General Knowledge Quiz

[Peterthegreat]

An Oscar?

That is correct. The first Oscar for best actor.
Your turn on the stage.

 

[Gloster]

In 1856 William Thompson of Weymouth was the first person to do what?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Took a photograph underwater?

 

[Gloster]

Took a photograph underwater?

Indeed he was. Your turn to click the shutter.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Sorry - extremely busy. Open floor please

 

[DerekC]

What was the Schiehallion Experiment intended to find out? And what did it have to do with the Mason-Dixon Line?

 

[yoyothehobo]

The Schiehallion Experiment was intended to find out the mass of the Earth. I believe surveying of the Mason/Dixon line encountered gravitational anomalies from nearby mountains.

 

[DerekC]

@yoyothehobo - that's right. Mason and Dixon were British astronomers and surveyors working under the guidance of Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, to determine where the disputed southern boundary of Pennsylvania should lie. The dispute arose because of conflicting royal grants in the 17th Century. In wrapping up their survey in 1765 they found systematic (non-random) closing errors which were highlighted in the data they passed back to London. British scientist Henry Cavendish (a fiend for precision) suggested that these might be due to the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains. Maskelyne agreed and proposed using the effect to measure the mass of the earth, commissioning Mason to find a suitable site in the British Isles - hence the Schiehallion Experiment.

Your (very accurately surveyed) floor.

 

[yoyothehobo]

If i had a common material at 671.6 Rankine, what would i be doing and what are Rankine...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Well as a chemist this is a no-brainer. It is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature. Normally (always) I use Kelvin - so Boiling Point of water is 100 Centigrade or 373.16 Kelvin. 1 degree Kelvin difference is NUMERICALLY equal to 1 degree Centigrade difference. So water at 50 C = 323.16K and at 51 C = 324.16K

The Rankine scale is also an absolute scale but the difference between Kelvin and Rankine is in Fahrenheit .

671.6 Rankine is the boiling point of water = 212F = 100 C = 373.16K.

At standard pressure.

BTW open floor if I am declared correct.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

As an annoying pedant I feel it is my annoying duty to point out that boiling point is not just dependent on temperature but that pressure comes into it as well, I will now don my anorak and leave

 

[GRALISTAIR]

As an annoying pedant I feel it is my annoying duty to point out that boiling point is not just dependent on temperature but that pressure comes into it as well, I will now don my anorak and leave

PV = nRT

 

[DaleCooper]

Well as a chemist this is a no-brainer. It is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature. Normally (always) I use Kelvin - so Boiling Point of water is 100 Centigrade or 373.16 Kelvin. 1 degree Kelvin difference is NUMERICALLY equal to 1 degree Centigrade difference. So water at 50 C = 323.16K and at 51 C = 324.16K

The Rankine scale is also an absolute scale but the difference between Kelvin and Rankine is in Fahrenheit .

671.6 Rankine is the boiling point of water = 212F = 100 C = 373.16K.

At standard pressure.

BTW open floor if I am declared correct.

I think we can assume you were correct so I'll take the floor.

Next question:

What is a bhangmeter?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

It detects the loudness of gunfire?

 

[MotCO]

I think we can assume you were correct so I'll take the floor.

Next question:

What is a bhangmeter?

Sounds like something from Tiswas, to measure the custardness of custard pies!

 

[Peterthegreat]

It measures a bang. More specifically a nuclear explosion.

 

[Gloster]

It measures how high you are (and I don’t mean above sea-level).

 

[yoyothehobo]

you were correct, sorry for not being specific with pressure!

Well as a chemist this is a no-brainer. It is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature. Normally (always) I use Kelvin - so Boiling Point of water is 100 Centigrade or 373.16 Kelvin. 1 degree Kelvin difference is NUMERICALLY equal to 1 degree Centigrade difference. So water at 50 C = 323.16K and at 51 C = 324.16K

The Rankine scale is also an absolute scale but the difference between Kelvin and Rankine is in Fahrenheit .

671.6 Rankine is the boiling point of water = 212F = 100 C = 373.16K.

At standard pressure.

BTW open floor if I am declared correct.

 

[DaleCooper]

It detects the loudness of gunfire?

Something even worse.

Sounds like something from Tiswas, to measure the custardness of custard pies!

If only it were so.

It measures how high you are (and I don’t mean above sea-level).

Well it is named after a variety of cannabis but that's not its purpose.

It measures a bang. More specifically a nuclear explosion.

That's it, specifically it detects and measures the double flash of a nuclear explosion. Your turn...

 

[Peterthegreat]

A football question.
Upton Park F.C. were the first winners of what competition?

 

[xotGD]

London Cup?

 

[Peterthegreat]

London Cup?

Sorry not that.

 

[444045]

FA Cup ?

 

[Peterthegreat]

FA Cup ?

Sorry. Incorrect.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

League Cup?

 

[Peterthegreat]

League Cup?

Sorry also incorrect.

 

[xotGD]

Isthmian League?

 

[DaleCooper]

Olympic games?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Isthmian League?

Sorry.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Olympic games?

That is correct. Upton Park F.C. represented Great Britain in the 1900 Olympics winning the gold medal by playing one match and beating Club Francais 4-0.
The torch is yours.