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#1 2006-02-27 19:30:52
- Jai Ganesh
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A to Z Questionnaire - I
A to Z Questionnaire - I
1. A : The largest sea bird.
2. B : The country Myanmar was formerly known by this name.
3. C : Grand Canyon is a gorge on this river.
4. D : An isotope of Hydrogen.
5. E : A protozoan causing Amoebiasis.
6. F : A unit of length equal to a quadrillionth of a meter, named after a famous Italian scientist and a pioneer in Nuclear fission, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
7. G : Study of old age and ageing.
8. H : Code of ___________________ : named after a Babylonian ruler, it is one of the earliest known examples of human laws being defined and written in an ordinary way.
9. I : A large lizard found in America and Galapagos.
10. J : The International System unit of energy.
11. K : The currency of Norway.
12. L : The metal with the lowest density.
13. M : The father of Genetics.
14. N : An inert gas.
15. O : Inventor of Atom bomb.
16. P : Name of the mighty winged horse of Greek myth.
17. Q : One of the basic constituents of matter.
18. R : A logarithmic scale used to express the total amount of energy released by an earthquake.
19. S : He was known as the Bard of Avon.
20. T : 23 ½ degrees North Latitude is ____________________________________.
21. U : Membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta.
22. V : The highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, Angel falls, is in this country.
23. W : In the Northern Hemisphere, this falls on December 22.
24. X : Abnormal fear of strangers.
25. Y : The longest river in Asia.
26. Z : The element with the symbol Zr.
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#2 2006-02-27 20:34:29
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
Albatross
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#3 2006-02-27 20:39:42
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
Hm... let qme think
IPBLE: Increasing Performance By Lowering Expectations.
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#4 2006-02-27 23:11:47
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
B for Burma
D for Deuterium
N for Nitrogen
R for Richter
T for Tropic of Cancer
V for Venezuela
Y for Yangtze
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#5 2006-02-27 23:14:32
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
justlookingforthemoment, only Nitrogen isn't correct. 
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#6 2006-02-27 23:18:42
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I meant... neon.
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#7 2006-02-27 23:38:28
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
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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#8 2006-02-28 00:03:35
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
I can't resist these!
Quark (it rhymes with quart)
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#9 2006-02-28 00:19:09
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
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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#10 2006-02-28 04:31:06
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
Yay! Another quiz!
F : Femtometer
I : Iguana
J : Joule
L : Lithium?
P : Pegasus
S : Shakespeare?
W : Winter solstice
X : Xenophobia
Z : Zirconium
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#11 2006-02-28 04:45:46
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
All correct, other than F : Femtometer. Femto is 10^-15, but the question said that the unit was named after an Italian scientist. The answer is 'Fermi'.
OUTSTANDING 
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#12 2006-02-28 08:31:09
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Colorado
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#13 2006-02-28 09:25:31
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
M: Mendel, Gregor
U : Uterus
Left are:
E, G, H, K, O
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#14 2006-02-28 09:45:52
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I think U might be umbilical... something. Cord or tube or something to that effect.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#15 2006-02-28 10:24:21
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
U are right (U is right?) - Umbilical Cord
Gerontology
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#16 2006-02-28 10:49:24
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
E: Entamoeba histolytica
H: Code of Hammurabi
K: Krone (is here in denmark :])
O: Oppenheimer
A: Albatross
B: Burma
C: Colorado
D: Deuterium
E: Entamoeba Histolytica
F: Fermi
G: Gerontology
H: Hammurabi
I: Iguana
J: Joule
K: Krone
L: Lithium
M: Mendel, Gregor
N: Neon
O: Oppenheimer
P: Pegasus
Q: Quark
R: Richter
S: Shakespeare
T: Tropic of Cancer
U: Umbilical Cord
V: Venezuela
W: Winter Solstice
X: Xenophobia
Y: Yangtze
Z : Zirconiumthese are the answers up until now.. Are they correct?
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#17 2006-02-28 16:31:39
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Re: A to Z Questionnaire - I
Well done, MathsIsFun, mathsyperson, Ricky and Patrick. All are right, T thought the answer to O was Otto Hann. However, Oppenheimer seems the right answer. Thank God, 
both names start with O! Excellent team effort! 
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