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Inquiring Minds(1999)

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First Air Date: 1999-09-12
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 0.0
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Seasons: 2
Episodes: 44

An exploration into the answers of obscure questions.

Top Cast

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Michael Kinney
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Chris Robinson
Himself - Host

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 22
E01
Why Is The Sky Blue?

Air Date: 1999-09-12

30m

The Exploration of sunlight. How the sky is like a giant pinball machine and where the sun is located at different ti...

E02
How Do People Survive Lightning Strikes?

Air Date: 1999-09-19

30m

An explanation of lightning, including the amount of energy in a lightning bolt, how lightning is formed, and what we...

E03
Why Does Breathing Helium Make Your Voice So High?

Air Date: 1999-09-26

30m

The discovery of how the density of several elements affects sound, what is needed for sound to be present, and how s...

E04
Why Don't Satellites Fall Out Of The Sky?

Air Date: 1999-10-03

30m

Explains what a satellite is, how it is put into orbit and how it maintains its orbit. The team also talks about how ...

E05
How Does The Dry Cleaning Process Work?

Air Date: 1999-10-10

30m

The revelation of why certain clothes are dry cleaned, the history of the dry cleaning process, and introduces water ...

E06
Why Are Hurricanes Seasonal?

Air Date: 1999-10-17

30m

The exploration of why hurricanes strike only in late summer or early fall. The hosts also explain what a hurricane i...

E07
Why Do Voices Sound Different On Recorders?

Air Date: 1999-10-24

30m

The examination of how sound is produced and explains hearing by air conduction, and bone construction.

E08
How Do Astronauts Land On The Moon?

Air Date: 1999-10-31

30m

The revealation of how a rocket actually gets to the moon, and how it is compared to flying to the moon as vacation.

E09
Why Do High And Low Pressure Systems Bring Good And Bad Weather?

Air Date: 1999-11-07

30m

The explanation of atmospheric pressure and its relevance to the weather report and our daily lives. Also explained a...

E10
Why Do Some Rock Concerts Sound So Bad?

Air Date: 1999-11-14

30m

The definition of an echo, and the demonstration of how it occurs and its effects in different background. The hosts ...

E11
How Do No Tears Shampoos Work?

Air Date: 1999-11-21

30m

How surfactant, the ingredient in shampoo that causes the burning sensation and helps rid the hair of dirt, reacts wi...

E12
How Do Artificial Flavours Fool Our Taste Buds?

Air Date: 1999-11-28

30m

A mass spectrometer analyzes the contents of a substance and displays the results on a computer. The human tongue and...

E13
How Is Snow Manufactured?

Air Date: 1999-12-05

30m

Information on how nature creates snow, the components used by snow-making machines to manufacture snow, and natural ...

E14
How Are Athletes Timed In A Race?

Air Date: 1999-12-12

30m

The history of the stopwatch and analysis of its accuracy. The starter's pistol, the starting block sensors, and the ...

E15
How Do Bulletproof Vest Work?

Air Date: 1999-12-19

30m

The structure of a bullet- proof vest, including the characteristics of an Aramid fiber-energy absorption, stretching...

E16
Why Do Some People Wear Glasses?

Air Date: 1999-12-26

30m

The explanation of the parts of the eye, such as the lens and the muscles surrounding it, the iris and its function o...

E17
Why Is The Ocean Salty?

Air Date: 2000-01-02

30m

The hosts talk about the two principle sources of salt. Underwater volcanoes and rivers, plus the different levels of...

E18
What Are The Pros And Cons Of Being A Vegetarian?

Air Date: 2000-01-09

30m

The definition of carnivores and herbivores, - their respective diets and eating mechanisms. Human's teeth, digestive...

E19
How Do We Determine The Age Of Dinosaurs?

Air Date: 2000-01-16

30m

Calculating the age of bones from the amount of carbon 14 they contain and the potassium atoms in rocks surrounding b...

E20
Why Is Gold So Valuable?

Air Date: 2000-01-23

30m

Gold's properties, its appeal to human beings and impact on society throughout history. The advantages of gold over o...

E21
Why Does Fluoride Prevent Cavities?

Air Date: 2000-01-30

30m

What bacteria are and why they are so dangerous. Information on what eggshells and teeth have in common, what fluorid...

E22
What Is A Computer Virus?

Air Date: 2000-02-06

30m

How a computer virus causes infections, the three stages of program infection, and routes to protection. A presentati...

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