Gizmo Quiz #73

The Saturday Classic

[ScottM]

Greetings from the frigid North!

I have a good one:

Gizmo 73 [invoman.com]

I'm looking for what this gizmo is/does...

Good Luck!

[oilman]

Chinese music box?

[ScottM]

Oh....good guess...but wrong:>)

Correct country, though.

[oilman]

is it ritualistic?

[korkus2000]

Is it a tea brewer of some fashion?

[ScottM]

No ritual that I'm aware of...

No tea.

[coconutz]

Game similar to Goldener Drache?

[korkus2000]

Is it a current gizmo or part of a dynasty?

[ScottM]

Game similar to Goldener Drache?

nope.

[ScottM]

Is it a current gizmo or part of a dynasty?

It's old...this may or may not be a reproduction.

[coconutz]

Ancient Seismometer

[creative craig]

Keep a persons ashes in once they have been cremated!

[Edouard_H]

Calendar or time related?

[ScottM]

Ancient Seismometer

Wow! You got it!

I thought I had a good one...

Congrats to coconutz!

[chinabob.com...]

[oilman]

ancient chinese earthquake detector

[coconutz]

Cheng Heng’s original seismometer

"Around the vessel were eight dragons whose mouths held a ball. Round the base of the vessel sat eight corresponding toads with their mouths open, looking upwards."

[oilman]

congrats coconutz :) well played

[creative craig]

Knows his seismometers :)

Nice one!

Craig

[coconutz]

Thanks, see you all next Saturday. :)

[mivox]

&^%$$#^%&^%!

First Saturday in i-don't-know-how-long that I spent all day away from the computer, and it's also the first quiz I knew the moment I looked at it in i-don't-know-how-long.

Teach me to stay offline for 12+ hours straight! hehehe

[mack]

Dont belive I missed the quiz again :(

Although I didnt have a clue so it doesnt realy matter lol