Hmmm...I must admit that was just really a wild guess (tho' a "bit worked out") Marty. A good brain tease.
This should be an easy one : Magellan is credited with leading the first "recorded" mission that succeeded in circumnavigating the world. He didn't survive the journey, and only 18 of his original party did. My question is this - what precise bit of personally witnessed knowledge, did he use in his argument to implore the Crown of Spain (against the arguments of the Kings' (read Popes') Clerics) to demonstrate that he knew that the earth was a sphere, which led to the financing of the mission.
MrPanzerGeneral wrote:Hmmm...I must admit that was just really a wild guess (tho' a "bit worked out") Marty. A good brain tease.
This should be an easy one : Magellan is credited with leading the first "recorded" mission that succeeded in circumnavigating the world. He didn't survive the journey, and only 18 of his original party did. My question is this - what precise bit of personally witnessed knowledge, did he use in his argument to implore the Crown of Spain (against the arguments of the Kings' (read Popes') Clerics) to demonstrate that he knew that the earth was a sphere, which led to the financing of the mission.
Martin Ronne wrote:Johann Sebastian Bach wrote 6 Brandenburg Concertos. However, he did not finnish them in the order in which they were started. What is the order in which he finished them?
shouldn't it be: " in what order he germaned them in" ? , he wasn't finnish.
I did notice that myself but I wasn't going to say anything.
MrPanzerGeneral wrote:Hmmm...I must admit that was just really a wild guess (tho' a "bit worked out") Marty. A good brain tease.
This should be an easy one : Magellan is credited with leading the first "recorded" mission that succeeded in circumnavigating the world. He didn't survive the journey, and only 18 of his original party did. My question is this - what precise bit of personally witnessed knowledge, did he use in his argument to implore the Crown of Spain (against the arguments of the Kings' (read Popes') Clerics) to demonstrate that he knew that the earth was a sphere, which led to the financing of the mission.
he saw the shadow of the earth against the moon
True quote or not , one of my most favourite - "The church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen it's shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow, than in the church."
Well done horsey woman ! I promise to make it harder next time
Strife wrote:I hereby state Martin Ronne has inappropriately touched me. I would like to file charges against this sick bastard and expect he be sent to prison.
Captain_Scarlet wrote:easy one what star sign were the majority of apollo astronauts ?
I'll say Gemini, which is probably why they called the earlier missions Gemini.
irrelevant geeky comment - those missions had two people in, the first ones to do so. Like the heavenly twins, Castor and Pollux. that's why they were called Gemini.