new potpourri trivia thread

[Farbio]

in the spirit of lob's threads from the past few days, answer the random trivia question correctly and get the baton, ask a new question and pass the baton off to the correct replier


here goes:

what are the three bones in the human ear?

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

the Hammer, Anvil & Stirrup (Malleus, Incus, Stapes)

 

[Farbio]

only took 3 hours, but theneuromancer has the baton

 

[IBhacknU]

waiting for his trivia!

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

I just woke up.

When and why and where was built the Eiffel's tower?

 

[3615buck]

In Paris (France) by Gustave Eiffel for the 100th anniversary of the French revolution... So in 1889

 

[BiggieN]

so...you wanna give us a question?

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

The year? Please state what other important occasion happened in Paris that year!

 

[8ball]

Bastille Day!

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

3615buck, you have the baton. There was a world exposition in Paris that year.

 

[3615buck]

What did Ferdinand de Lesseps build ?

Weird... I replied after you gave me the baton and my reply is above yours...

 

[3615buck]

So I'll ask it again...

What did Ferdinand de Lesseps build ?

 

[BiggieN]

panama canal.

 

[3615buck]

That's only half of the answer...
He digged another one before Panama

Sorry, I overtook someone again...

 

[3615buck]

That's only half of the answer...
He digged another one before Panama

 

[Bling Bling]

Suez Canal

 

[IBhacknU]

Panama Canal

/me guesses that's right

 

[8ball]

Suez canal

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

The Suez canal.
Something's wrong with the forums...

 

[3615buck]

Right, you've got it Bling Bling...
Go !

 

[BiggieN]

suez canal...

 

[Bling Bling]

I got it first. By the way, de Lesseps quit building the Panama because people started dying of the Yellow Fever.

 

[BiggieN]

dang....its my dialup...i swear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bling Bling]

Ok, related to my previous post:

Who found the cure for Yellow Fever?

 

[Bling Bling]

Biggie sucks!!!

but he is a wise man.