Monday, March 14, 2011

Question 1051: Lengthy roads


Who is the guy lying down? And what's happening?


Answer: Oliver Smoot who was used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge and gave rise to the non standard unit Smoot = 5'7''(his height at the time). The bridge was measured to be 364.4 smoots +/- 1 ear. Ironically, Oliver Smoot went on to become President of International Organisation for Standardisation.

10 Answers:

wheelsandwings said...

Oliver Smoot.
His fraternity brothers are measuring the length of the Harvard Bridge in terms of Smoot's height.

Stumbler said...

The man is Oliver Smoot. The bridge he is on is being measured in terms of his height.

Unknown said...

Gerge smoot
unit of length named after him...

indian said...

SMOOT -- 5'7". MEASUREMENTS.

Saswat said...

Smoot is an unit of length named after the guy & his height is 1 unit of Smoot

appuchin said...

smoot- he is a measuring unit!!

Siddarth Pai said...

oliver smoot
measured the length of the harvard bridge
already came on boiled beans man

Archimonde said...

The birth of the unit of measurement known as "the Smoot"...

Matthew(M.A.Thai) said...

the guya smoot n hes devising a new system of measurement smoot

Unknown said...

Oliver R. Smoot, he is measuring the lenght of the bridge in smoots, (1 smoot = Oliver moot's height)