There's a joke-of-sorts about the last one (in Spanish, but quite understandable in English):
A Latin couple naming their twins Lucia Fernanda and Jesús Cristóbal, so, whenever they're fighting, they can say: "Lucifer! Jesucristo! Stop fighting!!"
I thought the last one to be a trap. Certainly "no" is the correct answer concerning the modern handguns, but I have understood that some old ones, like the Derringer 22 (seen often in the Western movies), actually shoot so slow bullets that they could be seen and avoided.
With the muzzle velocity of the Derringer you'd still need to be more than 30 meters away from the gun to even have enough time to start reaction to the bang. If you're 100m away you might get around half a second to move your body. That's very little to actively get out of the way of a bullet, but much more importantly even at 30m you wouldn't not be able to see and track such a small and fast object with your eye. Any movement would just be a guess based on the direction the gun is in. And the question specifically asks for seeing a bullet before avoiding it.
I wonder if anyone has ever seen a tracer round flying toward them from long range and successfully moved out of the way before it strikes. I could imagine a reasonable scenario (correct lighting, target facing shooter, target actively paying attention, very long range shot) where that could happen, but documentation and verification would be difficult. Makes you wonder....
The question doesn't say anything about guns. It just asks if anyone's ever seen a bullet coming and dodged it. I suspect that would be very doable (and probably has been done) with a hand-thrown bullet.
There's an episode of Justified where Raylan Givens (the protagonist), trying to intimidate a bad guy, throws a bullet at him and then says "next one's coming faster".
In the same ballpark (& not seen in this quiz, but sadly in way too many places for this grammarian), it drives me nuts to see the misuse of "sunk"...it's incorrect to say "It sunk" & should be "It sank." "Sunk" is used w/a helping verb..."It was sunk..." or "It had sunk..." It's analogous to "They drank" & "They had drunk..."...which is what I need to do when I see too many grammatical errors. ; )
I hear "ran" and "run" used incorrectly all the time as well. For example, "I would have run that marathon." is the correct usage, but many instead say, "I would have ran that marathon." It drives me nuts.
Bobcat and ctleng, you are welcome to correct my grammar any time. I appreciate it when people take the time help me improve myself. (It's doubtful that I will remember it the next time the issue comes up, but there's always hope.)
>>"Many people have, some as young as 21 years old."
The logistics and visas required to do this make me doubt that everyone who has marked all countries as 'visited' has indeed been to all 196. Not saying it is not possible, but I think some folks may be fibbing.
Straight line distance from the Island of Tasmania, Australia to New Zealand 1000 miles / 1600 km. ..... not counting tidal drift, wave direction, wind direction, etc. and not forgetting sharks.
I’m not sure if you said sharks as a joke or not. Because sharks rarely attack human beings let alone kill them. They would be the least of your worries swimming across the sea.
Of course, this assumes it's a completely random 50/50 chance for each match. Presumably some research and knowledge of the teams would cut those odds somewhat, as many games would have one outcome be more likely than the other.
Quizmaster plz update your super smash bros ultimate quiz so that the DLC for smash ultimate are on it. This includes piranha plant, joker, hero, banjo & kazzoie, terry, Byleth, min min, Steve, and sephiroth
I think it depends on the definition of "conquered"; they sued for peace and were granted peace. Did Napoleon actually physically conquered the swiss federation through a war of attrition and installed his own government, no.
What's a bullet though? Like does a rocket propelled grenade count as a bullet? And sure, while the Mythbusters proved you can't see a bullet that's already been fired, what about seeing that a bullet is about to be fired and consequently dodging it? Shouldn't that count?
yeah, the bullet question is BS. even very fast bullets, like from an AR-15, can be dodged from far away. if you were shot at from 500 yards away, which is a long shot, but not that long, youd have half a second from seeing the muzzle flash to ducking behind cover. and considering that the military often uses tracer rounds, im sure that many people have dodged bullets they saw coming toward them during wars. we fired tens of millions of bullets in vietnam and afghanistan and iraq--some from 1000+ yards from the target.
