobody wrote:
>
>> "Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
>> news:10r73bc9ai3ro1e@corp.supernews.com...
>>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>>>
>>> A type of bomb.
>>
>> nope.
>
> <WAG> A device for sniffing out truffles?</WAG>

LOL, nope. Hint: its a mechanical device used by a specific industry.

> --
> Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
> But on the other side, It didn't say nothing.
> That side was made for you and me.
 
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>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>> A type of bomb.
> nope.

What, did Tom Clancy make it up? <Sound of googling> Huh, I guess so.
Oh well.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It was too crazy to be true,
msb@vex.net | and too crazy to be false." --Tom Clancy
 
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In article <G7Nsd.202651$G15.3509@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote...
> > Nobody wrote:
> >> "Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote...
> >>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
> >>>
> >>> A type of bomb.
> >>
> >> nope.
> >
> > <WAG> A device for sniffing out truffles?</WAG>
>
> LOL, nope. Hint: its a mechanical device used by a specific industry.

Digging tunnels?

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"Marc Dashevsky" <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote in message
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> In article <G7Nsd.202651$G15.3509@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
>> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote...
>> > Nobody wrote:
>> >> "Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote...
>> >>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>> >>>
>> >>> A type of bomb.
>> >>
>> >> nope.
>> >
>> > <WAG> A device for sniffing out truffles?</WAG>
>>
>> LOL, nope. Hint: its a mechanical device used by a specific industry.
>
> Digging tunnels?

Nope... Hint #2: the industry its used for is also in your house.

> --
> Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
 
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In article <%NSsd.203253$G15.11853@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
>
> "Marc Dashevsky" <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote...
> > In article <G7Nsd.202651$G15.3509@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
> >> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote...
> >> > Nobody wrote:
> >> >> "Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote...
> >> >>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A type of bomb.
> >> >>
> >> >> nope.
> >> >
> >> > <WAG> A device for sniffing out truffles?</WAG>
> >>
> >> LOL, nope. Hint: its a mechanical device used by a specific industry.
> >
> > Digging tunnels?
>
> Nope... Hint #2: the industry its used for is also in your house.

Well, I have heard of a garbage disposal referred to as a pig by
plumbers, but it's hardly smart.

--
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"Marc Dashevsky" <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote in message
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> In article <%NSsd.203253$G15.11853@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
>>
>> "Marc Dashevsky" <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote...
>> > In article <G7Nsd.202651$G15.3509@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
>> >> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote...
>> >> > Nobody wrote:
>> >> >> "Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote...
>> >> >>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> A type of bomb.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> nope.
>> >> >
>> >> > <WAG> A device for sniffing out truffles?</WAG>
>> >>
>> >> LOL, nope. Hint: its a mechanical device used by a specific industry.
>> >
>> > Digging tunnels?
>>
>> Nope... Hint #2: the industry its used for is also in your house.
>
> Well, I have heard of a garbage disposal referred to as a pig by
> plumbers, but it's hardly smart.

Nope, not a garbage disposal. One more hint that'll probably give it away:
although the industry is in your house, it has many other uses around the
world.

> --
> Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
 
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In article <hfTsd.203262$G15.113599@fed1read03>,
"Nobody" <nobody@cox.net> wrote:

>
> "Marc Dashevsky" <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1c1dc79eb33d4210989b11@netnews.comcast.net...
> > In article <%NSsd.203253$G15.11853@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
> >>
> >> "Marc Dashevsky" <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote...
> >> > In article <G7Nsd.202651$G15.3509@fed1read03>, nobody@cox.net says...
> >> >> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote...
> >> >> > Nobody wrote:
> >> >> >> "Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote...
> >> >> >>>>>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> A type of bomb.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> nope.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > <WAG> A device for sniffing out truffles?</WAG>
> >> >>
> >> >> LOL, nope. Hint: its a mechanical device used by a specific industry.
> >> >
> >> > Digging tunnels?
> >>
> >> Nope... Hint #2: the industry its used for is also in your house.
> >
> > Well, I have heard of a garbage disposal referred to as a pig by
> > plumbers, but it's hardly smart.
>
> Nope, not a garbage disposal. One more hint that'll probably give it away:
> although the industry is in your house, it has many other uses around the
> world.


