7.   The difference between irresponsible hopefulness and practical realism is?

irresponsible hopefulness - Trying to leap across the creek because you think you can make it (but can't)
practical realism - Walking to the bridge because you pretty sure you can't make the leap across the creek.

Rick, I'll take your answer for #6, it is a simpler version of "The counter consists of a tube filled with an inert gas that becomes conductive of electricity when it is impacted by a high-energy particle. When a Geiger counter is exposed to ionizing radiation, the particles penetrate the tube and collide with the gas, releasing more electrons."

#7 is also correct and it is the cynic's version of that glass being half full or half empty.

3.   Where did the expression, "deep blue sea," originate?

Chia, you are correct with number #3 in part, but I will accept it as it was originally a nautical term about countries aligned and not aligned with the western world, sound familiar?   It means, (other than dentistry); caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. (idiomatic) Having a choice between two alternatives, both undesirable.

A new trivia quiz has started;

5.   What does "In accordance," mean and how would you use it?

8.   What is the Bikeshed Colour effect"

15.  And what are 'backronyms?'   

20.  What is the difference between a bug and an insect?

Rick you should be all set for #20, hmmm....?

Hi angel
Are we still on two answers each?

Kelly

Kelly at this point, I'll make it a free for all! Go ahead.

20  a bug is an insect but an insect is not a bug.  I don't know exactly why.  Maybe because bugs have hard wings on top?

I looked that one up on Google, but it made no sense to me?  Something about an insect having a mouth that sucks your blood (mosquito) . . whereas a bug doesn't suck blood, but only bites?

Is the site working now?

I'm going to give the answer to #20;

True bugs have a stylet (a mouth shaped like a straw) that they use to suck juices from plants. Insects belong to the class Insecta and they are characterized by three-part bodies, usually two pairs of wings, and three pairs of legs, (e.g., bees and mosquitoes)

A new trivia quiz has started;

5.   What does "In accordance," mean and how would you use it?

8.   What is the Bikeshed Colour effect"

15.  And what are 'backronyms?'   

Sticking my neck out: Deciding on what color you and you alone want  to paint your bike shed and discouraging every one else's opinion

Chia, and that is in  reference to?

a person making their own decisions?...I haven't the vaguest idea of what I am talking about ...I would rather discuss draw poker..

I meant in reference to any remaining question on the trivia quiz?

#15: What are bacronyms? >>> A backronym is a reverse acronym?

  Yes Marilyn you are correct!

These aren't really that hard folks!

A new trivia quiz has started;

5.   What does "In accordance," mean and how would you use it?

8.   What is the Bikeshed Colour effect"

Okay, time to wrap this up. #5, What does "In accordance," mean and how would you use it?

"In the context you give, the phrase "in accordance with..." means that plans should "comply with" or follow whatever rules, directives or policies are being referred to. The root word is "accord," which means "agreement" or "harmony," and both concepts are present in the phrase." It's used as legalize in wills and similar papers. It means for an example that you might have to follow a procedure that is or aligns with the other rules or procedures listed beforehand such as in a will, condo community or similar types.

A lot of verbiage for a simple concept.

Moving on to #8, What is the Bikeshed Colour effect." 

This fits right in with these quizzes and I'm surprised that it wasn't noted although in  rectospect  think that was what Chia was trying to say without a question number.

"Often times, decision makers are far less reluctant to pull the trigger on large-scale problems than on much smaller, trivial problems."

"Trivial decisions often come under debate because everyone is on equal footing and should any two persons lock horns oftentimes the issue is quite likely to carry on until either party concedes. If the issue is something entirely subjective such as the colour of the bike shed, then someone must concede or the issue can prolong far longer than it should."

