new quiz 28th november

[Tristan]

I thought i better check up on the answer for question 7,
7. Thomas Edison patents the electric lightbulb what year?
the answer i had was 1879.
But after Tristan had said he applied for patent in 1880, which was invalidated in 1883, then he finally got validation in 1889.
So i thought i better look into this further

Electric Lights.
application date Oct 14th 1878
issued on April 22nd 1879

Apparatus for electric lights
application date Feb 1879
issued Feb 10th 1880

Electric light
application date Feb 3rd 1879
issued May 4th 1880

this was found on www.tomedison.org/patent.html

I thought the question was for the light-bulb itself, which in my humble opinion concerned the encasement of the filament in a near-perfect vacuum, which was the patent (no. 223,898 for anyone who really cares) I was referring to.

You are correct that Edison had patents for electrical light apparatuses (apparati?) in 1879, but as these mostly referred to improvements in the method of conduction, not the bulb itself, I didn't think that was the answer the question was looking for. My apologies if I was mistaken!

[highlander]

Here is the answers for this weeks questions

1.Shewsbury, England
2.Copenhagen
3.fossils
4.Chicago, Usa
5.Bee Gees
6.huge wave 100ft high
7.1879
8.African
9. Rudyard Kipling
10.3 times
11. Butterfly
12. Captain James Cook
13. they cant be singular
14. shark
15. prunes wrapped in bacon (yuckie)
16. pepsi cola, invented by american pharmacist Caleb Bradham
17. 8 lanes
18. tooth enamel
19.no
20. New seekers

thank you all for taking part in the quiz, i will make up some more questions and post them soon

[The Godfather]

Lies!! Giraffes can swim. I saw one swimming down the Dunbeath Strath in the summer!