One quiz at a time

[DRT]

Steamed?

[djewesbury]

Steamed?

No, this would be a named and well-known 'recipe' for oysters. You could walk into an oyster bar and ask for 'Oysters X'

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{let [x] = "the name of the oyster dish I want you to guess"}

and you would be served. Steamed oysters don't sound very pleasant.

[DRT]

Steamed oysters don't sound very pleasant.

I hate oysters, so all recipes/styles that include the word oyster sound unpleasant to me.

[djewesbury]

Steamed oysters don't sound very pleasant.

I hate oysters, so all recipes/styles that include the word oyster sound unpleasant to me.

What's not to like about food that's alive?

[DRT]

What's not to like about food that's alive?

The taste.

[PhilW]

Grilled.

Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.

Grilled while wearing a tutu.

[djewesbury]

Grilled.

Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.

Grilled while wearing a tutu.

Pay attention young man.

[DRT]

BBQ?

[djewesbury]

BBQ?

Not correct. But at least it's an actual guess. So you are guaranteed at least 40%.

[PhilW]

Grilled.

Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.

Grilled while wearing a tutu.

Pay attention young man.

It might have been a genuine guess... Grilled Tutu Oyster could be Oyster grilled while decorated with a ring of diced shallots...

[djewesbury]

Grilled.

Grilled seems imprecise to me. There is more than one way to grill an oyster.

Grilled while wearing a tutu.

Pay attention young man.

It might have been a genuine guess... Grilled Tutu Oyster could be Oyster grilled while decorated with a ring of diced shallots...

You're wasting the whole class's time, boy. You're wasting my time. But most of all you're wasting your own time.

[Glenn E.]

Oysters Rockefeller!

[djewesbury]

Oysters Rockefeller!

Go to the top of the class Glenn.
Your turn.

[Glenn E.]

On Sunday evening, I ran the Las Vegas Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. How many total steps did I take on Sunday?

(I was slower than normal. My goal time was 2:17:00, but I "hit the wall" after mile 10 and lost ~7 minutes over the last 5k to finish in 2:24:42.)

[LGTrotter]

61,310.

[Glenn E.]

61,310.

I am 6'4", and even though my legs are short for my height I do still have a 34" inseam. So no, that is too many.

[Glenn E.]

A study conducted in 2010 found that Americans, on average, took 5,117 steps a day, far short of the averages in western Australia (9,695 steps), Switzerland (9,650 steps) and Japan (7,168 steps). It is generally accepted that the average stride length for a male is 2.5 feet, though since I'm taller than average mine might be a bit longer.

[jdaw1]

How many steps do you take in a marathon?

A couple of guys where I work are into this '10,000 steps a day' walking exercise stuff.
They both have pedometers, so I borrowed them on my lunchtime trot just to see how many steps I took.

An 8.4 mile run worked out at 10,078 steps on one pedometer and 11,280 on the other. Strangely they were identical pedometers, so I'm surprised at such a difference. I'm going to repeat the exercise tomorrow to see if the same happens.

Which pedometer did Glenn use?

[TLW]

14,500

[Glenn E.]

How many steps do you take in a marathon?

A couple of guys where I work are into this '10,000 steps a day' walking exercise stuff.
They both have pedometers, so I borrowed them on my lunchtime trot just to see how many steps I took.

An 8.4 mile run worked out at 10,078 steps on one pedometer and 11,280 on the other. Strangely they were identical pedometers, so I'm surprised at such a difference. I'm going to repeat the exercise tomorrow to see if the same happens.

Which pedometer did Glenn use?

I have (and used on Sunday) a Fitbit Zip.

[Glenn E.]

14,500

I'm not that tall. Too low.

[djewesbury]

35,000

[TLW]

In which case, 1 meter per step.

21,100

[Glenn E.]

35k is too high, 21.1k is too low. Our hotel was about 1 mile from the start and the finish. We also walked to lunch and back, a distance I estimate between 0.75 and 1 mile each direction.

I will accept a guess to the nearest hundred. No need to be exact.

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[djewesbury]

27500