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On land it is the salt lake area of Santa Cruz, Argentina. In the sea it is the Marianas Trench. :smug:
What did Florian ZaBach play faster than anyone else?
The lowest point on land on earth is at the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel. The Dead Sea lies at 1,312 feet (400 meters) below sea level.
The lowest point in the sea on earth is the Pacific Ocean's Marianas Trench. It's near Guam and is 35,840 feet (10,924 m) deep.
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On land it is the salt lake area of Santa Cruz, Argentina. In the sea it is the Marianas Trench. :smug:
What did Florian ZaBach play faster than anyone else?

he plays 12.8 notes per second ... faster than any known violinist in history
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On land it is the salt lake area of Santa Cruz, Argentina. In the sea it is the Marianas Trench. :smug:
What did Florian ZaBach play faster than anyone else?

he plays 12.8 notes per second ... faster than any known violinist in history
And the tune that springs to mind?
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On land it is the salt lake area of Santa Cruz, Argentina. In the sea it is the Marianas Trench. :smug:
What did Florian ZaBach play faster than anyone else?

he plays 12.8 notes per second ... faster than any known violinist in history
And the tune that springs to mind?
Flight of the Bumblebee, Fluff
Bami should ask the next question, however in her absence perhaps I may have the honour of asking the next question
What was the first geographical location on Earth that was mentioned from the Moon?
Extra Fluffy point if you give the quotation.
Houston...
"Tranquility base here,the eagle has landed"
What is predicted to happen on March 20 2015?
A total solar eclipse. And on the day of the spring equinox too.
What was unusual about Eric Clapton's performance on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'?
Is it he played it on a Beatles album?
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Is it he played it on a Beatles album?

It's on the double Beatles 'White Album', Eric Clapton made a guest appearance playing lead guitar but my point was that he was uncredited, despite it turning out to be one of the greatest guitar songs of all time.
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Is it he played it on a Beatles album?

It's on the double Beatles 'White Album', Eric Clapton made a guest appearance playing lead guitar but my point was that he was uncredited, despite it turning out to be one of the greatest guitar songs of all time.
It is one fantastic piece of music too.....though i'm not a Clapton fan.
How many noughts in a ?
Oops - another question:
What did the perpetrators of the largest Chinese bank robbery (US$6.7 million) do with most of the money?
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Is it he played it on a Beatles album?

It's on the double Beatles 'White Album', Eric Clapton made a guest appearance playing lead guitar but my point was that he was uncredited, despite it turning out to be one of the greatest guitar songs of all time.
It is one fantastic piece of music too.....though i'm not a Clapton fan.
How many noughts in a ?

18
what number has 600 noughts on the end
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Oops - another question:
What did the perpetrators of the largest Chinese bank robbery (US$6.7 million) do with most of the money?

Bought lottery tickets :giggle:
You have to read the story to believe it. lol
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Is it he played it on a Beatles album?

It's on the double Beatles 'White Album', Eric Clapton made a guest appearance playing lead guitar but my point was that he was uncredited, despite it turning out to be one of the greatest guitar songs of all time.
It is one fantastic piece of music too.....though i'm not a Clapton fan.
How many noughts in a ?

18
what number has 600 noughts on the end
A centillion.
What is the optimum angle for a dovetail in hardwood?
The best advice I can find is a dove tail angle of between 7 and 14 degrees.
Older books recommend marking out using a 1 in 8 slope, so looking this value up in the sine tables gives a value of degrees so I'll go with 7 degrees.
How many Radians in a full circle.
1 in 8 was the answer I was looking for.
There are 2 radians in a full circle.
What is the average worldwide temperature at the surface of the Earth?
The avg temp of the Earth is circa 13 C
What and where is Britains smallest national park?
At 620 square kilometres, Pembroke National Park is the smallest and it's located in the south west of Wales
What is a 'snifter' and where is it located?
Is it not a brandy 'balloon' held in the hand to facilitate warming and evaporation of the spirit?
If so, where do the bubbles in champagne come from?
Ahhhh - wine (slurp)
Champagne bubbles are carbon dioxide molecules inherent in the Champagne getting trapped in tiny little pits and holes in the glass its poured into. these then wobble collect and form bubbles and pop out of the said pits and holes in the glass.
So if you had a perfectly smooth glassguess what?...Yup no bubbles biggrin
What is Englands deepest River
Is it the Severn? dunno
'Bubble Tea' drinks contain syrup extracted from what?
I had hoped that the syrup was from something exotic, unusual oreven halucengenic but no, Sugar plain and simple.
No question. Which begs me to ask the question. Why no question biggrin
Bubble Tea contains a syrup extracted from Blue Coral.
Where in Mexico, did the meteorite that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs land?
No wonder the recipes I found use sugar.
Where the heck am I going to find Blue Coral syrup in my local supermarket?
Let me guess they stock in in up market high brow delis in the 'Sarf' lol
Any way the meteorite landed in what is now the the Gulf of Mexico or thereabouts. Must had been quite a sight to have seen, not that you would have lasted too long after the event.
Be an abolute bugger if you were a woman. Biggest news ever and there's no one to tell. :lol:
What is the unusual property of ice that allows it to float?
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No wonder the recipes I found use sugar.
Where the heck am I going to find Blue Coral syrup in my local supermarket?
Let me guess they stock in in up market high brow delis in the 'Sarf' lol
Any way the meteorite landed in what is now the the Gulf of Mexico or thereabouts. Must had been quite a sight to have seen, not that you would have lasted too long after the event.
Be an abolute bugger if you were a woman. Biggest news ever and there's no one to tell. :lol:
What is the unusual property of ice that allows it to float?

T'was actually under the Yucatan peninsula and is centred near the modern day town of Chicxulub. But you got a nice smile so I'll let you have it :lol:
Ice floats because water expands at temperatures below 4 degrees celsius, making ice less dense than water.
What is the technically correct chemical name for water?
Dihydrogen Monoxide evil
Who was the first Greek philosopher?
Thales (but I did wiki that one lol)
What is the difference between a hard wood and a soft wood? (Apart from the obvious!)