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#2201 2011-08-29 01:57:31
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Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2202 2011-08-29 17:20:34
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Hi bobbym,
#2574. What is 'Brownian motion' or 'Brownian movement'?
#2575. What is 'Tyndall Effect'?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2203 2011-08-29 17:43:56
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2204 2011-08-29 22:21:49
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Hi bobbym,
The answers #2574 and #2575 are correct. Excellent!
#2576. On the banks of which river is 'Liverpool' situated?
#2577. On the banks of which river is 'Madrid' situated?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2205 2011-08-30 01:37:28
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2206 2011-08-30 22:05:33
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Hi bobbym,
#2578. In which country is 'Monte Carlo' situated?
#2579. Where is the 'Merdeka Palace'?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2207 2011-08-31 01:29:37
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2208 2011-08-31 17:10:50
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2578 is correct. Well done!
#2580. Name the Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador who is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.
#2581. What was Sir Frederick Grant Banting famous for?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2209 2011-08-31 17:52:40
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Re: General Quiz
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2210 2011-08-31 23:08:42
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2580 (Vasco Núñez de Balboa) is correct. Excellent!
#2582. What is 'pterodactyl'?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2211 2011-08-31 23:15:04
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Re: General Quiz
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2212 2011-08-31 23:34:09
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2582 is correct. Well done!
#2583. Name the physicist remembered for his discovery of radioactivity, which occurred when he found that the element uranium (in a sample of pitchblende) emitted invisible rays that could darken a photographic plate.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2213 2011-08-31 23:39:55
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Re: General Quiz
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2214 2011-09-01 02:04:46
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2583 (Antoine- Henri Becquere) is correct. Well done!
#2584. What does the abbreviation ICAO (agency (in aviation)) signify?
#2585. What does the abbreviation ICBM ((ordnance) a missile flying a ballistic trajectory after guided powered flight, usually over ranges in excess of 4000 miles (6500 kilometers)) signify?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2215 2011-09-01 02:09:30
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2216 2011-09-01 20:07:38
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2585 is correct. Well done!
#2586. What does the acronym 'INTERPOL' signify? (a worldwide clearinghouse for police information.)
#2587. What does the acronym 'SAARC' signify? (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan)
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2217 2011-09-01 20:10:50
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2218 2011-09-01 23:35:45
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2586 is correct. Well done!
#2588. Name the the third president of the United States and one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence.
#2589. Name the person known as 'The Maid of Orléans'; in French, Jeanne D'Arc.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2219 2011-09-02 00:17:04
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2220 2011-09-02 00:29:06
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Hi bobbym,
The answers #2588 and #2589 are correct. Excellent!
#2590. In mathematics, a name the number is a number (possibly a complex number) that is not algebraicthat is, it is not a root of a non-constant polynomial equation with rational coefficients.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2221 2011-09-02 00:39:01
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2222 2011-09-02 06:52:35
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#2223 2011-09-03 00:16:57
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Hi bobbym and Shivamcoder3013,
The answer #2590 is correct. Well done, bobbym!
The several answers : all your answers are correct. Excellent!
#2591. What is 'Buffer Stock'?
#2592. In Business parlance, what is 'cartel'?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2224 2011-09-03 00:21:08
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2225 2011-09-03 17:56:55
- Jai Ganesh
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2592 is correct. Excellent!
#2593. What disease is 'pyorrhea'?
#2594. What disease is 'rabies'?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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