Re: Quiz Part 2

From: Alan <alan_at_erols.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:12:43 -0500
Message-ID: <bo6gcd$18sofm$1@ID-114862.news.uni-berlin.de>

Correct answers to the specific questions asked

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:3fa46d5b$0$28121$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> Two desperately simple questions.
>
> 1. Who said "I'll put a girdle round about the Earth"?

William Shakespeare. Well, I don't know if he actually "said" the words...

> 2. Why was the first British artificial satellite incorrectly named?
>

Because, apparently, someone goofed. You asked "why", not "what".

> Just testing
> HJR
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 03 2003 - 15:12:43 CST