Post Office Veterans Quiz

[doddsredoubt]

1)From which region of France does Claret come from
2)What is the name of the channel leading to the eardrum?
3)What is a Google? A very high number
4)What are Springtails?
5)What breed of animal is a Duroc?
6)Who in the Bible said 'What is truth' ?

Thankyou for any help given.

[geo0939]

4 Insects

[geo0939]

5 Pig or hog

[geo0939]

2 Auricle?

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou geo0939,I have tried rto look a few of these up but can't find the answers.

Thanks once again.

[ontarioice]

1. Bordeaux. Claret being an English word. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claret

[geo0939]

6 Pilate.

[geo0939]

3 One followed by 100 zeroes

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou ontarioice,thankyou very much for your answer.

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou geo0939,have finished the quiz now with the three I already knew.

Thanks once again for your help much appreciated.

[geo0939]

Pardon the pun but I Googled google.

[ontarioice]

As did I but found it spelled as Googol. I presume that is what doddsredoubt is after.

[crofter]

3) Strictly speaking, one followed by 100 zeros is called a "Googol". The creators of the well-known search engine misspelt it when they called it "Google".

Even bigger is the number shown by a one followed by a googol of zeros - called a googolplex!

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou geo0939 &ontareioice,in my veterans all it said is What is a Google,A very high number.

Thankyou both for your help again.

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou crofter but your getting me a little bit confused,is it a Google or a Googoplex?

Thankyou crofter again for your help.

[geo0939]

Check Wikipedia. A googol or google is one followed by a hundred zeroes.

[crofter]

Checking Wikipedia under "Google" gets the following text (and I quote verbatim):

The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol,"[2][3] which refers to 10^100 (the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros).

Hence the Quiz in question wants the answer "10 to the power 100" or "1 followed by one-hundred zeros". Nevertheless, the quote lifted straight from Wikipedia above still holds true!

[slaney]

2. External Auditory Canal is the correct and rather uninspiring name.
Auricle is the outside cartilage covered with skin.

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou slaney & geo0939 & ontarioice, thankyou all once again for your help very much appreciated and a very merry christmas & happy new year to you all.