Ced's point giving quiz.

[CS-Cedrick]

General culture questions for y'all, the first post to appear with all the answers is a winner and the owner gets 5 points. All the answers must be written in one single post to be considered a winner. Here ya go:

1. What's the name of the most famous french version of a triple sec liquor?

2. How many malt and grain whiskies are blended to give birth to J&B Rare blend?

3. What's the main difference between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes?

4. What is the name applied to the alloy produced by fusing any other element with Mercury (Hg)?

5. Which gemstone may be obtained from ammonite fossils?

Fun questions for today, then again, nothing you cannot find on the internet. I'll be looking forward to the answers and will post some fun fatcs for the questions above. Due line is 7am EST.

[Shortstop]

Ced, you're a good man for providing these contests!

[CS-Cedrick]

Ced, you're a good man for providing these contests!

Thanks for that my fried, it's all in the name of general culture.

[Iwinyourmoney]

1. Cointreau
2. 42
3. Eukaryotes and prokaryotes are two different classifications of organism. Eukaryotes make up plants, animals, fungi and protists, while prokaryotes make up bacteria and archaebacteria. The main difference between the two is that eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles, like nuclei and midochondria, with their cells, while prokaryotes don’t, and all their cellular biochemical processes take place within the cytoplasm, all mixed together like some thick soup of biological goodness.
4. amalgam
5.Ammolite

[CS-Cedrick]

1. Cointreau
2. 40
3. Eukaryotes and prokaryotes are two different classifications of organism. Eukaryotes make up plants, animals, fungi and protists, while prokaryotes make up bacteria and archaebacteria. The main difference between the two is that eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles, like nuclei and midochondria, with their cells, while prokaryotes don’t, and all their cellular biochemical processes take place within the cytoplasm, all mixed together like some thick soup of biological goodness.
4. amalgam
5.Ammolite

Buddy, your almost there, just check one of them

[Iwinyourmoney]

Im pretty sure its #5........5 is tricky

[Iwinyourmoney]

wait......number four is Alloy

[Iwinyourmoney]

edited original

[CS-Cedrick]

Still missing it... c'mon Iwin

[CS-Cedrick]

After the edit you're missing 2...

[Iwinyourmoney]

crap!

[Iwinyourmoney]

is #1..........Pastis

[CS-Cedrick]

is #1..........Pastis

Missing 2 again, don't let the bottle guide you

[Iwinyourmoney]

theres 42 grains and crap for #2!

[CS-Cedrick]

Winner!

[Iwinyourmoney]

thank you sir!

[CS-Cedrick]

Fun facts:

J&B stands for Justerini and Brooks, Justerini is the surname of one of the original bottlers and Brooks is the surname of the fellah that bought the brand in 1910.

The suffix karyotes derives from greek karyon which means neclei, the preffix eu means true in the case of Eukaryotes

Mercury is most commonly used in the process of extracting precious metals from their respective ore, these include platinum, gold and silver, the amalgam is then purified.

Ammolite is composed of fossilized ammonite shells, made of aragonite mainly. That material is also found in mother of pearl shells and therefore is what covers pearls, such material is known as nacre.

Cointreau is the brand of a triple sec liquor, there are some fellas that consider Cointreau under triple sec branch, others consider triple sec under Cointreau type. Whatever the classification is, Cointreau is made from the destillation process of a mixture obtained from macerating orange peel into alcohol.

You can make a triple sec like liquor at your place, it pretty simple:

Get a litre of Smirnoff triple destilled (black label)
A healthy orange, a big needle and some thread
One big glass jar, big enough to contain the vodka and the orange.

Pour the vodka into the jar, I use triple destilled vodka because it lacks of any foreign flavor and it's completely pure. Pierce the orange with the big needle so that you get the thread on the other side. Hang the orange by setting the thread on the jar when you close it, just tie the thread aroung the neck or you may also use some tape to set it fixed. The orange must not touch the vodka but must remain above it at a distance of about 1 inch. Close the jar, if the jar is not hermetic just place a sandwich back over it and close it firmly. Let it stand for one week in a cool, dark place such as a pantry. After the week has passed you will take the orange out of the jar and bottle your liquor. The vodka will have absorbed the essence of the orange. Mix it with some soda and it'll be great. Try it, it is awesome for real.

[Iwinyourmoney]

cedy, we are due for a late night drunk phone call soon

[CS-Cedrick]

cedy, we are due for a late night drunk phone call soon

I'll be looking forward to it then.