That dang Q10 bites my ass more often than not! BTW I've been off JP for a bit while at my son's wedding & now I can't send messages to folks I've subscribed to? Lost all previous messages.....@PietjePuk24 in particular
Fun Fact (or not): Eratosthenes lived to be about 82 years old, when he starved himself to death because he feared the onset of blindness. What I learned today
You can't message people on JetPunk anymore. Quizmaster was concerned that having these features would lead to some countries classifying JetPunk as a social media site, which would lead to increased regulation.
We wouldn't be able to meet the regulations and would instead have to block the country entirely. If JetPunk blocked the US then it would have to shut down. So instead the more "social features" were removed.
Sorry. We are a quiz site and cannot afford the risk of having social media features which could draw additional scrutiny, especially if some users are under the age of 18.
Regrettable but understandable. The friends features were neat, but not necessary IMO. if that's what it takes to keep this site running then I'm on board with it.
I think they just typed a generic russian name they might have heard of. Most Americans especially have absolutely 0 clue about Russia due to propaganda.
Damn, I did my bachelor's thesis on the sieve of Eratosthenes, which made me confused about the answer, cause I knew the time, knew the guy, but didn't think he was also the guy who estimated the circumference of the earth at that time.
7/10. Was going to say Kalishnokov, but I thought maybe that was a different gun. Was going to say garden snail, but decided to go with fruit fly. And I really thought Carbon was the right answer. So, I could have had 9/10.
Oof 8/10 today. How on earth do people know who invents guns? It's never occurred to me that someone would ever care who invented a gun. Oh well, add it to my list of weaknesses.
Rather than people being interested in who invented some gun, the "AK" part of the AK-47 name is short for "Avtomat Kalashnikova" which literally means "Kalashnikov automatic rifle". So the inventor is in the name.
Also, I don't know how wide-spread this is, but at least in some Eastern European countries AK-47 is commonly known simply as kalashnikov (in the local language variation), so with the given options the answer was quite obvious to those aware of it.
10/10! This ranks as one of the top events of my life. Just ahead of my future wedding and the birth of my future first son and the first time I prestiged in Call of Duty.
Fun Fact (or not): Eratosthenes lived to be about 82 years old, when he starved himself to death because he feared the onset of blindness. What I learned today
We wouldn't be able to meet the regulations and would instead have to block the country entirely. If JetPunk blocked the US then it would have to shut down. So instead the more "social features" were removed.
#8 got me
You got 10 of 10 correct
With time bonus, your score is 9,898
You beat or equaled 100% of test takers
You are #1 on your leaderboard!
Also, I don't know how wide-spread this is, but at least in some Eastern European countries AK-47 is commonly known simply as kalashnikov (in the local language variation), so with the given options the answer was quite obvious to those aware of it.