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Post by naki on Dec 16, 2008 18:04:53 GMT 12
Death Valley?
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Post by maire on Dec 16, 2008 18:59:03 GMT 12
Or the Rift Valley in Africa?
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Post by Lux on Dec 16, 2008 20:25:21 GMT 12
Correct: Death Valley
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Post by Lux on Dec 16, 2008 20:29:08 GMT 12
Words of Wisdom?
What did Albert Einstein suggest World war IV would be fought with?
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Post by naki on Dec 16, 2008 20:42:43 GMT 12
Bows and arrows.
[Is there a scoring differential for knowing something but confirming with the great search engine before posting?]
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Post by Lux on Dec 17, 2008 7:19:01 GMT 12
Not bows and arrows and no to the second part lol  |
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Post by naki on Dec 17, 2008 9:26:28 GMT 12
Sticks and stones then.
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Post by Lux on Dec 19, 2008 8:01:12 GMT 12
nope.
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Post by naki on Dec 19, 2008 9:57:28 GMT 12
interesting...An oft-misquoted remark, judging by the numerous variations thrown up by search engines.I did some research, and both of the above came up frequently. Once he was compelled to abandon Germany during the rise of Hitler, Einstein emerged as a leading symbol of pacifism in the 20th century, held by some thinkers on a par with Mohandes K. Gandhi and Albert Schweitzer.
But Einstein’s commitment to pacifism was never absolute, as was publicly thought. In 1939, six months after the discovery of uranium fission, he began work on a letter urging President Franklin D. Roosevelt to build the atomic bomb, for fear that Germany would get there first.
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“In view of this situation, you may think it desirable to have some permanent contact maintained between the Administration and the group of physicists working on chain reactions in America,” he wrote in August, going on to recommend specific sources of uranium ore in the former Czechoslovakia, Canada and the Belgian Congo.
Years later he called the entreaty the “one great mistake in my life” and said in a letter to President Harry S. Truman: “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7406337/I've also seen rocks stone spears slingshots |
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Post by Lux on Dec 20, 2008 9:45:24 GMT 12
Correct: Slingshots
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Post by Lux on Dec 20, 2008 9:51:44 GMT 12
Ancient History:
Who is credited as the designer of the many statues which decorated the Parthenon?
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Post by maire on Dec 20, 2008 17:08:39 GMT 12
Phidias? (Crossword dictionary)
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Post by Lux on Dec 23, 2008 18:19:07 GMT 12
Correct: Phidias.
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Post by Lux on Dec 23, 2008 18:19:49 GMT 12
The Christmas Story:
Name the 3 wisemen?
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Post by naki on Dec 23, 2008 19:10:00 GMT 12
balthazar, Melchior, Casper [otherwise translated as Kaspar,Gaspar or Jasper]
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Post by Lux on Dec 24, 2008 10:02:54 GMT 12
Correct: Balthazar, Melchior, Gaspar
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Post by Lux on Dec 24, 2008 10:03:32 GMT 12
Christmas Eve: Who's coming tonight? |
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Post by yollie on Dec 25, 2008 5:43:46 GMT 12
Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Pere Noel, whatever you call him |
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Post by cailz on Dec 30, 2008 17:52:58 GMT 12
USA he's known as Santa Claus
UK he's Father Christmas
Wales he's Sion Corn
France and Canada he's Pere Noel
Brazil and Peru he's Papai Noel
Germany he's Christkind
Poland he's Gwiazdar
and the list still goes on and on. Interesting don't you think?
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Post by yollie on Dec 30, 2008 22:01:12 GMT 12
here in Holland he's known as Kerstman. And we have our own celebration on Dec 5th with Sint Nicolaas, which vaguely resembles olden day Santas (hence Saint Nick)
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Post by Lux on Jan 5, 2009 16:12:22 GMT 12
Correct: Hana Koko!
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Post by Lux on Jan 5, 2009 16:13:01 GMT 12
Riddle:
Of all your possessions, I am the hardest to guard. If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me.
What am I?
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Post by cailz on Jan 5, 2009 21:14:44 GMT 12
A secret?  |
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Post by Lux on Jan 6, 2009 16:32:10 GMT 12
Correct: A secret
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Post by Lux on Jan 6, 2009 16:34:17 GMT 12
Miscellaneous Trivia:
Pinto Colvig is better known as the original ...?
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