HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW GENERAL KNOWLEDGE?

[Jihan]

Really?
but i thought Jihan was talking abt the common last name

Last or first it is Muhammad.besides whoever has john as a last name?..lol

Samiha are you gonna ask a question? or anyone else?
if not i got another one. why do milk containers say fortified/enriched with vitamin D ( in other words what's the purpose of addin vitamin D)?

[Libinette]

Last or first it is Muhammad.besides whoever has john as a last name..lol?

See, new thing i've learnt today :)

[al-fajr]

Samiha are you gonna ask a question? or anyone else?
if not i got another one. why do milk containers say fortified/enriched with vitamin D ( in other words what's the purpose of addin vitamin D)?

to preserve it for longer.....thats a guess

[Jihan]

no think about what vitamin d does

[Libinette]

Because It promotes bone formation which is important for the skeletoooon

[al-fajr]

erm cos of the calcium? does vitamin D effect calcium levels?

[Jihan]

Close. without Vitamin D the body cannot process calcium. Vitamin D naturally is recieved from the sun. Before the Child labor laws were passed, children would work in factories for 12-16 hours a day in th U.S. so they would never see daylight, no vitamin d. . no vitamin= no calcium processer=weak bones.The children would get a disease called rickets where the bones would crumple and the childre would grow to have humps on their backs and their bodies would shrivel. After it became against the law employers to have children working under certain ages aand not to have more than eigth hour working schedul, vitamin d was also added to milk so anybody who got milk got calcium and vitamin d.

[al-fajr]

^ wow....what are u a....biologist and historian???

[Libinette]

That's Isra's dream to be a historian-biologist
wooow:biggrin: :biggrin:

[al-fajr]

That's Isra's dream to be a historian-biologist
wooow:biggrin: :biggrin:

OI! :angryblue:

.............anyway..........how did u figure it out so quick...weve only had ONE coversation on msn and i never told u i liked history?

:SMILY129: :SMILY129: :SMILY129:

[Jihan]

that's because libin is trying to be a observitologist.:SMILY209:

[al-fajr]

lol, but are u actually? a biology person?

[Jihan]

not really i just listened in my nutrition/cooking class. Or was it my child development class. it was the same teacher for both classes though just different years.

[Libinette]

One conversation but it lasted 3 hours and + i know what u study + u told me you loved history!!

i never forget anything

take care

[al-fajr]

woah libin!...............shhhhhhsshh

i have such a bad memory :(

next question people ....?

[Libinette]

woah libin!...............shhhhhhsshh





no blem ;)

[Jihan]

what animal is said to never forget

[Abdul-Raheem]

:salam2:

The Elephant....easy!

wasalam

[Jihan]

Elephant is correct, was it too easy how about this next question.

Who was Phineas Gage, what was discovered due to his life experience?


Is there anyone who wants to ask a question? if there ignore this qestion.

[al-fajr]

Elephant is correct, was it too easy how about this next question.

Who was Phineas Gage, what was discovered due to his life experience?

i think he was that guy who got that really bad head injury...a pieces of iron passed right through the bottom of his cheek and came out the top of his head

he didnt die though, his behaviour changed....so they made brain discoveries cos of his injury

[Jihan]

yes he was the guy who got hit in the head in 1800's from lebanon, new hamshire. It was an explosion that caused a 3 foot long and 1.5 inch long iron rod to go up his cheek and come out of his upper frontal lobe. The man ended getting a hole in skull around the frontal cortex. his coworkers ran to him expecting a dead man, but he was breathing and living. after a few seconds he was rushed to the hospital. the man could see just find, he reacted to light, all his senses were fine, he had no pain from accident,regular heartbeat. Only after he went back to work and his life did everyone see that gage was a changed man. He became irresponsible, he would use profanities, he broke his promises constantly, and he lied. None of these were his previous personalities. the damage in his frontal lobe area caused him not to be able to control his social behaivor. This led to science discovery of the frontal cortex being responsiple for social behaivor such as lying.

Surah al 'alaq " the lying, sinnful (rebellious)forelock"

[al-fajr]

hey, can u ask the next question?....we always seem to be learning interesting stuff from ure questions..and u didnt get all that ^ from biology class either!!!

ure just a biology and history person at the same time i think.

[Jihan]

yes I got that from biology plus I did a little extra googling

Do you know what causes a rainbow?

[ShaheedU]

Skittles! No wait, that comes from rainbows.

The light from the sun passing through something, possibly the clouds at a different speed?

Its a guess.

[al-fajr]

Skittles! No wait, that comes from rainbows



someone has evidently been watching too much Cbeebies.

