What country has a flag that is not a rectangle? (Should be easy for anyone who had an old World Almanac and Book of Facts as a kid).
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Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil?
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The US is bigger than China. Australia ranks after Brazil, believe it or not.
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I know nothing about Nimoy, but I’m gonna guess that the Pink Floyd member is Nick Mason, since he’s the only person to be in Pink Floyd since its inception.
If I’m right, that probably means Leonard Nimoy can make a similar claim about Star Trek or something.
Am I even close?
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Very close. At the time, he was the only actor to have been in every single episode of Star Trek, as well as every movie.
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Washington?
What country besides Canda and Mexico is closest to the United States?
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Are the ocean territories of Samoa and American Samoa are adjacent?
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Honolulu. Due to a merger of the City & County of Honolulu, Honolulu includes the Northwest Hawaiian islands, which means that the city stretches from Oahau almost to Midway.
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Correct.
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What country has a flag that is not a rectangle? (Should be easy for anyone who had an old World Almanac and Book of Facts as a kid).
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Nepal. I loved flags as a kid. What’s the only country (at least I think it’s the only one) whose flag does not contain one of the colors in the rings of the Olympic flag?
Name three major airports that are named after someone who died in a plane crash.
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In The Pirates of Penzance, young Fredric discovers (much to his horror) that, due to a legal technicality, he is bound to serve the pirate crew for much longer than he had originally thought. On what date will Frederic (according to his own calculations in Act II) be freed from his indentures?February 29th, 1940
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You’re right that this is Frederic’s claim: he sings to Mabel: “In 1940 I of age will be.”
But he’s wrong, because 1900 is not a leap year.
The action in the show must take place either March 1, 1873, or March 1, 1877. Right?
But the Major-General sings that he knows all the airs from that “infernal nonsense” Pinafore (another G&S production, incidentally). HMS Pinafore officially opened at the Opera Comique in London on May 25 1878, and so we might imagine that the Major-General privileged to move in high society, somehow heard an advance version in March 1877. But imagining that he knew the music to Pinafore in 1873 is a stretch.
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Name three major airports that are named after someone who died in a plane crash.
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O’Hare in Chicago is one. I’m drawing a blank on the other two.
I think there’s a Will Rogers airport in Oklahoma.
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I think there’s a Will Rogers airport in Oklahoma.
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O’Hare and Will Rogers are correct. There is one more.
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O’Hare and Will Rogers are correct. There is one more.
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Wiley Post Airport, also in Okalahoma, and the same plane crash as Will Rogers.
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My ultimate question:
Which time keeping device has the most moving parts?
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What about a shattered hour glass?
What is the smallest state west of the Mississippi?
Hawaii
What noteworthy thing happened on October 1, 1971?
Walt Disney World opened.
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What noteworthy thing happened on October 1, 1971?
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Good one.
What happened on October 5th, 1582 in Spain, Portugal, and Italy?
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You’re right that this is Frederic’s claim: he sings to Mabel: “In 1940 I of age will be.”
But he’s wrong, because 1900 is not a leap year.
The action in the show must take place either March 1, 1873, or March 1, 1877. Right?
But the Major-General sings that he knows all the airs from that “infernal nonsense” Pinafore (another G&S production, incidentally). HMS Pinafore officially opened at the Opera Comique in London on May 25 1878, and so we might imagine that the Major-General privileged to move in high society, somehow heard an advance version in March 1877. But imagining that he knew the music to Pinafore in 1873 is a stretch.
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Continuing in this vein: What series of short stories included this information as part of the plot? (I suspect Bricker may already know.)
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Wiley Post Airport, also in Okalahoma, and the same plane crash as Will Rogers.
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Not a major airport.
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Which is the only state of the US, no part of which has ever been under a foreign flag (ie not owned by any foreign power)? (Amerind nations, the CSA, and the Republic of Texas do not count as foreign powers for this purpose).
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I think it’s Idaho.
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What happened on October 5th, 1582 in Spain, Portugal, and Italy?
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Nothing. They adopted the Gregorian calendar, so October 4th was followed by October 15th.
Closely related: Shakespeare and Cervantes both died on April 23, 1616. About how many hours apart were their deaths? Over 240. Spain had adopted the Gregorian calendar and skipped 10 days, but England had not. So April 23 in Spain was 10 days before April 23 in England. Sometimes phrased as “S and C died on the same date, but not on the same day. How is this possible?”
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I think it’s Idaho.
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I’m trying to figure this one out. Thismap shows that a small part of Idaho was in with the Louisina Purchase, making it part French. Also, it shows Spain/Mexico was into a small part of Oregon, although I have seen maps that show Mexico stopping at Oregon’s southern border.
I’m still going with Wahington, unless the Russian’s claimed part of it at one time with Alaska or something.
I was wrong about Hawaii being part of Britian, I just assumed it was since the Union Jack is part of the state flag. Hawaii was, however, a real country recognized by other nations before it joined the United States.
Unless I’m missing something, I don’t see why the original question precluded Texas, as it’s been part of 3 other countries (Spain, France, Mexico) and the CSA.