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E: 30/09 Win 50 Vintage Classics Books (HELP)

catz747
catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
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1. ENGLISH
Punctuate the following sentence:

I don't know what I said, but I know what I think, and, well, I assume it's what I said. (Donald Rumsfeld)

See posts below :)
Thanks Dooby :T

2. HISTORY

Who was the first King of England?

a) Alfred
b) Egbert:D
c) Ethelred
d) William

3. BIOLOGY

What kind of animal is an octopus?

Cephalopoda :confused:


4. PHYSICS

What is the problem with the following sentence?

‘The cold is seeping into my bones because the temperature has dropped to absolute zero.’

Answer: You wouldn't feel cold at absolute zero because nothing can exist, and not only that, but absolute zero is a theoretical concept :D

Thanks Datrys & dooby & lilias :T

5. GEOGRAPHY

What is the order of the planets?
a) Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars, The Earth, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune
b) Mercury, Venus, The Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune:D
c) Neptune, The Earth, Jupiter, Uranus, Mars, Venus, Saturn

6. MATHS

Percentages

1. The bill at your favourite gastro pub comes to £80. There are five of you splitting the bill equally.

a) What percentage of the bill should you pay? 20%
b) How much should you pay? £16 :D
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Comments

  • dooby
    dooby Posts: 1,337 Forumite
    The punctuation one goes like this ....

    I don't know what I said, but I know what I think, and, well, I assume it's what I said.
  • Datrys
    Datrys Posts: 728 Forumite
    500 Posts
    catz747 wrote: »


    4. PHYSICS

    What is the problem with the following sentence?

    ‘The cold is seeping into my bones because the temperature has dropped to absolute zero.’
    :confused:

    Absolute Zero is -273°C, Nothing can exist at that temp, everything stops!
    :jGood luck ALL compers and Thanks to all posters:T
    Caiff dyn dysg o'i grud i'w fedd:think:
  • dooby
    dooby Posts: 1,337 Forumite
    The Physics one is wrong because - nothing could move at absolute zero - nothing could live - in other words, you'd not feel the cold seeping into your bones as you'd be dead.
  • lilias
    lilias Posts: 7,902 Forumite
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    dooby wrote: »
    The Physics one is wrong because - nothing could move at absolute zero - nothing could live - in other words, you'd not feel the cold seeping into your bones as you'd be dead.

    But the temperature wouldn't drop to Absolute Zero anyway. It's a theoretical concept that can't, as yet, be attained even in a lab.
  • dooby
    dooby Posts: 1,337 Forumite
    lilias wrote: »
    But the temperature wouldn't drop to Absolute Zero anyway. It's a theoretical concept that can't, as yet, be attained even in a lab.

    That is true as well.

    You could put both reasons down as your answer - they'd be very impressed with that.
  • SoozyJ22
    SoozyJ22 Posts: 3,285 Forumite
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    dooby wrote: »
    The punctuation one goes like this ....

    I don't know what I said, but I know what I think, and, well, I assume it's what I said.

    Doesn't it depend whether you belong to the 'never put a comma before an and' school of thought or the school of thought that thinks it's ok to do so?
  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
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    I missed the entire punctuation section of first year English because I was such an :A that I got to clean the cupboards out instead :rolleyes:
  • Mips
    Mips Posts: 19,796 Forumite
    *backs away from the intelligence theories* :o
    :cool:
  • dooby
    dooby Posts: 1,337 Forumite
    SoozyJ22 wrote: »
    Doesn't it depend whether you belong to the 'never put a comma before an and' school of thought or the school of thought that thinks it's ok to do so?

    Probably, it doesn't read right if you don't use one though. To me anyway.

    It's entirely up to you how you punctuate it for the comp though. It will be a bit of a gamble as it will all depend on how the people who judge the competition look at it.

    That's the problem with English, it's straight forward until you get to the exceptions, and the ifs and buts. ;)
  • SoozyJ22
    SoozyJ22 Posts: 3,285 Forumite
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    I was always taught that you should never have a comma before an 'and' as there's some kind of implied pause before the 'and' anyway. That's not to say that I always follow that rule though. I'll probably sent my entry without it there but with a note to say that I'm aware other people may see differently.
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