General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-04 00:30:20

Hi bobbym,

The Answers : #5319 - Arnold Schwarzenegger and #5320 - Alicia Silverstone.

#5321. What is in common among Sallust, Tacitus and Livy?

#5322. "Veni, vidi, vici"; ("I came, I saw, I conquered") is a Latin phrase. Its popular usage reportedly originates from a letter that Julius Caesar wrote to the Roman Senate around 46 BC, in the city of Zela (now in Tokat Province, Turkey, and known as Zile), after achieving victory in his short war. Against whom was it at Battle of Zela?

bobbym · 2014-10-04 02:20:46

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-04 09:10:43

Hi bobbym,

The Answers :

Excellent, bobbym! The Answer #5321 is correct.

#5323. In mobile phone jargon, what does 'CUG' signify? (groups of GSM mobile telephone subscribers (Global System for Mobile Communications, originally Groupe Spécial Mobile)).

#5324. What does the acronym 'Sim' (or SIM card, a type of data storage for mobile devices) signify?

bobbym · 2014-10-04 19:20:46

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-05 01:06:40

Hi bobbym,

The Answers :- #5323 - Closed User Group and #5324 - Subscriber identity module.

The Answer #5324 is correct. Brilliant!

#5325.Allvar Gullstrand (5 June 1862 – 28 July 1930) was an ophthalmologist and optician. He applied the methods of physical mathematics to the study of optical images and of the refraction of light in the eye. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. What is his nationality and in which year was he awarded the Nobel Prize?

#5326. Alexis Carrel (28 June 1873 – 5 November 1944) was a surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. He invented the first perfusion pump with Charles A. Lindbergh opening the way to organ transplantation. What is his nationality and in which year was he awarded the Nobel Prize?

bobbym · 2014-10-05 01:36:32

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-05 10:29:14

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5325 is partly correct. Good work!

#5327. What is the SI derived unit of inductance?

#5328. What is the SI derived unit of luminous flux, a measure of the total "amount" of visible light emitted by a source?

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-06 00:52:18

Hi,

#5329. Name the geographical term :(Physical Geography) : dense equatorial forest, especially in the Amazon basin, characterized by tall broad-leaved evergreen trees,

#5330. Name the geographical term :(Physical Geography) :A shallow lake or marsh with brackish or saline water, especially in northern Africa. They are dry during the summer, at which time they are also characterized by salt deposits and a lack of vegetation.

bobbym · 2014-10-06 05:29:45

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-06 06:32:29

Hi bobbym,

#5331. What is a 'Tornado'?

#5332. What is a 'Tsunami'?

bobbym · 2014-10-06 06:45:24

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-06 16:13:16

Hi bobbym,

Both the Answers #5331 and #5332 are correct. Marvelous!

#5333.Name the American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974 nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle). As a 25-year-old U.S. Air Mail pilot, he emerged suddenly from virtual obscurity to instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo nonstop flight on May 20–21, 1927, made from the Roosevelt Field[N 1] in Garden City on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France.

#5334. Name the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930). In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96.

bobbym · 2014-10-06 20:45:51

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-07 00:48:43

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5333 is correct. Excellent!

#5335. Name the polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and one of the principal figures of the period known as the 'Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration' (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922).

#5336. Name the Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer, and illustrator of his own works (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952). During four expeditions to Central Asia, he discovered the Transhimalaya and the sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers, Lake Lop Nur, and the remains of cities, grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. In his book Från pol till pol (From Pole to Pole), he describes a journey through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and the early 1900s.

bobbym · 2014-10-07 00:57:23

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-07 09:12:42

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5336 is correct. Marvelous!

#5337. What is the 38th parallel north?

#5338. What is the 49th parallel north?

bobbym · 2014-10-07 14:24:56

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-07 20:45:25

Hi bobbym,

The Answers #5337 and #5338 are corret. Excellent!

#5339. Name the a Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory, of Russian and Polish descent. Along with his followers, the German Hermann Oberth and the American Robert H. Goddard, he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. His works later inspired leading Soviet rocket engineers such as Sergey Korolyov and Valentin Glushko and contributed to the success of the Soviet space program.

#5340. Name the French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905). His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages Extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.

bobbym · 2014-10-07 21:13:54

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-08 01:41:53

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5340 is correct. Neat job!

#5341. What does 'Orography' signify?

#5341. What does 'Pelagic zone' signify?

bobbym · 2014-10-08 01:45:21

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-08 09:10:39

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5342 - Good attempt.

#5343. What does the term 'peneplain' signify?

#5344, Name the geographical term :- A plateau region of the eastern United States extending from New York to Alabama between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain.

bobbym · 2014-10-08 12:54:54

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-09 02:02:06

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5344 is perfect. Remarkable!

#5345. What is the geographical term for ' dry area on the lee side of a mountainous area (away from the wind)?

#5346. Name the geographical term : coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley. It is a drowned river valley that remains open to the sea. Typically, rias have a dendritic, treelike outline although they can be straight and without significant branches. This pattern is inherited from the dendritic drainage pattern of the flooded river valley.

bobbym · 2014-10-09 02:35:28

Hi;

Math Is Fun Forum

#4451 2014-10-04 00:30:20

Re: General Quiz

#4452 2014-10-04 02:20:46

Re: General Quiz

#4453 2014-10-04 09:10:43

Re: General Quiz

#4454 2014-10-04 19:20:46

Re: General Quiz

#4455 2014-10-05 01:06:40

Re: General Quiz

#4456 2014-10-05 01:36:32

Re: General Quiz

#4457 2014-10-05 10:29:14

Re: General Quiz

#4458 2014-10-06 00:52:18

Re: General Quiz

#4459 2014-10-06 05:29:45

Re: General Quiz

#4460 2014-10-06 06:32:29

Re: General Quiz

#4461 2014-10-06 06:45:24

Re: General Quiz

#4462 2014-10-06 16:13:16

Re: General Quiz

#4463 2014-10-06 20:45:51

Re: General Quiz

#4464 2014-10-07 00:48:43

Re: General Quiz

#4465 2014-10-07 00:57:23

Re: General Quiz

#4466 2014-10-07 09:12:42

Re: General Quiz

#4467 2014-10-07 14:24:56

Re: General Quiz

#4468 2014-10-07 20:45:25

Re: General Quiz

#4469 2014-10-07 21:13:54

Re: General Quiz

#4470 2014-10-08 01:41:53

Re: General Quiz

#4471 2014-10-08 01:45:21

Re: General Quiz

#4472 2014-10-08 09:10:39

Re: General Quiz

#4473 2014-10-08 12:54:54

Re: General Quiz

#4474 2014-10-09 02:02:06

Re: General Quiz

#4475 2014-10-09 02:35:28

Re: General Quiz

Board footer