General Quiz

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-23 11:36:30

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-23 19:18:17

Answers to #1325, and #1328:-

Both the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!

#1329. In which country was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who started his career with bodybuilding, and went on to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars and then the Governor of California, born?

#1330. From which language does the word 'tsunami' originate?

#1331. From which language did the word 'spaghetti' originate?

#1332. What is 'Reiki'?

#1333. Name the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Empire Award winning Actress and Academy Award nominee who was born in Reading, Berkshire, England?

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JaneFairfax · 2009-01-23 23:55:12

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-24 03:20:42

Answers to #1329, #1330, #1331, and #1332:

All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!

#1334. Where is 'coccyx' in the human body?

#1335. What does the abbreviations 'WADA' stand for (related to Sports)?

#1336. If the city A is 50 kilometers away from B, B 50 kilometers away from C, and C 50 kilometers away from D, and all the cities lie on the same meridian, what time would it be in the other cities when it is 12 Noon in city A?

#1337. 'Maori' is related with which nation?

#1338. What is the full name of Flo-Jo , the American track and field athlete?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-24 03:31:14

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-24 04:24:32

Answers to #1334, #1336, #1337, and #1338:

All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!

#1339. Who is regarded as the 'Father of Medicine'?

#1340. Which country in the world has the longest coastline?

#1341. Name the tree whose botanical name is 'Mangifera indica'.

#1342. What does 'ASEAN' stand for?

#1343. Which country did Georg Cantor hail from?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-24 08:01:28

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Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-24 17:44:31

Answers to #1339, #1342, and #1343:-

All the answers are correct!

More on #1342

#1344. Where is the 'Kiel Canal'?

#1345. In legal parlance, what is 'Nolo contendere'?

#1346. Who is the author of 'Gulliver's Travels'?

#1347. What are the four Official languages of Singapore?

#1348. What is a 'retronym'?

#1349. What is a 'Backronym'

#1350. What is a 'Hovercraft'?

#1351. By what name is "El Canal de la Mancha" (Spanish) or "La Manche" (French) better known as?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-25 05:21:37

Muggleton · 2009-01-25 06:30:38

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-25 19:11:32

Answers to #1340, #1346, #1347, #1350, and #1351.
All correct, JaneFairfax and Muggleton!

#1352. How many times as heavy as water is Mercury (Hg)?

#1353. What is 'hlaf life'?

#1354. How did 'Punjab', a region of the northwest Indian subcontinent, get its name?

#1355. Name the highest civil Award in India.

#1356. Name the highest civil Award in Pakistan.

#1357. Of which country was Muhammad Anwar el- Sadat the President, for elven years, until his assasination?

#1358. Which country was formerly known as 'Persia'?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-25 23:49:13

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-26 02:08:33

Answers to #1357 and #1358 :-

Both the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!!!
Well done!!!

#1359. Which is the largest constellation in the sky (as seen from earth)?

#1360. Who first proved 'heliocentrism',the theory that the Sun is at the center of the Solar System/Universe?

#1361. What is 'Gutenberg discontinuity'?

#1362. What is 'asthenosphere'?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-26 03:08:52

#1360. I dont think its correct to say that heliocentrism was proved. It is merely a theoretical model of the Solar System but one in which the mathemaitcs turn out to be much more intuitive than the geocentric model.

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-26 03:31:57

Answers to #1360 and #1361:-

Both the answers are correct.

You're correct, of Heliocentrism, it is said, Copernicus presented a fully predictive mathematical model.

#1363. In which of the following media is the speed of sound across the media the maximum? Water/Air/Steel.

#1364. Of the four forms of coal, Peat, Anthracite, Lignite and Bituminous, which has the highest Carbon content percentage?

#1365. What are Lymen, Balmer, Paschen, Brackett, Pfund, and Humphreys Series?

#1366. In Chemistry, what are 'Zero Order reactions'?

#1367. Name the chemical with the formula

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#1368. Which chemical is also known by the name 'Green vitriol'?

#1369. Name the chemical which is also known as 'horn silver'.

careless25 · 2009-01-26 07:01:53

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-26 11:37:09

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-27 00:22:46

Answers to #1363, and #1367:-
Both correct!
Very well done, careless25, and JaneFairfax! (Well guessed, careless25 )

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-27 04:08:38

#1370. What are 'meristematic tissues'?

#1371. Which are water-soluble vitamins?

#1372. What is 'algophobia'?

#1373. What is "Stop Press"?

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-29 04:24:58

#1374. What is 'avoirdupois system'?

#1375. What is 'oligarchy'?

#1376. What is 'Octroi'?

#1377. What is Jakow Trachtenberg, who lived from 1888 AD to 1953 AD, known for?

JaneFairfax · 2009-01-29 06:48:18

Jai Ganesh · 2009-01-29 16:18:23

Answer to #1375:
Correct, JaneFairfax!

Jai Ganesh · 2009-02-08 00:44:30

#1378. Which railway station has the longest platform in the world?

#1379. What is special about this pair of numbers : (220, 284)?

#1380. What is a 'mutual fund'?

#1381. What are 'salmonellae'?

#1382. Name the most important electronic device that converts alternating current to direct current.

#1383. Which event is believed to have triggered the First World War?

JaneFairfax · 2009-02-08 01:00:50

Jai Ganesh · 2009-02-08 01:51:33

Answers to #1382 and 31383:-
Both correct, JaneFairfax!

#1384. What does MGM, an American media company, involved primarily in production and distribution of films and television programs, stand for?

#1385. Where is the Headquarters of the International Cricket Council?

#1386. Where is the Headquarters of the Internationa Olympic Committee?

#1387. What is the speed of sound in dry air at sea-level pressure at 20 degrees Celsius?

#1388. Define a steradian.

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