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#2376 2011-09-24 23:59:54

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2692 is correct. Well done!

#2693. What does the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius signify? (The motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. De Coubertin borrowed it from his friend Henri Didon, a Dominican priest who, amongst other things, was an athletics enthusiast. The motto was introduced in 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris.)

#2694. When was the Olympic Games held the first time in the US? (St. Louis)


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#2377 2011-09-25 00:06:02

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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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#2378 2011-09-25 00:31:26

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Hi bobbym,

The answers #2693 and #2694 are correct. Excellent!

(Citius, Altius, Fortius , which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger".) (The Latin words are comparative adverbs, not adjectives.)

#2695. What are 'Quasars'?


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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#2379 2011-09-25 00:35:46

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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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#2380 2011-09-25 01:08:08

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2695 is correct. Well done, bobbym!

#2696. Name the Chemist and pioneer of electromagnetism. (As a bookbinder's apprentice, he went to Humphry Davy's lectures at the Royal Institution and asked to be taken on as his assistant); by 1820 he was himself a prominent chemist, famous for his experimental skill; he isolated benzene in 1825, and when Davy died in 1829 he worked on the nature of electricity, magnetism, and light.


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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#2381 2011-09-25 01:11:11

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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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#2382 2011-09-25 02:50:09

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Hi bobbym.

The answer #2696 is correct. Excellent!

#2697. Name the English Architect whose noteworthy public achievement of his career was the planning of New Delhi, India, which included the design of the viceroy's palace. Among his principal works are the Cenotaph in London and other war memorials, including those at Manchester and at Johannesburg, South Africa; domestic and public buildings at Hampstead garden suburb; the Hampton Court bridge; and the British embassy at Washington, D.C. He was knighted in 1918.


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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#2383 2011-09-25 04:34:00

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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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#2384 2011-09-26 22:27:57

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Hi bobbym,

#2698. Name the German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath who is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature.

#2698. Name the inventor credited with the creation of movable type printing -- the process that made it possible to publish many copies of a single work at one time.


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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#2385 2011-09-26 22:30:14

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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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#2386 2011-09-26 23:03:44

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Hi bobbym,

The answers #2698 and #2699 are both correct. Excellent!

#2700. What is 'aerology'?

#2701. What is 'aeromancy'?


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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#2387 2011-09-26 23:07:29

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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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#2388 2011-09-26 23:34:12

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#2702. Name the Governor General of India who was the Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence.


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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#2389 2011-09-27 00:27:56

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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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#2390 2011-09-27 01:37:22

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2702 is correct. Outstanding!

#2703. What country has 0044 as international calling code?


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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#2391 2011-09-27 01:46:01

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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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#2392 2011-09-28 00:04:22

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2703 is perfect. Excellent!

#2704. What does the acronym 'ELISA' signify? (It is often used as a diagnostic test to determine exposure to a particular infectious agent, such as the AIDS virus, by identifying antibodies present in a blood sample)

#2705. In International Business, what do 'EOU' 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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#2393 2011-09-28 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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#2394 2011-09-28 00:42:25

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#2706. What is 'Transition temperature'?


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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#2395 2011-09-28 00:48:56

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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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#2396 2011-09-28 00:58:21

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#2707. What is 'Hydrogenation'? (Organic Chemistry)


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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#2397 2011-09-28 01:06:57

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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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#2398 2011-09-28 20:09:18

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2707 is correct. Excellent!

#2708. Name the physicist (American) whose important experiments include research on the oxygen content of the atmosphere; determinations of the density of oxygen and hydrogen and their combining ratio in water; determination of the velocity of light in a magnetic field; and work on thermal expansion.

#2709. Name the British physicist who determined that the atomic number of an element can be deduced from the element's x-ray spectrum.


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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#2399 2011-09-28 23:31:22

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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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#2400 2011-09-28 23:58:21

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2709 is correct. Good work!

#2710. What is "mastology," "theriology," or "therology"?

#2711. What is the study 'Vexillology'?


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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