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Try these

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1. Where in the household is the magnetron?
2. First spacecraft to land softly on the moon?
3. What is an Ishihara test used for?
4. What is a rhinoceros’ horn made of?
5. How many degrees F is absolute zero?
6. What does MG in the car brand stand for?
7. How many astronauts crewed Mercury spacecraft each time?

16 comments for “Try these”

  1. Captain Fatty
    August 20, 2018 at 18:12

    1 Microwave?
    2 Luna 9
    4 Hair
    7 1

    I hope I get an A+ for getting nearly half of the answers wrong…

    Cheers,
    Fatty

    • James Higham
      August 20, 2018 at 18:42

      1, 2, 7, 4 correct. A+

  2. Chuckles
    August 20, 2018 at 18:29

    1. I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.
    2. Define softly.
    3. Numbers.
    4. Rhinocerous.
    5.
    6. It IS the car brand.
    7. 0 or 1.

  3. Mark in Mayenne
    August 20, 2018 at 18:32

    The magnetron makes the microwaves

    • James Higham
      August 20, 2018 at 18:42

      Yes.

    • Chuckles
      August 20, 2018 at 18:46

      The holes in the magnetron do, yes.

      • Mark in Mayenne
        August 21, 2018 at 06:57

        The holes, the magnets, the whizzing electrons…..

  4. James Higham
    August 20, 2018 at 18:47

    Colour blindness.

    Minus 459.67.

  5. Robbo
    August 20, 2018 at 19:19

    MG = Morris Garage

  6. Mark Matis
    August 20, 2018 at 21:52

    All well and good, but this work of literature only got a “D”:
    http://itaintholywater.blogspot.com/2018/08/dad-hero.html
    }:-]

    • James Higham
      August 20, 2018 at 22:25

      That’s almost as rude as question four.

      • Mark Matis
        August 20, 2018 at 22:30

        Well yes, but as they say, “out of the mouths of babies…”
        }:-]

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