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FFM's puzzle/quiz/random question thread (the matchbook on my desk!)

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no one knows? Okay, here's the answer: 10 months, believe it or not. Rent the special edition DVD. There's lots of good info on it.

next question...

How did the "Ham Radio" get it's name??

nik
 


<< no one knows? Okay, here's the answer: 10 months, believe it or not. Rent the special edition DVD. There's lots of good info on it.

next question...

How did the "Ham Radio" get it's name??

nik
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They used to pound their fist down on the Morse Key.
 


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<< no one knows? Okay, here's the answer: 10 months, believe it or not. Rent the special edition DVD. There's lots of good info on it.

next question...

How did the "Ham Radio" get it's name??

nik
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They used to pound their fist down on the Morse Key.
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w0ot 😀

next question

Where was the first public school in the United States?

nik
 


<< What homage does filmmaker George Lucas pay to his student film project in his first big move, American Graffiti? >>

Oo a good one 😀 Dunno...

nik
 
b0mbr, sweet!

If the sun were reduced in size to 10 feet in diameter, and the rest of the planets also to scale, how far away would the planet Pluto be?

nik
 


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<< What homage does filmmaker George Lucas pay to his student film project in his first big move, American Graffiti? >>

Oo a good one 😀 Dunno...

nik
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No one got a guess? Answer posted at 5 after
 


<< b0mbr, sweet!

If the sun were reduced in size to 10 feet in diameter, and the rest of the planets also to scale, how far away would the planet Pluto be?

nik
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Exactly? I've heard comparisons - if the sun was a beachball in florida, pluto would be a speck of dust in New York, or something like that. But nothing in terms of miles unless I go look it up.
 
Well, yeah, that one gets quite hazzy. What I've heard is seven miles.

We'll move on to the next bit of useless trivia that comes to my brain. I've written down the ideas as I get them, so I've got a small list left 🙂

What year was the introduction of the first rotating periscope on a submarine?

nik
 
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