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#2401 2011-09-29 00:00:11

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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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#2402 2011-09-29 00:46:11

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The

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#2712. In which part of the body are 'Carpels' and 'Meta Carpels' situated?


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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#2403 2011-09-29 01:15:28

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Re: General Quiz

Hi ganesh;

Thanks for the answers my Latin is weak.


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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#2404 2011-09-30 00:14:16

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #2712 is correct. Excellent!

#2713. Name the Steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex. It participates in the regulation of the conversion of proteins to carbohydrates, and to some extent it regulates salt metabolism.

#2714. Name the towering vertical cloud that is very tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other inclement weather.  It is a result of atmospheric instability. These clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold front in a squall line.


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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#2405 2011-09-30 00:22:14

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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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#2406 2011-09-30 00:39:00

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Hi bobbym,

The answers #2713 and #2714 are correct. Outstanding!

#2715. What is 'asthenophobia'?


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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#2407 2011-09-30 00:44:13

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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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#2408 2011-10-01 00:35:12

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Hi bobbym,

#2716. Name the scientist to be the first to propose that the heart is a pumping organ that propels blood on a circular course through the body, leaving through arteries and returning to the heart through veins.

#2717. Name the English physicist whose first major research was concerned with determining the quantity of heat produced by an electric current and, in 1840, who discovered a simple law connecting the current and resistance with the heat generated.


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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#2409 2011-10-01 00:41:49

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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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#2410 2011-10-01 01:15:43

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #2716 is correct. Neat job!

#2718. Name the senator, diplomat, secretary of state, secretary of war, and fifth president of the United States (1758–1831).


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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#2411 2011-10-01 01:21:43

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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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#2412 2011-10-01 23:04:50

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Hi bobbym,

The

#2719. What is the full name of M K Gandhi, Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism and prophet of nonviolence in the 20th century?

#2720. What was the Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi?


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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#2413 2011-10-01 23:11:34

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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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#2414 2011-10-03 00:03:35

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Hi bobbym,

The

The answer #2720 is correct. Excellent!

#2721. What is 'Narodno sabranie' in Bulgaria?

#2722. What is 'Folketing' in Denmark?


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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#2415 2011-10-03 00:05:11

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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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#2416 2011-10-03 00:54:15

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Hi bobbym,

The

#2723. Who is known as the 'Father of English Poetry'?


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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#2417 2011-10-03 01:28:39

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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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#2418 2011-10-03 22:49:10

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #2723 is perfect. Well done!

#2724. What was the was the masculine pen name of the writer Mary Ann Evans, one of Victorian England's leading novelists?  (Her first stories appeared in Blackwood's magazine, and were followed by novels including The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), and Middlemarch (1862).)

#2725. Name the author of  Gerontion (1920), The Waste Land (1922), The Hollow Men (1925), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1945). He is also known for his seven plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral (1935). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.


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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#2419 2011-10-03 22:57:19

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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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#2420 2011-10-03 23:48:19

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #2724 is correct. Excellent!

The

#2726. Who said "Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head."?


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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#2421 2011-10-03 23:51:11

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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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#2422 2011-10-04 22:48:36

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Hi bobbym,

The

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#2727. Who said 'The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well'?

#2728. Who said 'Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life'?


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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#2423 2011-10-04 23:10:02

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Re: General Quiz

Hi ganesh;

Two great quotes!


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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#2424 2011-10-05 23:58:49

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Hi bobbym,

I think the

and
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#2729. What is a 'Cyclotron'?

#2730. What is a 'Both respirator'?


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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#2425 2011-10-06 00:02:14

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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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