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UTPr0sim
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UTPr0sim
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Don't think Salinger played much. He did like younger women though...

Posted: 06/26/2025 at 11:31 AM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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Late Morning Trivia: [Science/Math/Physics style]
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 09:18 AM ET
Since it's after noon... C is the wave equation, but I don't know who
BB Hokie • 06/26/25 12:12 PM ET
Ding for wave equation. Explanation below! Nice Job!**
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 12:13 PM ET
C. “What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
TomTurkey • 06/26/25 12:12 PM ET
Noon Answers for the Lounge!
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 12:12 PM ET
The "*" became popular in foundation engineering for driving P/S conc piles
TomTurkey • 06/26/25 03:11 PM ET
Now I see why the wave equation didn't take the name of the scientist...
BB Hokie • 06/26/25 12:16 PM ET
Actually it has been called the d'Alembert equation, but that's not the
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 12:26 PM ET
D is the Fourier Transform from the early 1800's. We all "use it" daily...
BB Hokie • 06/26/25 11:38 AM ET
Ding ding Ding! all three!**
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 12:02 PM ET
D. 🎶It's about time, it's about space, it's all about the human race...🎶**
TomTurkey • 06/26/25 11:29 AM ET
being a liberal arts major i can tell you who wrote the catcher in the rye**
squarerootofone • 06/26/25 11:14 AM ET
I can tell you the main character in Debbie Does Dallas.**
MikeVT85 • 06/26/25 11:30 AM ET
Debbie?**
EDGEMAN • 06/26/25 11:31 AM ET
SHUN!**
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 11:32 AM ET
As an engineering major I had to read 'Fathers and Sons'**
TomTurkey • 06/26/25 11:30 AM ET
Was it a baseball player?
EDGEMAN • 06/26/25 11:22 AM ET
Don't think Salinger played much. He did like younger women though...** ◄
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 11:31 AM ET
indeed**
squarerootofone • 06/26/25 11:25 AM ET
Look to Your Left and to Your Right…**
VT BronzeBacker • 06/26/25 11:07 AM ET
NERDS! **
Vtskier1 • 06/26/25 10:50 AM ET
"A nerd saw me naked!"**
Brown Water • 06/26/25 11:04 AM ET
B is Newton? 16th century?**
hoosnowahokie • 06/26/25 10:29 AM ET
Ding for Newton, Ding for 1600s, Now what is the equation???**
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 10:55 AM ET
point of order, "16th century" and "1600s" is not the same thing
JoesterVT • 06/26/25 11:04 AM ET
I know that, You know that, Most people don't. LOL Welcome to the 21st....**
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 11:22 AM ET
Gravitational force?**
hoosnowahokie • 06/26/25 11:01 AM ET
DING! Newton' Gravitational Equation discovered in 1687**
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 11:24 AM ET
I was told there would be no math
HokieJamie • 06/26/25 10:24 AM ET
Physics has no place in trivia contests. **
Stork • 06/26/25 09:48 AM ET
More Calculus?
TomTurkey • 06/26/25 10:16 AM ET
Like it makes a difference!**
TomTurkey • 06/26/25 10:54 AM ET
I heard that Dr. Don is an expert on Calculus...
JoesterVT • 06/26/25 10:30 AM ET
A. I know from trig. D.?- take it to the Differential Equations Board.**
ACCWatcher • 06/26/25 10:21 AM ET
Differential equations with a hungover grad student - summer course
TomTurkey • 06/26/25 10:24 AM ET
Back in 1984 I took a graduate class in McBryde
MikeVT85 • 06/26/25 10:39 AM ET
I still have nightmares about D. **
MCL3 Hokie • 06/26/25 09:46 AM ET
I learned all 4 of these somewhere between High School and leaving VT
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 10:58 AM ET
A - Pythagarus - 400 BC**
JoesterVT • 06/26/25 09:22 AM ET
Ding Ding - Close on the Century. Don't have an exact date though 530BC
UTPr0sim • 06/26/25 09:31 AM ET
Congrats on grabbing the low hanging fruit...lol
EDGEMAN • 06/26/25 09:27 AM ET