**potpourri thread '03**

[Fausto]

Who was the winner of the inaugural US PRO Cycling Championships in 1985?

Hint: he's a well-known winter olympic athlete.

 

[Rallispec]

johny mosely

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
johny mosely

Um.....he was probably like 4 years old in 1985.

 

[Rallispec]

Eric Heiden... (had to google it )

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec
johny mosely

Um.....he was probably like 4 years old in 1985.

yeah... well... so was i

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
Eric Heiden... (had to google it )

Yup. That's him.

You kinda had to figure someone with quads that big could pedal a bike pretty well.

 

[Rallispec]

who won the first tour de france?

 

[Fausto]

Maurice Garin.

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Maurice Garin.

yep

for some reason i had maurice Greben in my head though.. but yeah, its Garin, not greben.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Maurice Garin.

yep

for some reason i had maurice Greben in my head though.. but yeah, its Garin, not greben.

Keeping with the Tour theme:

Why is the leader's jersey yellow?

 

[Gujski]

So the ariel cameras know who to get on camera?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Gujski
So the ariel cameras know who to get on camera?

Hehe...nope.

Hint: it's essentially the same reason the leader's jersey of the Giro d'Italia is pink.

 

[Rallispec]

its the color of the paper

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
its the color of the paper

yup.

 

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Marshallj

With the game C&C Generals being popular lately, who knows what the *original* game was called? Hint- It was before C&C.

Tiberian Dawn?

It was actually Dune2.

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec
its the color of the paper

yup.

what does that actuallly mean though? what is 'the paper'?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec
its the color of the paper

yup.

what does that actuallly mean though? what is 'the paper'?

Ah.....so you really don't know the answer?

/holds baton just barely out of Ralli's reach

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec
its the color of the paper

yup.

what does that actuallly mean though? what is 'the paper'?

Ah.....so you really don't know the answer?

/holds baton just barely out of Ralli's reach

seems to me like you dont really know the answer either then.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec
its the color of the paper

yup.

what does that actuallly mean though? what is 'the paper'?

Ah.....so you really don't know the answer?

/holds baton just barely out of Ralli's reach

seems to me like you dont really know the answer either then.

Actually, I do. I can tell you the name of the paper and the man who founded it.

 

[Rallispec]

/*grabs baton -- screw the dumb papers!

the person (researcher for AT&T's Bell Labs) who first used the word 'bit' (as in binary digit) also coined what other computer related word?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
/*grabs baton -- screw the dumb papers!

the person (researcher for AT&T's Bell Labs) who first used the word 'bit' (as in binary digit) also coined what other computer related word?

You big cheater.

Both France and Italy have a daily sports paper. France's is L'Equipeand Italy's is La Gazzetta dello Sport The first is printed on yellow paper and the second on pink paper. These two papers were very involved with their respective country's national tour from early on, hence the color of the leader's jerseys.

 

[blackdogdeek]

intarweb

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Rallispec
/*grabs baton -- screw the dumb papers!

the person (researcher for AT&T's Bell Labs) who first used the word 'bit' (as in binary digit) also coined what other computer related word?

You big cheater.

Both France and Italy have a daily sports paper. France's is L'Equipeand Italy's is La Gazzetta dello Sport The first is printed on yellow paper and the second on pink paper. These two papers were very involved with their respective country's national tour from early on, hence the color of the leader's jerseys.

cool

 

[Rallispec]

hint: begins with an S

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
hint: begins with an S

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