General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-14 18:53:06

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5348 is correct. Excellent!

#5349. Name the was an American inventor known for designing the first ballpoint pen (November 2, 1844 – August 10, 1916). Trained as a lawyer at Harvard College, he worked at the Union National Bank in Weymouth, Massachusetts as a cashier. He was also active in his community as a member of his church, a trustee of many local organizations, and as a member of local historical societies. He invented and obtained a patent for what is considered to be the first ballpoint pen in 1888; however his invention was not commercialized and the patent would eventually lapse. The modern ballpoint pen would be patented later in 1938, 22 years following his death.

#5350. Name the inventor who is generally credited with the invention of bifocals (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790). Historians have produced some evidence to suggest that others may have preceded him in the invention; however, a correspondence between George Whatley and John Fenno, editor of The Gazette of the United States, suggested that he had indeed invented bifocals, and perhaps 50 years earlier than had been originally thought.
He was a renowned polymath, a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

bobbym · 2014-12-15 00:18:05

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-16 00:55:20

Hi bobbym,

The Answer

is correct. Excellent!

#5351. Name the American businessman who is credited with commercializing the electromagnetic burglar alarm and with establishing the first burglar alarm networks. (April 25, 1820 – 1901).

#5352. Name the German chemist (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835); he received an MD degree from the University of Göttingen in 1800, studying under Johann Friedrich Gmelin and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin. He was then a professor at the university, and also served as an inspector of apothecaries. While studying compounds of zinc, he discovered the element cadmium in 1817; cadmium is a common impurity of zinc compounds, though often found only in minute quantities. He was also the first to recommend starch as a reagent for free iodine and he studied chemistry of arsine and bismuthate salts.

bobbym · 2014-12-16 00:59:17

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-17 00:51:36

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5352 is correct. Magnificent!

#5353. What was invented by by an Italian, Luigi De Cristoforis, in 1876? (It was developed by Enrico Bernardi at the University of Padua in 1882).

#5354. What inverntion/discovery was made in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who supposed it to be an oxide of a new element? In 1809, chemists suggested that the gas might be a pure element, and this was confirmed by Sir Humphry Davy in 1810.

bobbym · 2014-12-17 14:35:43

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-17 23:03:30

Hi bobbym,

The Answer

is perfect. Marvelous!

#5355. Name the inventor (3 April 1693– 24 March 1776) who was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker. He invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought after device for solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long-distance sea travel in the Age of Sail.

#5356. When did Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean, who were the first filmmakers in history invent the cinema? They patented the cinematograph, which in contrast to Edison's "peepshow" kinetoscope allowed simultaneous viewing by multiple parties. Their first film, Sortie de l'usine Lumière de Lyon, is considered the first true motion picture.

bobbym · 2014-12-18 04:16:30

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-19 00:36:50

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5355 is correct. Excellent!

#5357. Name the English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering, aerodynamics and co-invented the topic of operations research (23 October 1868 – 8 March 1946). He was also a pioneer British motor car builder, a hobby which resulted in his developing a successful car company, and is considered one of the "big three" English car engineers, the others being Harry Ricardo and Henry Royce.

#5358. Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (February 18, 1745 – March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist known for invention of the electric cell and Discovery of methane. Name the medal he was awarded in 1794.

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-21 03:01:57

Hi bobbym,

#5359. What did Zénobe Théophile Gramme, a Belgian electrical engineer invent?

#5360. Name the inventor (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943), a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

bobbym · 2014-12-21 05:22:07

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-22 00:39:16

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5360 is correct. Excellent, bobbym!

#5361. Name the English scientist (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include those of electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

#5362. Name the English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets, and invented the first practical English electric motor (22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850). He is known for electromagnet and electro motor.

bobbym · 2014-12-22 01:21:06

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-23 00:31:57

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5361 (Michael Faraday) is correct. Excellent!

#5363. Name the American inventor (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) with over 180 patents to his credit. In 1906, he invented the Audion, the first triode vacuum tube and the first electrical device which could amplify a weak electrical signal and make it stronger. The Audion, and vacuum tubes developed from it, founded the field of electronics and dominated it for forty years, making radio broadcasting, television, and long-distance telephone service possible, among many other applications. For this reason, he has been called one of the fathers of the "electronic age". He is also credited with one of the principal inventions that brought sound to motion pictures.

#5364. Name the 1926 American romantic adventure/drama film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length film with synchronized Vitaphone sound effects and musical soundtrack, though it has no spoken dialogue. The film is inspired Lord Byron's 1821 epic poem of the same name. The screenplay was written by Bess Meredyth with intertitles by Maude Fulton and Walter Anthony. The film premiered in New York City at the Warners' Theater on August 6, 1926. The film was critically acclaimed upon release, as well as a box-office success. It was produced at a cost of $789,963, the largest budget of any Warner Bros. film up to that point. The soundtrack for the film was performed by the New York Philharmonic.

bobbym · 2014-12-23 07:56:21

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-24 00:36:00

Hi bobbym,

Both the Answers, #5363 and #5364, are correct. Fabulous!

#5365. Who said 'The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.'?

#5366. Who said ''Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know'?

bobbym · 2014-12-24 07:02:15

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-24 22:52:47

Hi bobbym,

The Answer

is perfect! Excellent!

