Phoenix LXVIII
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:29 am
What were Tommie Smith and John Carlos famous for in 1968 ?
Olympic year so was it a sporting double/first of some kind?
First men to run 100m in under 10 seconds.
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Phoenix LXVIII
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:58 am
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:55 am
weren't they the black pride saluting guys?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:58 pm
Black power salutists.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:03 pm
here's a good one from Istenem's bumper book of facts:
what are the top five most expensive things by weight?
nb1 smart-arse answers like hydrogen and aerogel won't be tolerated.
nb2 diamonds, emeralds, rubies etc. count as one thing.
what are the top five most expensive things by weight?
nb1 smart-arse answers like hydrogen and aerogel won't be tolerated.
nb2 diamonds, emeralds, rubies etc. count as one thing.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:13 pm
As i can't say anything spacey,
I think uranium is the heavist thing on the earth?
Closely followed by Dawn French?
I think uranium is the heavist thing on the earth?
Closely followed by Dawn French?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:17 pm
Having read that question in an earlier phoenix only this morning I would feel a fraud to answer all five. That said I'll happily jump in and bag the ones I knew/guessed before reading the answers.
Saffron
Diamonds (gemstones to be in keeping with nb2)
Saffron
Diamonds (gemstones to be in keeping with nb2)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:32 pm
aha but i've moved the goalposts since then. truffles are not expensive at the moment because they have all gone off.civ77 wrote:Having read that question in an earlier phoenix only this morning I would feel a fraud to answer all five.
Saffron
Diamonds (gemstones to be in keeping with nb2)
so that is three (inc Mr B's precious metals)
two to go
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:36 pm
I'll chuck in everyone's famous element, Californium. Currently retailing at $27 million per gram at your local Walmart.
Unless there's a more expensive element on sale these days. I read this in the 1973 Guinness Book of Records.
Unless there's a more expensive element on sale these days. I read this in the 1973 Guinness Book of Records.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:51 pm
HE is right but it is still a metal so two to go.
one is ingested but not a food, the other is something (well two things) that many people see every waking hour
one is ingested but not a food, the other is something (well two things) that many people see every waking hour
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:03 pm
given Istenem's clue of two items many people see every waking hour im going to go for eye balls?
And could the other be water?
And could the other be water?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:18 pm
Yay, in that case I can legitimately keep guessing.
Have recent tax rises and economic factors caused petrol to sneak into the top 5?
Failing that are the two things substances used in monitors? I recall something to do with the colour production using miniscule amounts of some rare stuff.
Have recent tax rises and economic factors caused petrol to sneak into the top 5?
Failing that are the two things substances used in monitors? I recall something to do with the colour production using miniscule amounts of some rare stuff.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:37 pm
not eyeballs although it is close nothing liquid as they are all too heavy not monitor components either, they come under the rare metalskeep pressing and guessing
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:42 pm
I will go with a complete guess then, as you can see it every waking hour - hair/fur?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:53 pm
nope. that one is a feat of technology and although you can see them, you'd only rarely look at them.
the other one is expensive not for raw materials but for Civ's socio-economic reasons.
the other one is expensive not for raw materials but for Civ's socio-economic reasons.