General Quiz

bobbym · 2014-09-25 04:54:22

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-09-26 00:20:05

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The Answers : #5295 - Ernest Hemingway and #5296 - O. Henry.

The Answer #5295 is correct. Remarkable!

#5297. Name the German zoologist (planktology) (February 10, 1835 – April 5, 1924). He coined the term plankton and laid the foundation for biological oceanography. He also worked in embryology and anatomy. He discovered a structure in the ear, and a structure essential for the development of birds.

#5298. What was the pen name of Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907–3 March 1983), Belgian cartoonist? His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he made from 1929 until his death in 1983. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–40) and Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936–57). His works were executed in his distinct ligne claire drawing style.

bobbym · 2014-09-26 01:57:56

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-09-27 00:28:42

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The Answers : #5297 - Victor Hensen and #5298 - Hergé.

The Answer #5297 is correct. Splendid!

#5299. Name the English film director and producer (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980). Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense", he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, renowned as England's best director, he moved to Hollywood in 1939 and became a US citizen in 1955.

#5300. Name the Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969),who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Việt Cộng (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War.

bobbym · 2014-09-27 06:33:00

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-09-28 00:39:33

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The Answers #5299 (Alfred Hitchcock) and #5300 (Ho Chi Minh) are correct. Marvelous!

#5301. Name the English writer (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963); a humanist, pacifist, and satirist. He is the author of (1921) Crome Yellow, (1923) Antic Hay, (1925) Those Barren Leaves, (1928) Point Counter Point, (1932) Brave New World, (1936) Eyeless in Gaza, (1939) After Many a Summer, (1944) Time Must Have a Stop, (1948) Ape and Essence, (1955) The Genius and the Goddess and (1962) Island.

#5302. Name the prominent Dutch mathematician and scientist (14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695). He is known particularly as an astronomer, physicist, probabilist and horologist. He was a leading scientist of his time. His work included early telescopic studies of the rings of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock and other investigations in timekeeping. He published major studies of mechanics and optics, and a pioneer work on games of chance. He is known for Titan, Explanation Saturn's rings, Centrifugal force, Collision formulae, Pendulum clock, Wave theory and Birefringence.

bobbym · 2014-09-28 00:42:53

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-09-29 02:22:48

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The Answers : #5301 - Aldous Huxley and #5302 - Christiaan Huygens.

Both correct; Marvelous!

#5303. On which flight did man did first circle the moon?

#5304. What is Agenda 21?

bobbym · 2014-09-29 08:00:21

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-09-29 11:32:12

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Answers #5303 - Apollo 8, launched on December 21, 1968 and #5304 - Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels.

5305. What is the most important contribution of William Playfair (22 September 1759 – 11 February 1823), Scottish engineer and political economist?

5306. The anti-colonial resistance in one country was called Mau Mau. Which country?

bobbym · 2014-09-29 14:41:54

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-09-30 00:26:14

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Answer #5305 :- William Playfair invented four types of diagrams: in 1786 the line graph and bar chart of economic data, and in 1801 the pie chart and circle graph, used to show part-whole relation.

Answer #5306:- Kenya. Good attempt, bobbym!

#5307. Which coffee house in London was first used as an insurance centre in 1688 CE?

#5308. In which year did Peter the Hermit lead his follow believers?

bobbym · 2014-09-30 04:02:32

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-01 00:34:26

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The Answers :- Lloyd's (#5307) and The First Crusade (1096–1099) (#5308).

The Answer #5307 is perfect. Excellent!

#5309. How is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor (Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China) in 210–209 BCE whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife known as?

#5310. In 1917 CE, Lenin returned to Russia from exile to lead the Revolution. From which country?

bobbym · 2014-10-01 02:31:48

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-02 00:38:48

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The Answers : #5309 - The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" and #5310 - Switzerland.

The Answer #5310 is correct. Excellent!

#5311. In which year did a group of American colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, steal aboard ships of the East India Company and dump their cargo of tea into Boston Harbor in protest against British tax policies?

#5312. Which list starts with these four name - St Peter, St Linus, St Anacletus and St Clement I?

bobbym · 2014-10-02 01:07:25

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-02 18:28:47

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The Answers #5311 and #5312 (Partly correct) are Excellent work!

#5313. Who wrote 'Freedom at Midnight'? (The book describes the events in the Indian independence movement in 1947-48, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last viceroy of British India, and ending with the death and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi.)

#5314. Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair shop in a bomb-damaged Shirokiya department store building in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. In which year did it occur? (The next year, he was joined by his colleague, Akio Morita, and they founded a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). The company built Japan's first tape recorder, called the Type-G. In the early 1950s, Ibuka traveled in the United States and heard about Bell Labs' invention of the transistor. He convinced Bell to license the transistor technology to his Japanese company. While most American companies were researching the transistor for its military applications, Ibuka and Morita looked to apply it to communications. Although the American companies Regency Electronics and Texas Instruments built the first transistor radio as joint venture, it was Ibuka's company that made them commercially successful for the first time.)

bobbym · 2014-10-02 20:22:24

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-02 21:13:58

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#5315. Who directed Rumpelstiltskin (1915 film), an American silent film?

#5316. Who is the author of "Rip Van Winkle", a short story by American author published in 1819?

bobbym · 2014-10-02 21:23:33

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-03 01:02:30

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The Answer #5316 is perfect. Excellent!

#5317. When was the 'The Four Days' Battle', a naval battle of the Second Anglo–Dutch War?

#5318. Name the conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748, with major operations largely ended by 1742. Its unusual name, coined by Thomas Carlyle in 1858, refers to an ear severed, captain of a British merchant ship. The severed ear was subsequently exhibited before the British Parliament.

bobbym · 2014-10-03 04:28:05

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-03 12:35:33

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The Answer #5318 is perfect. Excellent!

#5319. Whose autobiography is 'Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Storyl'?

#5320. Who is the author of 'The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight and Saving the Planet'?

bobbym · 2014-10-03 12:57:35

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