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Jai Ganesh

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym and ShivamS,

The Answers #3947 and #3948 are correct. Marvelous, bobbym and ShivamS!

#3949. What is the present name of the place Columbus called 'Guanahani'?

#3950. What was the Russian version of the Space Shuttle called?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;

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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.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #3950 is also correct. Neat work!

#3951. How was SOS represented in Morse?

#3952. Who is/was Leonard Cheshire?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

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Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: General Quiz

Hi;

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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.

Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #3951 is correct. Good work!

#3953. Who is the only US president who has resigned from office?

#3954. What was Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Min city known as?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: General Quiz

Hi;

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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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #3953 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

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#3955. Which important experiment was performed at Walden Pond and by whom?

#3956. Which institution has this motto - 'My word is my bond'?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #3955 is correct. Excellent!

#3957. Who called charity "the opium of the privileged"?

#3958. Which company did Akio Morita found? To what did he change its name?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #3958 is correct. Good work!

#3959. Of which river is Lake Tana in Ethiopia the source?

#3960. The Greek god of sleep is the father of the Greek god of dreams. Give both their names.

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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.

anonimnystefy

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Re: General Quiz

Hi ganesh

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“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.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: General Quiz

Hi anonimnystefy,

The Answer #3960 is correct. Marvelous!

I shall wait for bobbym's Answers #3959 and #3960.

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Posts: 109,606

Re: General Quiz

Hi;

Sorry for the delay had some chores to do.

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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.

Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi anonimnyrstefy and bobbym,

The Answer #3960 is correct, anonimnystefy (100%) and bobbym (50%)! Marvelous!

#3961. Why is the Big Ben called the Big Ben?

#3962. What is a Dutch door?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

#3963. When James A Naismith invented basketball in 1891 how many players were there in each team?  Why?

#3964. On which flight did man first circle the moon?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #3963 is partly correct! Good work!

#3965. Elevators were invented before Elisha Otis invented hi. Then why is he credited with having invented the elevator?

#3966. A list made by Antipater of Sidon in the second century BCE is very famous. What is on it?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

However, your reasoning seems  perfectly in order.

#3967. Name the three largest countries in the world, in correct sequence.

#3968. What are these : the dowel, the mortise and tenon and the dovetail?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answers #3967 and #3968 are correct. Marvelous!

#3969. What was Anton Chekov's profession?

#3970. Marcus Aurelius, stoic philosopher and author of Meditations has another claim to fame. What is it?

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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.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

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.

Jai Ganesh

Administrator

Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,395

Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #3970 is correct. Excellent!

#3971. Give the novelist George Eliot's real name.

#3972. Who was Dr. Samuel Johnson's biographer?

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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.