Northern Ireland is part of the United Kindgdom, the UK is made of up Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain being England, Scotland and Wales
Well, that is a somewhat accurate representation for beginners, but I would argue that the United Kingdom includes more stuff than just Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
@Eigengrau The United Kingdom only consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The largest island within this kingdom is Great Britain, which comprised most of the first three constituent countries. However there are also other minor islands such as the Shetland and Orkney Islands (belonging to Scotland) and the Isle of Wight (belonging to England). The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are British Crown dependencies that are not considered part of the UK; same with the British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar, Falkland Islands etc.)
The first thing I typed for the woodchuck question was "as much wood as a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood", I missed the first bit. When that didn't work, I tried "A woodchuck would chuck no amount of wood because a woodchuck can't chuck wood" (from Monkey Island, transliterated). After that I gave up...
That wouldn't count, as things can solidify in more than one way. Deposition, for instance, is when something goes directly from a gas to a solid without being a liquid in between. This is how frost is made, for instance. The opposite of melting ("a solid turning into a liquid") would have to be "a liquid turning into a solid," which is freezing.
Freeze isn't the opposite of melt. If butter melts, then the process to reverse that is solidifying, because it remains, even after hardening, at well above freezing temperature.
When any solid becomes a liquid, that's called melting. When any liquid becomes a solid, that's called freezing. It has nothing to do with the freezing/melting point of water. Carbon has a freezing/melting point of 3800 K. Hydrogen has a freezing/melting point of 14 K (-259 C). It's all relative.
It's a good point. Elizabeth the Second is not the Queen of England. I'm not sure that it's worth correcting to "United Kingdom", though. Just remove "of England". You call The Queen "your Majesty".
Why indeed. There are lot of these - your grace, your eminence, your honour, your excellency. Highness seems to be appropriate for your common royal - Princes and the like - rather than the top banana herself.
Grace is for duke, excelence is for cardinal, honour is for judge, etc. There are alot of these, but they are supposed to be used for a specific person. Just because we tend to use them interchangeably doesn't mean it is correct.
Wouldn't "siren" be acceptable for the last clue? Are they not also half women, half fish? I mean, I know I could google it, but you guys are so much better to explain that kind of stuff...
England + Scotland + Wales = Great Britain
Great Britain + Northern Ireland = United Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A3HLWtHYWA
Mandible? Never heard of it.
The one with chuck was impossible for me. Wtf?