Quoting General_Ourumov:
Ah yes my mistake. I should have remembered that.
Okay next guess....
Sir Alec Douglas-Home?
Correct. After the resignation of Harold MacMillan over the Profumo Affair and ill health, Sir Alec Douglas Home took office in 1963. However, the Conservatives lost the subsequent General Election in 1964 (less than a year later), making him the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century. He had a more distinguished career as Foreign Secretary in the Heath Government (1970-4).
Quoting Lazenby880:
Correct. After the resignation of Harold MacMillan over the Profumo Affair and ill health, Sir Alec Douglas Home took office in 1963. However, the Conservatives lost the subsequent General Election in 1964 (less than a year later), making him the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century. He had a more distinguished career as Foreign Secretary in the Heath Governmant (1970-4).
Ah. Interesting - thanks for the info, most of which I didn't know (or I would have guessed correctly the first time)
With my question, I'll stay relatively on topic and ask.. who was the 30th President of the United States?
The 30th President of the United States was Calvin Coolidge, noted in particular for his laissez-faire economics, minimal government and the phrase, "the business of America is business." I knew all that useless trivia would come in handy some day.
My question, two books won the Booker Prize in 1992. What are their names and whom wrote them?
Quoting Lazenby880:
The 30th President of the United States was Calvin Coolidge, noted in particular for his laissez-faire economics, minimal government and the phrase, "the business of America is business." I knew all that useless trivia would come in handy some day.
Yeah, Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933). I will have to change the subject to stop you, Lazenby880
I searched long and hard for that answer.
Assuming that I'm correct, which actor, who appeared in a Star Wars film, has played Hitler four times?
Good Luck...
Assuming that I'm correct, which actor, who appeared in a Star Wars film, has played Hitler four times?
Good Luck...
You are indeed. Good and difficult question, my immediate guess would have been Alec Guiness, but he only played Hitler once, so I'm going for Michael Sheard, who as far as I can see has played Hitler four times and Himmler three times.
If I am correct, my question is which (self-governing) nation was the first to grant full suffrage to women?
Bloody hell you two, pardon the language but between you i reckon you could recite everything that happened throught the western world in the entire 20th century, i could even say who the first american president was, let alone the 30th, i didnt even know there were 30, i thought there were about 10 or less, wow, shows how much i know
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice and everyone dies.
Quoting Jedi Master:
i could even say who the first american president was, let alone the 30th, i didnt even know there were 30, i thought there were about 10 or less, wow, shows how much i know
Well, Jedi Master, there are 43 US Presidents to date.
Oh, and the answer to Lazenby880's question is: The United States was the first self-governing nation to grant full suffrage to women. I will post my question when I find out whether I am right or not.
Oh, and the answer to Lazenby880's question is: The United States was the first self-governing nation to grant full suffrage to women. I will post my question when I find out whether I am right or not.
That's actually incorrect Sly Fox. Women were granted full suffrage in the United States through the 19th amendment, ratified in 1920. Not the first country.
Quoting Lazenby880:
Michael Sheard, who as far as I can see has played Hitler four times and Himmler three times.
Well done, L880.
Michael Sheard it is. He played Admiral Ozzel in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and played Hitler four times, most notably in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'.
Quoting iain1066:
I think New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote in the lat nineteenth century. Britain did it in 1918 if I recall.
If I am right, my question is who were the last father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor?
You are correct, New Zealand granted women full suffrage in 1893, Great Britain in 1929. Some women were granted the right to vote in 1918, in recognition of their work during WWI, but only if they were over 30 and had certain sizes of property.
As to your question, my guess is Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The former President received his posthumously in early 2001 from Clinton, his son also won his posthumously for his service during D-day.
Don't know if I'm even close though, so I'll waitto see if I am right before posting a question.
can we have some slightly less history based questions please?! like some science ones, im sure i could manage an easy science question!! (chemistry imparticular, I think!!)
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice and everyone dies.
Quoting iain1066:
I did not even think of the Roosevelts. I thought it was the Macarthurs.
For a science question, sort of, who invented the telephone. Just a tip, its not who you think.
Common wisdom holds that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and being a Scot I guess I should really fall into line.
However, the identity of the 'true' inventor is much disputed. There have been many court disputes over the issue and there is little chance of ever discovering who truthfully invented the first workable telephone.
That said, it is often claimed that a German, Philip Reis invented the device. However, his phone was only 'marginal', the user was unable to have their speech understood and mostly transmitted only the pitch of the sound.
The main challenge to Bell's claim has come not from Elisha Gray, but from a little-known Italian inventor Antonio Meucci. The claim from his descendants and supporters is that Bell stole his idea and became a celebrity with it. Meucci filed a notice on a patent (he couldn't afford a full patent) in 1871, before Bell who had shared a lab with Meucci. Bell filed for a patent in 1876, won a contract with Western Union and the rest is history. Meucci sued and could have won, fraud charges were brought against Bell, however the Italian died in 1889, the legal action with him.
