Official General Knowledge question thread (Answers 1-10)

Originally posted by groingrinder
Bacteria

Nope. Sorry. Wait till you hear this answer.

General Knowledge Question # 8

Which was the commonly used tooth-cleaning agent during the 1500s and 1600s in Spain and Holland?

Somethings telling me mercury.

Gotta go home. Back in about an hour.

Originally posted by surfup
General Knowledge Question # 6

Which country's post stamps don't bear the country of the origin's name? It is because they were the first to invent them.

When I was a Philatelist I used to know this.

Originally posted by intrepid
General Knowledge Question # 8
Somethings telling me mercury.

Something tells me you are wrong, ohh the right answer does. Sorry.

Originally posted by groingrinder
General Knowledge Question # 6
When I was a Philatelist I used to know this.

Should I tell the answer?

Originally posted by surfup

Originally posted by groingrinder
General Knowledge Question # 6
When I was a Philatelist I used to know this.

Should I tell the answer?

Yes please I am dying to know what it has to do with being over 18.

Yes please I am dying to know what it has to do with being over 18.

It has nothing to do with being more than 18. It was just an expression to "Close, No Cigar."

Being the nice guy I am, I will tell you the answer...tomorrow.

Acutally you can easily guess.

General Knowledge Question # 8

Which was the commonly used tooth-cleaning agent during the 1500s and 1600s in Spain and Holland?

Was it feces?

Originally posted by intrepid
General Knowledge Question # 8

Which was the commonly used tooth-cleaning agent during the 1500s and 1600s in Spain and Holland?

Was it feces?

My granny used to make my dad and his brothers wash their ears with urine. But that was only in the 1940's.

Originally posted by intrepid
General Knowledge Question # 8
Was it feces?

Close.

Originally posted by groingrinder
My granny used to make my dad and his brothers wash their ears with urine. But that was only in the 1940's.

Groin, you have the right idea. Did you think that idea of using urine started in the 1940s?

General Knowledge Question # 9

Guess what the recorded oldest person on Earth?

This one you will never get.

General Knowledge Question # 10

Which famous Italtain person could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously?

I think this one is pretty easy.

"General Knowledge Question # 9

Guess what the recorded oldest person on Earth?

This one you will never get. "

It was some prophet in the Bible, I believe his name was Methusela (spelling?) he lived to be around 900 some odd years??

Originally posted by surfup
General Knowledge Question # 10

Which famous Italtain person could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously?

I think this one is pretty easy.

Easy.
Leonardo da Vinci.

General Knowledge Question # 9

Guess what the recorded oldest person on Earth?

Methusela, 965 years, Genesis.

My bad.

[Edited on 4/3/2004 by surfup]

Originally posted by Banshee
Easy.
Leonardo da Vinci.

Told you.

Originally posted by Grommer
General Knowledge Question # 9

It was some prophet in the Bible, I believe his name was Methusela (spelling?) he lived to be around 900 some odd years??

Yep. Refer to Intrepid's thread for actually name and year.

General Knowledge Question # 11

During which month in U.S. does murder in happen mostly commonly and most frequently?