General Knowledge Quiz

[T.c.w7468]

I'll take it!
um...

What are the names of the six leptons discovered so far?

 

[Perfection]

electron, muon, tau, electron-nuetrino, muon-nuetrino, tau-nuetrino.

 

[T.c.w7468]

Perfection's turn

 

[Perfection]

What nut goes best with beer?

 

[Ozbenno]

M6 stainless steel, metric thread.

 

[Conroe]

 

[Perfection]

incorrect, but nice try.

 

[Snerk]

Beer nuts i suppose?

Allthough chili nuts are definitely your perfect lager accessories.

 

[Perfection]

Yes, the answer is beer nuts.

 

[Perfection]

EDIT: dp

 

[Snerk]

More astronomy.

Which are the largest and smallest known moons in our solar system?

 

[Tee Kay]

Largest: Ganymade, smallest: Dactyl?

 

[Snerk]

Correct on the largest, although its Ganymede.

The smallest is a bit tricky since its hard to draw the line between moon and part of a ring.

 

[Izipo]

Ah, one of the new ones around Saturn then...
I've read the names recently but can't remember them right now.

 

[choxorn]

Largest: Ganymede

Smallest: S/2003 J 12

 

[Snerk]

Correctness! And they are both of Jupiter.

 

[Olav]

 

[choxorn]

Meh, Open floor again, I keep forgetting and not being able to find a good question.

 

[Conroe]

I'll take the open floor with an Olympics question:


The Games of the II Olympiad (aka 1900 Paris Summer Olympics) saw the introduction of several new "sports" to the competition. Some of them were quite interesting, such as live pigeon shooting. Some of these events were played at future games, but one was withdrawn after the 1920 games. Now for a 2-part question: which event was it and which nation has won the most medals?

 

[Izipo]

Fun question and definitely the right time for it.
Some of the "sports" in the past were actually incredible, like the sidejump, tug of war or longjump with a standstill start.

I don't know the correct answer, but will definitely try to find it (I foresee hours of fun on the internet).

EDIT : Croquet was once an olympic sport, and we even won 7 medals with it