diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 5e5cf26..ca882b8 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ *.log /*.db /*.conf +/env diff --git a/questions/questions.doctorlard.en b/questions/questions.doctorlard.en index c9721cf..45eaf71 100644 --- a/questions/questions.doctorlard.en +++ b/questions/questions.doctorlard.en @@ -34,6 +34,70 @@ # DO NOT ADD COMMENTS BEYOND THIS LINE, since they might get lost. # you may add as much comments as you want into the part above +Category: Units +Question: What does the SI unit weber (Wb) measure? +Tip: m....... f... +Answer: magnetic flux +Author: DoctorLard + +Category: Units +Question: Four gills in a ....? +Tip: It's an Imperial unit. +Tip: You might ask for one at the pub. +Tip: p... +Answer: pint +Author: DoctorLard + +Category: Units +Question: Ten chains in a ....? +Tip: It's an Imperial unit of length. +Tip: f...... +Answer: furlong +Author: DoctorLard + +Category: Units +Question: Four .... in a chain? +Tip: An obscure Imperial unit of length. +Tip: Equal to 5½ yards. +Tip: r.. +RegExp: (rod|pole|perch) +Answer: Rod (or Pole, or Perch) +Author: DoctorLard + +Category: Units +Question: Eight .... in a mile? +Tip: An Imperial unit of length. +Tip: Equal to 220 yards. +Tip: f...... +Answer: Furlong +Author: DoctorLard + +Category: Units +Question: A perch is unit of area equivalent to a square pole. A pole is another name for a rod, and there are ten chains to a furlong and four rods to a chain. A rood is a quarter acre, and there are 160 perches to an acre. If a property area is one rood and half a furlong on one side, how long is the other side, in rods? +Tip: Less than you might think. +Tip: Whatever. Google won't help you either. +Level: hard +Answer: 2 +Author: DoctorLard + +Question: How many pennies in a half crown? +Answer: 30 +Author: DoctorLard + +Category: Units +Question: What is the old English surveying unit of area, defined as one furlong by one rod? +Tip: There are four of them to an acre. +Tip: r... +Answer: rood +Author: DoctorLard + +Category: Units +Question: What is the SI prefix that denotes a multiplier of ten to the negative eighteenth power (10¯¹⁸)? +Tip: It's used really really small quantities. +Tip: a... +Answer: atto +Author: DoctorLard + Category: Temporal anomalies Question: How many times do the minute and hour hands on a clockface overlap in a 24 hour period? Answer: 22