General Knowledge Quiz

[tiffy]

cananyone tell me
no1 what is a selkie
no2 who would use a burin many thanks tiffy

[ubasses]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie

[Frank97]

1, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie

[AlwaysConfused]

An Upper Paleolithic human would use a burin to
A. kill a mammoth
B. fight with Neandertals
C. catch fish
D. bore holes in leather

(so says my quick google search!)

[Captain2]

2 Burin from the French burin meaning "cold chisel"[2] has two specialised meanings for types of tools in English, one meaning a steel cutting tool which is the essential tool of engraving, and the other, in archaeology, meaning a special type of lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which was probably also used for engraving, or for carving wood or bone.

[sandyRoe]

1 selkie is a mythical creature from Scottish and Irish folklore

[ubasses]

2 carpenter or metalworker - it is a chisel

[AlwaysConfused]

Selkies are mythological creatures

[mallyh]

burin chisel used in engraving so an engraver

[elliemay1]

2 says it can also be used to work on marble.

[tiffy]

thank you all for the very quick answers you have helped a lot thank you all tiffy

[elliemay1]

Tiffy, you get all that info by using Google.

[tiffy]

to elliemay1 i did use google but didnt know which answer was right so asked for help to decide which to use thanks tiffy

[Cannaboy]

The Great Selkie o' Suleskerry (is the second version)

[tiffy]

thanks cannaboy for help tiffy