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Shocking Statistic

Saw an interesting item in that truely awful paper The Sunday Independent which brought home to me a very interesting point. The Sindo reported it as a quiz to also make the point. I got all the questions wrong so maybe posters here could have a go. Dont go working it out just rely on gut instinct. Its not a competition :)

1. If you go back one billion seconds what year is it?


2. If you go back one billion hours can you name a historical figure from this time?

3. If you go back one billion years what historical period is it?


4. In the time it takes the American Government to spend a billion dollars how far back in time would you go?
 
As a teacher I suppose you got annoyed reading the Ratemyteacher thread and needed to let off steam. Don't worry I understand. :rolleyes:
 
> 1. If you go back one billion seconds what year is it?

7000 BC

2. If you go back one billion hours can you name a historical figure from this time?

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> 3. If you go back one billion years what historical period is it?

No life on Earth, just a bunch of lava etc.

> 4. In the time it takes the American Government to spend a billion dollars how far back in time would you go?

I suspect a day or something crazy.
 
> 1. If you go back one billion seconds what year is it?

7000 BC

2. If you go back one billion hours can you name a historical figure from this time?

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Dont want to sound smart but going back one billion seconds is more recent than one billion hours.....
 
opps! - so it is :D
okay, swap answer one with answer two.
 
Can't figure out the username, but if you went back in time a billion seconds it'd be the summer of 1973? (31.7 years ago)


God, that'd be cool... :D
Except I'd be back in short pants again! :eek:
 
Re: Shocking Statistic

eoin said:
Saw an interesting item in that truely awful paper The Sunday Independent which brought home to me a very interesting point. The Sindo reported it as a quiz to also make the point. I got all the questions wrong so maybe posters here could have a go. Dont go working it out just rely on gut instinct. Its not a competition :)

1. If you go back one billion seconds what year is it?

1959


2. If you go back one billion hours can you name a historical figure from this time?

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 3. If you go back one billion years what historical period is it?

Stone Age


4. In the time it takes the American Government to spend a billion dollars how far back in time would you go?
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Eight and a Half Hours


 
How are you defining a billion? In Britain, a billion is usually one million million, whereas in the US it's a thousand million. Don't know about Ireland though!
 
umop3p!sdn said:
This seems way off to me. A billion years?
The age of the Earth has been estimated at about 4.5 billion years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth)

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Yes, looking it up, you are quite right.

That statistic about the Stone Age is obviously wrong as its measured in millions not billions of years ago.

Thats the last time i even look at that paper.
 
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