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#5526 2016-01-16 20:48:34

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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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#5527 2016-01-17 15:40:05

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Hi bobbym,

#5785. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. How was he better known?

#5786.  Name the full name of the author - (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) He better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".


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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#5528 2016-01-17 18:29:21

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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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#5529 2016-01-18 22:58:27

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Hi bobbym,

Both the Answers, #5785 (Lewis Carroll) and #5786 (Full Name - Samuel Langhorne Clemens) are correct! Excellent!

#5787. Between whom was the 'War of Roses' fought?

#5788. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. Also known as cyclones, by what other name are they known?


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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#5530 2016-01-18 23:09:26

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Re: General Quiz

Hello

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#5531 2016-01-19 07:31:14

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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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#5532 2016-01-19 07:45:30

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That is definitely the most logical name. Haha

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#5533 2016-01-19 11:10:15

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There was a movie "Twister."


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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#5534 2016-01-19 15:27:01

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Hi Relentless and bobbym,

The Answers, #5787 and #5787/#5788 are partially correct, Relentless and bobbym! Good work!

#5789. What is 'High Renaissance'?

#5790. Name the term in Art -  A technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism.


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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#5535 2016-01-20 03:08:15

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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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#5536 2016-01-21 00:52:59

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Hi bobbym,

#5791. Name the nationalist and political movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Palestine, Canaan or the Holy Land).

#5792.  Name a body of beliefs and practices created in 1954 by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard (1911–86). After developing the pseudoscience Dianetics after WW II as an alternative to psychiatry, Hubbard lost the rights to its seminal publication Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health in 1953. He then recharacterized the subject as a religion and renamed it, retaining the terminology, doctrines, the E-meter, and the practice of auditing.


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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#5537 2016-01-21 01:46:03

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Hello

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#5538 2016-01-21 03:30:56

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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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#5539 2016-01-21 17:44:15

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Hi Relentless and bobbym,

The Answers : #5792 - Good work, Relentless! #5791 and #5792 - Marvelous, bobbym!

#5793. The Scream is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist between 1893 and 1910. Name the artist.

#5794.  Name the prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989). He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. His expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.


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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#5540 2016-01-21 19:29:18

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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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#5541 2016-01-22 17:05:07

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Hi bobbym,

#5795. Who was/is Canaletto?

#5796. Name the style of 'les Fauves' (French for "the wild beasts"), a loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.


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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#5542 2016-01-22 18:15:48

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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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#5543 2016-01-23 19:08:43

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Hi bobbym,

#5797. World Cancer Day is marked to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. The primary goal of the World Cancer Day is to significantly reduce illness and death caused by cancer by 2020. When is the day?

#5798. International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation, and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political, and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended the culture of many countries, primarily in Europe, especially those in the Soviet Bloc. Which day is it celebrated?


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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#5544 2016-01-23 19:43:08

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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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#5545 2016-02-13 21:10:44

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Hi bobbym,

#5799. Name the ship that transported the first English Separatists, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. This voyage has become an iconic story in some of the earliest annals of American history, with its story of death and of survival in the harsh New England winter environment.

#5800. Although it had been occupied for over ten thousand years by indigenous peoples, from the 18th century onward, European powers considered the territory of Alaska ripe for exploitation and trade. The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2 million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/square kilometers). The area went through several administrative changes before becoming organized as a territory on May 11, 1912. When was it admitted as the 49th state of the U.S.?


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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#5546 2016-02-13 21:15:26

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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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#5547 2016-02-14 01:26:29

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Hi bobbym,

Both the Answers, #5799 and #5800, are correct! Marvelous!

#5801. Name the nation - A sovereign unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 square kilometers (92,099 sq mi), the country is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. The word means "Warrior King" in Mande. has an Atlantic coastline that stretches 560 kilometres (350 miles) on the Gulf of Guinea in Atlantic Ocean to its south. It lies between latitudes 4° and 12°N, and longitudes 4°W and 2°E; and the Prime Meridian passes through the country, specifically through the industrial port town of Tema.

#5802. Name the country -  A sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Suriname to the east and Venezuela to the west. With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), it is the third-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname. The region known as a comprised the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the "Land of many waters". Originally inhabited by several indigenous groups, it was settled by the Dutch before coming under British control in the late 18th century.


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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#5548 2016-02-14 03:45:36

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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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#5549 2016-02-14 18:31:37

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Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5802 (Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana) is correct! Neat work!

#5803.  Name the successor states to the former Yugoslavia.

#5804. Name the  nation became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote. It is a United Nations member state, a member state of the African Union, and a member state of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.


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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#5550 2016-02-14 21:23:49

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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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