Question of the day

[Spartacus]

I know this , Iv seen that doc before . They are the only thing worth wathing on Tv

 

[Potenza3200]

Rather a grey area as to wether it can be defined as a 'hostilities'. More a state of hypothetical bloodless war between the netherlands and isles of scilly.. That GCSE in history was bound to come in usefull sometime

Saw this one on the Discovery Channel the other day.

Which European country finally signed a peace treaty with a British Island in 1986 to end over 335 years of hostilities.
And what is significant about it?

 

[GeoffCapes]

Rather a grey area as to wether it can be defined as a 'hostilities'. More a state of hypothetical bloodless war between the netherlands and isles of scilly.. That GCSE in history was bound to come in usefull sometime

Spot on Rich. Over to you.
They never even fired a shot at each other. It was only when a local historian brought up the fact that a state of war still existed that they decided to call a truce.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Rather a grey area as to wether it can be defined as a 'hostilities'. More a state of hypothetical bloodless war between the netherlands and isles of scilly.. That GCSE in history was bound to come in usefull sometime

Sounds about right as the some part of the country now wasn't part of the country then or vise versa...but i would have guessed Spain.

 

[Potenza3200]

Okay let's see who has knowledge of lesser known history Of which nationality were the first Europeans to land in North America?

 

[Navcorr]

Norwegian?

 

[Potenza3200]

Perfect! Over to you..

Norwegian?

 

[Navcorr]

There's a long boat museum in Oslo - amazing place. Plus recent-ish discoveries of Viking settlements in Canada. I think it was Canada?

A music question pop pickers - a quick cheeky one for lunchtime. Who were The High Numbers.

 

[2b1ask1]

The Who?

 

[daverichardson]

I think I asked that one a few years ago

 

[Navcorr]

Indeed they were - albeit briefly.
Newton has it - but have to ask how a rocker knows that?

 

[Navcorr]

I think I asked that one a few years ago

Oops.

 

[2b1ask1]

Indeed they were - albeit briefly.
Newton has it - but have to ask how a rocker knows that?

Doh!

Know thy enemy....


Ok a quick one on the fly as it were:

Incandescent light bulbs are very inefficient converting 5% or less of the electricity used into visible light, other than keeping you away from the very hot element what is the purpose of the glass 'bulb'?

 

[Navcorr]

Doh!

Know thy enemy....

 

[Navcorr]

Incandescent light bulbs are very inefficient converting 5% or less of the electricity used into visible light, other than keeping you away from the very hot element what is the purpose of the glass 'bulb'?

Electrocution could be one answer but probably not the one you want.

 

[Spartacus]

Is it to keep the inert gas inside?

I have a slight advantage , iv worked for a lighting company for 20 years sorry . I could even tell you what the gas is if you like? ;P

 

[MrMickS]

Or more importantly to keep the oxygen in atmosphere away from the element.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I thought it was a vacuum? Inert gas being only used in Gas-discharge lamps such as Neon or Argon...

 

[MrPea]

It's usually argon in those, and yes it's so that the metal element doesn't burn up in the atmosphere as it certainly would at that operating temperature. I would imagine that the electrocution thing also matters as the filamemt is pretty high resistance so arcing could be possible to nearby grounded objects.

 

[2b1ask1]

All correct as such but I'm going to give it to Mr Micks as the first to mention oxygen, Essentially they were either evacuated (vacuum) or inert filled but either way the bulb serves to prevent the element oxidising and therefore burning out in moments.