Trivia

Not able to google this one are you?

Never have googled a riddle. Takes the fun out of it. Another posability..'as partly already mentioned'. If you put both in water and feathers are waterproof, then only bricks will absorb. That better not be it!

And just to clarify! Both objects are being placed in to the same water, in the same location on Earth?

So, which weighs more? I'll rehash...the fundamental conditions. 1 lb of common bricks. dry 1 lb of goose feathers. dry (goose not attached) submerge them in water for 2 hours at 4.29 meters above the south american equator, then remove them from the water. Place them on identical scales, lets say a large pan scale such as found in a typical hardware store for weighing nails. Measure the weight. Which scale will indicate the most weight. The scale containing bricks or the scale containing feathers? Nothing more, nothing less....

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Dose the length of time in the water have any baring on the result!!! *Dam you Denva* Yes or no!

John, The length of time in the water is all that is required to complete the experiment. The answer is sooooo easy...my 5 year old grandson guessed it.

*Under pressure* Nothing to do with Suction rate/absorption rate/t/kg/M2^/min..? No!........ unless thats one bright 5 year old? *Gulps and considers asking daughter*

Quit thinking like an Engineer..... It's simple. Look at a brick, look at a feather. What's the differrence?

How big is the feather?

thas an easy question...i'm not going to answer it on here though you'd probably take mickey...what's the question again?

Organic Non Organic..

Goose feathers...how big are goose feathers? Okay...Canadian Geese (you probably don't see many in Great Britain, but what the hell. A goose is a goose). Some are bigger than others.

Standard common brick, English dimensions or American, it makes no difference.

I can visualize, slide rules, calculators, computer spreadsheets, drawings, google search's....none of this will give you the answer. When somebody figures this out (probably a child), I've got another one for you.

*Goes to bed crying with frustration* Don't you give me the answer to this! If a 5 year old can do it...I Can! Good night..

Doesn't matter. Assume standard brick of standard industry composition. This is not a trick question. Simple logic, requires no calculations or special education.

Is the feather in disguise?

is absorption of water the issue?

Flash:The feather is dressed as an American Indian..... Blue: You tell me.

are we talking reality here or yours?

Why don't you cut open one of your feather pillows and grab a lb of feathers, then smash the corner off your house and grab a lb of brick, sink them in the bathtub for two hourse and then measure their weight when you take them out? Of course we're talking reality.

is that 2 horses?lol

There are no boxes involved now are there?

bricks

yea. yea. yea. Mek fun od me and you cant weigh the diffrance betwwn broks and fethrs.

this is like chinese...can't remember

Flash, you're distracting these mental giants...hush.

whispers....i reckon they're the same trikster

Blue...your answer is brick?

Oh, you say they're the same... well go ahead and pick feathers while you're at it, then you'll have the answer for sure.

no, i think they are the same weight. gravity is the same, water has weight...you think feathers would absorb more but water is likely to stick on top of the brick so the water layer around it and the little that is absorbed would be the same as that absorbed by the feathers.?....?...?

answer fearhers?

Okay, Blue picks...Bricks, same, feathers, is that your final answer?

50 bonus points for correctly explaining why with a correct answer. I've got to work now...for some reason, everyone here is laughing.

they are the same weight in my world, lol

i don't believe it!

Billy Holiday. How U doin Den?

Very well, thank you Choose...How about you? It was too easy. I'll have to be more obscure next time. I didn't realize she was so popular, where the heck have I been? I've got a case of those digestive biscuits left over from a friends visit in 1987, where would you like them sent?

I'm good, tho. way too busy. Hmm... sounds like they'd go well with some vintage Stilton and a drop of port.

Port's all gone.

a large onsignment of masala curry powder and cumin for anyone who can tell me what the most widely spoken language in Kerala India is.

Welsh. With a French accent.

Brilliant...how did you guess...well not quite, it is a Welsh French mix I am so glad I know handy phrases like "Je ne amgyffrediad pas"

I was about to guess English, but that would have been too easy. So tell us, where did the Welsh/French Connection originate?

Oh. I was making a joke. I assume you're being sarcastic, Jude? *does a little celebration boogie round the room*

Well, according to their tourist board :- Malayalam is the official language of Kerala. It belongs to the Dravidian languages category. The language is rich in literature as many literary. The language has close resemblance to Tamil, another language of Dravidian origin. Tamil greatly influenced the early development of Malayalam. English stands only second to Sanskrit in its influence in Malayalam. Hundreds of individual lexical items and may idiomatic expressions in modern Malayalam are of English origin. Which is neither Welsh, nor particularly interesting, so I guess Jude must have something else in mind. Malayalam is not a nugget of trivia to delight the pub regulars with. Easy one, but with no prize up for grabs - which song began life as "scrambled eggs / oh how I love my scrambled eggs"?

Which has the higher speed limit, UK motorways or US interstates? No prizes. Billie Holiday isn't that popular, Denver, but Google IS.