Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths.buLLet_t00th wrote:
Explain the USA states bit?
RicardoBlanco wrote:
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favourite drink?
A. Vodka Martini (Shaken, not stirred)
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A. Sperm Whale
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A. The French!
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. Orange
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A. 51
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
A. Sahara Desert
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A. Pass
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A. Sperm Whale
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A. Masala
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A. Egypt
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!Gillenator wrote:
Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths.buLLet_t00th wrote:
Explain the USA states bit?
RicardoBlanco wrote:
Here are a few questions most commonly answered incorrectly. Anyone who gets them all right gets karma
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favourite drink?
A. Vesper
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A. Honey mushroom
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A. Dom Pierre
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. Orange
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A. 50
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
A. Atacama desert
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A. Rome
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A. Ribbon worm
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A. India
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A. North America
There's a few to keep you going
See page one, there are your answers!
- Superior Mind
- (not macbeth)
- +1,755|7150
I have never heard that in my life wow.Gillenator wrote:
Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths.buLLet_t00th wrote:
Explain the USA states bit?
Still part of the USA.Superior Mind wrote:
I have never heard that in my life wow.Gillenator wrote:
Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths.buLLet_t00th wrote:
Explain the USA states bit?
there are 50 states in the us. quit putting 52
1. Vermont 3.
2. Massachusetts 1.
3. Connecticut 2.
4. New Jersey 4.
5. Maine 11.
6. Virginia 12.
7. Montana 10.
8. Wisconsin 5.
9. Iowa 8.
10. Pennsylvania 9.
11. Nebraska 13.
12. New Hampshire 14.
13. Minnesota 7.
14. Rhode Island 23.
15. Kansas 15.
16. New York 6.
17. South Dakota 22.
18. Maryland 18.
19. Wyoming 16.
20. Idaho 29.
21. North Dakota 19.
22. Missouri 26.
23. North Carolina 25.
24. Indiana 17.
25. Texas 33.
26. South Carolina 32.
27. Colorado 21.
28. Delaware 27.
29. Florida 39.
30. Tennessee 41.
31. Kentucky 37.
32. Arkansas 36.
33. Washington 30.
34. Ohio 20.
35. Illinois 24.
36. Oklahoma 40.
37. West Virginia 33.
38. Utah 28.
39. Michigan 31.
40. Oregon 35.
41. Georgia 38.
42. Hawaii 42.
43. New Mexico 50.
44. Louisiana 46.
45. Alabama 44.
46. Alaska 45.
47. California 43.
48. Mississippi 47.
49. Nevada 49.
50. Arizona 48.
in order of smartest to not, 2nd number is previous results
Trying telling Virginia State college that is should be re-named
1. Vermont 3.
2. Massachusetts 1.
3. Connecticut 2.
4. New Jersey 4.
5. Maine 11.
6. Virginia 12.
7. Montana 10.
8. Wisconsin 5.
9. Iowa 8.
10. Pennsylvania 9.
11. Nebraska 13.
12. New Hampshire 14.
13. Minnesota 7.
14. Rhode Island 23.
15. Kansas 15.
16. New York 6.
17. South Dakota 22.
18. Maryland 18.
19. Wyoming 16.
20. Idaho 29.
21. North Dakota 19.
22. Missouri 26.
23. North Carolina 25.
24. Indiana 17.
25. Texas 33.
26. South Carolina 32.
27. Colorado 21.
28. Delaware 27.
29. Florida 39.
30. Tennessee 41.
31. Kentucky 37.
32. Arkansas 36.
33. Washington 30.
34. Ohio 20.
35. Illinois 24.
36. Oklahoma 40.
37. West Virginia 33.
38. Utah 28.
39. Michigan 31.
40. Oregon 35.
41. Georgia 38.
42. Hawaii 42.
43. New Mexico 50.
44. Louisiana 46.
45. Alabama 44.
46. Alaska 45.
47. California 43.
48. Mississippi 47.
49. Nevada 49.
50. Arizona 48.
in order of smartest to not, 2nd number is previous results
Trying telling Virginia State college that is should be re-named
Last edited by Locoloki (2007-04-26 07:35:00)
But not officialy states.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Still part of the USA.Superior Mind wrote:
I have never heard that in my life wow.Gillenator wrote:
Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths.
