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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #285 on: March 19, 2011, 02:27:47 PM »


Who classically asks of the following question?:

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Extra credit for the answer to the question.

Extra, extra credit for the location at which the question was asked....



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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #286 on: March 19, 2011, 02:29:19 PM »
Know the first two, but not the third.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #287 on: March 19, 2011, 03:17:30 PM »
if ya know za answer three60 then spillz,

i think i know the answer to the 2 extra credit questions but not za real one


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That would be the riddle of the sphinx,
The sphinx in Greece asks that question.
the answer is 'Man' (A baby crawls on all fours, then a man walks up right, then an old man walks with a cane)
im not sure about the 3rd one but i think this is it
The sphinx in Greece guard the entrance to the city of Thebes

for an extra, extra, extra credit,
Oedipus is the person who has said to answer the question
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #288 on: March 20, 2011, 12:23:06 AM »


Yur, up, BFM_Xtr3me!     GJ!

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #289 on: March 20, 2011, 06:27:57 PM »
ill do a really easy one because i don't want to think at the moment ;p

What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?
























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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #290 on: March 20, 2011, 10:19:23 PM »
ill do a really easy one because i don't want to think at the moment ;p

What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?



I'm gonna take a wild guess here.... human beings?  ::)

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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #291 on: March 21, 2011, 12:15:54 AM »
ill do a really easy one because i don't want to think at the moment ;p

What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?



I'm gonna take a wild guess here.... human beings?  ::)



lol

I would agree if xtreme had asked "first non-native animal who invaded and colonized Australia"...

Since I know is one of the biggest pests, I'd say the European rabbit.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #292 on: March 21, 2011, 12:38:12 AM »
ill do a really easy one because i don't want to think at the moment ;p

What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?



I'm gonna take a wild guess here.... human beings?  ::)



nope

ill do a really easy one because i don't want to think at the moment ;p

What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?



I'm gonna take a wild guess here.... human beings?  ::)



lol

I would agree if xtreme had asked "first non-native animal who invaded and colonized Australia"...

Since I know is one of the biggest pests, I'd say the European rabbit.

close, thats the second non-native animal introduced to australia
























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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #293 on: March 21, 2011, 01:23:55 AM »
Rats!
                                                           
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #294 on: March 21, 2011, 01:26:52 AM »

I think Crimson is probably right, rats from ships.

After that, rabbits and possums for fur trading.

Sheep, goats and chickens for food and wool.


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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #295 on: March 21, 2011, 01:39:59 AM »
Rabbits were actually introduced for hunting ::)
                                                           
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #296 on: March 21, 2011, 01:43:10 AM »
Rat sounds like a winner :P
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #297 on: March 21, 2011, 02:00:40 AM »
Rabbits were actually introduced for hunting ::)

After which you eat them and sell their fur.
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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #298 on: March 21, 2011, 02:47:52 AM »
nope, no one has got it yet
























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Re: General Knowledge!
« Reply #299 on: March 21, 2011, 03:32:35 AM »
I've found a source that claims the two earliest non-native species that arrived in Australia to be not rabbits, which would contradict your earlier response to that answer. Make that two sources >.>
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