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#2151 2011-08-20 22:31:56
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Hi bobbym,
Both the answers are correct. Good work!
#2531. The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton. In which country is it situated?
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#2152 2011-08-20 22:36:29
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Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2153 2011-08-20 22:48:33
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Hi bobbym,
#2532. Name the first first artificial in the world (In the year 1957).
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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#2154 2011-08-20 22:57:27
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Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2155 2011-08-21 00:52:29
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Hi bobbym,
You are right. Excellent! I had typed it wrong.
#2533. Name the chemical known as 'niter'?
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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#2156 2011-08-21 02:51:54
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2157 2011-08-21 23:05:11
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Hi bobbym,
#2534. Name the organization Société des Nations, the founder of which the US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson was.
#2535. Name the Multilateral treaty signed in Switzerland., intended to guarantee peace in western Europe. (Its signatories were Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Germany's borders with France and Belgium as set by the Treaty of Versailles were decreed inviolable, but its eastern borders were not.)
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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#2158 2011-08-22 00:28:16
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2159 2011-08-22 00:52:27
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2534 is correct. Neat job!
#2536. Name the longest river in the world after River Nile and River Amazon.
#2537. Where and when were the first Asian Games held?
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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#2160 2011-08-22 00:58:34
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Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2161 2011-08-22 02:27:36
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Hi bobbym,
The answer
#2538. When was the Commonwealth of Independent States formed? (Members are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Moldova. Georgia, originally a member, withdrew from the association.)
#2539. Where is the administrative center of the Commonwealth of Independent States?
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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#2162 2011-08-22 03:45:55
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Re: General Quiz
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2163 2011-08-22 21:44:56
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Hi bobbym,
#2540. Name the ninteenth century American who invented the Sewing Machine.
#2541. Name the French novelist, dramatist and poet, the author of 'Les Misérables' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'.
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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#2164 2011-08-22 23:47:06
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Re: General Quiz
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2165 2011-08-23 17:29:57
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Hi bobbym,
The answers #2540 and #2541 are both correct. Neat job!
#2542. Who wrote the book 'Ends and Means (an Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization)'?
#2543. Who was bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and cholera (Vibrio cholerae)?
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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#2166 2011-08-23 17:39:28
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Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2167 2011-08-23 22:57:43
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2543 is correct. Excellent!
#2544. In Psychology, what is 'déjà vu'?
#2545. What is 'hundredth monkey effect'?
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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#2168 2011-08-24 01:58:40
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2169 2011-08-24 16:41:49
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #2544 is correct. Well done!
#2546. What is 'Carburetor' used?
#2547. What is 'magnetometer' used for?
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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#2170 2011-08-24 16:54:36
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Re: General Quiz
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2171 2011-08-24 17:32:03
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Hi bobbym,
The answers #2546 and #2547 are correct Brilliant!
#2548. Name the thermometer scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0° and the boiling point as 80°.
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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#2172 2011-08-24 17:46:12
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2173 2011-08-24 23:27:11
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Hi bobbym,
#2549. Name the the first probe to encounter Saturn and the second to fly through the asteroid belt and by Jupiter.
#2550. Name the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space.
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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#2174 2011-08-25 02:05:23
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2175 2011-08-25 17:43:20
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Hi bobbym,
#2551. What is 'Dementia'?
#2552. In psychology, what is 'confabulation'?
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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