And the answers...
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favourite drink?
A.Not vodka martini. Of Bond's 317 drinks in all the original Ian Fleming 007 books, he preferred whisky by a long way - he drinks 101 in all. Champagne is second (30 glasses) but he only ever has 19 Vodka Martinis.
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A. It's a mushroom. A honey fungus mushroom that grows on dead tree-stumps.
But one in Malheur National Forest, Oregon is 2,200 acres, and up to 8,000 years old. Most of it is underground made of a massive mat of tentacle-like roots.
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A. Not the French but the ENGLISH, who made fizzy wine in the 16th Century, importing barrels of flat green wine from France and adding sugar and molasses to start it fermenting. In 1876, the French perfected the modern dry or brut style - but only to export it to... England.
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. APRICOTS. The famous "orangey" jam is actually apricot pulp, sugar and a squirt of tangerine oil.
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A. Forget Hawaii Five-0, there are only forty-six. Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths. This grants them no special powers, they simply chose the word to describe themselves at the end of the war of independence, making it clear they were no longer Royal Colonies answering to the King, but states governed by the common consent of the people.
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
A. Antarctica - parts of which have not seen a drop of rain for two million years. Antarctica's average annual rainfall is about the same as the Sahara Desert at 1 in (25 mm), but 2 per cent of it, known as the Dry Valleys, is free of ice and it never rains there at all
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A. England. Baseball was first recorded in England in A Little Pretty Pocket Book, which was reprinted in America in 1762.
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A. Not the blue whale, but the bootlace worm which reaches a massive 200 feet (60m), almost twice as long as a blue whale and a third longer than the lion's main jellyfish, the previous record holder. You could drape a bootlace worm from one end of an Olympic size swimming pool to the other and still have some left over. The creatures are so thin that even the longest may only be a few millimetres in diameter.
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A. Glasgow. Britain actually EXPORTS chicken tikka masala to India. Invented in the late 1960s, it is Britain's most popular dish, but there's no standard recipe. In a survey, the Real Curry Guide tested 48 different versions and the only common ingredient was chicken.
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A. From North America. The beasts of the African and Arabian deserts are actually American in origin. Like horses and dogs, camels evolved in the grasslands of America 20 million years ago. Four million years ago they crossed the Bering landbridge into Asia. They became extinct in North America during the last Ice Age and unlike horses and dogs, haven't made it back.
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favourite drink?
A.Not vodka martini. Of Bond's 317 drinks in all the original Ian Fleming 007 books, he preferred whisky by a long way - he drinks 101 in all. Champagne is second (30 glasses) but he only ever has 19 Vodka Martinis.
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A. It's a mushroom. A honey fungus mushroom that grows on dead tree-stumps.
But one in Malheur National Forest, Oregon is 2,200 acres, and up to 8,000 years old. Most of it is underground made of a massive mat of tentacle-like roots.
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A. Not the French but the ENGLISH, who made fizzy wine in the 16th Century, importing barrels of flat green wine from France and adding sugar and molasses to start it fermenting. In 1876, the French perfected the modern dry or brut style - but only to export it to... England.
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. APRICOTS. The famous "orangey" jam is actually apricot pulp, sugar and a squirt of tangerine oil.
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A. Forget Hawaii Five-0, there are only forty-six. Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths. This grants them no special powers, they simply chose the word to describe themselves at the end of the war of independence, making it clear they were no longer Royal Colonies answering to the King, but states governed by the common consent of the people.
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
A. Antarctica - parts of which have not seen a drop of rain for two million years. Antarctica's average annual rainfall is about the same as the Sahara Desert at 1 in (25 mm), but 2 per cent of it, known as the Dry Valleys, is free of ice and it never rains there at all
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A. England. Baseball was first recorded in England in A Little Pretty Pocket Book, which was reprinted in America in 1762.
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A. Not the blue whale, but the bootlace worm which reaches a massive 200 feet (60m), almost twice as long as a blue whale and a third longer than the lion's main jellyfish, the previous record holder. You could drape a bootlace worm from one end of an Olympic size swimming pool to the other and still have some left over. The creatures are so thin that even the longest may only be a few millimetres in diameter.
