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The speed of sound in what?? Air? water? pus? blood?

1550 m/s in soft tissue
1540 m/s in fat
4050 m/s in bone

all depends where you start from :rofl::rofl:

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:p I made the assumption it was in air but really can't say for sure. :o;):D

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The questions are getting easier I know some answers now;) the originals were definately too complicated, my husband and I are working our way through the movie quotes:D

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Could we have the answers now ? The movie quotes !

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I'll do the answers in order, and throw out some more. Nobodies attempted the movie quotes one yet though I think they are quite easy except for a couple. :blink:

Geography answers (the hardest round...)

• How far as the crow flies between Calgary and Stirling in KM - 6504km
• On which northern island is the capital of Nunavut, located? Bonus - correctly spell the capital Iqaluit - Baffin Island, Iqaluit
• Scotland's population is just over 5 million based on the 2006 census, which Canadian province is closest in population size - BC pop is 4.4mil
• Rank the capital cities of Chile, Canada & Scotland from largest to smallest by population - Ottawa 812,129, Edinburgh 457,830, Santiago 200,792
• Whats shorter, Chile at it's widest point, or the distance between Calgary & Saskatoon by road - Chile width 430km Drive is 615km
• 3rd & 4th largest towns in Scotland - Aberdeen & Dundee
• There is only one point where 4 provinces/territories meet in Canada, half point for each province/territry at that point - MB SK, NWT, NU
• Ben Nevis is the highest point in Scotland, is it higher or lower than Calgary, Calgary 1048m, Ben Nevis 1344m
• Name the 3 countries that have land borders with Chile, 1/2 point for 2, full point for all 3 - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina

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Towns in Scotland/Canada:

• Banff - both
• Bucklaw - Canada
• Clackmannan - Scotland and also an asteroid crater
• Cockburnspath - Scotland
• Cow Head - Canada
• Edmonton - Canada
• Falkirk - Scotland
• Gretna - Both
• Inverness - both
• Stirling - both

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Christmas Rd:

• On what day of the year does the 12 days of Christmas end - Jan 6th Epiphany
• Which Christmas characters heart was "two sizes too small" - The Grinch
• Name the original 8 Reindeer that are also the names of the Christmas Mountains in Canada. Bonus point which province are the mountains in -Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, Province NB
• What's the more common name for St Stephens day - Boxing Day
• True or False - Coca-Cola invented the modern image of Santa - False
• Who directed a Nightmare before Christmas - Tim Burton
• What was the name of Scrooges assistant in A Christmas Carol? Bonus point if you can get dead his business partner too? - Bob Cratchit & Jacob Marley
• Where does Kevin's family go when they leave him home alone for the first time? - Paris, France
• What body of water is Christmas Island found - Indian Ocean

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Nerd/Geek Round:

• Which very popular writer, with a degree, invented the word 'Nerd' - Dr Seuss
• Who was created first - Superman, Batman or Spiderman? - Superman
• Which best-selling video game series has "Master Chief" as it's main hero - Halo
• What was "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" renamed as in 1994? Hint it's the 2nd most visited website in the US, and the most visited in the world - yahoo
• Which famous comedian featured in a bizarre Microsoft advert earlier this year shopping for shoes with Bill Gates - Jerry Seinfeld
• Original Super Mario Bros for the NES had how many worlds - Bonus point Jumpman, as Mario was first known, appeared for the first time in which game - 8 & Donkey Kong
• What's the second highest grossing comic book movie according to Box Office Mojo? Spiderman
• What is the speed of sound at sea level called? Mach 1
• What is the name of the fictional company that Wile E Coyote shopped for most of his products from? Acme Corporation
• By what name is the geeky character Jeff Albertson better known as in the Simpsons, Bonus point how old is Bart. Comic Book Guy & Bart is 10

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Should really be doing some work so going to hold off on any more questions and the movie quote answers for an hour or two so if anyone wants to have a shot at those let see how you do...

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I'd take issue with a couple of your answers... if you have guests as pedantic as me you may need to clarify the questions a little....

That may be true of the formal city boundaries, but is certainly not the case for total urban population. It wouldn't have made my original answer any less wrong :), but (at least according to Wikipedia) Santiago has around 7m people living in the metropolitan area, compared to about 1.25m in Edinburgh and 1.4m in Ottawa's National Capital Region.

No he didn't... Tim Burton wrote and produced, but Henry Selick directed. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/

I can only begin to guess at a couple of the movie quotes, but happened to remember TB didn't direct The Nightmare Before Christmas because I got it wrong in a quiz once!

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Another reason for posting was to see if others would catch this stuff. I probably wrote the Nightmare question off my own (flawed) knowledge and obviously didn't do enough research on the city quesiton.

Thanks again

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I've taken a stab at some...

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My guess at these

Rd 5 - Movie Quotes

* Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you Lion King
* I'm packing your extra pair of shoes, and your angry eyes just in case Toy Story
* I have nipples, Greg, would you milk me?
* But why is the rum gone?Pirates of the Caribbean
* I was unfortunate enough in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one, and since then I have rather lost my liking for them Harry Potter
* Stop trying to hit me and hit me The Matrix
* "You do too much - college, a job, all this time with me... You're not Superman, you know."
* I am serious ... and don’t call me ShirleyAirplane
* That's 30 minutes away. I'll be there in 10
* My first day as a woman and I am already having hot flashesMrs Doubtfire

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Being a little strict with some half points for not full titles:
- Atlantic Xpat - 3/10
- LotteW - 5.5/10

Answers:

• Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you - The Lion King
• I'm packing your extra pair of shoes, and your angry eyes just in case - Toy Story 2
• I have nipples, Greg, would you milk me? - Meet the Parents
• But why is the rum gone? - Pirates of the Caribbean
• I was unfortunate enough in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one, and since then I have rather lost my liking for them - Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
• Stop trying to hit me and hit me - The Matrix
• You do too much - college, a job, all this time with me... You're not Superman, you know. - Spiderman
• I am serious ... and don’t call me Shirley - Airplane
• That's 30 minutes away. I'll be there in 10 - Pulp Fiction
• My first day as a woman and I am already having hot flashes - Mrs Doubtfire

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K next round - Sports, all the anwers (except bonuses) are numbers so you can have a guess if you don't know. I have quite a few sports nuts coming so trying to make it interesting for them is the tough part. Here goes:

• Rugby - how many points do you get for scoring a try in Rugby Union (unconverted)? - Bonus point - how many points for the conversion
• Football - How many teams in the English Premier League - bonus 1 point (half point for 2) name the 4 teams that have won it since the first season in 92-93
• Baseball - what year were the Blue Jays founded?
• Golf - the Ryder Cup was first competed for in 1927, then between GB and the USA, how many times has it been played? Bonus point - counting the GB and Europe teams as the same, who as the most wins USA or GB/Europe
• NHL - 12 Women have their names engraved on the Stanely Cup, how many are Canadian
• NHL - How many regular season wins (incl OT wins) did the Flames get last year?
• Football - The first season for the Scottish Premier League was in 98-99, so there have been 10 titles contested, how many teams have won it or placed 2nd?
• NFL - Of the 32 teams in the NFL right now, how many have not won a Super Bowl, +/- 1 for half a point
• Tennis - what world rank is Andy Murray
• Olympics - Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and Vancouver is hosting the 2010 Winter games, what year did the only other Canadian City host one of the games?