Rainbows come about because of refraction. Refraction is the bending of light rays by mirrors. When light is split seven colours can be seen. The raindrops act as mirrors for the sunrays, so when the sun rays hit the raindrops they are bent to different angles each raindrop creates its own spectrum which is tiny, but when there are millions and millions of these spectra together a rainbow appears....

theres more to it then that though....apparently it matters about the angle at which the light is bent...but Jihan can tell that bit...

[ShaheedU]

someone has evidently been watching too much Cbeebies.
CBBC channel, Im not a baby you know!:)

Rainbows come about because of refraction. Refraction is the bending of light rays by mirrors. When light is split seven colours can be seen. The raindrops act as mirrors for the sunrays, so when the sun rays hit the raindrops they are bent to different angles each raindrop creates its own spectrum which is tiny, but when there are millions and millions of these spectra together a rainbow appears....

theres more to it then that though....apparently it matters about the angle at which the light is bent...but Jihan can tell that bit...

Thats nearly what i said. But i like the skittle story better, oh yeh and something to do with a pot of gold, and possibly an irishmen, or a leprechaun.

[Libinette]

CBBC channel, Im not a baby you know!:)



:salam2:


ooh my God !!!!!

i wont say more


:wasalam:

[al-fajr]

ok people ill ask the next question....

which guy set the precedent for our modern day animal rights laws?

(from history)

(this is actually very ironic)

[Jihan]

was it hitler

was it by a vegan its that the ironic part


nice job with the rainbow question. you missed a few details but that's okay.

[al-fajr]

no its not cos he was a vegan...he was carnivorous...but thats not the ironic bit either

time period is...last century (big clue)

and ive also told u it was 'he' now :)

oooo hitler? close close but no

[ShaheedU]

It was a dude from the last century, yeh that sure does narrow it down!

Be careful you just dont give us the answer!

Is it ironic cos the dude married a animal?

[al-fajr]

no it is not...!

...what narrows it down for u i guess is that it was not football player....how many people does that leave in ure head.....not many? ;)

[ShaheedU]

Touche,

Winston Churchill, played for west ham i think:) jk.

[al-fajr]

^have u ever seen a picture of that man? no i dont suppose u have otherwise u wouldnt have said that.

hitler was close enough...ill say who it was

it was Hermann Goring?

he was one the ideologues behind the mass slaughter of jews in the second world war but he was also the pioneer of animal rights....as opposed to human rights?

the laws he came up with havnt been changed for today but all the other Nazi policies have.


.......next question anybody?

[ShaheedU]

i have seen Winston chrchill's pic actually, and my question is have you seen the state of the west ham team at the moment?!

Anyways, What is the worlds largest mammal?

i go with the slightly easier questions.

[al-fajr]

^ yeah but churchill is dead? u did realise that i hope?

...its the blue whale....110 feet long.

[ShaheedU]

Yeh, i know churchill is dead! give me some credit.

Blue whale, yeh why not:)

[Jihan]

go for a slightly tougher question.

[ShaheedU]

What is the longest river in Britain?

[al-fajr]

River Severn??

[ShaheedU]

River Severn??

Yep, you're good at this......surprisingly!

[Albint_Almuslima]

Yep, you're good at this......surprisingly!

Surprisingly...........LOL!!!!!

Hey, who is next?

Where is the next Question??????

[al-fajr]

Surprisingly...........LOL!!!!!

Hey, who is next?

Where is the next Question??????

"YOU'RE NEXT!"

^ lol ure fonts are funny sis! u always type bright blue and capital most of the time....:)

the next question is up to u... quick before we get a lame one from shaheedu.

[samiha]

:salam2:

Hey since nobody was askin a question... and i was bored, I hope you don't mind if I go.

What is the purpose of a water tower???

woooh... i learned this... what? A year ago, so i hope it's still straight in my head. It's not hard really...

:wasalam:

[Albint_Almuslima]

"YOU'RE NEXT!"

^ lol ure fonts are funny sis! u always type bright blue and capital most of the time....:)

the next question is up to u... quick before we get a lame one from shaheedu.


Shaheedu...........LOL!!!!!!!!

[Happy 2BA Muslim]

:salam2:

Hey since nobody was askin a question... and i was bored, I hope you don't mind if I go.

What is the purpose of a water tower???

woooh... i learned this... what? A year ago, so i hope it's still straight in my head. It's not hard really...

:wasalam:

:wasalam:

To store water!! duhhh

[samiha]

:wasalam:

To store water!! duhhh

Assalamu alaykum.

lol... yes, but why so high up in the air? You could store water on the ground as well! what other service does it provide?

[Jihan]

so it can be by the clouds and water evaporates
it falls directly down after condenses...? i dunno!!

[al-fajr]

salam,

...when the water falls from a height....it generates energy which can be used to power something else?