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A. Glasgow. Britain actually EXPORTS chicken tikka masala to India. Invented in the late 1960s, it is Britain's most popular dish, but there's no standard recipe. In a survey, the Real Curry Guide tested 48 different versions and the only common ingredient was chicken.
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A. From North America. The beasts of the African and Arabian deserts are actually American in origin. Like horses and dogs, camels evolved in the grasslands of America 20 million years ago. Four million years ago they crossed the Bering landbridge into Asia. They became extinct in North America during the last Ice Age and unlike horses and dogs, haven't made it back.
Those states are part of the UNITED STATES government. Please explain how did they became commomwealth states?Gillenator wrote:
But not officialy states.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Still part of the USA.Superior Mind wrote:
I have never heard that in my life wow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_(United_States)cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Those states are part of the UNITED STATES government. Please explain how did they became commomwealth states?Gillenator wrote:
But not officialy states.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Still part of the USA.
edit: you have to put in the whole url inc. (united_states)
Last edited by RicardoBlanco (2007-04-26 07:26:21)
RicardoBlanco wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_(United_States)cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Those states are part of the UNITED STATES government. Please explain how did they became commomwealth states?Gillenator wrote:
But not officialy states.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state … and_statesNaming issues: Commonwealths, republics, and states
Four of the states bear the formal title of Commonwealth: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. In these cases, this is merely a name and has no legal effect. Somewhat confusingly, two U.S. territories — Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas — are also referred to as commonwealths, and do have a legal status different from the states.
The Republic of Texas was an independent nation for nine years, and the Republic of Hawaiʻi, formerly the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, was also an independent nation. There is debate over whether Vermont was ever an independent nation; however it was the first future state to write its own Constitution. The so-called "California Republic" was actually a flag raised by Americans in the town of Sonoma after they expelled the local Mexican official. Ten days later the U.S. Army took over."
Last edited by Zodiaccup (2007-04-26 07:27:49)
True, but legally spoken, this commonwealth is a state of the USA, as, for example the Freistaat Bayern (Free State Bavaria) is a Bundesland (state) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Being a Commonwealth does not conflict with being a state of the US. It does not matter how the state defines itself, it just matters if it is a State for the Union. Theoretically it could even be a monarchy.Gillenator wrote:
Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all officially Commonwealths.buLLet_t00th wrote:
Explain the USA states bit?
Last edited by SineNomine (2007-04-26 07:40:32)
- Superior Mind
- (not macbeth)
- +1,755|7150
What about llamas, they are in the camel family. And there are llamas o plenty in North America.RicardoBlanco wrote:
And the answers...
[list]
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A. From North America. The beasts of the African and Arabian deserts are actually American in origin. Like horses and dogs, camels evolved in the grasslands of America 20 million years ago. Four million years ago they crossed the Bering landbridge into Asia. They became extinct in North America during the last Ice Age and unlike horses and dogs, haven't made it back.
Not a clue about that.Superior Mind wrote:
What about llamas, they are in the camel family. And there are llamas o plenty in North America.RicardoBlanco wrote:
And the answers...
[list]
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A. From North America. The beasts of the African and Arabian deserts are actually American in origin. Like horses and dogs, camels evolved in the grasslands of America 20 million years ago. Four million years ago they crossed the Bering landbridge into Asia. They became extinct in North America during the last Ice Age and unlike horses and dogs, haven't made it back.
After doing some research of my own, because I had this list pegged as rubbish, I found the following to be either true or false.
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favorite drink?
A.Whiskey
False. He consumes more whiskey than any other drink over the course of the series, but as far as personal preference his favorite is the Vesper Martini, shaken not stirred.
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A.Honey Mushroom
True.
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A.English
Ambigous disassociation. You did not specify whether you wanted a person, continent, group, organization, country, etc when you stated "who". As far as a specific person being credited, there is none.
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. Who cares?
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A.46
False. There are 50 states. Four of the constituent states of the United States officially designate themselves Commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This designation, which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a "government based on the common consent of the people" as opposed to one legitimized through their earlier Royal Colony status that was derived from the King of Great Britain. The word commonwealth is of English derivation and refers to the common "wealth" or welfare of the public. In common parlance, people do not make the distinction between state or commonwealth. The distinction of commonwealth is nothing more than a loose adjective describing the social awareness of the populous in pre and post American Revolution times. Today these titles are nothing more than trivial legacy's that have no impact on the relationship between other states or the nation as a whole.
