rroqer111's Qi general ignoranace facts

[PoxyLemon]

well this is basically a thread of Qi ignorance facts i find interesting and you might to

either everyday or everyweek ill update a new fact to keep your brain juices following


How many wives did Henry VIII have?

We make it two.
Or four if you're a Catholic.
Henry's fourth marriage to Anne of Cleves was annulled. This is very different from divorce.
Legally, it means the marriage never took place.
There were two grounds for the annullment. Anne and Henry never consummated the marriage; that is, they never had intercourse. Refusal or inability to consummate a marriage is still grounds for annullment today.
In addition, Anne was already betrothed to francis, duke of Lorraine when she married Henry. At that time, the formal act of betrothal was a legal bar to marrying someone else.
All parties agreed no legal marriage had takenplace. So that leaves five.
The Pope declared Henry's second marriage to Anne Boleyn illegal, because the King was still married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
Henry, as head of the new Church of England, declared in turn that his first marriage was invalid on the legal ground that a man could not sleep with his brother's widow. The King cited the Old Testament, which he claimmed as 'God's Law', whether the Pope liked it or not.
Depending on whether you believe the Pope or the KIng, this brings it down to either four or three marriages.
Henry annulled his marriage to Annie Boleyn just before he had her executed for adultery. This is somewhat illogical: if the marriage had never existed, Anne could hardly be accused of betraying it.
He did the same with his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. All the evidence suggests she was unfaithful to him before and during thier marriage. This time, Henry passed a special act making it treasonable for a queen to commit adultery. Once again, he also had the marriage annulled.
So that four annulments, and only two incontestably legal marriages. Apart from Henry's last wife, Catherine Parr (who outlived him), the lady of lightest was Anne of Cleves. After thier annulment, the King showered her with gifts and the official title of 'beloved sister'. She visited court often, swapping cooks, recipes, and household gadgets with the man who had never of been her husband.


Now for a question. and the answer will be here tomorrow

Who invented the steam engine?

a) James Watt
b) George Stephenson
c) Richard Trevithick
d) Thomas Newcomen
e) A Heron from Egypt

the one who gets it right gets +2 points

 

[Vex L'Cour]

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[PoxyLemon]

im borrowing the book of my sis and this only for the answers, infact no *censored.3.0* that its too tight but have u gotta answer

 

[Robin]

I never really watch Qi Seen it once or twice.

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[PoxyLemon]

I never really watch Qi Seen it once or twice.

Nice avatar though rroqer111, Foo Fighters are awesome.

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and u can guess as well. theres no wrong answer bell LOL

 

[PoxyLemon]

I see no one got the question right.

Heron (sometimes called Hero) takes the prize, some 1,600 years before Newcomen's engine of 1711. Heron lived in Alexendria around AD 62, and is best known as a mathematician and geometer. He was also a visionary inventor and his aeolopile or 'wind-ball' was the first working steam engine. Usingn the same principle as jet propulsion. a stream-driven metal sphere spun round at 1,500 rpm. Unfortunatly for Heron, no onewas able to see its practical function, so it was considered nothing more than amusing novelty. Amazingly, had Heron but known it, the railway had already been invented 700 years earlier by Periander, tryant of Corinth. Called the Diolkos, or Slipway, it ran for 6 km (4 miles) across the isthmus of Corinth in Greece, and consisted of a roadway paved with limestone blocks in which were cut parallel grooves 1.5m (5 feet) apart. Trolleys ran along these tracks, on to which ships were loaded. These were pushed by gangs of slaves forming a sprt of 'land-canal' offering a short vut between the Aegean and the Ionian seas. The Diolkos was in use for some some 1,500 years until it fell into disrepear around AD 900. The principle of railways was completely forgotten for about another 500 years, until people had the idea of using them in mines in the fourteeth century. The historian Arnold Toynbee wrote a brilliant essay speculating what would have happened if the two inventions had been comnbined to create a global Greek empire, based ona fast rail network, Athenian democracy and a Buddhist-style religion founded on the teachings of Pythagoras. He briefly mentions a failed prophet who lived at 4, Railway Cutting, Nazareth. Heron also invented the vending machine - for four drachmas you git a shot of holy water - a portable device to ensure no one else could drink your wine you brought along to a bottle party.



Question time.

What colour is the universe?

a) Black with silvery bits
b) Silver with black bits
c) Pale green
d) Beige

answer will be here tomorrow