Jeopardy thread

[ShamelessFlirt]

OK, let's see if this catches on.

Please phrase your post in the form of a verifiable question

Please do not post unless you are answering the current question.

Once the question has been confirmed as being answered, the person answering the question may pose the next question.

If the question lingers for too long (say 7 days?) Please post the answer, and a fresh question.

Have fun!

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

First Question

All the planets in our solar system rotate in the same direction except one.

Which planet rotates in the opposite direction to the others, and which direction would that be???

 

[april-wine]

What is jupiter, and counterclockwise Alex?

 

[april-wine]

I'll take food and drink for $500 Alex......

The Clue........

This Cola's original name was Brad's drink...............

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

Sorry April, Jupiter is not the correct answer

 

[seXieleXie]

This isn't how Jeopardy works. You're supposed to give the answer and then we reply in the form of a question. Duh

Oh well. Uranis rotates in the opposite direction of the earth.

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

Sorry Lexie, not Uranus

 

[april-wine]

Dagnabbit........not uranus either

 

[freescorfr]

I might be off topic for a moment since I don't know what direction any planet goes - are they all lined up all the time in a straight line from the sun? Surely not? If not they're all going in different directions.
How can "opposite" make sense in this context.
Orbiting in 3 dimensional space at different distances from the centre, surely does not allow "opposite" to have any recognisable sense.


For a Highland cow you ask some tricky questions. What sort of question is verifiable? One with a verifiable answer?
How will you verify a question?

Hamletmachine will know - but he didn't sleep last night - nor did I very much.

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

That's 2 out of 9, your odds are improving

 

[seXieleXie]

don't fuck with the captain of the science bowl team

http://www.sciam.com/specialissues/0398cosmos/0398uranus.html

Strange even by the standards of the far reaches of the solar system, Uranus is an almost featureless, blue-green planet that has the distinction of being knocked on its side. Its axis of rotation points 98 degrees away from its orbital axis. This unique tilt most likely testifies to a massive collision while the planet was still forming. Adding to its peculiarity, Uranus's magnetic field is also tilted, 59 degrees from the rotation axis. Finally, the planet rotates in the opposite direction that Earth does.

 

[kotori]

I was gonna guess "what is Pluto?" 'cause it doen't act like any of the other planets.

 

[RawHumor]

Re: don't fuck with the captain of the science bowl team

http://www.sciam.com/specialissues/0398cosmos/0398uranus.html

Strange even by the standards of the far reaches of the solar system, Uranus is an almost featureless, blue-green planet that has the distinction of being knocked on its side. Its axis of rotation points 98 degrees away from its orbital axis. This unique tilt most likely testifies to a massive collision while the planet was still forming. Adding to its peculiarity, Uranus's magnetic field is also tilted, 59 degrees from the rotation axis. Finally, the planet rotates in the opposite direction that Earth does.

Assuming you're both correct, then I'll have to say:

"What is Earth, Alex?"

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

I might be off topic for a moment since I don't know what direction any planet goes - are they all lined up all the time in a straight line from the sun? Surely not? If not they're all going in different directions.
How can "opposite" make sense in this context.
Orbiting in 3 dimensional space at different distances from the centre, surely does not allow "opposite" to have any recognisable sense.


For a Highland cow you ask some tricky questions. What sort of question is verifiable? One with a verifiable answer?
How will you verify a question?

Hamletmachine will know - but he didn't sleep last night - nor did I very much.

Planets rotate on their axis. The best example would be the position of the sun relative to the planet (since it's well established that the planets revolve around the sun).


I threw in verifiable because I don't want somebody asking a question where they're the only one who can verify the answer.


So if you ask how many tatoos do I have, be prepared to post pics ...lol (and someone will have to prove they're you)

Clear as mud?

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

Re: don't fuck with the captain of the science bowl team

http://www.sciam.com/specialissues/0398cosmos/0398uranus.html

Strange even by the standards of the far reaches of the solar system, Uranus is an almost featureless, blue-green planet that has the distinction of being knocked on its side. Its axis of rotation points 98 degrees away from its orbital axis. This unique tilt most likely testifies to a massive collision while the planet was still forming. Adding to its peculiarity, Uranus's magnetic field is also tilted, 59 degrees from the rotation axis. Finally, the planet rotates in the opposite direction that Earth does.

I have a few sites that contradict your Lex

 

[Bindii]

Now, now guys......stop it before someone loses an eye.

It looks as though we are not going to find the answer to this question (well at least one that everybody can agree on) so can we move onto the next question please?

 

[seXieleXie]

*sigh*

well then doesn't that make your question non verifyable?

and apperantly venus has a retrograde rotation as well.

 

[april-wine]

I'll take food and drink for $500 Alex......

The Clue........

This Cola's original name was Brad's drink...............

Ok anybody answer this one???

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

*sigh*

well then doesn't that make your question non verifyable?

and apperantly venus has a retrograde rotation as well.

http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/text/text_plan_1.html


The direction in which most planets rotate on their axes also mimics that of the Sun's spin. An exception to this statement is Venus, which spins opposite (retrograde) that of the Sun and the other planets. Uranus is another exception to this general property, for its poles lie in the plane of its orbit. Pluto might be tilted toward us, too.


I'll say we're both right (though you didn't say the direction)

On earth, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west meaning we spin counterclockwise. Opposite would be clockwise.

If you do a google search with the following keywords -

planets uranus facts rotate

and another changing the planet

planets venus facts rotate

You'll see captain science is in fact correct.

Your question Lexie
(now you see why I said verifiable ...lol, my bad for the ambigious question, thought I narrowed down the answer)

 

[Jimi]

Ok anybody answer this one???

What is RC Cola?

 

[seXieleXie]

Ok anybody answer this one???

okay i know it's not coke. pepsi?

 

[Bindii]

What is RC Cola?

If thats the right answer all I want to say is "How the fuck did you know that?????"

 

[april-wine]

Ummmmm thats.......

What is Pepsi-Cola, Alex?

lol.......nextttttttttt

 

[Jimi]

Easy, Oz- Gurrl...

If thats the right answer all I want to say is "How the fuck did you know that?????"

I guessed... But I was wrong

 

[Bindii]

Ummmmm thats.......

What is Pepsi-Cola, Alex?

lol.......nextttttttttt

Fuck I really am blonde...how did you get that answer from the original question?