[ShaheedU]

Easy, so birds can have a bath! And no they cant come down to have a bath cos......just because.:)

Great, my turn to ask a lame question which some people(Isra) dont know the answer to!

[dna1987]

Just past the 300th post in this thread by ShaheedU. So I thought I'd summarise some of the statistics on this thread so far.

Congratulations to ShaheedU for reaching a 100 posts in this thread - a TTI first I think - one in every three posts in this thread are yours .. and almost a fifth of all your posts on on this site :D

Isra has posted a quarter of all her posts here. (I used to think you were a brother! :hijabi: ) And together with libin, you guys make up about two-thirds of this bulky thread.

Salams.

[Jihan]

so... for a question ...
easy one

where did pasta originate?

or are we still waiting for an answer to the water towers?

[al-fajr]

Just past the 300th post in this thread by ShaheedU. So I thought I'd summarise some of the statistics on this thread so far.

Congratulations to ShaheedU for reaching a 100 posts in this thread - a TTI first I think - one in every three posts in this thread are yours .. and almost a fifth of all your posts on on this site :D

Isra has posted a quarter of all her posts here. (I used to think you were a brother! :hijabi: ) (and i used to think u were clever :SMILY47: !) And together with libin, you guys make up about two-thirds of this bulky thread.

Salams.

...seriously! what do i have to do to stop people making that mistake?...i swear half my pm box is the brothers apologising for being nasty on the posts and then realisng perhaps i couldnt take it cos im a sister <<<<<<<<< discrimination

...well what do u expect from us muslim youth anyway?

its crazy...havnt u heard Sheikh Khalid Yasin and Imam Suhaib Webb?...we're a bunch of delinquents with no aim in life....:girl3:

....but gold crown for shaheedu ...>>>>>>>>>>>>>:SMILY105: (:tongue:)

Pasta? this is blatantly wrong Jihan cos u wouldnt ask it if 'Italy' was the correct answer. but thats my guess.

(and i want to hear from sis samiha about the water towers.)

[samiha]

salam,

...when the water falls from a height....it generates energy which can be used to power something else?

:salam2:

lol... close.

ok, there's a neat name for this, but i don't know how to spell it, so I'm not gonna attempt it. :p

The water coming down from such a hieght with the pull of gravity creates water pressure which makes it easier to get the water where it needs to go. (or something like that, i think i zoned out when they were talking abt it)

I've also heard that Any buildings that are taller then a water tower cannot have access to water above the line of the tower because the water wouldn't have force or something :confused:

Anyway, so yup. And for the pasta question, I was gonna say "Italy" too, but it seems so obvious that I guess it's not right.

and p.s. nice calculations bro DNA ........ :D :D This is one crazy thread that's been overtaken by you all Brits... :)

:wasalam:

[ShaheedU]

Just past the 300th post in this thread by ShaheedU. So I thought I'd summarise some of the statistics on this thread so far.

Congratulations to ShaheedU for reaching a 100 posts in this thread - a TTI first I think - one in every three posts in this thread are yours .. and almost a fifth of all your posts on on this site :D

Wow, really?!
How did you work that out? Did you actually count it all?
100 posts and i think ive only got about 3 questions right!:)

Isra has posted a quarter of all her posts here. (I used to think you were a brother! :hijabi: ) And together with libin, you guys make up about two-thirds of this bulky thread.

Salams.
Why is that? i just checked her public profile, but even then i had my doubts.;)



...well what do u expect from us muslim youth anyway?

its crazy...havnt u heard Sheikh Khalid Yasin and Imam Suhaib Webb?...we're a bunch of delinquents with no aim in life....:girl3:

Do you actually listen to these dudes?

....but gold crown for shaheedu ...>>>>>>>>>>>>>:SMILY105: (:tongue:)

Thank you ofr this great honour, i guess id like to thank my mum and dad, and all those who helped me through this struggle. Id also liked to thank tti for giving me this opportunity. Oh and a special thanks to the other members who took part in this thread, cos we mustn forget the small people!:)

wasalaam.

And

[ShaheedU]

*Removed!*

Isra called me a loser:SMILY23:

MY INTERNETS PLAYING UP!!!!!

[al-fajr]

WHATS UP?? ok ok we get the point...whats with the MULTIPLE POSTS

[ShaheedU]

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

why do you always edit your posts?!!!!

[al-fajr]

i called shaheed a loser......???? come again?

false accusation...do u realise how serious tht is? :D...............................^loser

[al-fajr]

Do you actually listen to these dudes?


:salam2:

[What a mess]

yes i do listen to those 'dudes' (Sheikhs) and i find it annoying how muslim youth have such a bad name...!

and dna was doing a good job of making us look like idiots so......shame really...perhaps its true.

any way...general knowledge: