General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-25 18:07:21

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2774 is correct. Excellent!

#2775. In India, where is the 'Charminar'?

#2776. In India, which is the 'Pink City'?

bobbym · 2011-10-25 19:14:57

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-25 23:40:32

Hi bobbym,

The answers

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#2777. Name the English-born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa who was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 40% of the world's rough diamonds and at one time marketed 90%.

bobbym · 2011-10-25 23:51:49

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-26 23:37:35

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2777 is correct. Excellent!

#2778. Name the engineer who designed numerous bridges, the first in 1858 in Bordeaux, viaducts, and exhibition buildings; the ultimate in exhibition architecture came in 1889, when he built his famous tower in Paris.

#2779. Name the the most famous U.S. Army general of World War II and the 34th president of the United States; a career Army man, "Ike" rose to the level of five-star general and oversaw the Allied forces in Europe, including the famous D-Day invasion of France in 1944.

bobbym · 2011-10-26 23:58:44

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-27 00:17:45

Hi bobbym,

The answers #2778 and #2779 are correct. Brilliant!

#2780. Name the Australian-American publishing magnate. Combining sensationalist journalism (often reflective of his generally hawkish, strongly conservative political views) with aggressive promotion, he established a worldwide communications empire, the News Corporation, that, among other assets, includes powerful holdings in Australia and New Zealand; the prestigious Times of London and other British papers; and, in the United States, HarperCollins book publishers, the New York Post, TV Guide, and the Wall Street Journal.

bobbym · 2011-10-27 00:32:42

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-27 01:16:21

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2780 is correct. Excellent!

#2781. Name the organic compound with the molecular formula C[sub]2[/sub]H[sub]3[/sub]NO, arranged as H[sub]3[/sub]C-N=C=O. Synonyms are isocyanatomethane, methyl carbylamine, and MIC.

bobbym · 2011-10-27 01:20:17

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-27 23:12:49

Hi bobbym,

The

#2782. What is ' Katabatic wind'?

#2783. What is 'Anabatic wind'?

bobbym · 2011-10-27 23:16:40

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-28 22:58:38

Hi bobbym,

Good attempt, #2782 and #2783, bobbym!

#2784. Name the most abundant element in the universe.

#2885. What are the three isotopes of Hydrogen?

bobbym · 2011-10-28 23:02:21

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-28 23:25:09

Hi bobbym,

The answers #2784 and #2785 are correct. Brilliant!

#2786. What is an 'atomic pile'?

bobbym · 2011-10-28 23:30:50

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-29 16:06:09

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2786 is correct. Good work!

#2787. Name the English biochemist and a two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry, the only person to have been so. (In 1958 he was awarded a Nobel prize in chemistry "for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin". In 1980, he shared half of the chemistry prize "for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids".)

#2788. Name the Scottish doctor and an important figure in the history of medicine; he discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and successfully introduced it for general medical use.

bobbym · 2011-10-29 16:23:13

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-30 01:20:43

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2788 is correct. Excellent!

#2789. What does the abbreviation M.B.A. signify? (Business:Accounting, Academic & Science:Academic Degrees;
Business:General)

#2790. What does the abbreviation M.C.A. signify? (Academic & Science:Academic Degrees)

bobbym · 2011-10-30 01:27:11

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Arthur Bon Zavi · 2011-10-30 02:24:36

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-31 02:10:15

Hi,

bobbym : Partially correct.

Arthur Bon Zavi : Excellent!

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#2791. What former name was 'Volgograd' in use?

#2792. What former name was 'Democratic Republic of the Congo' in use?

bobbym · 2011-10-31 06:47:06

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Jai Ganesh · 2011-10-31 18:57:31

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2791 is correct. Good work!

#2793. In Indian numbers, how much is a 'Lakh' or 'Lac'?

#2794. In Indian numbers, how much is a 'Crore'?

Arthur Bon Zavi · 2011-10-31 20:03:28

ganesh wrote:

Hi bobbym,
The answer #2791 is correct. Good work!
#2793. In Indian numbers, how much is a 'Lakh' or 'Lac'?
#2794. In Indian numbers, how much is a 'Crore'?

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