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Jai Ganesh

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JohnnyReinB,
Answer to 294 is correct. Well done!
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#296. How many electron guns does a color TV picture tube have?

#297. What is a rectifier?

#298. What is an inverter?

#299. What is a 'Kaleidoscope'?

#300. What are homophones?

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#301. Which law states that given any two media, Sine of angle of incidence is directly proportional to Sine of angle of refraction?

#302. What do TCP and IP stand for?

#303. In computer parlance, what are 'cookies'?

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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.

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#304. Which is 'the land of thousand lakes'?

#305. Which element's Latin name is Natrium?

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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.

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#306. How many times the mass of an electron is the mass of a neutron? (Rest masses)

#307. What is the value of  'Avogadro Number'?

#308. What are the three types of rocks?

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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.

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#309. With which game is the word 'Gambit' associated?

#310. How is Caussius Clay popularly known as?

#311. Where is the 'Roland Garros'?

#312. What is the weight of a cricket ball?

#313. What is a fathometer?

#314. What is the national game of Canada?

#315. Athlete Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100 meters Gold medal for taking an anabolic steroid during the Seoul Olympic Games, 1988. In what time did he reach the 100 meter mark?

#316. What is the distance of 'marathon' run?

#317. Whose record did Carl Lewis emulate by winning 4 Gold medals in Athletics in Olympic games?

#318. Where were the first Asian Games held?

#319. Name the capital of Western Australia state.

#320. What is the monetary unit in the United Arab Emirates?

#321. Which country's flag is given in the picture below?

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Jai Ganesh

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Excellent, siva.eas!!!
All your answers other than the answer to #314 are correct.
I think the national game of Canada is Ice-hockey!
I remember the distance of marathon as 26 miles, 385 yards.

#322. How many bytes is a megabyte?

#323. Is 133 a prime number?

#324. How many distinct prime factors does the number 324 have?

#325. What is the smaller angle between the hands of a clock when the time is 4 AM or PM?

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Jai Ganesh

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JohnnyReinB,
please try again!

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#326. If the three sides of a triangle are equal to the corresponding sides of another triangle, then the triangles are both similar and congruent. True or false?

#327. If the three angles of a triangle are equal to the corresponding angles of another triangle, then the triangles are both similar and congruent. True or false?

#328. The perimeter of a semi-circle is r²+2r where r is the radius. True or false?

#329. 2 is the only even prime number. True or false?

#330. The only prime factor of 1024 is 2. True or false?

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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.

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#331. Which is the largest river in the world? (By quantum of water flowing in the river)

#332. What is the capital of Mexico?

#333. What is India's National game?

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Jai Ganesh

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Answers #326 to #330.
Excellent, JohnnyReinB!
All the answers other than the one to #330 are correct.

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Last edited by JohnnyReinB (2007-12-22 17:47:55)

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Very good, JohnnyReinB!
All the three answers are correct!!!

#334. What is the present name of Persia?

#335. Approximately, the ratio of number of females to the number of males in the world population is 8:10. True or false?

#336. What is demography?

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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.

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Very well done, JohnnyReinB!!!
Both your answers are correct!!!

#337. What does the Greek letter in the name of a star indicate?

#338. In Astronomy, what is NGC?

#339. What is the approximate average distance between the Sun and the earth?

#340. What important event in the world took place in 1688AD?

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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.

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Last edited by JohnnyReinB (2007-12-22 18:07:31)

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Jai Ganesh

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Neat work, JohnnyReinB!!!
All the answers are correct, particularly, your answer 1 AU was a very intelligent answer.

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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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#341. On the banks of which river is the city of Washington DC situated?

#342. Which country is the biggest meat producer in the world?

#343. How many perfect cubes exist from 1 to 500 (both numbers included)?

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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.

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Jai Ganesh

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Ansers #341 and #343.
Good work, JohnnyReinB!!! Both correct!!!

#344. Name the twelve signs of Zodiac.

#345. What is 'Black Death'?

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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.

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Neat work, JohnnyReinB!
Both the answers are correct!!!

#346. What is the unit of Potential Difference?

#347. What is the unit of Capacitance?

#348. What is the unit of Inductance?

#349. What is the unit of Magnetic flux?

#350. What is the unit of charge?

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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.

JohnnyReinB

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Hehe, you got me!

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