General Knowledge Quiz

[DaleCooper]

Imperial real heavy distance? (I’m clutching at straws now)

Inch reading height device

Neither of the above.

To help a bit:

I(nternational)RHD(egrees)

Now what everyday thing is being measured?

 

[Neo9320]

International rope heavy density (again, clutching)

 

[DaleCooper]

International rope heavy density (again, clutching)

Clutch this:

It measures a property of a common material found in cars, rail vehicles, ships, utilities infrastructure, medical devices, toys, footwear and many other applications.

 

[Neo9320]

Rubber?

 

[DaleCooper]

Rubber?

What about the "H" in "International Rubber H... Degrees"?

 

[Neo9320]

What about the "H" in "International Rubber H... Degrees"?

I’m totally out of ideas dale.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Hardness?

 

[DaleCooper]

Rubber?

Hardness?

International Rubber Hardness Degrees is the answer. I think Neo9320 did the the heavy lifting and deserves to set the next question. I hope that's acceptable.

 

[SuspectUsual]

International Rubber Hardness Degrees is the answer. I think Neo9320 did the the heavy lifting and deserves to set the next question. I hope that's acceptable.

It is to me

 

[Neo9320]

I’ve nothing to hand so open floor please

 

[Calthrop]

What is the chief difference between these two groups of prehistoric, extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaur; and pliosaur?

 

[MotCO]

Cold water v freshwater?

 

[Calthrop]

Cold water v freshwater?

Sorry, no. The difference looked for, is not basically about "conditions".

 

[DaleCooper]

What is the chief difference between these two groups of prehistoric, extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaur; and pliosaur?

Spelling or perhaps one has legs and the other has fins.

 

[Calthrop]

Spelling or perhaps one has legs and the other has fins.

Prehistoric Ug him say: Sorry, modern man; not one, not other, of those.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Size?

 

[DaleCooper]

Lived in different periods/eras.

 

[Calthrop]

Size?

No -- but more on the general right track, than anything else submitted so far.

Lived in different periods/eras.

No -- were effectively, contemporaries.

 

[xotGD]

One is carnivorous, the other is herbivorous.

 

[Calthrop]

One is carnivorous, the other is herbivorous.

No -- both were enthusiastic carnivores (pescivores?).

 

[MotCO]

Two legged v four legged?

 

[Calthrop]

Two legged v four legged?

Once more -- 'fraid not.

 

[MotCO]

Flying v non-flying?

 

[Calthrop]

Flying v non-flying?

No -- both were most thoroughly aquatic.

 

[DaleCooper]

Does one have a long neck while the other has a short/no neck?

 

[Spamcan81]

One lives in Loch Ness, the other doesn’t?

 

[Calthrop]

Does one have a long neck while the other has a short/no neck?

You've got it -- plesio: long neck; plio: short ditto.

Yours to set the next one.

One lives in Loch Ness, the other doesn’t?

One gathers that, given the LNM's existence; should it be one of the candidates here, it'll be a long-necked plesiosaur.

 

[DaleCooper]

You've got it -- plesio: long neck; plio: short ditto.

Yours to set the next one.

Open floor...

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Open floor...

Thank you... sticking with the mention of Loch Ness....

The famous naturalist Sir Peter Scott gave Nessie a Latin name.

This was Nessiteras rhombopteryx, which he said was: Greek for "Ness inhabitant with diamond-shaped fin".


...but what else did it mean?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you... sticking with the mention of Loch Ness....

The famous naturalist Sir Peter Scott gave Nessie a Latin name.

This was Nessiteras rhombopteryx, which he said was: Greek for "Ness inhabitant with diamond-shaped fin".


...but what else did it mean?

There is an Italian song about the Loch Ness monster which suggests the reason it is so elusive is that it spends a lot of time asleep - Nessun Dorma.