[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's Effect on American Knowledge

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

On 7/2/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 1) You've just been knighted by Queen Elizabeth. She takes away the
> sword.
> > What does she say afterwards?
>
> "I dub thee, Sir Thomas"?


My, likely completely silly guess would have been: "Arise, Sir Cimon."

> 2) What are lemmings known for?
>
> Jumping off cliffs. A theory which was meant to explain the regular
> and sudden drops in their population. Those drops were later
> discovered to be caused by interactions with predator population
> numbers.


Being very irritable when their population density rises significantly, and
chasing each other rather aggressively.


> 3) What form are raindrops?
>
> Slightly flattened spheres.


Oscillating spheroids.

> 4) What do dolphins drink?
>
> I imagine they are the same as whales and get their water from the
> food they eat.


No idea whatsoever.


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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]