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Comment by Richard Roman on December 23, 2011 at 8:51

Chris - you are correct

Pink to Red and WWW was developed at CERN, Geneva

Comment by Chris Knight on December 23, 2011 at 8:49

Art?!?!?

Richard, I hate you!!

Comment by Richard Roman on December 23, 2011 at 8:46

Todays questions are on Art

1. In which town was Leonardo da Vinci born?

 2. In Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus', what is Venus standing on?

    3.  How did Van Gogh commit suicide?

 4.What type of paint was made out of pigment and egg yolk?

5. What's the name of the Postimpressionist artist known as 'Le Douanier'?

6. In which century did Rococo art and architecture develop?

7. The German guide to the 1937 World's fair called it 'a hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted'. Which painting were they describing?

8. What nationality was Gustav Klimt?

9. Whose paintings were characterised as being 'Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs'?

10. What is the name of the toning that produces brown and white photographs?

Comment by Chris Knight on December 23, 2011 at 8:39

Also Richard, If I remember correctly, Litmus paper's neutral (dry) colour is already pink, so, under acidic conditions it turns red.

Comment by Sebastien Bossard on December 23, 2011 at 8:37

3 points for me, total 41

Comment by Chris Knight on December 23, 2011 at 8:37

Richard, you forgot the "where" part for #5.

Comment by Richard Roman on December 23, 2011 at 8:32

1. In biology, what is symbiosis?a close association of animals or plants of different species that is often, but not always, of mutual benefit 

2. Who flew in Vostok 1? Yuri Gagarin

3. Graphite is composed of which element? Carbon

4. Which is the hardest tissue in men, as well as in women? Enamel

5. What did Tim Berners-Lee create and where? WWW

6.  What is the angle between the hands of a clock at 1 o'clock? 30 degrees

7. What would you use Archimede's Screw for? Drawing up water

8.  Which is the only muscle in your body that is only attached at one end? tongue

9. Who discovered that all objects, heavy or light, fall at the same - Galileo velocity?

10. Litmus paper turns what colour when in contact with an acid? Pink

Comment by Richard Roman on December 23, 2011 at 8:08

bad luck Yu Qiao - maybe next time!

Comment by Yu Qiao （Jo） on December 22, 2011 at 20:27

I would like to be involved, but what a pity! I have three subject examinations next week,so I have to prepare for them.

Comment by Chris Knight on December 22, 2011 at 14:18

Unfortunately, Vinz, I won't be able to go to the actual event, so feel free to kick everyone's but while you're there.  LOL

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