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Jai Ganesh · 2006-02-19 19:52:34

Random Quiz

1. What are Bactrian and Dromedary?
2. What are Mitochondria?
3. How many zeros does a Vigintillion contain?
4. Of which Caribbean nation is Bridgetown the capital?
5. Name the two satellites of Planet Mars.
6. What is the original name of soccer superstar Pelé ?
7. Who was instrumental in the revival of the Modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1896 AD?
8. What do SCUBA is SCUBA-diving and ELISA in ELISA-test stand for?
9. How many Watts is a Horse-power?
10. How many yards make a mile?
11. How is a Nautical mile different from a mile?
12. What do DDT and PTFE mean?
13. What is the pH value of blood?
14. What did Evangelista Torricelli invent?
15. What does the prefix 'pico' mean?

Zach · 2006-02-19 21:47:03

5. Phobos and Deimos (Deimos may not be spelt correctly; I've no time to check the correct spelling).
15. Pico is a miniscule measurement of time when used before second. I think it's used to measure the speed of time, possibly.

justlookingforthemoment · 2006-02-19 22:03:02

2. Mitochondria... aren't they parts of a cell which convert nutrients and food into energy?
13. pH of blood... I think around 7.4. Slightly basic.

Jai Ganesh · 2006-02-19 22:13:51

Answers to Puzzles # 2, 5, and 13 are correct! Well done

espeon · 2006-02-20 00:33:26

15.Is pico denoting a factor of one billionth like a picometre.Thats what I think.
3.I think a vigintillion has 63 zeros

mathsyperson · 2006-02-20 03:02:41

Nice topic. Here are the ones that haven't been said already and that I know:

1) Camels! Bactrian has two humps, dromedary has one.
3) Million has the mill (meaning one) prefix, billion has the bill (meaning two) prefix and so on. I think Vigintillion has the prefix meaning twenty, which would mean that it has either 63 or 120 zeroes, depending on which numbering system you use. 120 is the correct one. =P
10) 1760 yards make a mile.
11) Nautical miles are used when on the sea.
15) Zach was close, but it's a prefix for any unit of measurement, not just time. Anyway, it means a billionth of whatever unit it's attached to. Or maybe a trillionth, again, depending on what numbering system you use. Billionth is correct.

MathsIsFun · 2006-02-20 08:37:24

12b. polytetrafluoroethylene (=Teflon)

espeon is right about Vigintilllion

ryos · 2006-02-20 09:29:15

4) Barbados
8) SCUBA is Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. ELISA could be (just guessing here) English Language Internationally Standardized Aptitude test.
11) A nautical mile is like 6080 ft as opposed to a mile's 5280. I don't know without looking it up, but I believe it derives from the old (still-used) measure of speed, the "knot". Knots used to be measured by throwing a float attached to a knotted rope out the back of a ship, then counting how fast the knots reeled out.
12a) Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane is a banned pesticide. (Go organic chemistry!)

ryos · 2006-02-20 09:31:31

9. An hp is 745.7 W. (I had to look that up; who memorizes unit conversions?)

Jai Ganesh · 2006-02-20 16:52:29

Good, only 6,7, and 14 to be answered!
(Pico = 10^-12, ELISA (8b) has not yet been answered).
Here are the answers:-
(6) Edson Arantes do Nascimento
(7) Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France
(8b) ELISA is an abbreviation for "enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay."
What is an ELISA test?
This is a rapid immunochemical test that involves an enzyme (a protein that catalyzes a biochemical reaction). It also involves an antibody or antigen (immunologic molecules).
(14) Barometer.

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