Real Life Trivia - Part II

[happyheathen]

This time, the theme is 'Explosives'

1. 'TNT' stands for what?

2. (2-parter):

That thing with the plunger that detonates dynamite:

a. what is it called?

b. how does it work?


as always, this is a closed-book quiz.

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p.s. - what does 'p.s.' stand for?

[PlopKat]

I don't know the answers to your explosives questions, but I think P.S. stands for post-script.

-PlopKat
Could find the answers but respects happyheathen's desire for this to be a closed book test

[BobChief]

1. I'll parse this for ease of reading:
Tri Nitro Toluene
(the last part is pronounced 'tall you ween')

2. a. I've only ever heard it called a 'detonator' or 'igniter'.
b. It generates an appropriate amount of electrical current needed to ignite the explosive.

[happyheathen]

So I'm easy...

1. I believe it is tri-nitrate toloune

2.
a. blasting machine
b. it is a magneto (permanent magnet and wire coil - same as the crank-operated device on the (very) old phones).

p.s. is INDEED 'post script' ('after the writing')


and mea culpa, I did not know that Soggy's reference to 'John' was J. Lee...

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