QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday

[mrkelley23]

QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?
2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?
3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?
4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”
5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?

[LookingForHumorPoints]

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?

Hair

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?

National Flex Day

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?

geese should be capitalized

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”

J.J. Cale

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?

Neither, the Coriolis Force caused each vehicle to swerve off into the ditch before they hit


LFHP

[Bob Juch]

Spoiler

1. Charcoal
2. Washington's Birthday
3. They're Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese.
4. Meredith Willson
5. The truck

[wintergreen48]

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?

Spoiler

WAG: Charcoal

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?

Spoiler

George Washington's Birthday

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?

Spoiler

Hmmm... the decrease in numbers began before the 20th Century, but it continued in the early part, so that is probbaly true... I'll WAG that the error of fact is: 'the most common waterfowl species in North America'

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”

Spoiler

Meredith... Shoot, I don't know. Meredith MacRae

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?

Spoiler

Force = mass x acceleration, but all we have here is mass and velocity. So I will WAG that the trick is 'Neither'

[megaaddict]

Spoiler

1. Charcoal briquettes (It took me way to long to get this.)
2. Are they calling it Washington's Birthday now?
3. Tough one. Not sure about the name of Linnaeus' book but I have to guess it pre-dated the existence of Canada and hence it did not mention Canadian geese.
4. Pass. Should know it, but don't even have a good guess.
5. Neither. The forces were equal.

[andrewjackson]

Spoiler

1. Charcoal
2. Washington's Birthday
3. Correct name is Canada Geese, not "Canadian". I'd be surprised if the fact about being the most common waterfowl species were true but I'll go with the name.
4. No idea how to spell it even incorrectly. PASS
5. The truck.

[NellyLunatic1980]

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1. I see two possible answers: charcoal briquettes or any black wood such as ebony
2. Washington's birthday (not sure if you would also accept President's Day)
3. Canadian geese were never described by Linnaeus?
4. Meredith Willson (two Ls in his surname)
5. this question is impossible to answer as it is written cuz force is determined by calculating mass times acceleration, not speed

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1.
2. Washington's Birthday
3. "Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae."
4. Meredith Willson (What do you mean, man?)
5. They both exerted the same force on one another (Newton's 2nd Law?)

[Catfish]

Spoiler

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?
Charcoal

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?

The birds are Canada geese, not Canadian geese?

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”

Meredith Willson?

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?

Neither?

[tlynn78]

Spoiler

1. charcoal
2. Washington's Birthday
3. Canada geese, not Canadian
4. nope
5. neither

t.

[hf_jai]

Spoiler

1. a match?
2. Presidents Day (I wonder if you're looking for an apostrophe?)
3. They are Canada Geese, not Canadian
4. I should know this, but I'm drawing a blank -- I know it's not a Rodgers & Hammerstein (who wrote about every other major hit of that era) but I don't guess that counts for anything.
5. OK, I know this is a trick question because you don't say anything about acceleration, but I can't decide whether the trick is they're equal because acceleration is zero, or that the t/t blows thru the rabbit so fast it doesn't matter at all. No answer.

[mellytu74]

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?

Spoiler

Charcoal

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?

Spoiler

I think that technically/legislatively it's still Washington's Birthday, even thought it's Presidents' Day in all the newspaper ads.

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?

Spoiler

I believe it's Canada geese

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”

Spoiler

Meredith Willson

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?

Spoiler

I have no flipping idea.

[mcd1400de]

Spoiler

QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?
Anti-mosquito coil (the kind you burn in your backyard)?

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?
Presidents' Day

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?
The part about Linnaeus?

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”
Meredith Willson

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?
I'll WAG that it was the same.

[T_Bone0806]

Spoiler

1-I'm not that great at riddles. I'd be no help to Batman when facing Ed Nigma.
2-Washington's Birthday
3-They're Canada, not Canadian Geese.
4-Meredith Willson.
5-Since you're a wascally twickstah today, I'll say neither but I don't know why.