In other words, they are fucking states with fancy names.
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
Antarctica
False. Antarctica has the driest air humidity in the world. The Atacama Desert is the actual driest place on Earth.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains. The average rainfall in the Chilean region of Antofagasta is just 1 mm per year, and there was a period of time where no rain fell there for 400 years. It is so arid, in fact, that mountains that reach as high as 6,885 metres (22,590 feet) are completely free of glaciers and, in the southern part from 25°S to 27°S, have possibly been glacier-free throughout the Quaternary - though permafrost extends down to an altitude of 4,400 metres and is continuous above 5,600 metres. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.[1]
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A.England
False. The game Rounders was invented in England and was the precurser to Baseball which was invented in New York in the 1860s.
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A.Ribbon Worm
True.
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A.Once again, who cares and who would know that off the top of their head?
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A.North America
I don't know where in the fuck you came up with North America but the best thing I could find was:
Camels are even-toed ungulates in the genus Camelus. The Dromedary or Arabian Camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian Camel has two humps. They are native to the dry and desert areas of Northern Africa and Asia, respectively. The average life expectancy of a camel is 50 to 60 years. The term camel is also used more broadly to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco, and Vicuña.
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favorite drink?
A.Whiskey
False. He consumes more whiskey than any other drink over the course of the series, but as far as personal preference his favorite is the Vesper Martini, shaken not stirred.
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A.Honey Mushroom
True.
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A.English
Ambigous disassociation. You did not specify whether you wanted a person, continent, group, organization, country, etc when you stated "who". As far as a specific person being credited, there is none.
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. Who cares?
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A.46
False. There are 50 states. Four of the constituent states of the United States officially designate themselves Commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This designation, which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a "government based on the common consent of the people" as opposed to one legitimized through their earlier Royal Colony status that was derived from the King of Great Britain. The word commonwealth is of English derivation and refers to the common "wealth" or welfare of the public. In common parlance, people do not make the distinction between state or commonwealth. The distinction of commonwealth is nothing more than a loose adjective describing the social awareness of the populous in pre and post American Revolution times. Today these titles are nothing more than trivial legacy's that have no impact on the relationship between other states or the nation as a whole.
In other words, they are fucking states with fancy names.
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
Antarctica
False. Antarctica has the driest air humidity in the world. The Atacama Desert is the actual driest place on Earth.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains. The average rainfall in the Chilean region of Antofagasta is just 1 mm per year, and there was a period of time where no rain fell there for 400 years. It is so arid, in fact, that mountains that reach as high as 6,885 metres (22,590 feet) are completely free of glaciers and, in the southern part from 25°S to 27°S, have possibly been glacier-free throughout the Quaternary - though permafrost extends down to an altitude of 4,400 metres and is continuous above 5,600 metres. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.[1]
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A.England
False. The game Rounders was invented in England and was the precurser to Baseball which was invented in New York in the 1860s.
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A.Ribbon Worm
True.
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A.Once again, who cares and who would know that off the top of their head?
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A.North America
I don't know where in the fuck you came up with North America but the best thing I could find was:
Camels are even-toed ungulates in the genus Camelus. The Dromedary or Arabian Camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian Camel has two humps. They are native to the dry and desert areas of Northern Africa and Asia, respectively. The average life expectancy of a camel is 50 to 60 years. The term camel is also used more broadly to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco, and Vicuña.
more
Largest living thing is a coral reef i think
RicardoBlanco wrote:
Here are a few questions most commonly answered incorrectly. Anyone who gets them all right gets karma
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favourite drink?
A. whiskey
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A. mushroom
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A. The english
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. jaffa oranges
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A. 46
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
A. antartica
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A. England
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A. ribbon worm (tapeworm????)
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A. UK
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A. north africa and asia
There's a few to keep you going
Last edited by -Leeds-Lad- (2007-04-26 07:58:39)
You just pwned this thread.Cougar wrote:
After doing some research of my own, because I had this list pegged as rubbish, I found the following to be either true or false.
