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#3326 2012-06-17 02:07:14

Jai Ganesh
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Hi bobbym,

Very well done!

#3383. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. During its more than a century long history, Fiat has also manufactured railway engines and carriages, military vehicles, and aircraft. As of 2009, the Fiat group (not inclusive of its subsidiary Chrysler) was the world's ninth largest carmaker and the largest in Italy. What does Fiat stand for?


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#3327 2012-06-17 04:53:42

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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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#3328 2012-06-17 23:46:17

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Hi bobbym,

#3384. What is the term 'close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member'?

#3385. It is the world's largest hot desert and second largest desert, after Antarctica. At over 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as China or the United States. It stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. What does it name Sahara is Arabic mean?


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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#3329 2012-06-18 00:24:36

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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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#3330 2012-06-18 00:57:39

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answers #3384 and #3385 are correct. Excellent!

#3386. Name the third oldest civilization after Mesopotamia and Egypt.

#3387. Who said '"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."?


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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#3331 2012-06-18 01:04:02

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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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#3332 2012-06-18 03:01:31

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

Excellent, bobbym!

#3388. Name the Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviet Union from February 13, 1984 until his death thirteen months later, on March 10, 1985.

#3389. Name the Soviet politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from November 12, 1982 until his death fifteen months later.


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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#3333 2012-06-18 03:03:46

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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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#3334 2012-06-18 03:21:46

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #3388 is correct. Good work!

#3390. Name the city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated at the head of the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea. The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.


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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#3335 2012-06-18 06:54:37

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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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#3336 2012-06-18 08:55:23

Jai Ganesh
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Hi bobbym,

The answer #3390 is correct. Excellent!

#3391. Name the Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth President of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until his resignation in 2011. Currently, he is Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran.

#3392. Name the Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011.


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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#3337 2012-06-18 14:39:54

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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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#3338 2012-06-18 23:42:44

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #3392 is correct. Well done!

#3393. What is backronym or bacronym?

#3394. What are Kookaburras?


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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#3339 2012-06-18 23:46:05

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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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#3340 2012-06-19 00:24:51

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Hi bobbym,

#3395. What is Keratomalacia?


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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#3341 2012-06-19 00:28:05

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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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#3342 2012-06-19 23:36:17

Jai Ganesh
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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3395 is correct. Marvelous!

#3396. Name the two busiest airports in the world.

#3397. What is the size of Foolscap folio (commonly contracted to foolscap or folio)? This was a traditional paper size used in Europe and the British Commonwealth, before the adoption of the international standard A4 paper (the most common standard size in the world).


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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#3343 2012-06-19 23:46:19

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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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#3344 2012-06-20 00:37:14

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The first part of the answer is correct. Excellent!

#3398. Name the next busiest airport in Europe arfer London Heathrow Airport.


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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#3345 2012-06-20 03:55:58

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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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#3346 2012-06-20 12:46:14

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

Good work, bobbym!

#3399. Who are Maori?

#3400. By what name is Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika better known as?


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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#3347 2012-06-20 17:11:45

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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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#3348 2012-06-20 19:06:23

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Hi ganesh


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#3349 2012-06-20 23:39:31

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Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,

The answers #3400 is correct. Well done, both of you!

#3401. Name the weakly magnetic titanium-iron oxide mineral which is iron-black or steel-gray. It is a crystalline iron titanium oxide (FeTiO3). It crystallizes in the trigonal system. The crystal structure is an ordered derivative of the corundum structure; in corundum all cations are identical but in it, Fe2+ and Ti4+ ions occupy alternating layers perpendicular to the trigonal c axis.


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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#3350 2012-06-21 00:16:53

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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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