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#1476 2011-05-24 18:13:06
- bobbym
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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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#1477 2011-05-25 01:35:32
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: General Quiz
Hi bobbym,
The answers 2073 and 2074 are correct. Good work!
#2075. Which is the largest city in the world in area?
#2076. Name the lake known as Calendar lake, as it is 365 miles long and 52 across at its widest point.
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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#1478 2011-05-25 02:48:38
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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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#1479 2011-05-25 17:31:13
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: General Quiz
Hi bobbym,
#2077. Name the city founded by Portuguese Jesuits in 1554, which became a base for exploration in the 17th century and a city in 1711, in which year 1822, it was the scene of the declaration of Brazilian independence by Emperor Pedro I.
#2078. Where is Sinai?
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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#1480 2011-05-25 19:10:07
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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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#1481 2011-05-26 00:06:26
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: General Quiz
Hi bobbym,
The answer 2077 is Sao Paulo.
The answer 2078 is perfect. Good work!
#2079. What is 'origami'?
#2080. What is 'orthography'?
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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#1482 2011-05-26 00:08:55
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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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#1483 2011-05-26 00:18:50
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Hi bobbym,
The answer to 2079 is correct. Well done!
#2081. What is 'plagiarism'?
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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#1484 2011-05-26 00:26:07
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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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#1485 2011-05-26 00:44:25
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Re: General Quiz
Hi bobbym,
The answer to 2081 is correct. Well done!
#2082. Name the English mathematician whose primitive 'calculating machines' were the precursors of the modern computers.
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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#1486 2011-05-26 03:37:19
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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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#1487 2011-05-26 16:34:02
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Re: General Quiz
Hi bobbym,
The answer 2082 is correct. Well done!
#2083. What is 'arachnophobia'?
#2084. What is 'ochlophobia'?
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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#1488 2011-05-26 23:58:43
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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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#1489 2011-05-27 00:27:14
- Jai Ganesh
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Hi bobbym,
The answer 2083 is correct. Excellent!
#2085. Which area was Laurasia?
#2086. Which area was Gondwanaland?
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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#1490 2011-05-27 00:35:33
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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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#1491 2011-05-27 01:16:05
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Hi bobbym,
The answers to 2085 and 2086 are correct.
#2087. What does abrogate 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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#1492 2011-05-27 01:29:01
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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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#1493 2011-05-27 17:28:29
- Jai Ganesh
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Hi bobbym,
The answer 2087 is correct. Well done!
#2088. Name the youngest of the major poets of the romantic period in English literature.
#2089. Who is the author of 'The Story of My Life'?
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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#1494 2011-05-27 17:43:50
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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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#1495 2011-05-27 23:44:47
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Re: General Quiz
Hi bobbym,
The answers are.
#2090. What is Alzheimer's Disease?
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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#1496 2011-05-27 23:51:46
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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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#1497 2011-05-28 00:28:41
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: General Quiz
Hi bobbym,
The answer 2090 is correct. Excellent!
#2091. Who said "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men"?
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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#1498 2011-05-28 02:35:07
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Re: General Quiz
hi ganesh,
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-05-28 02:35:32)
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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#1499 2011-05-28 08:01:10
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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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#1500 2011-05-28 16:25:57
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: General Quiz
Hi anonimnystefy and bobbym,
The answer 2091 is correct. Excellent!
#2092. What is 'Bolshevism'?
#2093. What is 'Botulism'?
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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