by Iranu » 11 Aug 2022 Read
Uranus?
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by McManusFan » 11 Aug 2022 Read
Correct, they were sons of Uranus. (Couldn't resits being a bit puerile there!)
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by chengdufan » 11 Aug 2022 Read
Mars
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by McManusFan » 11 Aug 2022 Read
chengdufan wrote:Mars
Not Mars, it's Uranus and Iranu was correct.
I think Uranus might be the only planet we use the Greek name for rather than the Roman one.
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by HappyCamper » 11 Aug 2022 Read
McManusFan wrote:chengdufan wrote:Mars
Not Mars, it's Uranus and Iranu was correct.
I think Uranus might be the only planet we use the Greek name for rather than the Roman one.
pluto too, if you want to include historically classified planets.
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by SnookerEd25 » 11 Aug 2022 Read
McManusFan wrote:Cyclopes come from greek mythology. Three such creatures made Zeus' thunderbolt, what were their nam... (just kidding). Which god is their father? The name is also the name of a planet.
Tattooine?
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Aug 2022 Read
Iranu is correct :)
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by Juddernaut88 » 15 Aug 2022 Read
Patiently waiting for a question.
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by Iranu » 15 Aug 2022 Read
To the nearest hundred km, what is the diameter of the Moon?
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by Juddernaut88 » 15 Aug 2022 Read
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by Iranu » 16 Aug 2022 Read
It is not
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by Iranu » 17 Aug 2022 Read
For reference, the Earth is 12,742km in diameter.
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by chengdufan » 17 Aug 2022 Read
600km
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by Iranu » 17 Aug 2022 Read
More than 600
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by Juddernaut88 » 17 Aug 2022 Read
900km
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by Iranu » 17 Aug 2022 Read
Not 900km.
The diameter of the Moon is around the same as the distance from London to New York.
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by Prop » 17 Aug 2022 Read
3500km.
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by Iranu » 17 Aug 2022 Read
Prop wrote:3500km.
Correct! 3,478.8km
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by Prop » 17 Aug 2022 Read
Which word, derived from the Latin for moon, can be used as a description for somebody mentally unstable?
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by Iranu » 17 Aug 2022 Read
Lunatic
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by HappyCamper » 17 Aug 2022 Read
i was gonna go with looney.
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by Prop » 17 Aug 2022 Read
Iranu wrote:Lunatic
Correct. From the belief that changes in the moon (especially full moon) caused brief insanity.
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by Juddernaut88 » 19 Aug 2022 Read
Iranu is correct :)
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by Juddernaut88 » 20 Aug 2022 Read
Patiently waiting for a question.
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by Iranu » 21 Aug 2022 Read
What is the word for the transformation of a person into a werewolf?
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by HappyCamper » 21 Aug 2022 Read
lycanthropy.
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by Iranu » 21 Aug 2022 Read
Bingo
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by csprince » 21 Aug 2022 Read
i was just going to say that i was looking up the spelling.
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by csprince » 21 Aug 2022 Read
damm my spelling.i'm going for a meltdown.
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by HappyCamper » 21 Aug 2022 Read
The anthropomorphic wolf Lupo Wolfie is the official mascot of which annual sporting event, he was the subject of protests by French farmers in 2016 who viewed the character as mocking a number of attacks on their livestock by wild animals?
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