General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-18 17:32:07

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Both the Answers, #6027 and #6028, are correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#6029. What is a 'Yuppie'?

#6030. What is a 'Blackleg', 'black quarter', 'quarter evil', or 'quarter ill'?

bobbym · 2016-05-18 17:52:45

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-19 00:42:53

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Good Answer, (#6029), bobbym!

#6031. What does 'Ablutophobia' signify?

#6032. What does 'Aichmophobia' signify?

bobbym · 2016-05-19 06:19:47

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-19 14:19:40

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#6033. Who is/was known as 'Madiba'?

#6034. Who is nicknamed "The Golden Bear"?

bobbym · 2016-05-19 16:57:36

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-19 23:11:24

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The Answer #6034 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6035. The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction in 401 AD. (The temple was destroyed in 356 BC by an act of arson and was again rebuilt, this time as the Wonder.) In which country was it situated?

#6036. The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the titan-god of the sun Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the (country) island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC. Before its destruction in the earthquake of 226 BC, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 metres (98 feet) high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world. In which country was it situated?

bobbym · 2016-05-20 04:08:35

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-20 17:56:58

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The Answer #6035 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6037. What is 'Chronobiology'?

#6038. What is 'Cryobiology'?

bobbym · 2016-05-20 19:50:01

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-21 18:51:40

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Both the Answers, #6037 and #6038, are correct. Brilliant, bobbym!

#6039. Name the Filipino politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009). She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled the 20-year authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and restored democracy to the Philippines. She was named Time magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 1986. Prior to this, she had not held any other elective office.

#6040. Name the capital of Laos.

bobbym · 2016-05-21 20:03:40

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-22 00:14:06

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The Answer #6039 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6041. Name the city known as "The Garden of England".

#6042. Where is "The Great White Way"?

bobbym · 2016-05-22 05:41:24

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-22 16:37:24

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The Answer #6042 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6043. What is 'the Great Patriotic War'?

#6044. The Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, commonly referred to as the Fourth Geneva Convention and abbreviated as GCIV, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. When was it adopted?

bobbym · 2016-05-23 18:10:05

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-24 00:10:35

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The Answer #6043 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6045. What is a 'portmanteau'?

#6046. What is the origin of the word 'academy'?

bobbym · 2016-05-24 06:33:21

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-24 19:25:22

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#6047. When is 'World Information Society Day' proclaimed? (The day had previously been known as World Telecommunication Day to commemorate the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on 1865.)

#6048. When is 'World No Tobacco Day' (WNTD) is observed around the world every year? ( It is intended to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe. The day is further intended to draw attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects, which currently lead to nearly 6 million deaths each year worldwide, including 600,000 of which are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.)

bobbym · 2016-05-25 06:52:37

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-25 19:39:29

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#6049. What does the acronym 'AWACS' signify? (Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control, and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force, NATO, Royal Air Force, French Air Force, and Royal Saudi Air Force. The E-3 is distinguished by the distinctive rotating radar dome above the fuselage. Production ended in 1992 after 68 aircraft had been built.)

#6050. What does the acronym 'FLAG' signify? ( a 28,000-kilometer-long optical fiber mostly-submarine communications cable that connects the United Kingdom, Japan, and many places in between. The cable is operated by Global Cloud Xchange. The system runs from the eastern coast of North America to Japan. Its Europe-Asia segment was the fourth longest cable in the world in 2008.)

bobbym · 2016-05-26 05:26:35

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-26 19:47:06

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The Answer #6049 is partially correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6051. Which city is known as 'Beantown'?

#6052. Which city is known as 'Brisvegas'?

bobbym · 2016-05-27 10:57:30

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-05-27 18:03:46

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The Answers, #6051 (Boston) and #6052 (Brisbane), are correct. Marvelous, bobbym!

#6053. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty and AI) is a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights with over 7 million members and supporters around the world. The stated objective of the organisation is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated." When, where and by whom was it founded?

#6054. Name the intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Formerly called Customs Co-operation Council (CCC). It is noted for its work in areas covering the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics such as commodity classification, valuation, rules of origin, collection of customs revenue, supply chain security, international trade facilitation, customs enforcement activities, combating counterfeiting in support of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR),drugs enforcement,weapans illegal trading, integrity promotion, and delivering sustainable capacity building to assist with customs reforms and modernization. The WCO maintains the international Harmonized System (HS) goods nomenclature, and administers the technical aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements on Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin.

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