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(Un)Official You Can't Win site - Bob & Brian Radio

This is the listing of the current Questions & Answers for the Bob & Brian "You Still Can't Win" game. B&B air weekdays from 5am til 10ish on several Wisconsin radio stations - The Hog in Milwaukee, Fox Sports in Madison, 96.9 The Fox in Fox Valley, and Solid Rock 104.9 in Wausau/Stevens Point.
If aren't lucky enough to live in the great state of Wisconsin, or you do but live so far out in the sticks that that you can't get them on the radio, you can listen to them online here.


YCW Archive
Last update: 1/20/2007

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Besides it's size, what is unique about the Keck telescope in Hawaii?
(confirmed) The telescope has 36 hexagonal mirrors that work together
How many horsepower does the average person possess?
0.12

What are Maglev Trains?

Magnetic Levitation Trains
What are the 4 dimensions of our world?
(jay suggests) Length, Width, Height, and Time
What are the colors of the rainbow from the outside of the arch in?
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
What is a dip needle?
A compass pivoted to move in the plane containing the magnetic field vector of the earth.
What is a converging lens??
A lens which converges rays of light which are traveling parallel to its principal axis. Converging lenses can be identified by their shape; they are thicker across their middle and thinner at their upper and lower edges.
What is a Quark?
a fundamental particle which possesses both electric charge and 'strong' charge.
What is a second class lever?
(confirmed) A lever that has it's fulcrum (pivot point) at one end, the force applied at the other end, and the load located between the two.
What is a vector?
(geothom83 suggests) A quantity that has both direction and magnitude, such as velocity.

(drwhargoul suggests) A vector may also be the carrier of a disease. i.e. mosquitoes are the vector for malaryia.
What is an Annular Eclipse?
(colin suggests) An annular eclipse is on in which the full disk of the moon appears smaller than the sun, leaving a solar ring around the moon.

(jay suggests) An annular (ring-formed) eclipse occurs when the Moon's center passes in front of Sun's center while the Moon is near apogee. The Moon's angular diameter is then smaller than that of the Sun so that a ring of the Sun can still be seen around the Moon. The part of the Earth experiencing the total eclipse is in the moon's antumbra.
What is the third law of thermodynamics?
the entropy of a perfect crystal of an element at the absolute zero of temperature is zero.
What was the first type of bridge?
An Arch bridge

(colin suggests) The first type of bridge is a span. A span would be something as simple as a log across a stream, or Silvester's cobbled together plywood between buildings to get Tweety.
Who invented the electroscope?
(confirmed) Michael Faraday

*NOTE* Mike the Biology Student answered this one, only the 3rd time in YCW hsitory that someone knew the answer to a question off the top of their head.