Assuming someone is independently wealthy, I wonder what the next limiting factors are. My guess is bureaucracy.
Even if you 'luxuriously' spent a week in every country, that's 3.77 years; which doesn't seem terrible.
There are @20 countries the size of Taiwan>Slovenia. Another @13 Kuwait>Palestine. Leaving 32 tiny ones- even the biggest Bahrain is about 1/2 the size of London or New York.
I could imagine spending a week in Singapore, Montenegro, maybe Bahrain. I'd imagine spending 12 weeks in the 12 smaller Oceania countries might be challenging. Maybe if you love people and small islands.
How many weeks do you need to split bt the 4 stans? Or Central America? The Caribbean?
Travel time probably isn't horrible if you're doing >5 adjacent countries at a time, just 'expensive'.
Some countries bar your entry if you've visited Israel. I'd imagine there are other flags like that (I'm thinking Libya, S Sudan, Afghanistan, etc.). I imagine that's the obstacle to overcome.
I'm confused why only 57% of people got the question about Australia and New Zealand right. The distance between the two countries is over 1500km (around 930 miles), and the longest distance ever swam is 'only' 250km (around 155 miles).
I'm sure many people don't know the distance between the two countries. Cuba and the US are only 90s miles apart. France and the UK are close enough to swim from one to the other. I'm sure the average Jetpunker knows Australia and New Zealand are next to each other, but as for whether there's 80 miles or 300 miles of water between them, I doubt the average person knows.
Just this week on French TV, a rugby commentator claimed that many NZ players go to the Japanese league because of "geographical proximity". I mean, it's about 9 000 kilometers... Wouldn't be surprised if he thought the players could swin there!
I guess it means starting still, having someone shoot at you with a real bullet then only starting to dodge after it's fired, not having bullets miss you while you were already moving.
First you'd need someone stupid enough to even try, then with fast enough reflexes and accelerating fast enough to get out of the way. At long ranges where you might have the time, you might not know a bullet is coming at you as long-range bullets are supersonic.
A Latin couple naming their twins Lucia Fernanda and Jesús Cristóbal, so, whenever they're fighting, they can say: "Lucifer! Jesucristo! Stop fighting!!"
- "Going into hyperspace in unpleasantly like being drunk."
- "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
- "Ask a glass of water."
The logistics and visas required to do this make me doubt that everyone who has marked all countries as 'visited' has indeed been to all 196. Not saying it is not possible, but I think some folks may be fibbing.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_North_Korea
Even if you 'luxuriously' spent a week in every country, that's 3.77 years; which doesn't seem terrible.
There are @20 countries the size of Taiwan>Slovenia. Another @13 Kuwait>Palestine. Leaving 32 tiny ones- even the biggest Bahrain is about 1/2 the size of London or New York.
I could imagine spending a week in Singapore, Montenegro, maybe Bahrain. I'd imagine spending 12 weeks in the 12 smaller Oceania countries might be challenging. Maybe if you love people and small islands.
How many weeks do you need to split bt the 4 stans? Or Central America? The Caribbean?
Travel time probably isn't horrible if you're doing >5 adjacent countries at a time, just 'expensive'.
Some countries bar your entry if you've visited Israel. I'd imagine there are other flags like that (I'm thinking Libya, S Sudan, Afghanistan, etc.). I imagine that's the obstacle to overcome.
If you can swim from Aus to NZ, you can swim from Japan to the US
Might want to specify if its to the mainland of Australia in the quiz.
First you'd need someone stupid enough to even try, then with fast enough reflexes and accelerating fast enough to get out of the way. At long ranges where you might have the time, you might not know a bullet is coming at you as long-range bullets are supersonic.
Anyway, don't even try...
15/15 1st try! Me happy :)