Question of the day

[drewf]

OK.... So multiply my guess by 'about 15-20' then!

That's 7.2million to 9.6million, depending how deep the barrels go

 

[GeoffCapes]

Close enough Drew. Just under 7 million bottles per harvest.
Impressive stuff.

Fabulous wine as well!

Over to you!

 

[drewf]

A similar question then...

To the nearest 10 tons (or thereabouts), what does the latest generation 747 weigh at maximum take off weight?

 

[2b1ask1]

380 tonnes I believe I think the A380 goes 520 ish!

 

[drewf]

380 is too far out mate, sorry.

 

[BennyD]

I reckon it's around 300 tonnes.

 

[drewf]

Going the wrong way Ben...

 

[BennyD]

Sorry, just seen the typo; around 400 tonnes!

 

[drewf]

Closer, but no cigar...

 

[spkennyuk]

420 tons.

 

[drewf]

<Makes Show of Checking Tolerance>

Sadly not close enough...

 

[spkennyuk]

<Makes Show of Checking Tolerance>

Sadly not close enough...

Can"t be far out. Try 430 tons.

 

[drewf]

Still not close enough... But you can have it. Both passenger and freight 747-8 variants have a MTOW of 442 tons. Properly heavy!

Your turn.

 

[midlifecrisis]

There's one that lives at Bournemouth airport and is used as a private business jet. It often takes off to pick up errands from Milan such as the owners wife's favourite perfume.
Of course we charge full landing fees etc. Kerching!

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[Mr.Cambio]

Still not close enough... But you can have it. Both passenger and freight 747-8 variants have a MTOW of 442 tons. Properly heavy!

Your turn.

While travelling to Berlin, i read that it weights empty approx 320 tons. So, 420 with full load is logical.

 

[spkennyuk]

I was going to ask a question about ping pong balls and a 747-400 but i will save that for another time.

Question for the 3200 owners Boomerangs while not an Australian invention were fine tuned by the Aboriginals who became the most adept at using them. The oldest Aboriginal examples are 14000 years old.

Q1. How specifically was the boomerang used to hunt ?
Bonus question: Where were the oldest known version of the Boomerangs found ? dated at more than 18000 years old

 

[CatmanV2]

Bit of a guess, but I *seem* to recall they are thrown at monkeys (or maybe birds) in trees to knock them off?
And maybe Ethiopia?

<hides>

C

 

[midlifecrisis]

Wouldn't a monkey catch the boomerang and chuck it back?
I'd go for birds such as those that glide and in Australia (Cue QI klaxon)

 

[spkennyuk]

Bit of a guess, but I *seem* to recall they are thrown at monkeys (or maybe birds) in trees to knock them off?
And maybe Ethiopia?

<hides>

C

Your not far off the mark Mr C but i need a bit more. I will give you a bit more of a clue. If it hit something mid flight then it wouldn't come back. They always wanted it to return. Although I would say if it did hit something alive in the process that was a bonus rather than the aim.

The bonus question. It's not Ethiopia.

 

[spkennyuk]

Wouldn't a monkey catch the boomerang and chuck it back?
I'd go for birds such as those that glide and in Australia (Cue QI klaxon)

No QI claxon MR C and yourself are both right with birds being involved but i'm looking for specifically how it was used to achive their aim.