Re: Quiz -- Fortune Bay Expeditionary Team Campfire

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Subject: Re: Quiz

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Pathfinder

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Date Posted: 09:51:16 01/28/04 Wed
In reply to: Pathfinder 's message, "Quiz" on 11:48:48 01/27/04 Tue

Wow, you guys are good, and quick too. Must be Andy is vacationing.

All correct answers. There is another reference to freezing a brass monkey that relates to the compass of a ship, but it is simply another urban legend. Good catch on this one.

Score stands at

Andy 4
Belvedere 2
Lynne 1

Just 8 more quizzes to go.

Pathfinder

>What do you call the method of navigation that uses
>your bearing and speed to determine your location.
>Hint: Ancient Mariners used a Flosum to determine
>speed for this method.
>
>Where did the term freeze the balls off a brass monkey
>come from?
>
>What is the name for the difference between magnetic
>north and true north?
>
>Answer these questions correctly, and you will gain
>points for a prize.

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