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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #135 on: August 17, 2010, 11:32:47 PM »
woot  :LOL:

What is the name of the closet start from Earth apart from the sun?
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #136 on: August 17, 2010, 11:37:02 PM »

Proxima Centauri

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #137 on: August 18, 2010, 08:45:25 AM »
Quote from: Xtr3me on August 17, 2010, 11:32:47 PM
woot  :LOL:

What is the name of the closet        start        from Earth apart from the sun?


Really?

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Anyway, I'll say it's Alpha Centauri (A or B, take your pick)....

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #138 on: August 19, 2010, 08:30:12 AM »
kiwi is correct,

Alpha Centauri is a binary star system made up of 3 stars that orbit each other,Proxima Centauri also known as Alpha Centauri C is the closest to earth atm
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #139 on: August 19, 2010, 09:49:48 AM »
Quote from: BFM_Kiwi on August 17, 2010, 06:22:43 PM

I would have guessed London, as I thought only modern cities reached that sort of population.  London had a population of 500,000 in the late 1600's, and reached a million in early 1800's.  It had a documented population of over a million in 1811.

If you google, you'll see that Rome is considered to be the first to reach a million, but this is undocumented.  Baghdad was also likely over a million.

So the answer isn't clear.  But I'll give it to Xtr3me.



Chang'an was also once called the city of a million people or something like that :P
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #140 on: August 19, 2010, 01:24:44 PM »

Yeah, well New Zealand has a Ninety Mile Beach, however it's only 55 miles long.  So don't believe those marketing people.

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #141 on: August 19, 2010, 02:13:23 PM »
Modern estimates put the population within just the city walls as nearly a million so :P
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #142 on: August 19, 2010, 03:56:10 PM »

nearly a million you say...
 
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #143 on: August 19, 2010, 04:39:01 PM »
Just within the city walls. I'm sure there were more living outside the city walls but still considered part of the city ;o
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #144 on: August 19, 2010, 04:59:36 PM »
looking at wikipedia, it seems that Chang'an reached one million inhabitants around 750 AD.  The Roman Empire fell around 476 AD.  So assuming that Rome was at its highest during the Roman Empire, it is safe to say that Rome reached the magic number of one million before Chang'an did.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #145 on: August 19, 2010, 05:46:26 PM »

Anyway, moving on....

An easy one I imagine:

Who is Stefani Germanotta?



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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #146 on: August 19, 2010, 11:02:08 PM »
Quote from: BFM_Goalie on August 19, 2010, 04:59:36 PM
looking at wikipedia, it seems that Chang'an reached one million inhabitants around 750 AD.  The Roman Empire fell around 476 AD.  So assuming that Rome was at its highest during the Roman Empire, it is safe to say that Rome reached the magic number of one million before Chang'an did.

The point was that it was debatable whether Rome actually ever reached a million period.

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #147 on: August 19, 2010, 11:35:33 PM »

Sigh, correct.


And stop calling me Lady Gaga.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #148 on: August 20, 2010, 12:30:35 AM »
I will never stop calling you Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga. Will post later.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #149 on: August 23, 2010, 12:36:21 PM »
Who won the NBA Finals three years ago?
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