Trivia

[Cami]

The right to be president?

This answer is correct.

 

[Cami]

Where was/is Penicillin derived from?

 

[MrX]

A mold.

I believe the story was that this mold accidentally grew on a petri dish, and it was noticed that it killed whatever bacteria was being observer. I dunno. Something like that.

 

[Cami]

Correct on the first part, incorrect on the second part.

It actually came from the mold of bread and fruit.

 

[MrX]

Correct on the first part, incorrect on the second part.

I object!

Fleming recounted that the date of his discovery of penicillin was on the morning of Friday, September 28, 1928.[25] It was a fortuitous accident: in his laboratory in the basement of St. Mary's Hospital in London (now part of Imperial College), Fleming noticed a Petri dish containing Staphylococcus plate culture he mistakenly left open, was contaminated by blue-green mould, which formed a visible growth. There was a halo of inhibited bacterial growth around the mould. Fleming concluded the mould released a substance that repressed the growth and lysing the bacteria. He grew a pure culture and discovered it was a Penicillium mould, now known to be Penicillium notatum.

 

[Teela]

Mr. X is correct.

 

[Cami]

well fuck me. I might just give up.

 

[Cami]

Which animals have the longest life span?

 

[bacon]

I think I know this

the tortoise

 

[Cami]

Correct Bacon!

 

[MrX]

I should know this.

But I don't.

Some sort of tortoise? I'm almost sure that's wrong.

 

[MrX]

bacon! quick on the draw.

 

[MrX]

and with much more confidence.

 

[bacon]

 

[MrX]

Holy crap. a verified tortoise lived to 188.

Unverified one lived to 250.

 

[MrX]

But wait...

Some species of sponges are believed to live over 10,000 years, and coral over 2,000 years.

More controversy in the trivia thread.

 

[Cami]

They outlive humans. how bout that.

Which soft drink saw sales fall dramatically after a little turned orange from drinking too much of it?

 

[Cami]

But wait...

Some species of sponges are believed to live over 10,000 years, and coral over 2,000 years.

More controversy in the trivia thread.

You have a point....but I don't think most simpletons consider those to be animals.

The question was plural....so you would be correct as well I suppose.

Also - Lobsters