Saturday, July 30, 2011

When was Untamed made?

Untamed is a Gerstlauer  Euro-Fighter 320 + model.  Untamed opened on on June 11, 2011.  Untamed is 72 ft. tall.  Untamed has a vertical lift hill with a very steep drop of 97 degrees.  Untamed has three inversions a loop, immelmann, and a zero g-roll

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untamed_(roller_coaster)

Untamed-Canobie lake park.jpg
Untamed

Friday, July 29, 2011

When was the Dean Razorback V made?

The Dean Razorback V was invented in 2004.  Dimebag Darrell invented the Dean Razorback shortly before his death.  The Dean Razorback V is sold in several different colors.  The Seven colors for the Dean Razorback V are Black, Metallic Red, Black with Red Bevels, Black with green Bevels, Black with Yellow Bevels, Black with Silver Bevels, and Metallic White with Black Bevels.  The Dean Razorback can have up to a 25.5 scale lenght neck with 24 frets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Razorback_V


Dean Razorback V

Black with Yellow Bevels

Thursday, July 28, 2011

When did the Patriots join the NFL?

The Patriots started in the American football League in 1960.  The New England patriots joined the NFL in 1970.  The New England Patriots have gone to six Super Bowls, 1986, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2007.  the Patriots won the Super Bowl in 2001, 2003, and 2004.  The Patriots lost the Super Bowl in 1986, 1997, and 2007. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots#Notable_players


New England Patriots Logo

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

When did Kurt Cobain invent the Fender Jag-stang?

Kurt Cobain invented the Fender Jag-Stang in 1994.   The Fender Jag-Stang is a hybrid guitar of a Fender Jaguar and a Fender Mustang.  Kurt Cobain had to have many adjustments on the guitar.  Kurt Cobain used the guitar in Nirvana's In Utero in 1994 shortly before his death.  Many owners say the guitar is a unique guitar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Jag-Stang


Kurt Cobain with Fender Jag-Stang 1994

Monday, July 25, 2011

How did Eddie Van Halen invent the Frankenstrat?

Eddie Van Halen bought the Ash body and Maple neck for $130.  The ash body was $50 and it had a knot in the wood.  The maple neck was $80.  The first bridge Eddie Van Halen used was his bridge from his 58' Fender Stratocaster.  Eddie Van Halen used the pickups he removed from his Gibson ES-335.  Eddie Van Halen got rid of both tone control potentiometers and wired the pickups in a simple circuit because of his knowledge of electrical circuitry.  Eddie Van Halen carved a pickguard to cover the controls on the guitar.  Eddie Van Halen painted his guitar black.  Eddie Van Halen put masking tape on the body and painted the body white.  Eddie Van Halen made a black and yellow Frankenstrat but was dissapointed with the results.  Soon Eddie Van Halen retaped the body of the original Frankenstrat and painted the over with Red Shwinn Paint.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat


Eddie Van Halen with the original Frankenstrat


Black and Yellow Frankenstrat


Eddie Van Halen with Red Frankenstrat

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Who won the Tour de France in 2011?

Cadel Evans won the Tour de France in 2011.  Cadel Evans is form Australia.

http://www.letour.fr/us/index.html

It says C. Evans next to the yellow jersey on the top right corner

Friday, July 22, 2011

How to tell when a star fruit is ripe? How to peel a star fruit?

When a star is ripe, the fruit is bright yellow with a litte green.  You might see the five ridges are a dark brown, that is normal so do not worry.  If the star fruit is overipe, the fruit will be all yellow with brown spots all over the fruit.

http://thaifood.about.com/od/introtothaicooking/ss/starfruithowto.htm

This link is for how to tell if a star fruit is ripe and overipe.

The first tep in peeling a star fruit is to rinse the fruit in cold water and dry the fruit with a clean towel.

Hold the fruit horizontal and cut down verticaly, and make the slices any size you want.

Lay the slices out and cut off the dark drown part on all five ridges.

Next you cut behind the peel all the way off.

Lastly take the seeds out of the star fruit.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5966299_peel-star-fruit.html

This link is ow to peel a star fruit.


A ripe star fruit

A little extra information on star fruits is the fruit grows on trees.


Star Fruit Tree

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011

When was Gilligan's Island made?

Gilligan's Island was made on September 26, 1964.  Sherwood Schwartz created Gilligan's Island.  Gilligan's Island was on the CBS Network for three seasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan's_Island

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Who invented Roller Coaster Tycoon 3?

