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Trivia Quiz.

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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Phil Pascoe » 18 May 2022, 16:57

That's because they're French - they think they know everything. :lol:
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby novocaine » 18 May 2022, 17:23

That's coz they wrote it in some funny language init.
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Andyp » 22 May 2022, 18:43

Wanna photo question?

The past two springs in the garden have not gone to plan, still much cutting back and pruning to do. So I grabbed an hour or so to do some work and spotted these.

Can you tell me what this is*

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https://flic.kr/p/2nnafax

* I do know the answer btw.
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby novocaine » 22 May 2022, 19:08

It's a flower.
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Andyp » 22 May 2022, 19:13

Well obviously :)

Bonus points available for anyone who can identify the name of this particular flower.
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby novocaine » 22 May 2022, 19:15

Andyp wrote:Well obviously :)

Bonus points available for anyone who can identify the name of this particular flower.


His dad wanted to call her Petal after his grandmother, but her mother insisted he was named StEMMA. (Note, flowers have both male and female parts so I've used both, because I'm woke init).
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Andyp » 22 May 2022, 19:21

novocaine wrote:
Andyp wrote:Well obviously :)

Bonus points available for anyone who can identify the name of this particular flower.


His dad wanted to call her Petal after his grandmother, but her mother insisted he was named StEMMA. (Note, flowers have both male and female parts so I've used both, because I'm woke init).


I bet she had a daughter named ANTHERa.

Ps that would be funny if I could spell :oops:
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Cabinetman » 22 May 2022, 20:30

Replied to this earlier but lost in the ether, my knowledge of plants is awful so will just say it looks like a foxglove to me. Ian
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Andyp » 22 May 2022, 20:42

Nope, not foxglove (digitalis) .
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Cabinetman » 22 May 2022, 21:47

Just had a much closer look, how about Eidelweiss?
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Andyp » 22 May 2022, 21:54

Nope not Edelweiss, which I thought was white?
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby johnward » 22 May 2022, 22:21

delphinium?
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby johnward » 22 May 2022, 22:25

Lupin?
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Weekend_Woodworker » 22 May 2022, 22:59

Is it a Salvia?
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Phil Pascoe » 22 May 2022, 23:29

Weed?
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Re: Trivia Quiz

Postby Andyp » 23 May 2022, 06:02

Weekend_Woodworker wrote:Is it a Salvia?


It is Mark, It would be unfair to ask which one. It is actually Sage and was absolutely covered in bees until I tried to use the macro feature on my camera whereupon they all buzzed off.

I am pleased with that image, straight off the camera, no editing.

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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby RogerS » 23 May 2022, 06:47

Meanwhile...the town claiming the title to be the Centre of Britain is ????
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby Andyp » 23 May 2022, 07:03

Ooops :oops: Sorry Roger, I thought we had moved on from that.

Centre of Britain, is it in the Midlands?
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby novocaine » 23 May 2022, 07:11

Haltwhistle
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby RogerS » 23 May 2022, 08:09

novocaine wrote:Haltwhistle


Yup. :D
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby novocaine » 23 May 2022, 08:23

bugger
what does the double slit experiment prove?
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby RogerS » 23 May 2022, 08:27

novocaine wrote:bugger
what does the double slit experiment prove?


Interference patterns, wave theory etc...about as much as I remember.
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby 9fingers » 23 May 2022, 08:49

It is supposed to prove the duality between particle and wave theory but I’ve never understood how it supports the particle theory. Istr when we did it at school it was all about light propagating and behaving as waves

However some things we were taught in the 60s have subsequently been shown to be incorrect but were the best state of knowledge at the time.
As a regular QI watcher they are often correcting themselves on the technicalities that have been modified since the earlier series.
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby novocaine » 23 May 2022, 08:59

RogerS wrote:
novocaine wrote:bugger
what does the double slit experiment prove?


Interference patterns, wave theory etc...about as much as I remember.


close enough.

it is meant to demonstrate that light can behave as both a wave and as particles.
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Re: Trivia Quiz.

Postby 9fingers » 23 May 2022, 09:11

Ok but how does it do the latter?
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