Trivia

[XL-entLady]

I love weird food facts. So here's my next question:

The most widely cultivated variety of THIS worldwide staple food was already being cultivated ten millennia ago by the Chono, a group of people who became extinct in the 1870's.

 

[Buster]

Maize or aka Corn ?

 

[Scout333]

Potatos? My cousin was a missionary to the Aymara Indians in the mountains near La Paz, Bolivia. He ate potatos there over 50 years old one of the villages had stored in a cave near their village. Said they weren't too tasty but he didn't get sick.

 

[XL-entLady]

Scout got it again. That fermented dried potato thing is downright nasty I've heard.

The board is yours!

 

[malyla]

I love weird food facts. So here's my next question:

The most widely cultivated variety of THIS worldwide staple food was already being cultivated ten millennia ago by the Chono, a group of people who became extinct in the 1870's.

"ten millennia" - really - our ape ancesters where cultavating potatoes 10 million years ago???:cheesy: That is a rock in the shape of a potato IMHO:toung: but I give the point.

Go USA soccer - tread highjack - HAH!

 

[XL-entLady]

"ten millennia" - really - our ape ancesters where cultavating potatoes 10 million years ago???:cheesy: That is a rock in the shape of a potato IMHO:toung: but I give the point.

Go USA soccer - tread highjack - HAH!

A millennium (pl. -ni⋅ums, -ni⋅a) is a period of time equal to one thousand years (from Latin mille, thousand, and annus, year)

 

[malyla]

A millennium (pl. -ni⋅ums, -ni⋅a) is a period of time equal to one thousand years (from Latin mille, thousand, and annus, year)

my bad! so where did million (100 thousand) come from? You don't have to answer that - i was just having fun. The absurdity of eating a petrified potato tickled my fancy.

 

[Scout333]

Hello Guys, My cousin was a Navy Seal before he was a missionary. I hear they can eat anything.

Lets try a TSP related question.

When it comes to Thrift Savings Plan investors which group or occupation appears to be the smartest, as in getting the biggest bang for their investment buck. (Hint: the same group also seems to be most successful at doubling their investment dollars.) Is it:

1. Rocket scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2. Everybody at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

3. Physicists at the White Sands National Laboratory

4. Letter carriers with the U.S. Postal Service

5. Statisticians with the Bureau of Labor Statistics

6. Chaplains with the Bureau of Prisons

7. Senior researchers with the National Institutes of Health

8. Auditors at the Internal Revenue Service

9. All of the above

10. None of the above.

 

[nnuut]

Let's take a POLL on that one!

 

[XL-entLady]

Well, it's not the National Park Service, that's for sure!

I'll be interested in this answer!

 

[CountryBoy]

It can't be any of the Engineers in the agencies, cause we're to anal. :nuts:

 

[Viva_La_Migra]

Chaplains...they have God on speed dial.

 

[Scout333]

Good guesses guys. Keep trying! KevinD haven't seen your guess yet.

 

[nnuut]

10. None of the above.

 

[Scout333]

Not it. Someone will deliver the right answer soon!

 

[XL-entLady]

After Scout's gigantic hint I'm going to guess the USPS.

 

[Scout333]

Lady, You certainly delivered the correct answer! The board is yours ma'am!

 

[XL-entLady]

Thanks, Scout. How about this one:

Any species of homo sapiens that developed outside of Africa contains measurable DNA from this species.

 

[Scout333]

Thanks, Scout. How about this one:

Any species of homo sapiens that developed outside of Africa contains measurable DNA from this species.

Bump, Ideas anyone?

 

[XL-entLady]

How about a clue: The species was first discovered in Belgium, rather than the Neander Valley as is commonly thought.