General Quiz

bobbym · 2012-05-16 23:05:48

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-16 23:28:08

Hi bobbym,

#3222. Who is the author of 'Prelude to Foundation', 'Forward the Foundation', 'Foundation', 'Foundation and Empire', 'Second Foundation', 'Foundation's Edge', and 'Foundation and Earth'?

bobbym · 2012-05-16 23:33:12

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-17 23:43:11

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3222 is correct. Good work!

#3223. Name the Greek astronomer who discovered the precession of the equinoxes, founded trigonometry, and compiled the first star catalog.

#3224. Name the English chemist and X-ray crystallographer, b. Egypt. She received the 1964 Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the structure of biochemical compounds (particularly of vitamin B[sub]12[/sub]) used to control pernicious anemia.

bobbym · 2012-05-17 23:49:20

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-18 00:19:02

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3223 is correct. Excellent!

#3225. In which year did the greatest discovery came, when Joseph Priestley prepared oxygen by using a burning glass and solar heat to heat red oxide of mercury in a vacuum and collected the evolved gas over mercury?

bobbym · 2012-05-18 00:25:12

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-19 00:01:11

Hi bobbym,

Very close to the actual answer, bobbym! Excellent!

#3226. In which year was Bing launched?

#3227. Who used the term 'internet' in a Transmission Control Protocol paper?

bobbym · 2012-05-19 00:10:17

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-19 00:46:59

Hi bobbym,

The answer

is correct. Excellent!

#3228. Name the Indian American entrepreneur who co-founded the Hotmail email service and Jaxtr.

bobbym · 2012-05-19 00:52:08

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-19 23:38:30

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#3229. Name the German composer, pianist, and conductor born in 1833 and lived until 1897, he was one of the most significant composers of the 19th century. His works greatly enriched the romantic repertory.

#3230. Name the filmmaker (1897-1991) who was 1930s Hollywood's top director, creating several immensely popular movies that captured the mood of the Depression-era United States and earning more Academy Award nominations than any of his contemporaries.

bobbym · 2012-05-19 23:43:16

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-20 00:31:24

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3230 is correct. Excellent!

#3231. Name the Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986-89, 1990-96), and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization.

bobbym · 2012-05-20 00:33:31

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-20 23:21:09

Hi bobbym,

#3232. What does the abbreviation 'IELTS' signify? (an international standardized test of English language proficiency)

#3233. What does the abbreviation 'GMAT' signify? (a computer-adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools use the test as a criterion for admission into graduate business administration programs (e.g. MBA, Master of Accountancy, etc.) throughout the world.)

bobbym · 2012-05-20 23:30:47

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-20 23:47:59

Hi bobbym,

Partially correct, to question #3223. Well done!

#3224. What does the abbreviation 'GRE' signify? (a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools in the United States, in other English-speaking countries and for English-taught graduate and business programs world-wide)

bobbym · 2012-05-20 23:54:16

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-21 22:54:58

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3224 is correct. Good work!

#3225. Name the Ukrainian-American nuclear physicist, cosmologist, and writer who formulated an early theory of the hot Big Bang with Ralph Alpher in 1948, and worked on quantum mechanics, stellar evolution, and genetic theory (proposing the existence of DNA in 1954).

#3226. Which is the capital and largest city of Central African Republic, in the southern part of the country on the Ubangi River?

bobbym · 2012-05-22 00:25:52

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-22 09:57:51

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3225 is correct. Marvelous!

The answer

#3227. Who are considered the 'Father of Calculus'?

#3228. Name the lake of east-central Africa bordered by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania which was sighted in 1858 by the British explorer John Speke, who was searching for the source of the Nile River.

bobbym · 2012-05-22 10:00:49

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anonimnystefy · 2012-05-22 10:01:59

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Jai Ganesh · 2012-05-22 10:30:16

Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,

The answers

and .

Excellent, bobbym! Both the answers are correct! Excellent, anonimnystefy! The answer #3227 is correct!

#3229. What was invented in France in 1816 by René Laennec at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris?

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