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A slightly trivial QI
HonestIago Started conversation Sep 11, 2009
Since I'm not smart enough to come up with or answer any of the grids, I've got a relatively simple QI question.
What links babies and Betelguese?
No 
s for this (sorry Taff!), just the chance for points.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 11, 2009
not a clue????
Betelguese is on the shoulder of orion, ford prefect and zaphod beeblebrox come from somewhere in the vicinity of betelguese, michale keeton stared in the title role of beetlejuice, the mighty Tharg, editor and proprioter of 2000AD, the galaxys greatest comic comes from betelguese, i think its one of the largest stars in the sky?????????
thats about it i think
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Sep 12, 2009
And if you squash a beetle...
~jwf~
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 12, 2009
or a baby....
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Sep 12, 2009
They both start with a B!
You said no klaxons... 
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Rod Posted Sep 12, 2009
Betel juice, red in the mouth. Babies, red in the face. No? OK.
Betelgeuse is reddish(?) & pulsates
Babies go red from time to time.
Ah, maybe not that, 'cos babies go more purple than red...
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Not-so-bald-eagle Posted Sep 12, 2009
Betelgeuse is a stupid animated TV series.... there's a kid in it...
The "baby" is the kid and Beetlejuice is the wierdo that can connect with the kid
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ekky99 Posted Sep 14, 2009
Babies are made out of stardust (as are we all) and so is Betegeuse.
When the universe originally formed, it contained only hydrogen and a tiny bit of other light elements. There were no heavier atoms such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. The first stars converted some of the light elements into heavier ones by the process of nuclear reactions, and so it is believed that the heavy elements of which we are made were originally created inside massive stars.
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HonestIago Posted Sep 15, 2009
ekky, that's worthy of a DGI point, but it isn't the answer I'm looking for.
Would anyone like a clue?
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pedro Posted Sep 16, 2009
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant, and I think it's so big it's one of a few stars which actually shows as a disc rather than a point of light. It's a corruption of the Arabic 'armpit of the giant' or something.
No idea what it has to do with babies though. Is the Chinese/Indian/Mayan name for the constellation it's in 'The Baby' or something?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 16, 2009
Iago,
Yes please. 
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HonestIago Posted Sep 16, 2009
It's about timings. How long we wait to see something.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 16, 2009
from the perspactive of someone on earth does betelguese 'orbit' once every 9 months
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Sep 16, 2009
Aha! I think that's it.
The 9 month gestation period of human babies equals the visible duration of Orion from which the Beetle juices flow. 
~jwf~
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- 1: HonestIago (Sep 11, 2009)
- 2: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 11, 2009)
- 3: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Sep 12, 2009)
- 4: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 12, 2009)
- 5: Malabarista - now with added pony (Sep 12, 2009)
- 6: Rod (Sep 12, 2009)
- 7: Not-so-bald-eagle (Sep 12, 2009)
- 8: KB (Sep 12, 2009)
- 9: HonestIago (Sep 12, 2009)
- 10: KB (Sep 12, 2009)
- 11: ekky99 (Sep 14, 2009)
- 12: HonestIago (Sep 15, 2009)
- 13: pedro (Sep 16, 2009)
- 14: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 16, 2009)
- 15: HonestIago (Sep 16, 2009)
- 16: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 16, 2009)
- 17: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Sep 16, 2009)
- 18: HonestIago (Sep 16, 2009)
- 19: pedro (Sep 19, 2009)
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