General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2016-07-27 18:02:06

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#6203. Name the biographical film about Stephen and Jane Hawking.

#6204. What is a 'Goniometer'?

bobbym · 2016-07-27 18:08:23

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-07-28 18:25:22

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#6205. What does 'Arktika 2007' signify?

#6206. What is a 'Cabal'?

bobbym · 2016-07-28 18:49:45

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-07-29 18:55:36

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The Answer #6206 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6207. Define a calorie.

#6208. What is 'absolute humidity'?

bobbym · 2016-07-29 20:40:12

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-07-31 17:18:47

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The Answer #6207 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6209. Name the naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. It has also been produced artificially, and is often known as green gold. The ancient Greeks called it 'gold' or 'white gold', as opposed to 'refined gold'. Its colour ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver.

#6210. In analytical and organic chemistry, it is the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent; as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions. Name the process.

bobbym · 2016-08-01 03:44:31

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-01 17:27:02

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The Answer #6209 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6211. What is a 'Nixie tube'?

#6212. Name the English theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics (8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984). He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, a member of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami, and spent the last decade of his life at Florida State University. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger, "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory".

bobbym · 2016-08-01 17:34:15

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-01 18:32:13

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Both the Answers, #6211 and #6212, are correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#6213. Name the device that narrows a beam of particles or waves. To narrow can mean either to cause the directions of motion to become more aligned in a specific direction, or to cause the spatial cross section of the beam to become smaller (beam limiting device).

#6214. Name the property of some materials, mostly manganese-based perovskite oxides, that enables them to dramatically change their electrical resistance in the presence of a magnetic field.

bobbym · 2016-08-01 18:46:22

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-02 00:50:20

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The Answer #6213 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6215. Who said : “I can resist anything except temptation”?

#6216. Name the 1980 war film based upon the 1974 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, directed by John Irvin. It stars Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as part of a small, international unit of mercenary soldiers privately hired to depose President Kimba of a fictional "Republic of Zangaro", in Africa, so that a British tycoon can gain mining access to a huge platinum deposit. This movie was filmed on location in Belize City.

bobbym · 2016-08-02 01:35:42

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-02 18:06:18

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The Answer #6215 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6217. What causes nerve problems due to poor conduction of electrical impulses along nerves due to changes in nerve membrane structure and function?

#6218. How are 'Flavonoids' better known as?

bobbym · 2016-08-02 18:18:52

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-03 18:02:18

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The Answer #6217 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6219. Name the French novelist and playwright (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850). The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

#6220. Name the Canadian (and later American) economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006). His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time he fulfilled the role of public intellectual. As an economist, he leaned toward Post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. Among his most famous works was a popular trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967).

bobbym · 2016-08-04 03:44:36

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-04 17:30:33

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#6221. Name the German physicist (7 June 1862 – 20 May 1947) and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his research on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties.

#6222. Name the Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference.

bobbym · 2016-08-04 17:34:29

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-05 21:43:17

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The Answer #6221 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6223. Where is 'Baffin Bay'?

#6224. Where is 'Ellesmere Island'?

bobbym · 2016-08-06 03:04:34

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-07 18:20:17

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The Answer #6223 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6225. Name the American lawyer and statesman (February 15, 1845 – February 7, 1937) who served as the Secretary of War (1899–1904) under two presidents, including President Theodore Roosevelt. He moved frequently between high-level appointed government positions in Washington, D.C. and private-sector legal practice in New York City. For that reason, he is sometimes considered to be the prototype of the 20th century political "wise man," advising presidents on a range of foreign and domestic issues. He was elected by the state legislature as a U.S. Senator from New York and served one term, 1909–1915. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912.

#6226. Name the institution which is the oldest and most honoured organization within the Movement and one of the most widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963.

bobbym · 2016-08-07 18:34:22

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-08-08 18:17:10

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The Answer #6226 (Red Cross) is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6227. The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, known as ECLAC, UNECLAC or in Spanish CEPAL, is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 45 member States (20 in Latin America, 13 in the Caribbean and 12 from outside the region), and 13 associate members which are various non-independent territories, associated island countries and a commonwealth in the Caribbean. Where is the Headquarters of ECLAC?

#6228. Where is the Headquarters of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA)?

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