RCT3 is a construction and management simulation game for the computer released on October 26, 2004 in North America.  RCT3 has two game modes scenario and sandbox.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rct3



RCT3


RCT3 Gold


RCT3 Platinum

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

Who invented the Dean Razorback?

Dimebag Darrell ( Pantera's guitarist ) invented the Dean Razorback in 2004 shortly before his death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Razorback


Dean Razorback

Sunday, July 10, 2011

When did Gibson event the Gibson Eds-1275?

Gibson invented the Gibson Eds-1275 in 1963.  The guitar is popular with rock musicians such as Jimmy Page and jazz musician John McLaughlin.  The Gibson Eds-1275 is a double guitar.  The Gibson Eds-1275 is a 12 string and 6 string guitar combined together.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_EDS-1275


Gibson Eds-1275

Who invented Metallica?

Metallica was formed in 1981 when Lars Ulrich ( drummer ) put an advertisemet in the newspaper.  James Hetfield reponded to the advertiement, togheter James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich formed Metallica.

Original Members

Lead Guitar - Dave Mustaine

Rythym Guitar - James Hetfield

Bassist - Ron McGovney

Drums - Lars Ulrich

Dave Mustaine Left the Metallica in 1983 and formed Megadeth.  Kirk Hammett replaced Dave Mustaine in 1983.

James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich kicked Ron McGovney out in 1982 to recruit Cliff Burton in 1982.

On September 27, 1986 Cliff Buton was thrown from out a bus window while on a tour in 1986, the bus fell on top of Cliff Burton and he died.

After Cliff Burton's death in 1986 Metallica Jason Newstead tried out for Metallic with 40 other people and won, and joined Metallica in 1986.

On January 17, 2001 Jason Newsted left Metallica to work on a side project Echobrain.

Robert Trujillo joined Metallica on Februrary 24, 2003.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica


Friday, July 8, 2011

Who invented Fender Guitars?

Leo Fender made Fender Guitars in 1951.  Leo Fender's first guitar was the Broadcaster.  The Broadcaster was a solid body electric guitar.  The Broadscaster's name was soon changed to the Telecaster nicknamed the ''Tele''.
In 1954, Leo Fender made the Fender Stratocaster.

http://www.morphis.com/articles/guitar_guide/fender_guitars.asp


1951 Fender Telecaster


Fender 1972 Series Telecaster


1954 Fender Stratocaster


1962 Fender Jaguar


Fender Mustang


Fender Jagstang


Fender Heartfield Talon


Fender Heartfield Talon V


Fender P Bass a.k.a Fender Precision Bass


1968 Fender Telecaster Bass


Fender Jaguar Bass


Fender Mustang Bass


Fender Jagstang Bass

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Who invented the bass guitar?

Paul Tutmarc in Seatte, Washington, USA in the early 1930's.  The bass was known as the '' Electric Bass Fiddle '' the bass appeared in Tutmarc's company Audiovox in 1935.  The bass was smaller than a double bass but the bass was easier to carry.  The bass was not fretted.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_Bass_Guitar_and_when


Paul Tutmarc's '' Electric Fiddle Bass ''

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Who invented the drum set?

William Ludwig invented the drum set in 1909.  The pedal was spring loaded so the drummer could have quick foot control of the bass drum while sitting down.

http://drumsetfun.com/drum-set-origin/

Modern Ludwig Drum Set

Monday, July 4, 2011

Who invented the AK47?

Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47 in 1947.  AK stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova.

AK-47

AK-47 with GP-25 Grenade Launcher



Sunday, July 3, 2011

Who invented the first automatic gernade launcher?

The first automatic gernade launcher was made in the Soviet Union around 1935 to 1938.  The Taubin automatic gernade launcher fired 6 40mmfragmentation gernades.  The Taubin gernade launcher never went past prototype stages.

http://world.guns.ru/grenade-e.html


Soviet Taubin gernade laucher.  Fired 6 40mm fragmentation gernades.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Friday, July 1, 2011

First bike ever made

The first bicycle was made by Frenchmen Comte Mede de Sivrac in 1790.  The bicycle had no steering or pedals.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbicycle.htm



Comte Mede de Sivrac's bicycle.  The bicycle was made in 1790.  The bicycle had no steering or pedals.