Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This film won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year.

2)  Who is considered to be the world's richest individual?

3)  In chemistry, how many "noble" metals (resistant to corrosion and oxidation in moist air) are there?

4)  Why add pectin when making jam?

Answers:

1)  12 Years a Slave

2)  According to Forbes, that would be Bill Gates, whose net worth is 76 billion.

3)  There are 8:
  • ruthenium
  • rhodium
  • palladium
  • silver
  • osmium
  • iridium 
4)  To help the jam set

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