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favorite drink?
A.Whiskey
False. He consumes more whiskey than any other drink over the course of the series, but as far as personal preference his favorite is the Vesper Martini, shaken not stirred.
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A.Honey Mushroom
True.
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A.English
Ambigous disassociation. You did not specify whether you wanted a person, continent, group, organization, country, etc when you stated "who". As far as a specific person being credited, there is none.
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. Who cares?
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A.46
False. There are 50 states. Four of the constituent states of the United States officially designate themselves Commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This designation, which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a "government based on the common consent of the people" as opposed to one legitimized through their earlier Royal Colony status that was derived from the King of Great Britain. The word commonwealth is of English derivation and refers to the common "wealth" or welfare of the public. In common parlance, people do not make the distinction between state or commonwealth. The distinction of commonwealth is nothing more than a loose adjective describing the social awareness of the populous in pre and post American Revolution times. Today these titles are nothing more than trivial legacy's that have no impact on the relationship between other states or the nation as a whole.
In other words, they are fucking states with fancy names.
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
Antarctica
False. Antarctica has the driest air humidity in the world. The Atacama Desert is the actual driest place on Earth.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains. The average rainfall in the Chilean region of Antofagasta is just 1 mm per year, and there was a period of time where no rain fell there for 400 years. It is so arid, in fact, that mountains that reach as high as 6,885 metres (22,590 feet) are completely free of glaciers and, in the southern part from 25°S to 27°S, have possibly been glacier-free throughout the Quaternary - though permafrost extends down to an altitude of 4,400 metres and is continuous above 5,600 metres. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.[1]
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A.England
False. The game Rounders was invented in England and was the precurser to Baseball which was invented in New York in the 1860s.
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A.Ribbon Worm
True.
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A.Once again, who cares and who would know that off the top of their head?
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A.North America
I don't know where in the fuck you came up with North America but the best thing I could find was:
Camels are even-toed ungulates in the genus Camelus. The Dromedary or Arabian Camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian Camel has two humps. They are native to the dry and desert areas of Northern Africa and Asia, respectively. The average life expectancy of a camel is 50 to 60 years. The term camel is also used more broadly to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco, and Vicuña.
This was supposed to be fun and the whole point is the questions are ambiguous. I don't think it's a thread you can really 'pwn'...that'd be sad Cyborg.Cougar wrote:
After doing some research of my own, because I had this list pegged as rubbish, I found the following to be either true or false.
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favorite drink?
A.Whiskey
False. He consumes more whiskey than any other drink over the course of the series, but as far as personal preference his favorite is the Vesper Martini, shaken not stirred.
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A.Honey Mushroom
True.
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A.English
Ambigous disassociation. You did not specify whether you wanted a person, continent, group, organization, country, etc when you stated "who". As far as a specific person being credited, there is none.
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. Who cares?
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A.46
False. There are 50 states. Four of the constituent states of the United States officially designate themselves Commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This designation, which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a "government based on the common consent of the people" as opposed to one legitimized through their earlier Royal Colony status that was derived from the King of Great Britain. The word commonwealth is of English derivation and refers to the common "wealth" or welfare of the public. In common parlance, people do not make the distinction between state or commonwealth. The distinction of commonwealth is nothing more than a loose adjective describing the social awareness of the populous in pre and post American Revolution times. Today these titles are nothing more than trivial legacy's that have no impact on the relationship between other states or the nation as a whole.
In other words, they are fucking states with fancy names.
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
Antarctica
False. Antarctica has the driest air humidity in the world. The Atacama Desert is the actual driest place on Earth.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains. The average rainfall in the Chilean region of Antofagasta is just 1 mm per year, and there was a period of time where no rain fell there for 400 years. It is so arid, in fact, that mountains that reach as high as 6,885 metres (22,590 feet) are completely free of glaciers and, in the southern part from 25°S to 27°S, have possibly been glacier-free throughout the Quaternary - though permafrost extends down to an altitude of 4,400 metres and is continuous above 5,600 metres. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.[1]
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A.England
False. The game Rounders was invented in England and was the precurser to Baseball which was invented in New York in the 1860s.
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A.Ribbon Worm
True.
