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#3001 2012-05-01 01:58:12
- Jai Ganesh
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Hi bobbym,
The
The answer #3171 is correct. Excellent!
#3172. Name the grand duke of Moscow (1533-84), the first Russian ruler to assume formally the title of czar.
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#3002 2012-05-01 05:04:14
- bobbym
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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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#3003 2012-05-01 13:08:58
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Hi bobbym,
The
#3173. Name the 1999 American science fiction action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski.
#3174. Name the 2009 American epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star 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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#3004 2012-05-01 18:55:02
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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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#3005 2012-05-02 00:59:43
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #3173 is correct. Excellent!
The
#3175. Who or what is 'Lusophone (or lusophone)'?
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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#3006 2012-05-02 01:04:04
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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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#3007 2012-05-02 01:29:07
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Hi bobbym,
#3176. What does the acronym 'BIOS' signify?
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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#3008 2012-05-02 01:34:55
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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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#3009 2012-05-02 22:30:23
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #3175 is correct. Well done!
#3176. Name the American industrialist and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company, the University of Chicago, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
#3177. Name the philosopher and political theorist in eighteenth-century France. A talented musical composer and botanist, his ideas on the nature of society made him an influential figure in Western thought. His belief that civilization had corrupted humankind was a central part of his philosophy. His work elevated the importance of the individual and personal liberty, providing support for U.S. revolutionary ideology.
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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#3010 2012-05-02 22:36:02
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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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#3011 2012-05-02 23:19:33
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Hi bobbym,
and are both correct. Outstanding!
#3178. Name the 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate made in the film, he has given more than a thousand times.
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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#3012 2012-05-02 23:21:21
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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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#3013 2012-05-03 01:08:05
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Hi bobbym,
#3179. Name the Hungarian-born American stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice as Handcuff Harry, on a tour of Europe, where he would sensationally challenge different police-forces to try to keep him locked up.
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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#3014 2012-05-03 01:17:44
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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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#3015 2012-05-03 09:48:45
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Hi bobbym,
The answer #3179 is correct. Excellent!
#3180. Name an instrument that simultaneously records changes in physiological processes such as heartbeat, blood pressure, and respiration, often used as a lie detector.
#3181. Name the branch of botany that deals with fungi.
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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#3016 2012-05-03 09:51:46
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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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#3017 2012-05-03 09:56:08
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Hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#3018 2012-05-03 20:15:58
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Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
bobbym : The answer #3180 is correct. Well done!
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anonimnystefy : Both the answers #3180 and #3181 are correct. Excellent!
#3182. Name the Russian Orthodox Christian and mystic who is perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their only son Alexei.
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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#3019 2012-05-03 20:17:11
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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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#3020 2012-05-04 00:08:06
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#3021 2012-05-04 00:39:59
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Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The answer #3182 is correct.
#3183. Where are Haneda and Narita?
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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#3022 2012-05-04 00:42:08
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Re: General Quiz
Hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#3023 2012-05-04 02:17:42
- bobbym
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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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#3024 2012-05-04 21:12:09
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Hi anonimnystefy and bobbym,
The answer #3183 is correct. Brilliant!
#3184. What is the greatest invention of Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, an English computer scientist and MIT professor?
#3185. Name the computer scientist known for creating the first commercially available portable computer, released in April 1981. It weighed 24.5 pounds (12 kg), cost US$1795just over half the cost of a computer from other manufacturers with comparable featuresand ran the popular CP/M 2.2 operating 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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#3025 2012-05-04 22:13:41
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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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