[kroxquo]

Edited to spoilerize

Spoiler

QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?

Presidents Day


4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”
Merredith Wilson

[KillerTomato]

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1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?

I just saw this exact question in an email the other day! It's CHARCOAL

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?

Officially, it's WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Colloquially known as "President's Day". It took me quite a while to work my way back to make sure that was a Monday!

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?

This is a toughie. I'm going to say that THEY AREN'T THE MOST COMMON WATERFOWL IN NORTH AMERICA.

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”

MEREDITH WILLSON

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?

Assuming they both instantaneously come to a complete stop, THEY EXERT THE SAME FORCE ON ONE ANOTHER.

[fantine33]

I'm not sure if I'll be around later to answer after/if you've seen the question I asked about whether the doubling gets reset after an incorrect answer, so I'm just going to answer now. Probably wouldn't matter anyway, because I'd probably go for it. Ha!

Spoiler

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?

CHARCOAL

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?

WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?

IT WAS NOT LINNAEUS

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”

MEREDITH WILLSON

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?

Whee, a 50/50 shot. Now I'm trying to decide if the trick is because it's the obvious one or the trick is thinking there's a trick and it's not the obvious one. ACK!

Wait, I decided on tractor trailer and then changed my mind on the 50/50 thing.

THE FORCE IS EQUAL BECAUSE IT'S HEAD ON

[JBillyGirl]

Spoiler

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it? -- charcoal?
2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008? -- since you say you're being tricky, I won't say "President's Day" but George Washington's Birthday, which I think may be the official name
3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it? -- the name is "Canada geese," not "Canadian geese"
4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?” -- Meredith Willson
5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other? -- I could be remembering my science formulas wrong but I thought force = mass x acceleration, so since we don't know the rate of acceleration I'll say we can't know from the information given. (I can hear MrK laughing at my limited understanding of science already...)

[Evil Squirrel]

Spoiler

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it? - Charcoal
2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008? - George Washington's Birthday
3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it? - Linnaeus never saw a Canadian goose in his life
4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?” - Probably someone AnnieC. admires
5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other? - Let's see, I seem to recall from physics that force = mass times acceleration, and if both vehicles were travelling at a constant speed, there was no acceleration on either of their parts, therefore, force would equal zero? That doesn't seem right, but it's the best my little squirrel brain can come up with. I say they both exerted the same amount of force on each other, which may or may not be equal to zero

[tanstaafl2]

QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

Spoiler

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?
Charcoal

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?
Washington's Birthday

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?
First one, greatly decreased in the past. Given the number on golf courses the last one has to be true and pretty sure the middle one is

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”
This must be a trick as I don't recall anything unusual about the name.
Meredith Wilson?

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?
Definitely a trick but it is late so I will guess. Something to do with being a constant speed in a single direction resulting in no acceleration. Or deceleration at point of impact. Or something. Probably not the right answer as it seems the obvious answer but what the hell, I will say the truck

[tanstaafl2]

QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

Spoiler

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?
Charcoal

2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?
Washington's Birthday

3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?
First one, greatly decreased in the past. Given the number on golf courses the last one has to be true and pretty sure the middle one is

4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”
This must be a trick as I don't recall anything unusual about the name.
Meredith Wilson?

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?
Definitely a trick but it is late so I will guess. Something to do with being a constant speed in a single direction resulting in no acceleration. Or deceleration at point of impact. Or something. Probably not the right answer as it seems the obvious answer but what the hell, I will say the truck

Spoiler

Damn! I knew that the name is Canada Goose and they are only "Canadian" I suppose if they actually reside in Canada. But didn't even notice that. Whether Linnaeus knew of them I know not. But having been published in the early 1700's I suspect they were known to him.

[AnnieCamaro]

Spoiler

Tricky Thursday

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it?

Okay, I've been thinking about this a lot. The answer is newspaper ink. The ink is black when it prints words on the newspaper you buy. Then you use it by reading the words in stories about crooks and politics, and you see red! Then you are so mad you crumple it all up to throw it away, which smudges the ink all over the paper so everything turns gray.


