Questions Of The Week April 29

Welcome To Questions of The Week!

A member of the Awards Committee will post questions, at a random day/time.

Members may make one post per question thread to answer the questions, and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the questions answered completely in that one post.

No editing is allowed and INELIGIBLE members will be disqualified .

First correct answers (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Questions) wins.

Request your choice by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submit your Mailing address for shipping.

Choose your prize from the following list!:

** $50.00 gift certificate from Inspector Outlet

** Case of books "Now That You’ve Had A Home Inspection"

** Custom Branded Videos value $50.00 ~ your choice!

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GOOD LUCK!

  1. Dissipate heat into free air is a design of what?

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2) Humanity’s greatest existential threat:
Underestimate this at our your peril!

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3) Teflon tape can be used when leaking occurs at which location?
a) drain
b) shower valve
c) tub spout
d) shower head
e) shower diverter
f) Big Mouth

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4) There are approximately _______ insects for every person on Earth

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5) What song did this come from?
There’s bugs in my bed

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6) WHO sand this on WHAT song?
Lay a blanket on the ground

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Thank YOU for doing what many look forward to attempting to answer correctly, Marc! :+1:

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1. Dissipate heat into free air is a design of what?
In the context of a home inspection, that’s most likely to refer to electrical wiring, and is a topic often discussed in context of insulating over knob & tube wiring.

2) Humanity’s greatest existential threat
Asteroid impact on the home planet.

3) Teflon tape can be used when leaking occurs at which location?
Everything but the Big Mouth. Similarly, you can’t Fix Stupid.

4) There are approximately _______ insects for every person on Earth
200 million, but the ratio is declining due to uneven collapses in insect populations.

5) What song did this come from? There’s bugs in my bed
Peral Jam: bugs is close, but maybe you’re thinking Pieket Insect.

6) WHO sand this on WHAT song?
The sand was sprinkled by Tammy Wynette in the song with the same title.

MEH
16% correct

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  1. heat sink through conduction
  2. artificial intelligence going wrong
  3. b c and d possibly f if you have enough tape
  4. 2 billion
  5. bugs by pearl jam
  6. Billy Jo Spears " “blanket on the ground”
    lay the blanket on the ground
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It is great the questions you guys come up with. I think I have them and then I get the real answers and say Oh S%^t. Thanks for doing these.
@mgoldenberg

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Great questions, Marc. :slight_smile:

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Excellent Marc !!

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  1. Convection
  2. Climate change
  3. c,Tub spout, d, shower head.
  4. 1,428,571,428.57
  5. Bottle of Wine, The Fire Balls
  6. Boy’s Round Here, Blake Shelton
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  1. Heat Sink
  2. Artificial intelligence
  3. shower valve, tub spout, shower head
  4. 1.4 billion
  5. Bottle of Wine by Fire Balls
  6. Blanket On The Ground by Billie Jo Spears
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  1. Heat sink
  2. Humans aren’t having enough children
  3. c) tub spout & d) shower head
  4. 1.4 billion
  5. “Bottle of Wine” by The Fire Balls
  6. “Cabin Fever” by Shenandoah
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MR SCOTT A BRIDGES gets this one - YEA Scott!

  1. Dissipate heat into free air is a design of what?
    Knob-and-Tube Wiring
    Knob-and-Tube Wiring - InterNACHI®

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2) Humanity’s greatest existential threat:
Stupidity

Stupid people share several identifying traits: they are abundant, they are irrational, and they cause problems for others without apparent benefit to themselves, thereby lowering society’s total well-being.
There are no defenses against stupidity. The only way a society can avoid being crushed by the burden of its idiots is if the non-stupid work even harder to offset the losses of their stupid brethren.
The Five Universal Laws of Human Stupidity this at our your peril!

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3) Teflon tape can be used when leaking occurs at which location?
a) drain
b) shower valve
c) tub spout
d) shower head
e) shower diverter
f) Big Mouth
D

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4) There are approximately _______ insects for every person on Earth
1.4 billion

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5) What song did this come from?
There’s bugs in my bed
The Fireballs - Bottle of Wine

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6) WHO sang this on WHAT song?
Lay a blanket on the ground
Blake Shelton - Boys 'Round Here
106,670,574 views

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WTG, Scott. :slight_smile:

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Nice work, Scott! :+1:

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Thank you, Marc
emoji-woohoo

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Thanks Marc and congrats Scott.

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Great job Scott !!!

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Congratulations Scott :confetti_ball::champagne::balloon::tada:

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