Braingle: 'I Think Not' Brain Teaser

I Think Not

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Puzzle ID:	#27703
Fun:	(2.84)
Difficulty:	(2.05)
Category:	Science
Submitted By:	metallicman
Corrected By:	boodler

"One of the volcanoes on the Hawaiian islands just erupted and sent all kinds of rock and ash into the air! I just saw it on the news!", Fred spouted, running into the room. Everyone paid close attention to the television set as they changed it to the news channel. Liz, knowing that isn't true said, "Hawaii? I think not". How did Liz know the eruption never happened?

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Hawaii has eruptions every day. The way Fred explained it is what is wrong.
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froggygg Dec 26, 2005	Hey tinman great and informative teaser!
Swordoffury1392 Dec 26, 2005	This is exactly what we are learning about in science, so it was really easy for me!
metallicman Dec 26, 2005	Thank you Froggy and thank you sword. We were learning about it to so it was a piece of cake to make! (that rhymed)
WJSMama Dec 26, 2005	I didn't get it, but at least I learned a new fact
lmurray Dec 27, 2005	IF IT "JUST" ERUPTED, HE COULDN'T HAVE READ IT IN THE NEWS. SO IT HAS TO BE FALSE.
zonarita Dec 27, 2005	I enjoyed this knowledgeable teaser. Great job Tinman!
sgtammo Dec 27, 2005	Good and educational teaer Tinman!
Brainy_1 Dec 27, 2005	Good teaser! I like to learn something new everyday and this was it!
smek Jan 06, 2006	I disagree with the teaser. A normal eruption in Hawaii probably wouldn't make the news, but a composite would. Mt. St. Helens is flowing lava right now, why can't a volcano in Hawaii go composite on us!
bluehawk Jan 07, 2006	Very educational.I liked this one as well Tinman. Keep them coming!
metallicman Jan 07, 2006	Smek, its because any volcano in hawaii is a shield. Thats how hawaii was made. And a composite doesn't spew anywhere near that much lava. It'll spew the smallest amounts.
silly_goose Jan 07, 2006	My uncle's a park service ranger and lives in Hawaii, and he's always telling us stories about how he manages to nearly die, going way past the "safety" lines, etc. He's an awesome story teller! Thanks for the teaser, it was fun to remember some of his stories along with it. nostalgia
Warrior_Poet Jan 12, 2006	Good teaser, though some room for more obvious answers. One of which being... "we live in Hawaii, so we would have heard, felt, and seen the eruption outside."
katieevs Mar 22, 2006	Yeah I got this one!! A Level Geography really comes in handy with teasers like this!!!!
PunnettSwears Jun 09, 2006	Very informative. Great teaser.
insanebrain Jun 13, 2006	I haven't erased the info I got on volcanoes yet, so this was easy for me.
slamherhard Dec 09, 2007
darthpotterbob Dec 09, 2007	aah...i thought that Hawaii had underwater volcanoes! great teaser, tho, learned sumthin new!!!
bradon182001 Dec 09, 2007	I never knew that, or at least I don't remember that fact about volcanoes, so I learned something new today (or relearned it.) Thanks metallicman.
doehead Dec 09, 2007	NEVER TO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW.THANKS
wordmama Dec 09, 2007	Imurray: 'Saw it on the news' is not the same as 'read the news'! I'm surprised at you; I thought you were more meticulous than that!! And welcome back! And submitter, thanks for enlightening me; science has always been my worst subject; as you might be able to tell from my handle, I'm a language person.
hradilv Dec 09, 2007	Ditto slamherhard
FatHead Dec 09, 2007	Wow, I just learned something.
betaiv Dec 09, 2007	haha..that was easy.. good teaser
2ndhandrose Dec 09, 2007	I did not get this answer This is more a science lesson that a teaser to me. I guess I learned something. Thanx for posting anyway.
UptheHill Dec 09, 2007	See, you CAN get smarter on this website!!!
Akatsuki_Neko Dec 09, 2007	obscure... deserves 4 in the hardness area..
savages Dec 09, 2007	hint gave it away good one though
phyllisa Dec 10, 2007	I learned something today
Yorkshire-Boy Dec 10, 2007	I never knew that little snipit of information...but now I do, so thankyou.
mondayschild59 Dec 10, 2007	This was something different. I know nothing about volcano's except they are full of hot air. Thanks for posting. I learned something new today. Monday~
vlerma Dec 10, 2007	Thankls tinman, even tho it was two years old, I still learned something I did not know. I thought a volcano was a volcano. Good job.
dogg6pound9 Dec 10, 2007	great teaser... i knew the volcanos in hawaii didnt erupt, but i didnt know they had a specific name for them... thanks for the enlightenment, i now can pretend to be smarter than my kids LOL!
TableElbows Aug 21, 2009	I got it after reading the hint
builder Jan 20, 2011	I was in Hawaii when the volcano on the big island erupted. It spewed lava 1500 to 1600 feet into the air along with rock and debris, but really no ash. The lava still flows, most of it through lava tubes (top crusted over) to the ocean creating acres of new land each year.
auntiesis Jan 20, 2011	I learned something new today, unfortunately I will probably forget it by tomorrow.
Salutatorian Jan 20, 2011	Nice one. I got it correct. A bit esoteric, but nice nonetheless!
MysteriousLight Jan 20, 2011	Awesome teaser! Tricked me at first too.. Thanks for the great teaser... I haven't see many science teasers lately.