[Bi-Weekly] Question of the Week.

[Legend_mybb_import1694]

I will be posting questions here bi-weekly, this is not a competition, these are just some fun trivia questions to test your prior knowledge.

• May 15, 2011:
  Spoiler

  What was the first .com domain name registered?
  A. abc123.com
  B. Symbolics.com
  C. IBM.com
  D. Window.com
  
  

  Spoiler: The Answer

  B. Symbolics.com
• May 17, 2011: Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs?
  
  
  Spoiler: The Answer

  Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of dense, orange clay called pygg. When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became know as "pygg banks". When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a bank that resembled a pig. And it caught on!

 

[Roobik]

Damn, I was sure IBM had it.

 

[Legend_mybb_import1694]

I thought so too, but I was wrong.

 

[Flow'n]

Dang that is very interesting.. I thought it would've be A to be testing it.... Umm very interesting I will be looking forwards to these each week now.

 

[F3aRâ„¢]

Pretty cool thread and question. Try to make the questions as wild and interesting as possible so more people will look. This could become a regular thing if you did that.

 

[Frenzied]

I guessed B becuase that seemed like the most unlikely one. Also it seemed like the first .com would be better than abc123. lol

 

[Anxiety]

Wow, keep doing these threads. I luff them.

 

[Legend_mybb_import1694]

I just updated the thread with a new question. It's pretty interesting.

 

[Frenzied]

Why I had no idea. Thanks dude. That is actually pretty interesting. I would've never guessed that. lol

 

[Flow'n]

I dont quiete get this weeks, its a little weird.

 

[Legend_mybb_import1694]

OEM, have you ever heard of piggy banks? They're little banks where you store your coins in. Long ago, people used to save their money in jars made out of a clay called pygg, an English potter misunderstood and he thought people meant "pig" banks, so the name caught on. And today we call them "piggy" banks.

 

[Flow'n]

OH LOL, I was thinking of a real bank... Epic fail moment.

 

[Legend_mybb_import1694]

Actually, it's a face palm moment.

"Because you just can't express how stupid something was by using words."