#5367. Name the English novelist (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) who wrote 'Sense and Sensibility' (1811), 'Mansfield Park' (1814), 'Northanger Abbey' (1818, posthumous), 'Persuasion' (1818, posthumous).

#5368. Name the Irish statesman (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) who wrote : Vindication of Natural Society (1756), A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1756), An Account of the European Settlement in America (1757), The Abridgement of the History of England (1757), Annual Register editor for some 30 years (1758), Tracts on the Popery Laws (Early 1760's), On the Present State of the Nation (1769). Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770), American Taxation (1774), Conciliation with the Colonies (1775), A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (1777), and Reform of the Representation in the House of Commons (1782).

bobbym · 2014-12-25 06:19:50

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-25 23:04:14

Hi bobbym,

The Answers :-

and .

The Answer #5368 is correct. Excellent!

#5369. Name the English poet (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834), literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote the poems 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan', as well as the major prose work 'Biographia Literaria'. His critical work, especially on Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. He coined many familiar words and phrases, including the celebrated suspension of disbelief.

#5370. Name the Jewish-American journalist (29 February 1896 – 15 January 1970) who wrote Oil Imperialism: The International Struggle for Petroleum (1926), The Soviets in World Affairs (1930), The War in Spain (1937), Men and Politics (autobiography) (1941), Gandhi & Stalin (1947), The God that Failed (contribution) (1949), The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), Stalin (1952), The Essential Gandhi (editor) (1962), The Life of Lenin (1964), and Russia's Road from Peace to War (1969).

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-27 01:49:27

Hi bobbym,

#5371. Name the world's largest airport in terms of land area located 20 kilometers (12 mi) northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

#5372. Name the Airport located at 4,411 m (14,472 ft) above sea level, it is the world's highest civilian airport, surpassing the previous record holder Qamdo Bamda Airport, in Tibet, at 4,334 m (14,219 ft).

bobbym · 2014-12-27 02:40:25

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-29 00:48:30

Hi bobbym,

#5373. Name the Airport located seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998, and by number of landings and take-offs since 2005. It held its ranking as the world's busiest airport in 2012, both in passengers and number of flights, by accommodating 95 million passengers (more than 260,000 passengers daily) and 950,119 flights. Many of the nearly one million flights are domestic flights from within the United States, where Atlanta serves as a major hub for travel throughout the Southeastern United States. The airport has 207 domestic and international gates.

#5374. Name the full name of the Canal : Until 1948, it was a 98-kilometre (61 mi) long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. An average of 250 nautical miles (460 km) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula. This not only saves time but also avoids potentially dangerous storm-prone seas.

bobbym · 2014-12-29 01:50:13

Hi;

Jai Ganesh · 2014-12-30 00:38:50

Hi bobbym,

The Answer #5373 is correct. Excellent!

#5375. Name the hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The name was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. In the Guaraní language, it means "the sounding stone". The dam is the largest operating hydroelectric facility in terms of annual energy generation, generating 98.3 TWh in 2012 and 98.6 TWh in 2013, while the annual energy generation of the Three Gorges Dam was 98.1 TWh in 2012 and 83.7 TWh in 2013.

#5376. Name the United States National Cemetery located in eastern Long Island, the hamlet of Wading River, the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York. It encompasses 1,045 acres (423 ha) and as of the end of 2008 had 212,000 interments. It has the largest area of any national cemetery in the United States, and the busiest (in terms of daily burials) conducting more than 7,000 burials each year as of 2011.

Math Is Fun Forum

#4676 2014-12-14 18:53:06

Re: General Quiz

#4677 2014-12-15 00:18:05

Re: General Quiz

#4678 2014-12-16 00:55:20

Re: General Quiz

#4679 2014-12-16 00:59:17

Re: General Quiz

#4680 2014-12-17 00:51:36

Re: General Quiz

#4681 2014-12-17 14:35:43

Re: General Quiz

#4682 2014-12-17 23:03:30

Re: General Quiz

#4683 2014-12-18 04:16:30

Re: General Quiz

#4684 2014-12-19 00:36:50

Re: General Quiz

#4685 2014-12-21 03:01:57

Re: General Quiz

#4686 2014-12-21 05:22:07

Re: General Quiz

#4687 2014-12-22 00:39:16

Re: General Quiz

#4688 2014-12-22 01:21:06

Re: General Quiz

#4689 2014-12-23 00:31:57

Re: General Quiz

#4690 2014-12-23 07:56:21

Re: General Quiz

#4691 2014-12-24 00:36:00

Re: General Quiz

#4692 2014-12-24 07:02:15

Re: General Quiz

#4693 2014-12-24 22:52:47

Re: General Quiz

#4694 2014-12-25 06:19:50

Re: General Quiz

#4695 2014-12-25 23:04:14

Re: General Quiz

#4696 2014-12-27 01:49:27

Re: General Quiz

#4697 2014-12-27 02:40:25

Re: General Quiz

#4698 2014-12-29 00:48:30

Re: General Quiz

#4699 2014-12-29 01:50:13

Re: General Quiz

#4700 2014-12-30 00:38:50

Re: General Quiz

Board footer