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#2576 2011-11-17 23:48:50

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #2850 is correct. Good work!

#2851. By what name is the 'European Recovery Plan' better known as?

#2852. Name the policy whereby a major power uses economic and political means to perpetuate or extend its influence over underdeveloped nations or areas.


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#2577 2011-11-17 23:51:53

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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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#2578 2011-11-18 00:35:15

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #2851 is correct. Neat work!

#2853. The Grand Canyon is a huge gorge, approximately 1 mi/1.6 km deep, carved by which river?


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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#2579 2011-11-18 00:39:07

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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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#2580 2011-11-18 20:57:12

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #2853 is correct. Well done!

#2854. Name the the Prime Minister of India from 1966-77 and 1980-84 and one of the most famous women in 20th century politics.

#2855. Name the the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. (She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines.)


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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#2581 2011-11-18 23:18:30

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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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#2582 2011-11-19 01:36:21

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2854 is correct. Good work!

#2856. What is full name of the Conservative Party leader for 15 years, who became the first female prime minister of Great Britain and served in that post from 1979 to 1990, longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th century?


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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#2583 2011-11-19 01:45:56

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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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#2584 2011-11-19 17:46:33

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Hi bobbym,

The

is correct. Good work!

#2857. Name the Austrian psychiatrist who founded the school of individual psychology, a comprehensive "science of living." His system emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual and his relationships with society. He a pupil of S. Freud from 1902. In 1907 he began to develop his own system of Tiefenpsychologie (i.e. psychology of the subconscious) under the name Individual psychologie, and his divergent views led in 1911 to a permanent breach with Freud.

#2858. Name the legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th cent. B.C. and eventually was freed by his master.


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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#2585 2011-11-19 23:00:06

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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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#2586 2011-11-20 00:29:48

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Hi bobbym,

#2859. Who is/was 'Honoré de Balzac'?


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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#2587 2011-11-20 00:33:02

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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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#2588 2011-11-20 01:31:40

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#2860. In which play of Shakespeare do the characters Bellario, and Balthazar found?


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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#2589 2011-11-20 02:15:37

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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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#2590 2011-11-21 00:34:49

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2860 is correct. Well done!

#2861. Name the French musician and educator who developed the now-famous raised-point writing system for the blind that bears his name.

#2862. By what name was Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm known? (He was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1964–1987.)


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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#2591 2011-11-21 00:38:14

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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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#2592 2011-11-21 01:28:25

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The solution #2861 is correct. Well done!

The

#2863. What is ' Copernican system'?


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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#2593 2011-11-21 01:37:36

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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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#2594 2011-11-21 23:57:46

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2863 is correct. Marvelous!

#2864. What is the term to denote 'Surgical removal of all or part of the vas deferens, usually as a means of sterilization'?

#2865. Name the fuel gas containing about 50 percent carbon monoxide, 40 percent hydrogen, and small amounts of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen, made by passing steam and air over heated coke or coal.


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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#2595 2011-11-22 02:52:21

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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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#2596 2011-11-23 00:32:18

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The

The answer #2865 is correct. Good work!

#2866. What is a 'Liquid Asset' or 'Market liquidity'?

#2867. What is a 'Fixed Asset'?


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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#2597 2011-11-23 00:41:16

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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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#2598 2011-11-23 01:19:35

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#2867. In politics, what is 'Universal suffrage'?


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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#2599 2011-11-23 01:23:05

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Re: General Quiz

Hi ganesh;

Thanks for the answers.


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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#2600 2011-11-23 23:32:28

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #2867 is correct. Neat job!

#2868. Name the African-American basketball player, b. Lansing, Mich. After winning the national championship with Michigan State Univ. (1979), he joined the Los Angeles Lakers and with them won five National Basketball Association championships (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987-88).

#2869. Name the sportsman who also known as Smokin' Joe, was an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981.


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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