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[Anaheim]

correction lang:

tallest building is
TAIPEI 101, Taipe, Taiwan

Second tallest is
PETRONAS TOWER I , KL , Malaysia


Question : What is the only "X-RATED" film to have won the Academy Award for BEST PICTURE ?

[jake_speed]

Midnight Cowboy
1969







Current Event:

What Astronomical Phenomenon is about to happen today?

[kundera]

Venus Eclipse

Why is Venus uninhabitable?

[jake_speed]

(hmmm.. It's more of Venus eclipsing the sun... It's called the Transit of Venus)

Aside from the surface pressure, the surface temperature on Venus is extremely hot, about 462°C (864°F) among other things...





What planet in the Solar System that has Phobos and Deimos satellites? (moons)

[Anaheim]

planet MARS


Who played Uncle Martin in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" ?

[jake_speed]

Ray Walston








What are the names of the 2 Rovers that recently landed in the Mars surface?

[robbietan]

my favorite martian stars ray walston as the martian and bill bixby as tim, the earth family that took uncle martian (uncle martin) in.


who is the original captain of the USS enterprise ncc1701

[robbietan]

NASA, the Lego company and the Planetary society conducted a search for the rover names and the winning names are

SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY



first captain of the uss enterprise NCC1701 (later promoted to commodore and ambassador)

[jake_speed]

robbietan

Is it Admiral Kirk?






What is the first spaceship that landed on Mars?

[robbietan]

nah, it was ambassador robert april with shundresh as his second n command
(not a trekkie then bos jake? )

biggest high school (in terms of enrollment) in the world?

[blackwind]

am not sure pero di ba Jose Rizal College tama ba?


what is the medical term for Hiccups?

[jake_speed]

answer to my question:

In abt 35 Mars missions, most of them by former USSR, the first successful landing is the Viking 1 (NASA) on July 20, 1976.

nah, it was ambassador robert april with shundresh as his second n command
(not a trekkie then bos jake?  )

hehe.. not really robbietan..
I think it's Rizal High School in Pasig.

what is the medical term for Hiccups?

singultus? or convulsive gasp





What is the largest Volcano in the Solar System? (more than twice as high as Mount Everest)

[robbietan]

Olympus Mons
The largest volcano in the Solar System. Reaching 27km (17 miles) high and 700km (435 miles) across. But this monstrous volcano is extinct


kala ko pa naman trekkie ka with all the astronomical queries you've been throwing at us poor mortals


if saturns is the god of mythology,
jupiter the king of the gods,
then what is earth?

[jake_speed]

home of the mortals?

this one is tough huh.. sensya na bro, mahina ako sa sci/fi and myth..

i think Earth is not a name of a god, or from a greek/roman mythology, it's derived from eorthe (old english) w/c means land...





tanungin natin ang iba....

[Anaheim]

if saturns is the god of mythology,
jupiter the king of the gods,
then what is earth?

In Greek mythology, GAEA - EARTH God
In cosmic mythology, SPIDER WOMAN (hindi gf ni Peter Parker ha) - EARTH Goddess
In Egyptian/Isis mythology, KEB - EARTH God
In Norse mythology, JORD - EARTH Goddess
In Tolkien mythology, Middle-EARTH came to full form in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Ok?

Question - THURSDAY (Fifth day of the week) was named after a god in Norse mythology, who?

[jake_speed]

Thor

Thursday is named for him and he was associated by the Romans with Jupiter, therefore also parallel to Zeus. They were all the wielder of ligtning bolts.




What is the highest waterfall in the world?

[Anaheim]

Angel Falls in Venezuela

What's the name of the secret identity of Mighty Thor, God of Thunder in Marvel comics?

[robbietan]

In Greek mythology, GAEA - EARTH God

thats the answer i was looking for

in the old marvel age: the mighty THOR becomes DR. DON BLAKE when he strikes his hammer MJOLNIR to the ground. Don Blake, incidentally, is a cripple. He strikes his crutches to the ground to become THOR


oks ba?

who were the ORIGINAL 3 ANGELS of TVs Charlie's Angels (actresses names)

[Elai]

Sabrina Duncan - Kate Jackson
Jill Munroe - Farrah Fawcett
Kelly Garrett - Jaclyn Smith


The TV series "Sex and the City is set in what place?

[robbietan]

Sabrina Duncan - Kate Jackson
Jill Munroe - Farrah Fawcett
Kelly Garrett - Jaclyn Smith

gleng talaga, me forgot farrah's character name in the series


the city is NEW YORK (where else)


in what TV series did Dr. Frasier Crane (Frasier) originate?

bale lumalabas spin-off siya ng popular series na yon