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Answer to #1179:
You are correct, JaneFairfax!
The

    are given to include certain aspects in your answer.
Well done!

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#1182. Whose autobiography is 'The Story of My Life'?

#1183. Whose is the author of 'Farewell to Arms'?

#1184. What is the full name of Nobel laureate W.B. Yeats?

#1185. What is the full name of the poet P.B. Shelley?

#1186. What does 'IATA' stand for?

#1187. What is WTO? Where is its Headquarters?

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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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Answer to #1185:-
Well done, JaneFairfax!

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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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#1188. He won the Golden Ball, was the Captain and won the World Cup Soccer; he had transferred from Juventus to Real Madrid. He was the most expensive football player in history. Who is this French Superstar?

#1189.Who is described as 'The Iron Lady'?

#1190.   Who is known as the 'Father of Economics'?

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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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Answers to #1188 and #1190:-
Both correct, JaneFairfax!!!

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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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Answer to #1181:-
JaneFairfax:

#1191. Who is the author of 'The God of Small Thngs'?

#1192. Who is the author of 'Harry Potter' series of books? What is his/her nationality?

#1193. Who is the author of 'Les Miserables'?

#1194. Who is Allan Octavian Hume?

#1195. How many couplets does the 'Thirukkural' contain?

#1196. Who was the first Chancellor of United Germany?

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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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Answers to #1192 and #1193 :-
Both correct, JaneFairfax!

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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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Answer to #1196:-
JaneFairfax,

The question was intended to be the first Chancellor of Unified Germany (1990 AD).
Ans : Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

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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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#1197. What are the conditions for congruence of two triangles?

#1198. Who is the author of 'Mother'?

#1199. Where is 'Wall Street'? What is it known for?

#1200. What is 'Olfactory sense'?

#1201. What are 'epithelial cells'?

#1202. Bangui is the capital of which country?

#1203. What is 'Mensa'?

#1204. What is the 'Enigma Machine'?

#1205. What is the Refractive Index of plain water?

#1206. Name the checmical (alloy) used for manufacturing Red, Orange and Yellow LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes).

#1207. What is a 'thermistor'?

#1208. What is superconductivity?

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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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Answer to #1200!
You're right, JaneFairfax!

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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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Answer to #1208:-
Perfectly right!
Keep it up, Jane!

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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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#1209. What is the mass of a liter of air approximately?

#1210. Which country lies between 8 and 37 degrees North Latitude and 68 and 97 degrees East longitude?

#1211. What is 'Bulimia nervosa'?

#1212. What is special about genus Utricularia to which Bladderwort belongs?

#1213. What is a 'flywheel' chiefly used for?

#1214. How is 'Musa paradisiaca' commonly known as?

#1215.What does the acronym SARS (illness) stand for?

#1216. In which state of the Us is the gorge'Grand Canyon' situated and name the river which carved the gorge.

#1217. What is 'tesselation' in Mathematics?

#1218. What is a 'tachyon'?

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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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Answer to #1211:
Correct, JaneFairfax!

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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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Answer to #1218:
You are correct, JaneFairfax!

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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.