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Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:26 pm

how appropriate, you fight like a cow

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:51 pm

Spot on! Nose bleed on his wedding night!

'Who'd have thought!?'

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:55 pm

I looked up the answer, thought "Eagh!", then realised I was looking up Genghis Khan by mistake. Trust me, it was worse.

(...although it does also fit the question, his date of death being August 18th, on which date in 293 BC the oldest known Roman temple to Venus, the goddess of love, was founded.)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:50 am

okay i don't mind jumping the gun.

there is a small quarrying village near vaxholm in sweden which has fewer than 2000 inhabitants but it is famous for four different (but related) things which are named after the village.
what are they?

remember folks, the clue is in the question.

and (as a misleading aside) you wouldn't be able to see this or this without two of them.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:02 am

I'll get this out the way: Does it involve Abba in any way, shape, or form?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:21 am

nope, nothing to do with entertainment.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:04 pm

So it does have something to do with Abba?

Chortle.

Er, I'll go for 3d specs.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:19 pm

nope but you are in the right category (i.e. science and nature)

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:22 pm

As you specified quarrying, I'm assuming it has something to do with what they dig up. Sweden's big on exporting things like iron and copper.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:29 pm

aha.

you might be onto something here sherlock.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:47 pm

Okay, seeing as iron and copper aren't exactly rare, I'll guess that something vital to the manufacture of... monitor screens is dug up in this quarry. Not something like the red and green substances that coat the inside of CRT tubes is it?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:06 pm

you are 80% right so i'll give it to you.
the village is called YTTERBY and the mines there yielded four new chemical elements: ytterbium, yttrium, erbium and terbium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterby

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:06 pm

Interesting that article, I'd completely forgotten most of my chemistry. First time I've looked at a periodic table for ages!

In fact... give me the first gaseous, liquid and solid elements (at standard temperature and pressure) from the Periodic Table. I want to see if anyone makes the classic mistake.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:52 pm

Yes. Nice Chemistry questions chaps.

First gas - Hydrogen?
First solid - Lithium?
First liquid - no idea - Phosphorous?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:14 pm

His eminence gets the first two (elements 1 and 3 respectively), but not the liquid... Phosphorus is a solid at STP.