A new trivia quiz has started;

1.   What is an agnostic and how is it different from an atheist?  Rick

2.   What happened at Harper's Ferry prior to the Civil War?   Don

3.   Where did the expression, "deep blue sea," originate?   Chia

4.   What is the difference between a pragmatist and a realist?   Marilyn

5.   What does "In accordance," mean and how would you use it?  No answer

6.   How does a Geiger Counter Tube work?   Rick

7.   The difference between irresponsible hopefulness and practical realism is?   Rick

8.   What is the Bikeshed Colour effect"  No answer

9.   The origin of the quote, "If  I had asked people what they wanted, they would   have said faster horses?"    Marilyn

10.  What is an  Epipelagic Zone?  Jackie

11.  How deep is the abyss?   Bubble

12.  Who wrote the song lyrics that begins, "Smile tho' your heart is aching, Smile even tho' it's breaking,?"   Junee

13.  Who wrote the book, 'A Short History Of Nearly Everything'?   Marilyn

14.  Which singer/musician was born Steveland Judkins?   Kelly

15.  And what are   'backronyms?'   Marilyn   

16.  What does the term, portmanteau word mean?   Junee

17.  An acronym, AIDA, means?   Kelly

18.  The term boutique means?   Bubble

19.   What does hyperkinetic mean?  Rick

20.    What is the differance between a bug and an insect?   No answer

The next quiz will have to come from someone else.

Thank you angel! A difficult but fun quiz.

Angel great quiz

Thanks, Don, and Marilyn,  How about a new quiz from one of you? 

Kelly promised one last week I believe?

Thanks Angel, was good!
Kelly has been very silent these last days.  Computer problems maybe?

Possibly or on the move between IOM and Southern England again.

Here is another Trivia Qiiz I put together.....

1.   What powers the sun?

2. What is the Milky Way?

3.What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?

4. What's the U. S. equivalent of 0.45 kilograms? 
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5.   What explosive cosmic event was seen with the naked eye in 1987, for the first time in 383 years?

6. When a floating moth shorted out an early supercomputer, what new phrase was born?

7. Who did Yigal Amir assassinate in 1995?   
     
8. .   What mathematical symbol did math whiz Ferdinand von Lindemann determine to be a transcendental number in 1882?

9 What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?

10   What virus did the World Health Organization say would infect 40 million people by the year 2000? .

11. Many of the plants used to make mustard in factories near Dijon are grown not in France, but in what large country outside of Europe?

12. Name  the tallest Mountain on Earth and its location?

13. . What is the term used for a person of mixed black and white parentage?

14.  What is the Indiana state bird?

15. . What is the first organism to grow back after fire?

2.Milky Way is a galaxy of stars which gets its name from its appearance as a dim band arching across the sky and we cannot distinguish one star from another. Often seen in our skies in Australia.

14. Cardinal.

13. . What is the term used for a person of mixed black and white parentage?

     Molato,  or it could be Hybrid

9 What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?

     Decimal system

Junee,

We usually start a "quiz" with a limit of two answers. This to allow others a chance to participate.  There is no reason why you should have known this prior to now.

Junee,,I think Rammel just explained how we start with 2 answers...Your answers were correct except #12...Rammel  your answer to #13 was close enough but #9 is not the answer I have...
Continuing Trivia:


1.   What powers the sun?

3.What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?

4. What's the U. S. equivalent of 0.45 kilograms?
.   
5.   What explosive cosmic event was seen with the naked eye in 1987, for the first time in 383 years?

6. When a floating moth shorted out an early supercomputer, what new phrase was born?

7. Who did Yigal Amir assassinate in 1995?   
     

9 What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?

10   What virus did the World Health Organization say would infect 40 million people by the year 2000? .

11. Many of the plants used to make mustard in factories near Dijon are grown not in France, but in what large country outside of Europe?

12. Name  the tallest Mountain on Earth and its location?

15. . What is the first organism to grow back after fire?

#6.   It actually was a moth, but they called it a "bug". Computer bug was the new phase

# 15 is seeded plants or grass.

#4    15.8 ounces: We usually round it up to a pound.

#10  AIDS

Radioman and Angel..Your answers are correct....Continuing with Trivia:



1.   What powers the sun?

3.What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?
.   
5.   What explosive cosmic event was seen with the naked eye in 1987, for the first time in 383 years?

7. Who did Yigal Amir assassinate in 1995?   
     

9 What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?


11. Many of the plants used to make mustard in factories near Dijon are grown not in France, but in what large country outside of Europe?

12. Name  the tallest Mountain on Earth and its location?

3.What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?

a liter    (1.06 qts)