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Jai Ganesh

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Random Quiz # 2

This quiz was posted in another forum. I got 6 right!

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?

2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?

3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?

4. Expansion of Star  in Star TV Network?

5. What does "baker's dozen" signify?

6. From what four word ex-pression does the word `goodbye` derive?

7. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

8. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?

9. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

10. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from
international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe?

11. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?

12. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only
one country (other than Vatican)?

13. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

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Ricky

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?

C, C++, Java, Pascal, Perl, Fortran, Lisp, Ada, BASIC, HTML, Javascript, Flash, PHP, MySQL

One of those has to be right...

5. What does "baker's dozen" signify?

A baker would make a dozen, plus one extra for himself.

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justlookingforthemoment

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

11. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. I think.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

Ricky, you're right! Justlookingforthemoment, you're right too! Excellent!

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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.

Ricky

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

Well, for a real guess at 1, I'm going to say C++.

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

2 I thought "Yahoo" was taken from Gulliver's Travels (Yahoos were a dirty ill behaved race of humans, contrasted against the noble race of talking horses).
7 Mother Theresa
8 I thought that was his "Licence to Kill" serial number

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

MathsIsFun, answer # 7 is correct! But I am not sure about the others, I shall check that forum for the answers and post them here (after double-checking for correctness)

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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.

gakgoka

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

the answr

  1- there have  some programming language php & c++ &java &HTML
but I thenk  php yah php

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krollo

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

I believe there are actually three other countries on number 12, San Marino, Lesotho and Swaziland.
Krollo

JaneFairfax

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

Swaziland is not an enclave. It has borders with South Africa and Mozambique.

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2007-06-04 01:21:39)

Identity

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Zach

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Re: Random Quiz # 2

1. PHP, HTML, Javascript, MySQL and AJAX. The programs they create are probably in C++.

8. 007 was given to James Bond because that's the agent he replaced. 007 is not a liscense to kill number, but more of an identifier for the agent. For example, Trevelyan was 006 and 008 and 009 were killed previously. The '00' numbers are the prefix for the top MI6 Agents. (Also, if you want to get into more 'fluff' explaination, the 00 stands for killing two people in order to become one of the 00 agents.)

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