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18 years 6 months ago #29910 by pmgisme
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While inspecting the web page of Brian Greig,the famous Orrery maker:

www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/9457/orrery.html

I noticed that one of his Orreries is located in the city of Baltimore in the US.

It is called the "Baltimore Orrery"

The quiz question is this:

What does the word "Baltimore" have in common with the word "Orrery".

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18 years 6 months ago #29917 by ISAW
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Cork?
Earldoms and towns in

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18 years 6 months ago #29922 by Seanie_Morris
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I'm guessing there is something in the 'ore' bit of each word...

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18 years 6 months ago #29929 by pmgisme
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One of you is almost there.Keep going.

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18 years 6 months ago #29948 by pmgisme
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I have decided to give the prize to ISAW.

"Two Cork towns" was my answer, so ISAW has it.

Town No.1:
The name of the town of Kildorrery (Kil-d-ORRERY) in North Cork means "The Cloister of Orrery". The original Orrery was an Abbess from many centuries ago,according to a local, but I know nothing at all about her.
Not many astronomers know that when they utter the words"Orrery" they are mentioning the name of an ancient Irish nun !

Town No.2:
Baltimore in West Cork of course.

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18 years 6 months ago #29951 by ISAW
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is it my question now?
Okay then what what specific counts of what was Galileo Galilei convicted? I mean what "crime" and what instances of that crime i.e. what did he say or do which transgressed the "law"?

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