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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #480 on: April 16, 2010, 05:45:54 AM »

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What is the maximum amount of times that you can fold any normal-size piece of paper in half?
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #481 on: April 16, 2010, 05:50:22 AM »

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Who is the 17th Century mathmetician that introduced the division sign to England?
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #482 on: April 16, 2010, 06:06:23 AM »

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Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:50:22 AM
Who is the 17th Century mathmetician that introduced the division sign to England?

George Boole?
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #483 on: April 16, 2010, 06:09:29 AM »

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Quote from: GreenFaith1819 on April 16, 2010, 06:06:23 AM
Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:50:22 AM
Who is the 17th Century mathmetician that introduced the division sign to England?

George Boole?

Nope ... sorry, GF.
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #484 on: April 16, 2010, 06:28:48 AM »

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Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:50:22 AM
Who is the 17th Century mathmetician that introduced the division sign to England?

John Pell
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #485 on: April 16, 2010, 06:49:06 AM »

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Quote from: thebirdman on April 16, 2010, 06:28:48 AM
Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:50:22 AM
Who is the 17th Century mathmetician that introduced the division sign to England?

John Pell

Great job! (TP) Not an easy question either ... I'm impressed. ;)
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #486 on: April 16, 2010, 07:32:32 AM »

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OK, I will try one...

The only country in the world that has love in it...
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #487 on: April 16, 2010, 07:42:00 AM »

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Quote from: thebirdman on April 16, 2010, 07:32:32 AM
OK, I will try one...

The only country in the world that has love in it...

Slovenia!
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #488 on: April 16, 2010, 08:00:21 AM »

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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #489 on: April 16, 2010, 09:00:34 AM »

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Quote from: thebirdman on April 16, 2010, 08:00:21 AM
Quote from: MattG12 on April 16, 2010, 07:42:00 AM

Slovenia!

Too easy!  ;D tp

I've actually never heard of that... at first I thought France or Italy or the US, and then I decided to go by the word rather than the idea... and then Slovenia popped to mind immediately.
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #490 on: April 16, 2010, 09:30:06 AM »

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Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:45:54 AM
What is the maximum amount of times that you can fold any normal-size piece of paper in half?

7 without a tool/vice
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #491 on: April 16, 2010, 09:35:37 AM »

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Quote from: MattG12 on April 16, 2010, 07:42:00 AM
Quote from: thebirdman on April 16, 2010, 07:32:32 AM
OK, I will try one...

The only country in the world that has love in it...

Slovenia!

The United States of AMORica  :-*
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #492 on: April 16, 2010, 09:36:54 AM »

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Quote from: Fan from VT on April 16, 2010, 09:30:06 AM
Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:45:54 AM
What is the maximum amount of times that you can fold any normal-size piece of paper in half?

7 without a tool/vice

I was thinking once because after that you folding into quarters etc.
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #493 on: April 16, 2010, 09:39:27 AM »

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Quote from: Fan from VT on April 16, 2010, 09:30:06 AM
Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:45:54 AM
What is the maximum amount of times that you can fold any normal-size piece of paper in half?

7 without a tool/vice

Yup ... good job! (TP)
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Re: General Trivia Game
« Reply #494 on: April 16, 2010, 10:08:51 AM »

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Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 09:39:27 AM
Quote from: Fan from VT on April 16, 2010, 09:30:06 AM
Quote from: Bahku on April 16, 2010, 05:45:54 AM
What is the maximum amount of times that you can fold any normal-size piece of paper in half?

7 without a tool/vice

Yup ... good job! (TP)


I remember it from an Encyclopedia Brown Mystery book from about 15 years ago!
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