General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-02 18:33:01

Hi bobbym,

The Answers #5035 (Sir John Ambrose Fleming) and #5036 (Joseph von Fraunhofer) are perfect. Excellent!

#5037. Name the Russian (formerly Soviet) research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. The station lies at the southern Pole of Cold, with the lowest reliably measured natural temperature on Earth of −89.2°C (−128.56°F).

#5038. On 13 September 1922, a high temperature of 57.8 °C (136 °F) was recorded in ‘Aziziya (Libya). This was long considered the highest temperature ever measured on Earth.
On 13 September 2012, the World Meteorological Organization announced that the WMO Commission of Climatology World Archive of Weather and Climate Extremes had found the record invalid. Its world record for hottest temperature is now 56.7 °C (134 °F) recorded on 10 July 1913. Where is the hottest place in the world?

bobbym · 2014-06-02 22:13:41

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-03 00:40:41

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#5039. What is Lloró, Colombia known for?

#5040. Name the country with the lowest population density in the world.

bobbym · 2014-06-03 01:06:35

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-03 03:40:23

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#5041. Name the longest continental mountain range in the world; it is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 km (120 mi) to 700 km (430 mi) wide (widest between 18° south and 20° south latitude), and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft).

#5042. Who or what is Machu Picchu?

bobbym · 2014-06-03 08:03:26

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-03 17:37:21

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The Answers #5041 and #5042 are correct. Good work!

#5043. Name the river in Western Siberia, Russia which is the world's fifth longest river which is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Yenisei River and the Lena River).

#5044. The Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela; it is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). The falls are on the Gauja River (alternatively known as the Kerep River or Kerepacupai), which flows into the Churun River; name the river of the tributary.

bobbym · 2014-06-03 19:13:39

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-04 01:15:03

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#5045. Which year was this? The Annus mirabilis papers (from Latin annus mīrābilis, "extraordinary year") are the papers of Albert Einstein published in the Annalen der Physik scientific journal. These four articles contributed substantially to the foundation of modern physics and changed views on space, time, mass, and energy. The annus mirabilis is often called the "miracle year" in English or Wunderjahr in German.

#5046. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
In which year dis the US patent office ruled that Edison's patent was based on the work of William Sawyer and was therefore invalid? Litigation continued for nearly six years, when a judge ruled that Edison's electric-light improvement claim for "a filament of carbon of high resistance" was valid.

bobbym · 2014-06-04 02:07:13

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-05 00:45:03

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The Answer #5045 is correct. Excellent!

#5047. H.D.I. is a United Nations measure of well-being in a country. What does the abbreviation H.D.I. signify?

#5048. Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft). In which nation is it situated?

bobbym · 2014-06-05 01:01:35

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-05 16:43:45

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The Answer #5048 is correct. Remarkable!

#5049. Where is the Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge? (It is 79732 meter long)

#5050. Name the nation with the highest GDP per capita in the world as of 2013, according to the CIA World Factbook.
[GDP : Gross Domestic Product], [CIA : Central Intelligence Agency]
The World Factbook; also known as the CIA World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

bobbym · 2014-06-05 19:13:01

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-05 21:50:16

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The Answer #5049 is correct. Excellent!

#5051. What does the abbreviation C.I.F. (Value) signify?

#5052. What does the abbreviation F.O.B. (Value) signify?

bobbym · 2014-06-05 22:04:36

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-05 23:14:16

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Good attempt for the Answer #5052, bobbym!

#5053. When is the 'World Population Day'?

#5054. When is the 'Animal Welfare Day'?

bobbym · 2014-06-06 00:54:53

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-06 02:34:15

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Good work, bobbym! The Answer #5053 is correct!

#5055. In which year did the Chernobyl disaster (Chornobyl Catastrophe; also referred as Chernobyl or the Chornobyl accident) was a catastrophic nuclear accident occur?

#5056. Name the Large salt lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan; it once covered some 26,300 sq mi (68,000 sq km) and was the fourth largest inland body of water in the world, but diversion of the waters of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers for irrigation has led to an overall reduction of its surface area by more than half since 1960. Its volume has been reduced drastically, which has led to an increase in salinity. The soil of the dried-up lake bed has been found to contain salts and other toxic substances.

bobbym · 2014-06-06 02:57:12

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-06 17:03:55

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The Answer #5055 is very close to the actual year of occurrence. Good work, bobbym!

#5057. What does the acronym ESCAP signify? (located in Bangkok, Thailand, it is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.)

#5058. What does the acronym FIFA signify?

bobbym · 2014-06-06 20:00:41

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-07 00:43:04

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The Answer #5058 is almost correct. Good work, bobbym!

#5059. What is Mercosur or Mercosul?

#5060. What does the abbreviation WWF signify? (an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment)

bobbym · 2014-06-07 02:20:23

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-06-07 16:57:43

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The Answer #5060 is correct. Neat job, bobbym!

#5061. Name the the world's second-largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 square kilometers. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago.

#5062. In which year Mount Vesuvius known for its eruption that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum?

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