I'm suprised no one has suggested "husband." Oh, wait, you said "smart."

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson
 
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"Nobody" <nobody@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Me and a friend often IM trivia questions at work to kill time :)... Here
> are 15 of our recent favorites. We have gotten most of these. Lets see how
> you do :):
>
> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?
>
> 2) What is a "stick shaker"?

Rattles the airplane control yolk to _REALLY_ get the pilots attention
(stall, ground proximty)

> 3) What is a "pitot-static tube"?

source of air pressure and air speed info for aircraft

>
> 4) What is a "spoon of Diokles"?
>
> 5) What is Mannlicker-Carcano most infamous for?
>
> 6) What was the first movie released on DVD?

Gone with the wind
>
> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
>
> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
> inflation is taken into account?
>
> 9) What is the "trench effect"?
>
> 10) What is a "detroit locker"?

Differential ?

>
> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?
>
> 12) What is the chemical ninhydrin used for?

Got to pay real close attention to CSI / cold case ... I think they used
super glue, first

>
> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?
>
> 14) What is a hedrodyne?
>
> 15) What is a "smart pig"?

Electronics in a can that travels through a pipeline (water, natural gas,
crude) to check the pipe for defects, etc

>
> Have fun :)
>
>
 
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"Brian Belliveau" <brian-belliveauNO@SPAMshaw.ca> wrote in message
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>
> "Nobody" <nobody@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:61Asd.199497$G15.172308@fed1read03...
>> Me and a friend often IM trivia questions at work to kill time :)... Here
>> are 15 of our recent favorites. We have gotten most of these. Lets see
>> how
>> you do :):
>>
>> 1) What is Abraham Zapruder famous for?
>>
>> 2) What is a "stick shaker"?
>
> Rattles the airplane control yolk to _REALLY_ get the pilots attention
> (stall, ground proximty)

correct

>> 3) What is a "pitot-static tube"?
>
> source of air pressure and air speed info for aircraft

correct

>>
>> 4) What is a "spoon of Diokles"?
>>
>> 5) What is Mannlicker-Carcano most infamous for?
>>
>> 6) What was the first movie released on DVD?
>
> Gone with the wind

nope

>> 7) What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
>>
>> 8) What is the highest grossing movie of all time when ticket price
>> inflation is taken into account?
>>
>> 9) What is the "trench effect"?
>>
>> 10) What is a "detroit locker"?
>
> Differential ?

close... its a crude form of a limited slip differential that is really a
"no-slip" differential. it lock the wheels together.
>>
>> 11) What is "posse comitatus"?
>>
>> 12) What is the chemical ninhydrin used for?
>
> Got to pay real close attention to CSI / cold case ... I think they used
> super glue, first

good :), you've been paying attention. ninhydrin is used by forensic
investigators too lift prints off of porous surfaces. not really what super
glue fumes are specifically used for though. superglue fumes are used when
the surface is too delicate, like a body.

>>
>> 13) Where in the world is Tennerife?
>>
>> 14) What is a hedrodyne?
>>
>> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
>
> Electronics in a can that travels through a pipeline (water, natural gas,
> crude) to check the pipe for defects, etc

very good... :). you've been watching Crash Files/Extreme Evidence/etc :).

>>
>> Have fun :)
>>
>>
>
>
 
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> >> 15) What is a "smart pig"?
> >
> > Electronics in a can that travels through a pipeline (water, natural
gas,
> > crude) to check the pipe for defects, etc
>
> very good... :). you've been watching Crash Files/Extreme Evidence/etc
:).


Not aware of these shows, but I have some 'dumb pigs', which are just foam
plugs - in this instance, about 30" diameter & 5' long. ( archery target
backing ! )
 
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In article <dgstd.456359$nl.332486@pd7tw3no>, Brian Belliveau <brian-belliveauNO@spamshaw.ca> wrote:

:> 2) What is a "stick shaker"?
:
: Rattles the airplane control yolk to _REALLY_ get the pilots attention
: (stall, ground proximty)

I guess that whoever invented it was a good egg. . .

-----
Richard Schultz schultr@mail.biu.ac.il
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
-----
"Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad."
 
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