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#6376 2017-04-21 03:49:05

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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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#6377 2017-04-21 14:43:07

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The Answer #6613 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6615. Name the person : He has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of scientific method", and the "father of science". In about 1593, he constructed a thermometer, using the expansion and contraction of air in a bulb to move water in an attached tube.

#6616. Name the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States.  Produced by the Chicago-based Hurley Electric Laundry Equipment Company, it is believed to be the first electrically powered washer ever manufactured, crediting Hurley as the inventor of the first automatic washing machine.


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.

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#6378 2017-04-21 16:05:40

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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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#6379 2017-04-21 22:03:04

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Re: General Quiz

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The Answer #6615 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6617. What is 'Desiccation'?

#6618. What is 'Efflorescence' in 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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#6380 2017-04-22 00:05:56

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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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#6381 2017-04-22 14:06:35

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Both the Answers, #6617 and #6618, are correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#6619. Name a type of remote-sensing thermometer used to measure the temperature of a surface. Various forms of it have historically existed. In the modern usage, it is a device that from a distance determines the temperature of a surface from the spectrum of the thermal radiation it emits.

#6620. Name an instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation used widely in applications such as radiation dosimetry, radiological protection, experimental physics and the nuclear industry. It detects ionizing radiation such as alpha particles, beta particles and gamma rays using the ionization effect produced in a tube; which gives its name to the instrument. In wide and prominent use as a hand-held radiation survey instrument, it is perhaps one of the world's best-known radiation detection instruments.


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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#6382 2017-04-22 23:17:49

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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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#6383 2017-04-23 02:37:39

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Re: General Quiz

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The Answers, #6619 and #6620, are correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#6621. Name the English physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (5 December 1903 - 9 August 1969) for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle.

#6622. Name an an elementary particle similar to the electron, with an electric charge of -1 e and a spin of 1/2, but with a much greater mass. It is classified as a lepton. As is the case with other leptons, it is not believed to have any sub-structure - that is, it is not thought to be composed of any simpler particles.


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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#6384 2017-04-23 02:57:36

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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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#6385 2017-04-23 14:10:11

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Re: General Quiz

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The Answer #6621 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6623. What is 'Kritarchy'?

#6624. What is 'ptochocracy'?


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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#6386 2017-04-23 14:30:35

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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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#6387 2017-04-24 16:10:51

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#6625. What is 'allodoxaphobia'?

#6626. What is 'catagelophobia' or 'katagelophobia'?


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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#6388 2017-04-24 16:18:20

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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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#6389 2017-04-25 00:54:19

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Re: General Quiz

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The Answer #6626 is correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#6627. Name the only World Heritage City in the United States.
Clue :  It  is the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, and is also the home of many U.S. firsts, including the first library (1731), first hospital (1751) and medical school (1765), first Capital (1777), first stock exchange (1790), first zoo (1874), and first business school (1881).

#6628. Name the historic nickname for Toronto, Ontario.


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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#6390 2017-04-25 01:40:12

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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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#6391 2017-04-26 17:10:00

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Both the Answers,

and
, are correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#6629. What is the chemical name of 'red lead'?

#6630. What is the chemical name of 'Sal ammoniac'?


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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#6392 2017-04-27 01:33:50

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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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#6393 2017-04-27 14:43:04

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The Answer #6630 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6631. Name the three elements starting the letter 'E'.

#6632. Name the four elements starting with the letter 'G'.


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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#6394 2017-04-27 14:59:50

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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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#6395 2017-04-28 16:36:27

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Re: General Quiz

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The Answers, #6631 and #6632, are correct (85.71%). Brilliant, bobbym!

#6633. Name the Nation literally meaning "Rich Coast".

#6634. Name the smallest landlocked country in the Americas. (The Americas, also collectively called America, encompass the totality of the continents of North America and South America).


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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#6396 2017-04-29 18:12:06

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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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#6397 2017-04-30 15:13:09

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Re: General Quiz

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Both the Answers,

are correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#6635. Name the Chinese Buddhist monk  (337 - c. 422) who travelled by foot from China to India, visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now Xinjiang, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka between 399-412 to acquire Buddhist texts.

#6636. Name the  Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832). Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. A prominent member of the Tory establishment in Edinburgh, he was an active member of the Highland Society and served a long term as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820-32).


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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#6398 2017-04-30 15:20:38

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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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#6399 2017-04-30 21:01:38

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Re: General Quiz

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The Answer #6636 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6637. Name the nation which  lies between latitudes 26°N and 29°N, and longitudes 88°E and 93°E. The land consists mostly of steep and high mountains crisscrossed by a network of swift rivers, which form deep valleys before draining into the Indian plains. Elevation rises from 200 m (660 ft) in the southern foothills to more than 7,000 m (23,000 ft).

#6638. The Canon of Medicine is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by a Persian philosopher and completed in 1025. Name the author.


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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#6400 2017-05-01 11:53:33

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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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