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#351 2007-12-22 09:26:35

siva.eas
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Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.

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#352 2007-12-22 17:05:40

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

4. Is she a sports-person?


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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#353 2007-12-22 17:36:05

mikau
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Re: Q20

i'm going to give this a shot...

5. does the first letter of her first name come before n? (a to m)

that should help us later down the road


A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

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#354 2007-12-23 04:37:20

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Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.

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#355 2007-12-23 17:17:26

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

6. Is she a scientist or a mathematician?


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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#356 2007-12-24 02:37:06

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

{If the answer to 6 is 'No'}

7. Is she associated with the film industry or television?


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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#357 2007-12-24 04:25:56

siva.eas
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Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television

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#358 2007-12-24 05:32:58

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Re: Q20

8. Is she a writer?

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#359 2007-12-24 05:39:05

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Re: Q20

If the answer to 8 is no, is she a musician?

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#360 2007-12-24 06:32:11

siva.eas
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Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.

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#361 2007-12-24 17:18:48

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

10. Does she belong to the royalty?


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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#362 2007-12-25 03:11:55

siva.eas
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Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.
10. No, she does not belong to royalty.

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#363 2007-12-25 03:48:05

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

11. Is she a model?
12. Is she a dancer?


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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#364 2007-12-25 08:04:52

siva.eas
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Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.
10. No, she does not belong to royalty.
11. No, she is not a model.
12. No, she is not a dancer.

Hint: She is involved in a traditionally male-dominated field.

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#365 2007-12-25 10:20:50

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Re: Q20

Is she famous for any of the Arts (painting, writing, acting, etc)?


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#366 2007-12-25 11:55:58

siva.eas
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Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.
10. No, she does not belong to royalty.
11. No, she is not a model.
12. No, she is not a dancer.
13. No, she is not famous for any of the Arts (painting, writing, acting, etc)

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#367 2007-12-25 16:36:20

MathsIsFun
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Re: Q20

Hmmm ... not Arts, Science, Mathematics, Politics, Sports or Royalty


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#368 2007-12-25 16:42:46

mikau
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Re: Q20

14. is she involved with medicine?


A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

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#369 2007-12-26 03:57:39

siva.eas
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Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.
10. No, she does not belong to royalty.
11. No, she is not a model.
12. No, she is not a dancer.
13. No, she is not famous for any of the Arts (painting, writing, acting, etc)
14. No, she is not involved with medicine.

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#370 2007-12-26 09:14:14

mikau
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Re: Q20

IMPOSSIBLE!

15. is she more commonly known as the wife of someone famous?


A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

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#371 2007-12-26 11:42:17

siva.eas
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Registered: 2005-09-17
Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.
10. No, she does not belong to royalty.
11. No, she is not a model.
12. No, she is not a dancer.
13. No, she is not famous for any of the Arts (painting, writing, acting, etc)
14. No, she is not involved with medicine.
15. No, she is not commonly known as the wife of someone famous.

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#372 2007-12-26 13:21:39

mikau
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Posts: 1,504

Re: Q20

curses! I was sure that was it!

16. is it...someone from this website?


A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

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#373 2007-12-26 14:25:14

siva.eas
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Registered: 2005-09-17
Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.
10. No, she does not belong to royalty.
11. No, she is not a model.
12. No, she is not a dancer.
13. No, she is not famous for any of the Arts (painting, writing, acting, etc)
14. No, she is not involved with medicine.
15. No, she is not commonly known as the wife of someone famous.
16. No, she is not someone from this website.

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#374 2007-12-26 17:20:33

Jai Ganesh
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Posts: 45,956

Re: Q20

17. Does she hail from UK?


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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#375 2007-12-27 05:48:21

siva.eas
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Registered: 2005-09-17
Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.
3. No, she is not a politician.
4. No, she is not a sports person.
5. Yes, the first letter of her first name comes before n.
6. No, she is not a scientist or a mathematician.
7. No, she is not associated with the film industry or television.
8. No, she is not a writer.
9. No, she is not a musician.
10. No, she does not belong to royalty.
11. No, she is not a model.
12. No, she is not a dancer.
13. No, she is not famous for any of the Arts (painting, writing, acting, etc)
14. No, she is not involved with medicine.
15. No, she is not commonly known as the wife of someone famous.
16. No, she is not someone from this website.
17. No, she does not hail from UK.

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