Monday, September 5, 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

255.

The X effect is the observation that warmer water sometimes freezes faster than colder water. Although the observation has been verified, there is no single scientific explanation for the effect.

The effect is named for Tanzanian X. He first encountered the phenomenon in 1963 in Form 3 of Magamba Secondary School, Tanganyika when freezing ice cream mix that was hot in cookery classes and noticing that they froze before cold mixes. After passing his O-level examinations, he became a student at Mkwawa Secondary (formerly High) School, Iringa, Tanzania. The headmaster invited Dr. Denis G. Osborne from the University College in Dar Es Salaam to give a lecture on physics. After the lecture, X asked him the question "If you take two similar containers with equal volumes of water, one at 35 °C (95 °F) and the other at 100 °C (212 °F), and put them into a freezer, the one that started at 100 °C (212 °F) freezes first. Why?" only to be ridiculed by his classmates and teacher. After initial consternation, Dr. Osborne experimented on the issue back at his workplace and confirmed X's finding. They published the results together in 1969.

Solve for X

Friday, August 26, 2011

254.



Tirana International Airport is Albania's only international airport. It is commonly known as Rinas International Airport, as it is located 6 NM (11 km; 6.9 mi) northwest of Tirana, in the village of Rinas. Tirana International Airport was constructed in a period of two years, from 1955 to 1957. In 2001, it was renamed after somebody. Who?

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

252.

He is a jungle dweller and uses rings to classify his friends and enemies. His ring’s original owner was Emperor Nero of the Roman empire. He is the head of the organization named the Jungle Patrol. His ring has been made from the nails that hung Jesus to the cross. His residence includes two treasure rooms, The Minor Treasure room with gold and jewels, and the major treasure room which includes invaluable, historical treasures, like the snake that killed Cleopatra, Excalibur, sword of King Arthur, the diamond cup of Alexander The Great, Shakespeare's original Hamlet script, and much more, including one of Alfred Nobel's first sticks of dynamite. His library includes the chronicles written by his forefathers. He has a wolf, a horse, a falcon and two dolphins as pets. He is in charge of a national park consisting of hundreds of exotic animal species.

Identify him.