Phoenix - The 51st State

Terry Tibbs · Post by **Terry Tibbs** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:01 pm

dwarf tossing?

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:44 pm

Northern Monkey is correct. Wrestling, particulary called Glima.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:07 pm

Dunno where that came from- must have been an SWP one at some point.

Anyway bit scrapped for time today so I will go for a fairly straight forward one.

Many of you will be familiar with the fact that the Mohs scale is used to measure hardness and that diamond as the hardest scores 10. What however is the softest registering 1 on the scale?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:13 pm

Is it not Talc / Talcum?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:16 pm

Yet again HE is quickest on the buzzer with the science question. I was originally going to ask what is second hardest at no 9 on the scale but that can wait for another day.

Anyway all yours.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:39 pm

Just as well you didn't, cos I've no idea what no 9 is!

Sticking with chemistry, what is the lightest / least dense metal in existence?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:51 pm

i think it used to be lithium, then californium and it is now it is francium.

see what i did there?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:57 pm

Er... no. Sorry

ops: .. something to do with residents of those places being dense? er....

But it was Lithium so over to you

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:10 pm

it was a (probably scientifically inaccurate) sequence of radioactive decay.

i think we might have had this before but which three different animals can be called a cob?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:14 pm

Swan and erm ferret, hare?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:16 pm

We have had this before, it took up an entire Phoenix with obvious clues before I finally got it right.

I'll let someone else hack about in the rough for a while though...

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:49 pm

(male) swan is right. i have no idea about ferrets; isn't that some kind of northern monkey?

it sounds like His Eminence is holding the ace of clubs here.

one other is knowable (there is a question on SWP about it for a start) the third requires some lateral thinking.

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:25 pm

I'm sure there is a fish called a cob. Maybe a bird/horse as well.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:56 am

Hornby already got the bird (swan) but i'll give you horse (specifically small ponies etc.)
one to get.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:14 am

Surely it is time for Richelieu to put us out of our misery