Thread: Aviation Quiz - 25

Originally Posted by 29palms

Boarhogs are adjustable pliers? I asked that question around today at work and NOBODY ever heard of adjustable pliers being called "Boarhogs" in their 20 plus years in aviation. I certainly never heard of boarhogs as adjustable pliers. I've heard of channel locks getting called "Waterpump pliers" or Crescent wrench being called a "monkey wrench". But you got me on BOARHOGS. Never heard of them. Maybe like you said, must be OOOOOOLD SCHOOL. Glad I aint that old. I still like the "Barf bag over the Emesis bag". Why be phoney about it? Call it what its used for. Now, about the quiz. LAME LAME LAME. Come up with a better one. Anyone of those "DRY AIR" on the plane answers could have been right technically speaking. Ever go to a restaurant in Philippines or Panama where the air is very muggy and try to use a salt shaker over your food and notice rice inside mix with the salt? Why is this? Because moisture collects in the glass and the salt gets caught up in the sprinkle holes and clogs up. The rice somehow reduces the moisture in the glass and the salt now can flow dry and freely through the sprinkle holes.

Yeah Channellock (brand name), water pump pliers, boar hogs same thing, different terminology. I know you use the hogs.
Palms don’t blame it on the sun, the moon, “the boogie” or the quiz. Go into quiz Zen mode- accept it-

And Palms I expect you to post in the next quiz, and this time, don’t delete your answers.

Originally Posted by spongebue

Couldn't it be that bread can be used to show dryness, while salt can be used for humidity? (that is, when it IS humid). I'd imagine that salt would be similar in dry environments as it would normal, as would bread in humid ones.

Spongebue you got it. Question #5 dealt with dry cabin air, not the humid climate in the Philippines or Panama. Next time I'll expect you to post in the quiz too.

But bread isn't a very good indicator on those flights either. You never really get bread, you get BUNS and they're heated, which makes them dry anyway. You talking about grabbing some bread at your local 7-11 store before your flight and tearing a piece off and sticking it inside your cigarrette pack or something? About dry cabin air, how can you determine if the air is dry in the cabin with salt? If the salt flows freely as you sprinkle the shaker, its DRY, but if it gets clogged, its HUMID. I know your looking for the best answers possible but I still claim a lame quiz on this one. Also with all the latest renovations in the past years, how can you actually determine which airport is which from a 1960's picture? And whaaa whaaaa whaaa whaaa,.......

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