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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-23 23:45:41

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The Answer #5877 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#5879. Name the last Emperor of China and the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.

#5880. Feng shui is a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment. It is closely linked to Daoism. What is the literal meaning of 'Feng shui'?

bobbym · 2016-03-24 06:21:02

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-24 17:35:05

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#5881. Who built the Angkor Vat (a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world, with site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 sq meters))?

#5882. Name the American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father, the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.

bobbym · 2016-03-24 18:38:22

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-25 00:07:11

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Both the Answers, #5881 and #5882, are correct! Splendid, bobbym!

#5883. In Greek mythology, name the first human woman created by the gods, specifically by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus.

#5884. In Greek mythology, name the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.

bobbym · 2016-03-25 04:09:02

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-25 17:51:21

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Both the Answers, #5883 (Pandora) and #5884 (Charon or Kharon), are correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#5885. Name the British Liberal politician (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898). In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times (1868–74, 1880–85, February–July 1886 and 1892–94), more than any other person, and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times. He was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister; he resigned for the final time when he was 84 years old. As Chancellor Gladstone became committed to low public spending and to electoral reform, earning him the sobriquet "The People's William".

#5886. Name the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969). He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO.

bobbym · 2016-03-25 18:25:30

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-26 00:06:39

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The Answer #5886 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#5887. War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. War and Peace and Tolstoy's other major prose work, Anna Karenina, are considered Tolstoy's finest literary achievements. The novel was first published in its entirety in which year?

#5888. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Which year?

bobbym · 2016-03-26 02:57:37

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-26 18:23:36

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The Answer is close to the actual answer. Good work!

#5889. Name the ancient Greek mythological hero who was famous for his role as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece.

#5890. In Greek mythology, he was the son of Pallas and Styx. He personifies dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal.

bobbym · 2016-03-26 18:58:27

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-27 18:28:27

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The Answer #5889 is correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#5891. Name the British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932), for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside of Europe. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease.

#5892. Name the Polish-American economist and mathematician, born in Moscow (August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008). He originated incentive compatibility and mechanism design, which show how desired outcomes are achieved in economics, social science and political science. Interactions of individuals and institutions, markets and trade are analyzed and understood today using the models he developed. To date, he is the oldest Nobel Laureate, having received the prize at the age of 90.

bobbym · 2016-03-27 21:14:44

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-28 17:11:08

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The Answer #5891 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#5893. What are 'Apéritif and digestif'?

#5894. Where is the Headquarters of 'Coca Cola'?

bobbym · 2016-03-28 23:23:38

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-29 17:24:52

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The Answer #5893 is correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#5895. Name the 1933 paper co-authored by Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud.

#5896. Who said “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” ?

bobbym · 2016-03-29 18:41:05

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-30 00:24:35

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#5897. What was the 'Brezhnev Doctrine'?

#5898. What was the 'domino theory'?

bobbym · 2016-03-30 01:14:59

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-30 17:04:20

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Both the Answers, #5897 and #5898, are correct. Marvelous, bobbym!

#5899. What does 'Manifest Destiny' signify?

#5900. Name the American historical fiction war film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat, and starring Mel Gibson, Chris Cooper, Heath Ledger, and Jason Isaacs. It was produced by the Mutual Film Company and Centropolis Entertainment and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film mainly takes place in rural York County, South Carolina, and depicts the story of an American swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. Benjamin Martin is a composite figure the scriptwriter claims is based on four factual figures from the American Revolutionary War: Andrew Pickens, Francis Marion, Daniel Morgan and Thomas Sumter.

bobbym · 2016-03-30 19:09:42

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-31 00:25:48

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The Answer #5899 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#5901. Name the author (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000), was an English author of romance novels, who was one of the best-selling authors as well as one of the most prolific and commercially successful of the twentieth century. Her 723 novels were translated into 36 different languages, and she continues to be referenced in the Guinness World Records for the most novels published in a single year in 1976.

#5902. What is 'Jabberwocky'?

bobbym · 2016-03-31 02:24:44

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-03-31 17:15:58

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The Answer #5902 is correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#5903. Where would you find the Grizzly bear?

#5904. What does the adjective vulpine mean?

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