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#1 2006-03-23 03:50:56

Jai Ganesh
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Jumble


The answers to the questions are given in a jumbled form, to make things easy for you.

1. A branch of Physics which studies the production, control and application of very low temperatures, near absolute zero. - RGOYSECINC

2. Official News agency of People's Republic of China. - NAUHIX

3. The city of New York is on the banks of this river. - DOSHNU

4. This country is known as 'Land of thousand lakes'. - DIFFNAL

5. A mass of snow which gets detached and slides down a mountainside. - NHELACAAV

6. The largest tributary of river Amazon. - RAADIEM

7. A distance of about 3.26 light-years or 30.86 trillion kilometers, based on the distance from earth at which stellar parallax is one second of arc. - SCERAP

8. Diametrical or direct opposite. - PITODNEA

9. The country that won the first World Cup Football tournament in 1930. - YUUUGAR

10. The study of kidneys, its functioning and diseases. - HERYGLONPO 


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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#2 2006-03-23 06:19:48

ryos
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Re: Jumble

Last edited by MathsIsFun (2006-03-23 10:10:33)


El que pega primero pega dos veces.

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#3 2006-03-23 07:11:21

mathsyperson
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Re: Jumble

6. Madeira


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#4 2006-03-23 15:25:58

Jai Ganesh
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Well done, ryos! You score 60%! Your last answer isn't correct!
mathsyperson, you're right! Well done!
You score  70%, assuming you knew the answers to all the questions which ryos had already answered!


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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#5 2006-03-24 10:27:57

justlookingforthemoment
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Re: Jumble

2. Xinhua ?

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#6 2006-03-24 15:17:01

Jai Ganesh
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Correct, justlookingforthemoment! Well done! cool

Only 8 and 10 remain to be answered!


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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#7 2006-03-26 03:07:15

Simba
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8. Antipode
10. Phrenology

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#8 2006-03-26 15:56:36

Jai Ganesh
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Well done, Simba! Your answer to question #8 is correct, but #10 isn't!


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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#9 2006-03-26 18:55:34

justlookingforthemoment
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10. Nephrology?

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#10 2006-03-26 19:13:46

Jai Ganesh
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Well done, justlookingforthemoment!


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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