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20 questions that the experts could not answer "What? Where? When?"
Recreation / / December 19, 2019
1. Water movement
The water level in the freshwater Lake Baringo in Kenya in the hottest days does not fall, but rise. Because of what is happening?
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Water rises due to the fact that the animals come into heat at the lake for a swim. Only one behemoth weighs about 3 tons. Experts have suggested that the water level rises because the mountain glaciers descend.
2. Haymaking
During haymaking it is important not to cut the grass at the root, and so she continued to rise at least 5 cm from the ground. Why?
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Cut grass is not all the way to the green is not dried on the wet ground and air ventilated cushion, which is formed due to high shear. And experts have suggested that this peasant wisdom, which has several reasons. The first - the desire to continue the growth of grass. The second - the preservation of the living conditions for insects. Third - respect for the spit, which quickly becomes blunt, if the cut grass by the roots. As a result, all the options were wrong.
3. Love of art
In 2007, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Avignon, police detained artist Sam Rind from Cambodia. She was accused of damaging the painting by American artist Cy Twombly. She said that made her act out of love for art. What did she do?
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Sam kissed Rind white canvas of the triptych, leaving him an impressive trail of red lipstick. Experts have suggested that the artist to finish the picture, some elements of a pencil.
4. The important thing
Stewardess, stopping at the hotel between flights, be sure to put in a safe documents. In one of the airlines there is an unspoken rule that requires female employees to put in a safe one more thing. What?
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This pair of shoes. Without them, a flight attendant is not exactly out of the rooms and at the same time will take the documents. Experts have suggested that in the safe cell phone sent to a better night's sleep between flights.
5. profitable profession
"Most people eat too much. For they live score quarters eaten, but due to the other three-quarters live in us. " Call profession Elizabeth Haring hero of the novel, which belong to these words.
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We are talking about the hero of the novel "The Maid of Pharaoh", who was a physician. Experts decided that the words belong to the cook, who always tries their own meals.
6. Invention
The scientist presented his invention of the world in 1809, but won 12 thousand francs, only eight months. That he invented?
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food preservation method. Eight months later he was able to verify that the canned food is not spoiled, and then Nicolas Appert won 12 thousand francs personally from the hands of Napoleon. Experts also think that the correct answer - a pregnancy test. The woman gave birth to eight months and confirmed the result.
7. The task for the first-grader
In the Olympic Games in the first class children solve the following problem: "Continue the sequence of 4, 3, 3, 6, 4, 5,..., ..., ...". What you need to fix it in place passes?
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The sequence represents the number of letters in the names of numbers from 1 through 9, therefore proceeds as follows: 4, 6, 6. Experts were able to give a correct answer only with the help of the club, so the viewer has earned 60 000 rubles.
8. visual hygiene
They are normally used by the person to whom it seems that from it smells bad and he wants guaranteed to smell good. Victor Pelevin called visual deodorant?
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Victor Pelevin called visual deodorant smiley: written rudeness, put a smiley face - to get the joke. Experts also felt that this tuxedo. The name of this garment comes from the English word smoking - «smoking». With its satin lapels ash shaken off easily, leaving no residue and odor.
9. Rules of etiquette
Complete the Japanese proverb: "It is easy to observe etiquette at the reception when ..."
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The correct answer is: when you're hungry. This question has got to experts in a series of "Super blitz." Member of the team decided that to follow the generally accepted rules of decency is easier when it's your own acceptance, and was defeated.
10. The fencing lesson
What poet Alexander Yangel wrote:
O fencing lesson!
And in the left side,
And in the right side,
In the back of the head, in the heel, in my navel,
Whistles pierce the rapier.
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Alexander Yangel wrote his poem about acupuncture. Experts also believed that the correct answer - power shower.
11. Flower garden
What writer John Galsworthy compared with a garden of flowers, turning their heads to the sun?
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The correct answer - the auditorium. Spectators watching the actors on the stage of the movement, just as the flowers turn their heads to the sun. Experts decided that the children in the classroom.
12. Proper lunch
What rule strictly comply with all US airline flight attendants when feeding the first and second pilots of the aircraft?
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Pilots are fed with different food: the chance of poisoning of all products is small, so at least one person will definitely capable. Experts correctly understood that the flight attendants are afraid of poisoning, but said that the pilots are fed at different times.
13. Favorite subject
What piece of furniture meant for adults, but children love so much?
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Rocking chair. The team of experts voiced the correct version in the discussion, but in the end still a mistake by choosing an answer round chair for piano.
14. Excavations
Archaeological excavations in Romania showed that 7-8 thousand years ago, people lit bonfires, and then just filled with water in order to get it. What exactly?
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Fires poured salt sea water and salt were evaporated from it. Experts decided that the way mined charcoal.
15. Amusement park
When Walt Disney built the first amusement park tickets for attractions offered to them were more expensive than those of competitors. That came up with Walt Disney to make people buy it more expensive tickets?
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Walt Disney proposed to place cash in the middle of the park. On the way to the children saw him as an amusement, then that parents are no longer able to refuse them. Experts think that the tickets are sold at banks.
16. Mnogohodyaschaya individual
In the language of the ancient Slavs "vel" meaning "many" and "fornication" - "to go." Who, from the point of view of our ancestors, was "mnogohodyaschim"?
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Camel. Experts decided that it was a horse.
17. Goat
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, meeting one actress in the corridors "Mosfilm", for a long time, shook his head sadly and said: "Oh, you goat ..." What was the actress?
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Lyudmila Gurchenko. Nikita Mikhalkov wanted to bring her to the filming of one of his films, and she went to play the role of goats in the joint Soviet-Romanian movie "Mama." Experts thought it was Alisa Freundlich.
18. fragile butterflies
Indonesian butterfly attakus atlas is very difficult to catch without damaging its long fragile wings. A carry - even more difficult. As entomologists still manage to get intact butterflies for collections and zoos?
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Entomologists catch the caterpillars of butterflies and transport them. Experts were close, but gave the wrong answer - pupae butterflies.
19. Indian wisdom
In India, there is the proverb: "You can wake up to who is sleeping." And who, according to this wisdom, you can not wake up?
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The one who pretends to be asleep. Experts think that it is impossible to wake the dead man.
20. perfect silence
The New York Public Library has a special room. Right to be there every year are only nine favorite writers. They work in silence, but still complain about the noise. What's stopping them?
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Snoring, which is heard when one of the writers to sleep in perfect silence. Experts think that the writers interfere with each other, looking through books at work.
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