General Knowledge!

[BFM_JANE]

The intestines!

(Don't be misled by my confident-looking exclamation point, I'm guessing)

[jim360]

It's a good guess, though - I would have gone for that.

I'll say the skin, just to be different.

[Lucky]

Stomach, to help break down food?  I know that's how it was in the olden days (Millions of years ago bacteria living inside very basic organisms broke down all the food)

[·WídgêT·]

Well my first two guesses were taken, so hmm...the mouth?

[BFM_Fénix]

DING DING DING DING DING

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

Lucky!

No, not the stomach. The stomach HELPS break down the food, but it is not a product of bacterial action, it is due peristaltic contractions, release of enzimes and a low pH (1-3).

So...

360!!

No, not the skin, but a good second guess. Considering the skin is the main physical barrier against micro-organisms it was a good guess.

Then...

Widget!!!

No, not the mouth, BUT a close call (even a better call than 360's since you were the last one to guess). The mouth is the FIRST place for digestion, involving enzimes and bacteria in the mouth to break down the food, but not enough bacteria.

Who is missing???

JANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!! Common sense is better than anything. It is the intestine. In here, all the food that has been "attacked" in the previous processes of digestion will be digested (per se) in here. The gut flora is a main character, since the by-products of their consumption of our food will be absorbed by the intestinal cells.

We are a nice example of symbiosis  

[BFM_JANE]

Plus there's poo there.


Who was the first "test tube baby", or the first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilization? If you don't know the name, what year and/or what country were they born in? Or you can do all three.

[Lucky]

I know it was in England

[BFM_Kiwi]

Baby Louise.

Don't know the year.  70's or early 80's.

Don't know where.  Would have guess the US, but Lucky seems confident.

[BFM_JANE]

Louise Brown, 1978, UK.

According to Wikipedia, the first US IVF baby was 1981 and was the 15th one.

Looks like Kiwi wins in a photo finish, or Lucky, whoeva.

[BFM_Kiwi]

Lucky can go if he's got something.

[Lucky]

Here's a simple one.

What is the population of China?  (Within roughly a 10 million range)

[BFM_JANE]

1.1 billion


(or that may be Christians in the world... )

[MrMxyzptlk]

1.1 billion

[...]

Jane, that's the population of India, the second-place finisher in population. (With something like 60 TIMES the density of China, BTW!)

This isn't fair, really, since this came up in a discussion with some others about passing the 7B mark on Earth recently.

China is the winner, population-wise with 1.3B.

[Lucky]

Nice one Mxy.

The exact population is 1,338,299,500 according to Google.

[jim360]

DING DING DING DING DING


360!!

No, not the skin, but a good second guess. Considering the skin is the main physical barrier against micro-organisms it was a good guess.

Then...


JANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!! Common sense is better than anything. It is the intestine. In here, all the food that has been "attacked" in the previous processes of digestion will be digested (per se) in here. The gut flora is a main character, since the by-products of their consumption of our food will be absorbed by the intestinal cells.

We are a nice example of symbiosis  

As I said, had not JANE stolen intestines (that sounds weird...) I'd have gone for that. So there.