Science & Technology Quiz

[Kinniken]

After the Political and History Quiz, here is the Science & Technology quiz!

Unlike the other two, it is currently available with only one difficulty setting. That will change as soon as I get more questions, hopefully

Now, let us see if CFCers are as interested in Science & Technology as in politic

 

[stratego]

The first time I got about half, the second time I got 19/20. I have horrible memory

 

[Perfection]

I got a 16, would have been an 18 if Kinnekin used imperial measurement.

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Aye. I refused to acknowledge the quiz after I saw that all of the answers to the diameter of the earth question were in terrorist units.

The Earth is an American posession and its measurements are correctly given in American units.

 

[Akka]

Got a 15.
But I should have got 16, as there was an error in the first question :

"1 - What is approximatively the diameter of the Earth?"

I answered correctly (12 000 km) and got a "wrong". The "right" answer was said to be 40 000 km. Sorry, but 40 000 km is the perimeter of Earth, not its diameter

 

[Kinniken]

Originally posted by SeleucusNicator
Aye. I refused to acknowledge the quiz after I saw that all of the answers to the diameter of the earth question were in terrorist units.

The Earth is an American posession and its measurements are correctly given in American units.

Yes, Sir! Sorry, Sir! I'll correct it at once, Sir! But please, don't send me to Guantanamo bay... Please...


This is a Science & Technology quiz and the units used are the scientific one, not your middle-age remains no one else uses
I'll add conversions though - it's true that right now it just penalises Americans. And a question on a certain probe, just to make a point


Akka: Mistake corrected... ouch.

 

[Perfection]

Actually shouldn't it be circumferece not perimeter? I beleive Perimeter refers only to two dimensional objects

 

[Sparrowhawk]

hmm.... 15

Out of curiosity, what is the context of the number phi? I've done my share of physics, math, and chemistry and I don't recall encountering it before.

 

[Esckey]

Ya I got 10/20. I had no clue what a A400 is, or phi, or the cinetic energy one was, the others where just simple mistakes

 

[Perfection]

Originally posted by Sparrowhawk
hmm.... 15

Out of curiosity, what is the context of the number phi? I've done my share of physics, math, and chemistry and I don't recall encountering it before.

Phi is the ratio of sides on a rectangle where if you add a square to the longer side it forms a new rectangle with the same ratio

 

[Håkon]

17 out of 20. Couple of silly mistakes

 

[Kinniken]

Originally posted by Perfection
Actually shouldn't it be circumferece not perimeter? I beleive Perimeter refers only to two dimensional objects

You are correct I think - changes made.

I also added the values in miles in that question and in the TGV one.

 

[Cilpot]

12/20

But I didn't guess if I wasnt completely sure about the answer.

BTW: Typo in Q#15.. Its not The Chineses

 

[jpowers]

11/20 but I did get the TGV answer correct, as my father-in-law drives the Paris-Geneva line.

 

[The Person]

17/20. Ok, I admit it, I am a nerd. Not that I didn't tell you...

 

[Kinniken]

Clipot: Corrected.

Originally posted by jpowers
11/20 but I did get the TGV answer correct, as my father-in-law drives the Paris-Geneva line.

Hey, cool! Driving a TGV must be fun It's not on wholy high-speed rails though is it?

 

[Dr Jimbo]

20/20

That's always nice - I surprised myself - a couple of educated guesses in there.

Roll on the hard version...

 

[Kinniken]

Originally posted by Dr Jimbo
20/20

Roll on the hard version...

As soon as CFCers submit an additional 6 hard questions and one extra-hard
And if you want an Extra-hard quiz, I still need 17 extra-hard questions

 

[funxus]

I got 16/20.

If I may...
On the "invention of zero"-question which is misspelled to wich.
It's also called kinetic energy and not cinetic I believe.

Phi is the number connected with the Golden Section, i.e. the ratio between the sides in many pieces of art (e.g. Mona Lisa).

 

[jpowers]

Originally posted by Kinniken

Hey, cool! Driving a TGV must be fun It's not on wholy high-speed rails though is it?

Depends on the route. I know the Eurostar line to London was not high-speed in England until this year because the English refused to adopt a modern track standard. I don't know if in Switzerland it's possible to put high-speed track on the mountain grades.

Did you see the SNCF exhibition on the Champs-Elysees this year? It displayed a quite different history than in America, as European trains are used by commuters while in America, freight is the vast majority of use.