General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-10 01:08:54

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The Answer #5345 is correct. Excellent!

#5347. Name the military term : an envelope released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft or ships. They are commonly deployed either by a canister (such as a grenade) or generated by a vehicle (such as a tank or a warship).

#5348. Name the geographical term : Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe.

bobbym · 2014-10-10 01:34:18

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-11 01:05:53

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The Answer #5347 is correct. Neat job!

#5349. Which territory in America did Napolean sell to Tomas Jefferson for $15 million?

#5350. Name the psychological term for acquired impairment in which patients have difficulty performing simple mathematical tasks, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying and even simply stating which of two numbers is larger.

bobbym · 2014-10-11 01:08:46

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-11 14:34:07

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The Answer #5349 is correct. Excellent!

#5351. Name the technical term in coastal management :the process where coastal sediments return to the visible portion of the beach following storm erosion.

#5352. Name the geological term : to collect or gather into a cluster or mass; gathered together into a mass; to collect or gather into a cluster or mass; gathered together into a mass; rock composed of rounded or angular volcanic fragments. rock composed of rounded or angular volcanic fragments.

bobbym · 2014-10-12 03:24:09

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-12 12:58:46

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The Answers :

and . The Answer #5351 is also correct. Well done!

#5353.Name the geographical term: ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.

#5354. Name the geographical term : The F region of the ionosphere is home to the F layer of ionization.. As with other ionospheric sectors, 'layer' implies a concentration of plasma, while 'region' is the area that contains the said layer. The F region contains ionized gases at a height of around 150–800 km above sea level, placing it in the Earth’s thermosphere, a hot region in the upper atmosphere, and also in the heterosphere, where chemical composition varies with height.

bobbym · 2014-10-12 20:47:18

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-12 23:31:56

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The Answer #5353 is correct. Excellent!

#5355. Name the term in Physical Geography: a sharp ridge separating two cirques or glacial valleys in mountainous regions.

#5356. Name the Geographical term : The horizontal angular distance from a reference direction, usually the northern point of the horizon, to the point where a vertical circle through a celestial body intersects the horizon, usually measured clockwise. Sometimes the southern point is used as the reference direction, and the measurement is made clockwise through 360°.

bobbym · 2014-10-13 00:09:50

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-13 19:56:05

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#5357. Name the Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil (c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520). He conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. He was appointed to head an expedition to India in 1500, following Vasco da Gama's newly opened route around Africa. The object of the undertaking was to return with valuable spices and to establish trade relations in India—bypassing the monopoly on the spice trade then in the hands of Arab, Turkish and Italian merchants.

5358. Who was the British Prime Minister in World War 1?

bobbym · 2014-10-13 21:00:02

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-14 00:13:49

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The Answer #5357 is correct. Marvelous!

#5359. Who were ' Angles, Saxons and Jutes'?

#5360. Under which monarch was the Poor Law, the earliest welfare measure in Europe, enacted in England?

bobbym · 2014-10-14 00:25:00

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-14 17:13:54

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The Answer #5359 is correct. Marvelous!

#5361. From which year to 'The Olympic Games' were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece commenced?. (They were held in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin in Olympia.) They continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule, until the emperor Theodosius I suppressed them in which year is it ended (as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as the state religion of Rome?

#5362. Which important naval battle took place in 1588 CE?

bobbym · 2014-10-14 17:19:37

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-15 01:01:03

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The Answer #5362 (Defeat of the Spanish Armada) is perfect. Excellent!

#5363. In which war was the Battle of Gettysburg a key clash?

#5364. In American folklore, what is Edward Teach better known as?

bobbym · 2014-10-15 04:42:57

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-15 08:15:57

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The Answers #5363 and #5364 are both correct, Remarkable!

#5365. Where is 'The Great Artesian Basin' located? (It is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, stretching over 1,700,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi), with measured temperatures ranging from 30–100 °C (86–212 °F))

#5366. Define the term :(Geological Science) without life; characteristic of the ages that have left no evidence of life in the form of organic remains.

bobbym · 2014-10-15 10:32:21

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-16 00:34:23

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The Answer #5365 is correct (Australia)! Marvelous!

#5367. Name the Geological Science term : a fine-grained dark basic igneous rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, a pyroxene, and olivine: the most common volcanic rock and usually extrusive.

#5368. Name the Geological Science term : the solid unweathered rock that lies beneath the loose surface deposits of soil, alluvium, etc.

bobbym · 2014-10-16 02:02:58

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-16 15:06:34

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The Answers : #5367 (Basalt) and #5368 (Bedrock) are correct. Brilliant, bobbym!

#5369. Name the term in Physical Geography : a strong bitterly cold wind accompanied by a widespread heavy snowfall. (A violent snowstorm with winds blowing at a minimum speed of 56 km (35 mi) per hour and visibility of less 400 m (0.25 mi) for three hours.)

#5370. Name the term in Physical Geography : wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat.

bobbym · 2014-10-16 21:13:04

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-17 03:45:50

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Tne Answer #5369 is correct (Blizzard). Excellent!

#5371.Name the Physical Geography term : A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping sides and a flat top.
(chiefly Western US).

#5372. Name the law in Physical Geography : a law stating that if an observer stands with his back to the wind in the Northern hemisphere, atmospheric pressure is lower on his left, and vice versa in the Southern hemisphere :

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