Trivia Question of the Day
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OK lets try an odd one!
In the days when Ground Combat Training became Ground Defence Training and we started playing with Geiger Counters and Dosimeters, we measured radiation in Roentgens (sp)
Nowadays, if the radiation comes from a Linear Accelerator, what are the units of radiation that are used?
In the days when Ground Combat Training became Ground Defence Training and we started playing with Geiger Counters and Dosimeters, we measured radiation in Roentgens (sp)
Nowadays, if the radiation comes from a Linear Accelerator, what are the units of radiation that are used?
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Deep in some corner of my mind (let's not go there though!) the word sievert (sp) is jumping out at me, but I have no idea why!
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Honouring the principle of not googling and asking I would say beckerel - I didn't even spell it correctly!
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Fermi's?
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No.Rwy in Sight wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:43 pmHonouring the principle of not googling and asking I would say beckerel - I didn't even spell it correctly!
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Sieffert?
There was an old GP driver, Jo Sieffert whose father was a scientist
There was an old GP driver, Jo Sieffert whose father was a scientist
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His name was Jo Siffert
Joseph Siffert was a Swiss racing driver. Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and friends, Siffert was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of a dairy owner. Wikipedia
Joseph Siffert was a Swiss racing driver. Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and friends, Siffert was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of a dairy owner. Wikipedia
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No sure it helps
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Cynicism improves with age
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The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include ‘pony’ which is £25, a ‘ton’ is £100 and a ‘monkey’, which equals £500.
Why is £500 a 'Monkey' ?
Del Boy not to answer.
Why is £500 a 'Monkey' ?
Del Boy not to answer.
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Great Q
Wrestling with this one as I can't think of even a 3-steps removed rhyme
Wrestling with this one as I can't think of even a 3-steps removed rhyme
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Stop wrestling. Even though it is part of the lingo, it doesn't rhyme, it is for a different reason.
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Hmmm
Even the paper you lifted it from says it's only speculation
Oh, well
Even the paper you lifted it from says it's only speculation
Oh, well
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It seems to be well documented.
Opsboi in the chair for effort.London slang for £500. Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. ... Referring to £500, this term is derived from the Indian 500 Rupee note of that era, which featured a monkey on one side.
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Depends where you look and your search term innit.
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Slang can infiltrate almost any element of daily life. For instance, London slang about money is believed to have been imported from India by returning servicemen during the nineteenth century. The terms monkey, meaning £500, and pony, meaning £25, are believed by some[who?] to have come from old Indian rupee banknotes, which it is asserted[by whom?] used to feature images of those animals, but this is untrue as no Indian banknotes have featured these animals. Confusion possibly arose from the image of an orangutan on the Indonesian 500 rupee banknote. Banknotes with such denominations were issued by Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras and some other private banks between 1810 and 1860[citation needed].
It is more likely that the term Pony originates from the Latin "Legem Pone" from Psalm 119, which was always sung at Matins on the 25th of the month. 25 March was also the date on which debts were traditionally settled, on which date one would have to "pony up" or "pony out". It is easy to see how slang for a payment on the 25th could develop into a payment of 25 pounds[1]
The term "monkey" originally meant a mortgage in working class slang across large parts of the UK. A "monkey on the house" or simply a "monkey" was a mortgage.[2]
At that time 500 pounds was a huge sum of money to the poor people who predominantly used such slang and the only way to raise that amount of money would have been to mortgage the house. 500 pounds would have been about the average value of a London house at the time the term originated in the early 20th century[3] according to the CPBS mortgage registers 1919–1922.
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Slang can infiltrate almost any element of daily life. For instance, London slang about money is believed to have been imported from India by returning servicemen during the nineteenth century. The terms monkey, meaning £500, and pony, meaning £25, are believed by some[who?] to have come from old Indian rupee banknotes, which it is asserted[by whom?] used to feature images of those animals, but this is untrue as no Indian banknotes have featured these animals. Confusion possibly arose from the image of an orangutan on the Indonesian 500 rupee banknote. Banknotes with such denominations were issued by Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras and some other private banks between 1810 and 1860[citation needed].
It is more likely that the term Pony originates from the Latin "Legem Pone" from Psalm 119, which was always sung at Matins on the 25th of the month. 25 March was also the date on which debts were traditionally settled, on which date one would have to "pony up" or "pony out". It is easy to see how slang for a payment on the 25th could develop into a payment of 25 pounds[1]
The term "monkey" originally meant a mortgage in working class slang across large parts of the UK. A "monkey on the house" or simply a "monkey" was a mortgage.[2]
At that time 500 pounds was a huge sum of money to the poor people who predominantly used such slang and the only way to raise that amount of money would have been to mortgage the house. 500 pounds would have been about the average value of a London house at the time the term originated in the early 20th century[3] according to the CPBS mortgage registers 1919–1922.
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Forum must not die.
What was Henry McCarty better known as.
What was Henry McCarty better known as.
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