| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 26 04:22AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > birds and animals adopted by countries. In each case, we give > you an animal or a bird, and you name the country. > 1. Snow leopard. Japan > 2. Cow. India > 3. Komodo dragon. Indonesia > 4. Peacock. Thailand > 5. Dodo. Mauritius > 6. Dalmatian. Croatia > 7. Vicuña. Peru > 8. Springbok (gazelle). South Africa > 9. Giraffe. Sudan > 10. Quetzal. Mexico > 1. 287-212 BC. Physics. "The upward buoyant force that is exerted > on a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the > fluid that the body displaces." Achimedes > 2. 1627-1691. Gas law in chemistry. "The volume and pressure > of an ideal gas of fixed mass held at a constant temperature > are inversely proportional." Boyle > 3. 1919-1990. Management. "In a hierarchy, every employee tends > to rise to his (or her) level of incompetence." Peter > 4. 1775-1836. Physics. The circuital law which relates the > circulating magnetic field in a closed loop to the electric > current passing through the loop. Coulomb > 5. 1791-1867. Law of induction in physics. "A magnetic field > changing in time creates a proportional electromotive force." Maxwell > 6. 1889-1953. Astronomy. "Galaxies recede from an observer at > a rate proportional to their distance to the observer." Hubble > 7. 1571-1630. Laws of planetary motion in astronomy. These laws > describe the motion of planets around the Sun. Kepler > 8. 1789-1854. Law of electricity in physics. "The ratio of the > potential difference between the ends of a conductor to the > current flowing through it is a constant." Ampere > 9. 1929-present. Observation in computing. "The complexity > of integrated circuits doubles every 24 months." He's also a > co-founder of the chip maker Intel. Moore -- Dan Tilque |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 26 07:51PM +0100 On 2015-11-25 12:24, Mark Brader wrote: > birds and animals adopted by countries. In each case, we give > you an animal or a bird, and you name the country. > 1. Snow leopard. Nepal > 2. Cow. > 3. Komodo dragon. East Timor > 4. Peacock. India > 7. Vicuña. > 8. Springbok (gazelle). > 9. Giraffe. Kenya > 10. Quetzal. Mexico > 1. 287-212 BC. Physics. "The upward buoyant force that is exerted > on a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the > fluid that the body displaces." Arcimede's principle > 9. 1929-present. Observation in computing. "The complexity > of integrated circuits doubles every 24 months." He's also a > co-founder of the chip maker Intel. Moore -- -- Björn |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 26 07:46PM +0100 On 2015-11-25 12:21, Mark Brader wrote: >> 11. (decoy) > Kiefer Sutherland. Bruce got this, and Björn made himself wrong by > attempting the given name. not only dis I hardly recognize anyone, and the one I did, I got the wrong number :-( -- -- Björn |
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