Nome (sp.?), AlaskaQuote:
Originally Posted by CGM
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Nome (sp.?), AlaskaQuote:
Originally Posted by CGM
Tinitis?Quote:
Originally Posted by X
Nome is right spelling, but approx. 500 km south of the correct answer. Try again :)Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheepNome (sp.?), AlaskaQuote:
Originally Posted by CGM
you hearing things? I was gonna say schizophrenia, but my latest research tells me it's a normal state of mind. (just kidding, sort of, maybe)Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheepTinitis?Quote:
Originally Posted by X
Good effort - the most abundant element on earth (and the universe) is hydrogen. (if you think of all the compounds that have hydrogen atoms bonded into them, it makes more sense than having just lots of loose hydrogen gas floating around.)
The most common non-contagious disease in the world ...... tooth decay!
North Nome, Alaska? (My mental globe doesn't go that far north.)Quote:
Originally Posted by CGMNome is right spelling, but approx. 500 km south of the correct answer. Try again :)Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheepNome (sp.?), AlaskaQuote:
Originally Posted by CGM
Nome was actually my guess when I first thought of the question. But the map says otherwise. The answer is Barrow, a town of approx 4-5,000 people. My brief research tells me the economy is primarily oil field related, also there is a fairly large contingent of native americans who rely on subsistance hunting.
OK Which US city is named after a game show?
Ahh I used to watch that show all the time as a youngster. :)
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Well played, next question?Quote:
Originally Posted by CGM
This one may perhaps be to easy for you brainiacs...what's the country closest to the south pole.
Chile?
ArgentinaQuote:
Originally Posted by armin
This military leader is famous for having marched an army that included elephants over the Alps and into Italy to take on the mighty Romans in 218 B.C.
Bonus points if you can say which civilization this leader was from.
Hannibal, a general of carthage. The country closest to the south pole is south africa. Edit, I need to stop being so trusting of friends and their info, just double checked the south africa thing and wiki answers says its actually chile so cgm you got that one . This is good stuff since I'm done with school and don't exercise that tiny muscle much anymore,lol. Whom do the Romans trace their ancestry to mythicaly, not romus and remus but what people do they trace them to and what prince in particular.