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#4626 2014-11-26 00:45:26

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#4627 2014-11-26 21:04:47

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Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5296 is correct. Good work!

#5297. Name the Mineral :- A colourless or white mineral sometimes tinted by impurities, found in beds as an evaporite. It is used in the manufacture of plaster of Paris, cement, paint, school chalk, glass, and fertilizer.

#5298. Name the Geological term : A sedimentary rock formed by the consolidation and compaction of sand and held together by a natural cement, such as silica.


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#4628 2014-11-26 21:09:35

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Re: General Quiz

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4629 2014-11-28 00:11:43

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Both the Answers, #5297 and #5298, are correct. Remarkable!

#5299. Name the Geological Science term : A dark fine-grained laminated sedimentary rock formed by compression of successive layers of clay-rich sediment.

#5300. Name the term in Minerals :  A soft compact calcite, CaCO3, with varying amounts of silica, quartz, feldspar, or other mineral impurities, generally gray-white or yellow-white and derived chiefly from fossil seashells.


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#4630 2014-11-28 00:20:59

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4631 2014-11-29 00:07:12

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The solutions are

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The Answer #5300 is correct. Excellent!

#5301. Name the mineral :  A fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.

#5302. Name the mineral  : Hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone. Sandstone is converted into it through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts. The  pure mineral  is usually white to grey, though they often occur in various shades of pink and red due to varying amounts of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Other colors, such as yellow, green, blue and orange, are due to other mineral impurities.


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.

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#4632 2014-11-29 00:39:47

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4633 2014-11-29 16:32:40

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The Answer #5302 is correct. Good work!

#5303. Name the full name of the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948). Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, he led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

5304. Name the full name of the British politician and Nobel laureate who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955 ((30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965).


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#4634 2014-11-29 21:19:53

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Re: General Quiz

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4635 2014-11-30 17:38:45

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Both the Answers are about two-third correct. Excellent!

#5305. Name the nation in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of riverbed (essentially the Zambia/Botswana border) separates them at their closest points. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990. It is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

5306. Name the nation  Nordic country between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. It is one of the most sparsely populated country in Europe. The surrounding areas in the southwest of the country are home to two-thirds of the population. It is volcanically and geologically active. The interior consists mainly of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. It is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle.


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.

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#4636 2014-11-30 20:32:53

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4637 2014-12-01 23:46:38

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The Answers #5305 and #5306 are correct. Excellent!

#5307. Name the  Baltic states (also known as the Baltics, Baltic nations or Baltic countries).

#5308. Name the countries which comprise the Indian subcontinent (the subcontinent is the English term that denotes the southern region of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean. Definitions of the extent of the Indian subcontinent differ but it usually includes these nations.)


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.

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#4638 2014-12-02 19:07:37

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#5309. Name the Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology (February 5, 1870 – May 28, 1937). His emphasis on the importance of feelings of inferiority—the inferiority complex—is recognized as isolating an element which plays a key role in personality development. He considered human beings as an individual whole, therefore he called his psychology "Individual Psychology" (Orgler 1976).

#5310. Name the Muslim scholar and polymath from the Khwarezm region (4/5 September 973 – 13 December 1048). He is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist.


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.

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#4639 2014-12-02 23:22:28

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4640 2014-12-03 00:03:50

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Hi bobbym,

1)The Answers #5307 and #5308 have not been given.

2) #5309 and #5310 : Alfred Adler and Abū al-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Bīrūnī known as Alberonius in Latin and Al-Biruni in English. The Answer #5309 is correct. Brilliant!

#5311. Name the Portuguese general, and a "great conqueror", a statesman, and empire builder. He advanced the three-fold Portuguese grand scheme of combating Islam, spreading Christianity and securing the trade of spices and the establishment of a Portuguese Asian empire. Among his achievements, he was the first European to enter the Persian Gulf and led the first voyage by a European fleet into the Red Sea. His military and administrative works are generally regarded as among the most vital to building and securing the Portuguese Empire in the Orient, the Middle East, and the spice routes of the Eastern Oceania.

#5312. Name the  Palestinian leader (24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004). He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. He spent much of his life committed to acts of terror against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination. Originally opposed to Israel's existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242.


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.

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#4641 2014-12-03 00:21:23

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4642 2014-12-03 01:25:22

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Hi bobbym,

The Answer(s) #5307 is/are correct. Excellent!

Good work!

The Answer #5312 is correct. Good work!

#5313. Who is the author of 'A House Divided'? A House Divided (1935) is the sequel to the 1932 novel Sons, and the third book in The House of Earth trilogy, all written by Nobel Prize winner. It centers on the third generation of Wang Lung's family, focusing particularly on his grandson Wang Yuan.

#5314. Who is the author of 'a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'? A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of an Irish. A Künstlerroman in a modernist style, it traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego and an allusion to Daedalus, the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology.


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.

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#4643 2014-12-03 02:35:44

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#5315. Who said 'To interrupt your Lordship, at a time like this, with such petty difficulties, is improper and unseasonable; but your knowledge of the world has long since taught you, that every man’s affairs, however little, are important to himself. Every man hopes that he shall escape neglect; and, with reason, may every man, whose vices do not preclude his claim, expect favour from that beneficence which has been extended to…'?

#5316. Who said 'It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war'?.


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.

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#4644 2014-12-03 03:14:36

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;



In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4645 2014-12-03 15:21:01

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Re: General Quiz

Hi bobbym,

1) The Answers #5313 and #5314 have not been replied.

2) The

. The Answer #5316 is correct. Excellent!

#5317 and #5318. Name the famous characters and their creators : Adam and Alice.


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.

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#4646 2014-12-04 00:10:03

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4647 2014-12-04 00:57:10

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Hi bobbym,

The Answers #5313 and #5314 are correct. Brilliant!

#5319. Name the term in taxanomy : A family of flowering plants also called the Maple Family. They contain two to four genera, depending upon the circumscription, of some 120 species of trees and shrubs. A common characteristic is that the leaves are opposite, and the fruit a schizocarp.

#5320. Name the botanical term :  In plants, it is the "union of unlike parts; organically united or fused with another dissimilar part, e.g. an ovary to a calyx tube, or stamens to petals". This is in contrast to connation, the fusion of similar organs.


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.

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#4648 2014-12-04 00:59:17

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4649 2014-12-04 02:44:22

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Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5320 is correct. Excellent!

#5321. Name the instrument : An extremely accurate clock or other timepiece. They are used in scientific experiments, navigation, and astronomical observations. It was the invention of it capable of being used aboard ship, in 1762, that allowed navigators for the first time to accurately determine their longitude at sea.

#5322. Name the instrument : Any of various instruments used to determine or specify colors, as by comparison with spectroscopic or visual standards.
An instrument that measures the concentration of a known constituent of a solution by comparison with colors of standard solutions of that constituent.


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.

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#4650 2014-12-04 03:08:59

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Re: General Quiz

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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