General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-12 00:53:43

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#3203. Name the American lexicographer ((1758-1843), remembered now almost solely as the compiler of a continuously successful dictionary, was for half a century among the more influential and most active literary men in the United States.

bobbym · 2012-05-12 04:29:58

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-12 23:24:52

Hi bobbym,

The

is correct. Marvelous!

#3204. In which year was Arab League, popular name for the League of Arab States, instituted?

#3205. In which year was Commonwealth of Nations, also known as British Commonwealth, founded?

bobbym · 2012-05-13 00:34:27

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-13 19:10:41

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3204 is correct. Excellent!

#3206. Name the South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid.

#3207. Name the businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club. (March 29, 1918 April 5, 1992)

bobbym · 2012-05-13 20:56:26

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-14 22:59:12

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The answers #3206 and #3207 are correct. Excellent!

#3208. Name the Web hosting service currently available only in Japan; it was originally founded by David Bohnett and John Rezner in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet (BHI). In its original form, site users selected a "city" in which to place their Web pages.

#3209. In which year was AOL Instant Messenger launched?

bobbym · 2012-05-14 23:06:21

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-15 00:01:47

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#3210. Name the place parliament of what is now the European Union has met there since 1979.

bobbym · 2012-05-15 00:03:40

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-15 00:14:52

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3210 is correct. Superlative!

#3211. Name the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan in the foothills of the Tian Shan. One of the oldest cities of central Asia, it was ruled by Arabs and then Turks until 1865, when it was annexed by Russia. In 1930 it replaced Samarqand as the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.

bobbym · 2012-05-15 00:15:53

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-15 12:38:27

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#3212. Name the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo, in the southern part of the country on the Congo River across from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). Founded by the French in the 1880s, it is a trade center and major port.

#3213. Name the Capital of Syria and largest city in the country, located in southwestern Syria; the country's administrative, financial, and communications center.

bobbym · 2012-05-15 12:54:23

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-15 21:06:04

Hi bobbym,

The

The answer 3213 is correct. Good work!

#3214. Name the medieval name for China popularized by Marco Polo in accounts of his travels. It usually applied only to the area north of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River).

#3215. Where is Penang?

bobbym · 2012-05-15 21:12:47

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-15 21:49:13

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3214 is correct. Marvelous!

#3216. Where is the Pleasant Island?

bobbym · 2012-05-15 21:50:56

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-15 22:31:07

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#3217. Name the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength.

bobbym · 2012-05-15 22:38:07

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-16 00:38:38

Hi bobbym,

The

is correct. Remarkable!

#3218. Name the the General Secretary of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982.

bobbym · 2012-05-16 07:31:57

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-16 22:26:13

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The answer #3218 is correct. Well done!

#3219. Name the Carthaginian general (247-183 B.C.) and one of the greatest military leaders of the ancient world. A brilliant strategist, he developed tactics of outflanking and surrounding the enemy with the combined forces of infantry and cavalry.

#3220. Who was Mustafa İsmet İnönü?

bobbym · 2012-05-16 22:33:02

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-16 23:03:24

Hi bobbym,

The solution #3219 is correct. Marvelous!

#3221. Name the British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist: a staunch Marxist, he was critical of Britain's role in the Suez Crisis, and chose to leave Oxford, move to India and become an Indian citizen. He was one of the founders (along with Ronald Fisher and Sewall Wright) of population genetics.

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