Meucci has been recognised by Congress in 2002 however as the true inventor of the telephone, much to many Italians' delight. Perhaps that is the answer you are looking for, but to be honest in many ways it is unanswerable, given the level of debate over the topic and counter-claims against Meucci.
My question, though you might have to do a bit of digging, what is the longest street in the world? (Not a history question, but Jedi Master science is definitely not my forte.)
I was thinking of Meucci. To be honest, I had no idea about the controversy. I thaught that it was taken as read that he couldn't afford the patent and Bell snuck in and stole his thunder. Thanks for all of that background info.
As to the longest street, do you include highways in this or just city streets?
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Okay next guess....
Sir Alec Douglas-Home?
Correct. After the resignation of Harold MacMillan over the Profumo Affair and ill health, Sir Alec Douglas Home took office in 1963. However, the Conservatives lost the subsequent General Election in 1964 (less than a year later), making him the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century. He had a more distinguished career as Foreign Secretary in the Heath Government (1970-4).
Ah. Interesting - thanks for the info, most of which I didn't know (or I would have guessed correctly the first time)
With my question, I'll stay relatively on topic and ask.. who was the 30th President of the United States?
(by the way - Great topic Tirpitz!)
He was the one after the 29th President of the United States.
My question, two books won the Booker Prize in 1992. What are their names and whom wrote them?
Yeah, Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933). I will have to change the subject to stop you, Lazenby880
Still after the writer of the English Patient.
I searched long and hard for that answer.
Assuming that I'm correct, which actor, who appeared in a Star Wars film, has played Hitler four times?
Good Luck...
You are indeed. Good and difficult question, my immediate guess would have been Alec Guiness, but he only played Hitler once, so I'm going for Michael Sheard, who as far as I can see has played Hitler four times and Himmler three times.
If I am correct, my question is which (self-governing) nation was the first to grant full suffrage to women?
Oh, and the answer to Lazenby880's question is: The United States was the first self-governing nation to grant full suffrage to women. I will post my question when I find out whether I am right or not.
That's actually incorrect Sly Fox. Women were granted full suffrage in the United States through the 19th amendment, ratified in 1920. Not the first country.
Well done, L880.
Michael Sheard it is. He played Admiral Ozzel in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and played Hitler four times, most notably in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'.
If I am right, my question is who were the last father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor?
Who played the Merovingian in the Matrix: Reloaded?
Should only take you a couple of seconds.
Ooooh! I know.. I know! Pick me, pick me!
Don't forget about Iain1066's question though, who were the last father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor?
You are correct, New Zealand granted women full suffrage in 1893, Great Britain in 1929. Some women were granted the right to vote in 1918, in recognition of their work during WWI, but only if they were over 30 and had certain sizes of property.
As to your question, my guess is Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The former President received his posthumously in early 2001 from Clinton, his son also won his posthumously for his service during D-day.
Don't know if I'm even close though, so I'll waitto see if I am right before posting a question.
For a science question, sort of, who invented the telephone. Just a tip, its not who you think.
A science question might be; what is the most reacive element on the periodic table, anyone know? If you do, tell me what is its atomic mass.
or which force stops us from falling straight through the floor?
Those are science questions!!!
Common wisdom holds that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and being a Scot I guess I should really fall into line.
However, the identity of the 'true' inventor is much disputed. There have been many court disputes over the issue and there is little chance of ever discovering who truthfully invented the first workable telephone.
That said, it is often claimed that a German, Philip Reis invented the device. However, his phone was only 'marginal', the user was unable to have their speech understood and mostly transmitted only the pitch of the sound.
The main challenge to Bell's claim has come not from Elisha Gray, but from a little-known Italian inventor Antonio Meucci. The claim from his descendants and supporters is that Bell stole his idea and became a celebrity with it. Meucci filed a notice on a patent (he couldn't afford a full patent) in 1871, before Bell who had shared a lab with Meucci. Bell filed for a patent in 1876, won a contract with Western Union and the rest is history. Meucci sued and could have won, fraud charges were brought against Bell, however the Italian died in 1889, the legal action with him.
Meucci has been recognised by Congress in 2002 however as the true inventor of the telephone, much to many Italians' delight. Perhaps that is the answer you are looking for, but to be honest in many ways it is unanswerable, given the level of debate over the topic and counter-claims against Meucci.
My question, though you might have to do a bit of digging, what is the longest street in the world? (Not a history question, but Jedi Master science is definitely not my forte.)
As to the longest street, do you include highways in this or just city streets?
Still looking
1. Uranium
2. Electromagnetism
Good enough?
Which element is more reactive with water than Francium?