Brain Quiz

oh Mr wharehouse - an ucking candle has an uckig flame not a fire.

take away the 3 points, now, i demand it!!

 

It's because I'm special!

A flame consitutes fire!!!

 

Sound waves snuff fire
Posted by David Pescovitz, January 28, 2008 10:06 AM | permalink
In 1857, Irish scientist John Tyndall recognized that sound waves could extinguish flames. Now, scientists hope that phenomena could lead to the development of new fire extinguishers that would be useful, say, in a spacecraft or terrestrially to avoid water damage from sprinklers. First though, they need to figure out why exactly sound can snuff fire. Most likely, the sound wave causes a drop in pressure that extinguishes the flame. From Scientific American:
In 2004 Dmitriy Plaks and several of his fellow students at the University of West Georgia tested whether sound waves can douse fires in hopes of using sound to extinguish flames in a spacecraft. They placed a candle in a large topless chamber with three bass speakers attached to the walls. The candle was lit and the Canadian rock band Nickelback's "How you remind me" was pumped through the subwoofers. Within roughly 10 seconds, once the song hit a low note, the flame was out, according to results published in 2005 in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

make it a 6 point deduction admin from Mr warehose - for argueing.

 

you smoke?

 

no he's cured.

 

:]] I admire your endeavour Paddy, I really do!

 

i was slow

that articlew proves youi wrong, they use the words interchangably

 

The kids grassed. Kids always grass, never trust kids.

 

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:]]:]]:]] Don't why that tickled me!

Any chance of another question so I can continue my meteoric rise to the top?

 

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Cude is evens favourite on betfiar to win this tournie.

 

7/2 You're making it up!!

 

porkie pies aye?

 

The very same.

 

A collection of lit candles, say 50, on a cake will constitute a fire.

So in this case it applies :]]

Happy Birthday Admin

 

Oi! I 'ave 6 points, I do!

Though probably not after my last post

 

new question!

 

I must say I disagree with the awarding of points to a question with no legitimate answer.

 

Any chance of a new question?

Or is this infact the next question? A subliminal test of skill?

If so, I'm going to say...........................Spain?

 

Been a bit busy the last few days. More questions Monday.

 

Next question.....

What has Admin been busy doing?

 

Hey that's not a bad question actually.

Q20something. I'm busy again this week with the same issue, but what exactly is taking up all my time?

 

Your children.

 

You're busy worrying about the issue.

 

Until I give the first clue, the first guess by each person will count.

 

Setting up an ebay account to see next season's season ticket?

 

My second answer was right wasnt it

 

Moving House?

 

Decorating the house

 

Clue 1: The big day is Friday. Not Family related in any way.

 

Starting a new job?

 

Blackpool.

 

You've been swotting up for an exam.

 

3 points.

Just some I.T. nonsense but I cannot afford to fail in any way shape or form, so swotting almost as much as UEA these days!

 

I got exams in June :-( Not looking forward to them, but guess it might get me off here for a few days