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#3301 2012-06-14 17:31:13

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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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#3302 2012-06-14 20:41:22

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Hi bobbym,

Good work, #3364, bobbym!

#3366. What is the Nationality of Lewis Edson Waterman, the inventor of the capillary feed fountain pen and the founder of the Waterman pen company?

#3367. A ballpoint pen is a writing instrument with an internal ink reservoir and a sphere for a point. When was first patent on a ballpoint pen issued to John Loud, a leather tanner, who was attempting to make a writing instrument that would be able to write on his leather products, which then-common fountain pens could not do?


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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#3303 2012-06-14 20:49:16

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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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#3304 2012-06-14 21:36:57

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3366 is correct. Good work!

#3368. Who is the author of One Up on Wall Street and Beating the Street?


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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#3305 2012-06-14 21:42:19

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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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#3306 2012-06-14 21:56:50

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#3369. How many yards is a mile?


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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#3307 2012-06-14 22:04:43

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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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#3308 2012-06-14 23:14:05

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3369 is correct. Well done!

#3370. Where is the Headquarters of 'World Meteorological Organization (WMO)'?

#3371. Where is the Headquarters of the 'International Maritime Organization (IMO)'?


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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#3309 2012-06-14 23:25:32

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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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#3310 2012-06-15 20:53:57

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #3371 is correct. Good work!

#3372. Where is the Headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)?

#3373. Where is the Headquarters of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?


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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#3311 2012-06-15 21:51:26

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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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#3312 2012-06-15 23:11:10

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Hi bobbym,

The answer #3373 is correct. Well done!

#3374. Name English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.


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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#3313 2012-06-15 23:16:09

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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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#3314 2012-06-16 01:04:01

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#3375.  Where is the Headquarters of United Nations Children's Fund?


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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#3315 2012-06-16 03:59:49

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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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#3316 2012-06-16 05:51:33

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

Excellent, bobbym!

#3376. Name the the largest unit prefix in the International System of Units (SI), denoting a factor of 10[sup]24[/sup] or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

#3377. Name the prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10[sup]21[/sup] or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.


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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#3317 2012-06-16 05:59:02

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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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#3318 2012-06-16 13:24:19

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#3378. Who was the First President of India?

#3379. Who was the Second President of India?


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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#3319 2012-06-16 21:45:26

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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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#3320 2012-06-16 22:56:37

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Hi bobbym,

(Zakir Hussain was the third President of India, from May 13, 1967 until his death on May 3, 1969. He was the first elected Muslim president of India. He was awarded the highest Indian national honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1963.)

#3380. In which year did Thomas Edison make the first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb, in Menlo Park? It was during this time that he said: "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles."


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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#3321 2012-06-16 23:05:40

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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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#3322 2012-06-16 23:18:33

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

Excellent, bobbym!

#3381. How many meters is an Astronomical Unit (Approximately)?


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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#3323 2012-06-16 23:27:10

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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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#3324 2012-06-16 23:36:44

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The answer #3381 is correct. Good work!

#3382. In which year did Sir Isaac Newton publish Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica?


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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#3325 2012-06-16 23:43:21

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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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