Hefe Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Does anyone know where the Islets of Langerhans are located? Quote Link to comment
rxpharm Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Does anyone know where the Islets of Langerhans are located? in the pancreas, and they are responsible for insulin production Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Heh heh, figures RX would know that one! Hefe tried to slip one by us Any of you comrades care to take a stab at where this place is? Quote Link to comment
williethepimp Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 keppler 186 or 168 .......named after the keppler telescope that discovered it... Kepler 186, named after the German maths whizz, Johannes Kepler, who had something to do with describing how the planets move around (I think). hmmm......was the planet named after the telescope or after the mathematician?......i would posit the telescope....the telescope was named of course after the mathematician........up to today-there are over 400 new cosmic bodies numbered (rather than named ) Kepler _ _ _ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exoplanets_discovered_using_the_Kepler_spacecraft Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 By the way.....that skyline photo above is the new Moscow! Quote Link to comment
pdogg Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 By the way.....that skyline photo above is the new Moscow! Would have never guessed that except for perhaps your comrade clue. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Would have never guessed that except for perhaps your comrade clue. Yeah, that was the reason I put Comrade in the question; Moscow does not look like your father's Russia anymore! Which country is the city of Iquitos in? It is the largest city in the world that is inaccessible by road; boat or plane only. Quote Link to comment
Hefe Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I was going to say Ecuador, but that is Quito.... is there a city called Iquitos there too? Quote Link to comment
Guest sustra Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 anybody that loves the movie Fitzcarraldo knows that he wants to build a theatre in Iquitos....that is why is going there up The river rio Amazonas by a steamship and interrupts the trip to transport the boat up the hills.... As i've seen this movie several times iquitos is on the Rio amazonas in Peru'...just before Manhaus Now it has some oilfields and the wine of the gods..made with a psychadelic herb, prepared by authentic or rip off sciamans...cuirous to know that the herb in question is perfectly legal and you could buy a bottle at any local market ( i guess that for the rest of your life you should just listen to "shine on you crazy diamond ) 2 Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yup, Iquitos is in northeastern Peru......been there twice myself, and have tried the "wine of the Gods" many times. Not sure if it's quite ''available at any local market'', but you CAN get it if you try hard enough. Problem is, taking it home and doing it without the aid of a shaman in your home - or, worse, going out somewhere - could be really dangerous. That stuff is no joke. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Which city is further east; Vladivostok, or Kyoto? Shanghai, or Beijing? Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 FARTHER east Mr. Dee. Kyoto Beijing Quote Link to comment
pacman Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I agree with you Sam. As much as logic tells me the reverse, Kyoto is east of Vladivostok & Beijing is east of Shanghai. At least I think so. Try these two - which city is farther north.... Kathmandu or New Delhi? Seoul or Tokyo? Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 FARTHER east Mr. Dee. Kyoto Beijing Kyoto is correct......Beijing is wrong, Shanghai is farther east. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 which city is farther north.... Kathmandu or New Delhi? Seoul or Tokyo? Kathmandu and Tokyo Quote Link to comment
pacman Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Kathmandu and Tokyo Both wrong. I thought Tokyo / Seoul wasn't too hard a question, the one that surprised me & I'm sure you could win money from is the first one - New Delhi / Kathmandu. In my mind, there's India down here with Nepal up there. It was a shock to see Kathmandu south of New Delhi when I first looked it up. Quote Link to comment
pdogg Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Detroit, Motown, the Motor City, not so long ago the fifth most populous city in the USA, has fallen on hard times. What city is directly south of Detroit? Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Windsor, Ontario, Canada! Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Here's one for you guys; which singer lived and died in cities known as The City of Lights? Quote Link to comment
pdogg Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Windsor, Ontario, Canada! Corrrrectomundo! It's an upside down world! I'lll take a stab at the City of Lights question and say Jim Morrison. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 I'lll take a stab at the City of Lights question and say Jim Morrison. Yups, wrote a song about his hometown with L.A. Woman {''city of lights, yeah!''} and died in Paris, also known as such. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 From which country does the word "Bistro" originate? Hint; not France. Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The Bistrotine empire??? Quote Link to comment
Guest sustra Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 bistro from russian language быстро that means fast , quickly....give me a vodka bistro ( that you pronounce bistra ) because of the russian soldiers was forbidden to drink alchool...they used to say quickly...give me a vodka.( i was a russian-italian-french interpreter in my youth ) but the origin is not sure...could also come from a dialect in north of France Bistrot Quote Link to comment
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