The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Moderators: alietr, trainman, econgator, dhkendall
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
WHY.
WON'T.
THESE.
FACTS.
STICK.
IN.
MY.
USELESS.
BRAIN.
WON'T.
THESE.
FACTS.
STICK.
IN.
MY.
USELESS.
BRAIN.
- DBear
- Denier of Pop Culture
- Posts: 2548
- Joined: Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:57 pm
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Unless it is a variant spelling of Xhosa, I haven't, either.Stanislaus Jacob wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:55 am I have to admit I never heard of Hausa. I have heard of Igbo, of Wolof, of Fulani (and of course Swahili, but that is East Africa), but Hausa does not ring a bell.
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Which planet is the biggest again?
Not a troll. It really, really, REALLY won't stick. I have tried EVERYthing.
Not a troll. It really, really, REALLY won't stick. I have tried EVERYthing.
- alietr
- Site Admin
- Posts: 8981
- Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:20 pm
- Location: Bethesda, MD
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Look it up. Seriously. Don't ask here. It's time you start reducing your dependence on other people.
- JayK33
- Just a Fan
- Posts: 831
- Joined: Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:10 pm
- Location: Canada
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Then keep looking it up. You should use Google and Wikipedia more often.TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:49 pm
I've looked it up like ten times.
Why. Won't. It. STICK.
-
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 612
- Joined: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:30 pm
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
- jeff6286
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 5228
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:34 pm
- Location: Indianapolis, IN
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Do you know the state capitals? Juneau is the capital of the largest state. Juno is married to Jupiter, king of Roman gods. Jupiter is the largest planet.
Largest state, largest planet, largest power of the Roman gods, all superlatives that go together and start with Ju
Largest state, largest planet, largest power of the Roman gods, all superlatives that go together and start with Ju
- jeff6286
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 5228
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:34 pm
- Location: Indianapolis, IN
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
And to preemptively respond to your reply, yes there are 11 billion other Roman gods and there are 11 billion other US states, I’m only asking you to know one of each.
- Rackme32
- Three-time Failer Of The Online Jeopardy! Test
- Posts: 1039
- Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:16 am
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
jeff6286 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:28 am Do you know the state capitals? Juneau is the capital of the largest state. Juno is married to Jupiter, king of Roman gods. Jupiter is the largest planet.
Largest state, largest planet, largest power of the Roman gods, all superlatives that go together and start with Ju
How Ju know that?? ::::: fleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :::::
- CailinGaoilge
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 595
- Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:36 pm
- Location: Ontario, Canada; formerly resident in UK and Ireland
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
I work with someone who speaks Hausa, so it's not new to me. This page suggests it's worth knowing about, given 63 million speakers.DBear wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:20 pmUnless it is a variant spelling of Xhosa, I haven't, either.Stanislaus Jacob wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:55 am I have to admit I never heard of Hausa. I have heard of Igbo, of Wolof, of Fulani (and of course Swahili, but that is East Africa), but Hausa does not ring a bell.
-
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 371
- Joined: Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:52 pm
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Well, the original clue said 50 million, which is obviously a sizable discrepancy but did make clear that it is a major language. But my point was that it was a clue you could figure out even without actual knowledge.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:14 pmI work with someone who speaks Hausa, so it's not new to me. This page suggests it's worth knowing about, given 63 million speakers.DBear wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:20 pmUnless it is a variant spelling of Xhosa, I haven't, either.Stanislaus Jacob wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:55 am I have to admit I never heard of Hausa. I have heard of Igbo, of Wolof, of Fulani (and of course Swahili, but that is East Africa), but Hausa does not ring a bell.
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
Why is it that literally every attempt to learn has failed? I've tried by rote and it just falls back out of my head 10 seconds later. I've tried mnemonics and I always end up overthinking them. ("Okay, it was something about a Roman god. Or was it a Greek god? And then something about a capital... No, something in Alaska. I don't think it was the capital... or was it?") I've tried digging deeper and trying to get curious about one thing, and it all just falls back out of my head. I've tried beating my head against the wall.
What I remember or forget isn't even consistent.
- MarkBarrett
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 16472
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:37 am
- Location: San Francisco
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
One of the favorite games here:
360/8
8 goes into 36 four times. 32 taken away from 36 is 4. With the zero that makes 40. 40 divided by 8 = 5. The four from the first part and five from the second part makes 45. No problem.
Or
360/8 can be 180/4 then 90/2 = 45. Done.
Or
Picture a pizza. A circular one, or perhaps a square one works better for you. A circle is 360 degrees. Four pieces are 90 degrees each. Cut one of those 90s in half to get 45.
360/8
8 goes into 36 four times. 32 taken away from 36 is 4. With the zero that makes 40. 40 divided by 8 = 5. The four from the first part and five from the second part makes 45. No problem.
Or
360/8 can be 180/4 then 90/2 = 45. Done.
Or
Picture a pizza. A circular one, or perhaps a square one works better for you. A circle is 360 degrees. Four pieces are 90 degrees each. Cut one of those 90s in half to get 45.
- Volante
- Harbinger of the Doomed Lemur
- Posts: 9254
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:42 pm
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
I went with the last on the list: 360/4 = 90, because square. Then 90/2 = 45.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:59 pm One of the favorite games here:
360/8
8 goes into 36 four times. 32 taken away from 36 is 4. With the zero that makes 40. 40 divided by 8 = 5. The four from the first part and five from the second part makes 45. No problem.
Or
360/8 can be 180/4 then 90/2 = 45. Done.
Or
Picture a pizza. A circular one, or perhaps a square one works better for you. A circle is 360 degrees. Four pieces are 90 degrees each. Cut one of those 90s in half to get 45.
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
- MarkBarrett
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 16472
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:37 am
- Location: San Francisco
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
S.O.S. search.php?keywords=brown+university&te ... mit=Search
Presidents elected every four years narrows the choices below 100 guesses.
Presidents elected every four years narrows the choices below 100 guesses.
- MarkBarrett
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 16472
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:37 am
- Location: San Francisco
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
I guess my Hawley-Smoot filter applies to the names of more than just people.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:03 pm still? viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5023&p=298913&hilit ... ns#p298913
- MarkBarrett
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 16472
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:37 am
- Location: San Francisco
-
- Watches Jeopardy! Way Too Much
- Posts: 512
- Joined: Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:01 am
Re: The Official TPH Education Thread (POTENTIAL GAME DAY SPOILERS)
TPH, dont you work at a church?MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:06 pm SOS - either meaning
search.php?keywords=jezebel&terms=all&a ... mit=Search
search.php?keywords=john%2Bbaptist%2Bbe ... mit=Search
search.php?keywords=revenant&terms=all& ... mit=Search
Now swimming in the J! pool.