2. What is the name of the U. S. federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008?

Mr. President George Washington's Birthday.


3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it?

I've never known any Canadian geese, only the American ones that live at the Duck Pond. Although they have a lot to say, they are not very conversational. Nevertheless, I have gotten the impression that they consider themselves Citizens of the World, rather than belonging to any particular nationality. Therefore, I think that calling them Canadian is neither accurate nor zoologically correct.


4. What is the correct spelling of the name (first and last) of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?”
Mr. Andrew Lloyd Amadeus Hammerstein


5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph before the collision. Which one exerted the greater force on the other?[/quote]
Boy, that's one fat rabbit! I think that if they hit each other they are both in a world of hurt and it doesn't make one bit of difference. Been there, done that.

[mrkelley23]

QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday Answers/Points

Each question you choose to answer doubles your score. The first question you answer correctly is worth 10 points, the second is worth another 10, to make 20, and so on. Since there are 5 questions, that means a perfect score today is worth 160 points. But be careful! I will try to trick you.

1. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you dispose of it? charcoal is the answer I was looking for, but I will give some points to appropriately equivalent answers
2. What is the name of the federal holiday that fell on February 18th of 2008? (George) Washington’s Birthday
3. Canadian geese were described by Linnaeus in his work Systema Naturae. Although their numbers were greatly decreased in the twentieth century, they have now increased to the point where they are the most common waterfowl species in North America. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all their lives. In the preceding three sentences, there is one error of fact. What is it? They are Canada geese, not Canadian.
4. What is the correct spelling of the name of the man who wrote the Broadway musical “The Music Man?” Meredith Willson
5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph. Which one exerted the greater force on the other? The forces are equal and opposite. Some of you correctly cited Newton’s second law, which says that force = mass x acceleration. In this case, since the masses are decidedly unequal, so, too, must be the accelerations. But the really operative law is the third law, which says that for every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction.


Points:
LFHP 5
BobJuch 80
Wintergreen 40
Megaaddict 40
AJ 40
Nelly 40
Jarnon 40
Catfish 80
Tgirl 80
Jai 40
Melly 80
Mcd1400de 80
Tbone 80
Kroxquo 10
KT 80
Fanny 80
Jbg 80
Evil_Squirrel 40
Tan 20
AnnieC 45

[tanstaafl2]

QoD 06/05/08 Tricky Thursday Answers/Points

5. A tractor trailer and a Volkswagen Rabbit have a head-on collision on a highway. The 16,000 pound truck was traveling north at 35 mph, and the 1800 pound Rabbit was traveling south at 55 mph. Which one exerted the greater force on the other? The forces are equal and opposite. Some of you correctly cited Newton’s second law, which says that force = mass x acceleration. In this case, since the masses are decidedly unequal, so, too, must be the accelerations. But the really operative law is the third law, which says that for every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction.

No doubt you are correct but having seen a tractor trailer truck and car that had met head on I can say unequivocally that there was nothing equal about the result! I will have to chew on this one a bit more as physics was not really a strong suit. Somehow having trouble getting past the definition of acceleration (none if moving at a constant speed?) versus "deceleration" (negative acceleration?) that results at the time of impact. Since the truck has less deceleration at impact (it is afterall going to plow right through the Rabbit!) perhaps that is what makes up for the greater mass? Hmm...

[andrewjackson]

I'll agree with tanstaafl.

I don't see how the small car is going exert as much force as the truck. When the truck and car collide the truck is going to continue forward (albeit at a lower speed) but the car is going to go backward. Why would that be if the force exerted by both vehicles is equal?

You say 1800 pounds at 55 mph = 16,000 pounds at 35 mph.

Let's say a 16,000 pound truck going 35 mph collided head-on with another 16,000 pound truck going 55 mph. Would the force exerted by each still be exactly the same?