General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-01 02:14:59

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The answer #3272 is

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#3273. In Astronomy, what is Diamond Ring?

bobbym · 2012-06-01 02:19:08

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-01 06:45:26

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#3274. Name the river rising in the Great Dividing Range of southeast Australia and flowing about 2,739 km (1,702 mi) generally southwest to the Murray River. It is the longest river in Australia but has a sporadic flow.

#3275. Name the second-longest river of Italy, it rises in the Tuscan Apennines, and flows south for 252 mi (405 km), ultimately passing through the city of Rome before entering the Mediterranean at Ostia. It was an important navigation route for trade in Roman times. Despite sporadic dredging over the centuries, its persistent silting has limited its use in modern times.

bobbym · 2012-06-01 08:07:05

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-01 08:51:20

Hi bobbym,

The answers #3274 and #3275 are correct. Smart work!

#3276. Name the organic compound with the formula C[sub]6[/sub]H[sub]5[/sub]C(O)CH[sub]3[/sub]. It is the simplest aromatic ketone. This colourless, viscous liquid is a precursor to useful resins and fragrances.

#3277. Name the white crystalline compound, C[sub]6[/sub]H[sub]5[/sub]COC[sub]6[/sub]H[sub]6[/sub], used in perfumery and in medicine.

bobbym · 2012-06-01 08:56:06

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-01 13:48:28

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#3278. Name the compound C[sub]6[/sub]H[sub]5[/sub]CO[sub]2[/sub]H, crystalline solid organic acid that melts at 122°C and boils at 249°C. It is the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid.

#3279. Name the colourless crystalline compound, C[sub]6[/sub]H[sub]5[/sub]CHOHCOC[sub]6[/sub]H[sub]5[/sub]; melting point 137°C. It is a condensation product of benzenecarbaldehyde (benzaldehyde), made by the action of sodium cyanide on benzenecarbaldehyde in alcoholic solution. It also occurs naturally as the resin of a tropical tree. It is both a secondary alcohol and a ketone, and gives reactions characteristic of both types of compound.

bobbym · 2012-06-01 23:04:24

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-02 00:13:57

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3278 is correct. Excellent!

#3280. Name the chemical known as white vitriol.

bobbym · 2012-06-02 00:16:49

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-02 00:33:06

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3280 is half right.

#3281. Name the process of industrial preparation of nitric acid by the oxidation of ammonia; the oxidation takes place in successive stages to nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and nitric acid; a catalyst of platinum gauze is used and high temperatures are needed.

bobbym · 2012-06-02 00:35:00

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-02 23:19:44

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The answer #3281 is correct. Fantastic!

#3282. Name the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world.

#3283. Where is the Carnegie Mellon University (also known as Carnegie Mellon or simply CMU)?

bobbym · 2012-06-02 23:22:41

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-02 23:46:03

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3282 is correct. Excellent!

The

#3284. Name the former royal hunting ground that is known for its association with the legendary Robin Hood.

bobbym · 2012-06-02 23:46:39

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-03 02:21:13

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3284 is correct. Good work!

#3285. Name the elementary particle with no electric charge and a very small mass emitted during the decay of certain other particles. It was first postulated in 1930 by Wolfgang Pauli in order to maintain the law of conservation of energy during beta decay.

#3286. Name the Subatomic particle having the same mass as an electron but with an electric charge of +1 (an electron has a charge of 1). It constitutes the antiparticle ( antimatter) of an electron. The existence of the positron was a consequence of the electron theory of P.A.M. Dirac (1928), and the particle was discovered in cosmic rays by Carl D. Anderson in 1932.

bobbym · 2012-06-03 03:57:28

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-03 04:26:20

Hi bobbym,

The answers #3285 and #3286 are correct. Excellent!

#3287. Name the person who received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physics for his method of reproducing colors photographically. In the early 1890s he developed a two-step process for recording and reproducing color images that eliminated problems plaguing earlier techniques, which lacked a way to fix the colors and resulted in rapid fading of the image.

bobbym · 2012-06-03 04:27:37

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-03 04:58:48

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The

#3288. Name the capital and largest city of Rwanda, in the central part of the country east of Lake Kivu.

bobbym · 2012-06-03 05:10:58

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-03 07:55:59

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#3289. Name the arid, mountainous region in the Iranian plateau in Southwest Asia; it includes part of southeastern Iran, western Pakistan, and southwestern Afghanistan. The area is named after the numerous Baloch tribes. All natives are considered Balochi even if they do not speak the Balochi language; Pashto, Persian, and Brahui languages are also spoken in the region.

#3290. Name the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.

bobbym · 2012-06-03 09:14:34

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-06-03 11:09:38

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3290 is correct. (Argentina). Good work!

#3291. Name the term for the remnant of a star that has collapsed, having an extremely dense state with no empty space between its atoms, but not reaching the extremely dense state of a neutron star or black hole.

#3292. Name a rare celestial phenomenon involving the explosion of most of the material in a star, resulting in an extremely bright, short-lived object that emits vast amounts of energy.

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