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Tallawah_
Tallawah_ Posts: 2,474 Member
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OK boys and girls. Time to show we have brains amongst us as well as beauty. Challenging and educational questions with publicly available answers please! You know the drill...answer one, ask one.....

What does callipygian mean? :smile:
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  • Lindsay_the_great
    Lindsay_the_great Posts: 209 Member
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    Well formed buttocks.

    What does defenestration mean?
  • VAkersx1
    VAkersx1 Posts: 9 Member
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    The act of throwing someone or thing out a window. Where is your frenulum?
  • Lindsay_the_great
    Lindsay_the_great Posts: 209 Member
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    You have a couple; or men do. Or some men do. One is under the tongue. The other is on the bottom of the penis, attaching the foreskin to the glans.

    Where is you philtrum?

  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
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    Your philtrum is the little divot between your nose and upper lip.

    And because I am too lazy to list the muscles of the human body...
    muscle_diagram.jpg

    I realize this isn't a comprehensive diagram, leaving out the eight muscles of the tongue, as well as other facial muscles, and the all-important cardiac muscle among others.

    How many schools make up the Big Ten conference?
  • Lindsay_the_great
    Lindsay_the_great Posts: 209 Member
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    14 I believe.

    Name the world's first deaf university and where is it?
  • Tallawah_
    Tallawah_ Posts: 2,474 Member
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    I knew that Big Ten would be a trick question!

    Gallaudet University and its in Washington

    Who invented the number 0 and when?
  • Lindsay_the_great
    Lindsay_the_great Posts: 209 Member
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    Oh dayumn. I listened to a radio lab episode about that recently and I can't even remember.
  • carlsonrobb
    carlsonrobb Posts: 914 Member
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    Sumarians? Maybe 500BC ish

    What is Newton's first law?
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
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    carlsonrobb wrote: »
    What is Newton's first law?

    Ahh. Inertia (something I seem to be experiencing today.) An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

    Who was the first woman awarded a Nobel Prize?
  • Nicospan
    Nicospan Posts: 1,175 Member
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    Maria Curie, twice awarded.
    What is the (phi) φ=1,618 or Golden Ratio?
  • Aradia_Silvermoon
    Aradia_Silvermoon Posts: 375 Member
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    Nicospan wrote: »
    Maria Curie, twice awarded.
    What is the (phi) φ=1,618 or Golden Ratio?

    a number used to describe beauty by some standards. long part/small part= whole length/long part.

    What is the only bone in the human body that does NOT articulate with another bone? Bonus where is it located?
  • thekacks
    thekacks Posts: 146 Member
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    hyoid
    it's in the throat:)

    What does reverse peristalsis refer to?
  • Aradia_Silvermoon
    Aradia_Silvermoon Posts: 375 Member
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    thekacks wrote: »
    hyoid
    it's in the throat:)

    What does reverse peristalsis refer to?

    vomiting.

    Which decrease the angle of a joint/body part: flexion or extension?
  • Nicospan
    Nicospan Posts: 1,175 Member
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    Flexion of course!
    What is piriformis syndrome ?
  • Aradia_Silvermoon
    Aradia_Silvermoon Posts: 375 Member
    edited February 2015
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    Nicospan wrote: »
    Flexion of course!
    What is piriformis syndrome ?

    short answer: sciatic nerve pain due to compression via the piriformis muscle.

    What actor (there is an actress too) played in the X Files, Stargate Atlantis, and Supernatural?
  • Tallawah_
    Tallawah_ Posts: 2,474 Member
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    Mitch Pileggi

    How would I get from Cornwall to Florida in 2 hours? (using publicly available transport)
  • Tallawah_
    Tallawah_ Posts: 2,474 Member
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    Whoops! In my attempt to prevent simply popping the question into google to get an answer I appear to have stalled my fledgling thread!!!

    I'm aware of three Cornwalls! There are probably more! Montego Bay Airport in Jamaica is in the county of Cornwall, flights to Miami take about an hour an a half!

    What is Pi and what is so special about it?

  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
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    It's a Pastry shell filled with Fruit and it's tasty! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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