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A.Once again, who cares and who would know that off the top of their head?
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A.North America
I don't know where in the fuck you came up with North America but the best thing I could find was:
Camels are even-toed ungulates in the genus Camelus. The Dromedary or Arabian Camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian Camel has two humps. They are native to the dry and desert areas of Northern Africa and Asia, respectively. The average life expectancy of a camel is 50 to 60 years. The term camel is also used more broadly to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco, and Vicuña.
Chicken Tikka Masala is NOT, I repeat NOT made in India. They have nothing like it there, the closest thing is buttered chicken.
There are many different theories such as a Scottish man demanded gravy in his curry and it was made....
There are many different theories such as a Scottish man demanded gravy in his curry and it was made....
Teheehee.RicardoBlanco wrote:
This was supposed to be fun and the whole point is the questions are ambiguous. I don't think it's a thread you can really 'pwn'...that'd be sad Cyborg.Cougar wrote:
After doing some research of my own, because I had this list pegged as rubbish, I found the following to be either true or false.
[list]
[*]Q. What was James Bond's favorite drink?
A.Whiskey
False. He consumes more whiskey than any other drink over the course of the series, but as far as personal preference his favorite is the Vesper Martini, shaken not stirred.
[*]Q. What is the largest living thing?
A.Honey Mushroom
True.
[*]Q. Who invented Champagne?
A.English
Ambigous disassociation. You did not specify whether you wanted a person, continent, group, organization, country, etc when you stated "who". As far as a specific person being credited, there is none.
[*]Q. Which fruit are Jaffa Cakes made from?
A. Who cares?
[*]Q. How many states are there in the USA?
A.46
False. There are 50 states. Four of the constituent states of the United States officially designate themselves Commonwealths: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This designation, which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a "government based on the common consent of the people" as opposed to one legitimized through their earlier Royal Colony status that was derived from the King of Great Britain. The word commonwealth is of English derivation and refers to the common "wealth" or welfare of the public. In common parlance, people do not make the distinction between state or commonwealth. The distinction of commonwealth is nothing more than a loose adjective describing the social awareness of the populous in pre and post American Revolution times. Today these titles are nothing more than trivial legacy's that have no impact on the relationship between other states or the nation as a whole.
In other words, they are fucking states with fancy names.
[*]Q. Where is the driest place on earth?
Antarctica
False. Antarctica has the driest air humidity in the world. The Atacama Desert is the actual driest place on Earth.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains. The average rainfall in the Chilean region of Antofagasta is just 1 mm per year, and there was a period of time where no rain fell there for 400 years. It is so arid, in fact, that mountains that reach as high as 6,885 metres (22,590 feet) are completely free of glaciers and, in the southern part from 25°S to 27°S, have possibly been glacier-free throughout the Quaternary - though permafrost extends down to an altitude of 4,400 metres and is continuous above 5,600 metres. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.[1]
[*]Q. Where was baseball invented?
A.England
False. The game Rounders was invented in England and was the precurser to Baseball which was invented in New York in the 1860s.
[*]Q. What's the longest animal?
A.Ribbon Worm
True.
[*]Q. Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
A.Once again, who cares and who would know that off the top of their head?
[*]Q. Where do camels come from?
A.North America
I don't know where in the fuck you came up with North America but the best thing I could find was:
Camels are even-toed ungulates in the genus Camelus. The Dromedary or Arabian Camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian Camel has two humps. They are native to the dry and desert areas of Northern Africa and Asia, respectively. The average life expectancy of a camel is 50 to 60 years. The term camel is also used more broadly to describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco, and Vicuña.
"The camel family originated in North America, where fossils of many different kinds of camel 'prototypes' have been discovered. These early camels seem to have appeared in a wide range of shapes and sizes, with the smallest being only the size of a rabbit, and the largest standing 4.5m (15ft) at the shoulder!"
Cougar was wrong, lets have a party!
Edit: You must have spent hours trying to find a connection between camels and North America, it took at least 0.5 seconds for Google to find something with 'camels north america' in the title!
Cougar was wrong, lets have a party!
Edit: You must have spent hours trying to find a connection between camels and North America, it took at least 0.5 seconds for Google to find something with 'camels north america' in the title!
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