Trivia

[glitter]

Tom Hanks

[boxman55]

all right glittter your up!...Boxman

[glitter]

I'm sorry for taking so long thanks joe paul for letting me know- somehow i kept missing this thread.....




Why do carbonated drinks seem to bubble more in plastic cups?

[boxman55]

The properties and characteristics of a particular member of the plastics family, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), causes carbonated drinks to bubble more in plastic cups.

PET, a clear, strong polymer, has unsurpassed gas and moisture barrier properties. Its ability to contain carbon dioxide makes it the plastic, and the material of choice for carbonated beverage containers.

PET containers have no competition in retaining carbon dioxide, the gas responsible for the effervescent, bubbling effect. The property that gives rise to a vast number of bubbles is the unique barrier layers, which prevent the loss of carbonation. The barrier layers serve to keep the container airtight, which keeps the carbon dioxide from leaking out, and oxygen from entering. This is why containers made from PET plastic keep carbonated beverages colder, more flavorful, and fizzier.  And there you have the whole story...Boxman

[Rerun]

Because it is happier to be in a plastic cup??
                         
                                                              Please, Please I neeeever get to play.

[glitter]

correct-boxman is up 

[boxman55]

Rerun my friend please take my turn. You are up...Boxman

[boxman55]

no where is Rerun so I will go ...Boxman                                                                                                                                                                What was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?

[kitkatz]

Weapons of the Gladiator

fascina: harpoon
galea: visored helmet
galerus: metal shoulder piece
gladius: sword
hasta: lance
iaculum: net
manicae: leather elbow or wrist bands
ocrea: metal or boiled leather greave
parma: round shield
scutum: large oblong shield
sica: curved scimitar
subligaculum: loin cloth
Types of Gladiators

Andabatae wore helmets without eye holes
Catervarii did not fight in pairs, but several together
Dimacheri fought with two swords
Equites fought on horseback
Essedarii fought from chariots like the Gauls and Britons
Hoplomachi were like the Samnites, but more heavily armed
They wore ocrea on both legs and mail or leather cuirasses
Laqueatores used a noose to catch their adversaries
Meridiani fought in the middle of the day, after the wild beast fights
They were lightly armed
Myrmillo wore a large galea with a fish on its crest, a manica of mail, leather or metal scales on his left arm, ocrea on at least one leg, a scutum and a straight Greek-styled sword
Ordinarii were the regular gladiators who fought in pairs in the ordinary way
Provocator was armed like the Samnite with a parma and a hasta, his opponent was often the Myrmillo
Retiarius wore a subligaculum and a metal galerus on the left arm
He carried a net, a dagger and a trident or tunny-fish fascina
The Samnite used scutum and ocrea on his left leg, a galea with a large crest and plume, and a gladius
The Secutor carried a large oval or rectangular shield, an ocrea on his left leg, a round or high-visored helmet, manicae at the elbow and wrists, and a sword or dagger
Thracian wore ocrea on both legs, a small square shield, a helmet, a sica or the Thracian sword.

[bolta72]

Wow... what a response

[boxman55]

iaculum: net  was what I was looking for, nice job Kitkatz your up...Boxman

[kitkatz]

I'm up?? Cool!  Let's see... I want a hard one. (In more ways than one! Oh trivia, back to trivia!)

Okay...from my hubby...



The whom is attributed the western saying: "God created man, but ______________made them equal"?

[okarol]

"God created man, but Sam Colt made them equal." America's first tycoon, Samuel Colt created the first practical revolvers, renowned today as the blue chips of gun collecting. Colonel Colt was at the forefront of those heralded gunmakers who revolutionized industry by pioneering in parts interchangeability and mass production during the Industrial Revolution.

[boxman55]

we are not, without conceled carry permits...Boxman

[kitkatz]

Okay Karol.  You are up. 

[okarol]

What kind of gun was in Harry's hand when he said, "You've got to ask yourself a question: do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

[kitkatz]

a 44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world. Now did I fire five shots or six shots.  To tell the truth I really just don't know.  Do you feel lucky punk? Well do ya?

[okarol]

That is correct - you're up Kit!

[kitkatz]

I love the Dirty Harry movies.


What was the other series of movies Clint Eastwood starred in at the beginning of his career?

[glitter]

Rawhide!

[okarol]

Spaghetti Westerns

[Joe Paul]

The Rawhide series?

[glitter]

actuallty I guessed rawhide- but that was TV.....

[Joe Paul]

actuallty I guessed rawhide- but that was TV.....

I saw that after I answered was just getting up & I guess the coffee wasnt kicked in yet 

[glitter]

Eastwood, who stands at 6 ft 4 inches (193 cm), found lead roles as the mysterious Man With No Name in Sergio Leone's loose trilogy of westerns: A Fistful of Dollars / Per un pugno di dollari (1964), For a Few Dollars More / Per qualche dollaro in più (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966).