MM - define: Western civilization 300 BC.
I remember last year when we took a side trip from the GC to Lowell Observatory for an evening. After one of the 'presentations' the guy had to get backup to field some of my questions. I think I caused a melt down - wife was mad at me for playing stump the scientist.
An old George Carlin bit, "I was on my way to mass but we crossed the international date line. So I didn't make it to mass on Sunday. Would that be a sin then Fadder?"
all this talk of quarks, boson and such. How many quarks does a quark have?
back to real life - one of my all time favorite stories was a Dr Seuss spectacular : "Horton Hears A Who." A profound observation of our 'reality'...
Or the ever popular: Define the universe. Give two examples.