Pointless quiz

[RAM]

A few astronomical trivia questions. Any ORCANs know the answers? Don't be foolish and Google them.

1) What is a Julian Year?

2) What two planets have a retrograde rotation (rotate on their axis in opposite direction from all others)?

3) What is unusual about Polaris?

Partially correct answers invalid. Wild guesses welcome, however!

As stated, no point in this. Just bored. An empty promise of a reel sometime in the the future somewhere to the first with the correct answers.

Bad Bob

[nomdeplume57]

1. Named after Julius Caeser (inventor of Julian Fries ) which are comprised precisley of 365.25 small thin slices.
2.Sunev and Sunaru
3. They build a better Personal Water Craft than Sea Doo
4. None of the above except C

[RAM]

First two correct, but oddball way to answer. Meets the spirit of the quiz, however. Anyone for a try at question three?
BB

[OCauto]

Polaris, a very popular Model Dodge Car also emits high band electromagnetic activity

[RAM]

Was that Dodge actually popular? A Charger maybe, but a Polaris?
BB

[OCauto]

The Charger did not come out until 1966. In reality the Polaris (sp) / Polara 500 (500 cu.in.)was quite the sought after model to own back then.

[Midway Tommy D]

Was that Dodge actually popular?

It was actually called Polara and equivalent to the Plymouth Sport Fury, only one step above. It was the model for and replaced, in the big block lineup, by the Charger.

I like Henry's answer (s) , and they also make lots of ATV's, snowmobiles, Victory & Indian motorcycles and little electric cars.

Tom

[RAM]

The answer to number three really is interesting. Rarely will anyone know it. I sure didn't until recently even though my minor was physics-astronomy. I forgot most of what I learned I am sure. For that matter, forgot most everything else!
Make a stab somebody.
BB

[jimbofish]

I always thought it was that it appeared to be stationary in the sky, but that seems too obvious.

[nomdeplume57]

The first Three Fireman followed it back when or at least I think they were Firemen cause the good book says they came from a far.

[RAM]

Ok-Enough nonsense. Polaris (the "North Star") is generally present in the sky near the north pole-but rarely directly over it due to the precession of Earth's axis (and another couple of factors as no bodies in the universe stay put for long). But the unusual thing is that it is not a star. It is three star system, one of those assigned math problems that led me to almost change majors. Never understood much anyhow once I got past intro astronomy!
Now you guys are among the very few who know the secret life of Polaris.

Cheers for foolishness! BB

[Midway Tommy D]

Now you guys are among the very few who know the secret life of Polaris.

I'll cherish that knowledge all the way to my grave

Tom