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#6751 2019-08-07 15:33:14

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#7307. Blood pressure is one of the vital signs, along with respiratory rate, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and body temperature abbreviated 120/80. What are the units?

#7308. The international standard way of measuring blood glucose levels is in terms of a molar concentration, measured in mmol/L (millimoles per litre; or millimolar, abbreviated mM). In the United States, Germany and other countries, how is mass concentration is measured (units)?


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#6752 2019-08-11 01:01:20

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#7309. When and where did 'Battle of Marathon' take place?

#7310.When and where did the 'Battle of Hastings' take place?


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#6753 2019-08-13 00:22:57

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#7311. When and where did the 'Battle of Crécy' take place?

#7312. When and where is the 'Battle of Agincourt' take place?


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#6754 2019-08-15 00:34:41

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#7313. When and where was the 'Seven Years' War' fought?

#7314. When and where was the 'War of 1812' fought?


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#6755 2019-08-16 23:59:26

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#7315. When did the 'World War I' last?

#7316. When did the 'World War II' last?


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#6756 2019-08-19 00:16:07

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#7317. When was the 'First Boer War' and 'Second Boer War' fought?

#7318. When was the 'Russo-Japanese War' fought?


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#6757 2019-08-21 00:20:40

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#7319. When did the 'Sino-Japanese War' take place?

#7320. When did the 'Spanish Civil War' take place?


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#6758 2019-08-24 01:00:40

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#7321. What did Thomas Savery invent?

#7322. What did Seymour Roger Cray invent?


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#6759 2019-08-26 00:22:17

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#7323. Name the discontinued image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website, originally created by a company named Lifescape (which at that time was incubated by Idealab) in 2002.

#7324. Name the American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley. Cisco develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, it specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management.


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#6760 2019-08-28 03:26:37

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#7325. Name the National flag often referred to as "Pabellón Nacional" (literally, "National Flag") or "Azul y Blanco" ("Blue and White") features two colors: Sky blue and white. The two Sky blue stripes represent the fact that the nation is a land located between two oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean sea); and the sky over the country.

#7326. Name the National flag since 1959, a year prior to its formal independence from France. It uses the national colors of orange, white and green, in equal horizontal bands, with an orange roundel in the center.


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#6761 2019-08-30 00:58:42

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#7327. For what is 'Lasker Award' given?

#7328. For what is 'Ig Nobel Prize' given?


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#6762 2019-09-01 00:24:41

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#7329. What is  is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"?

#7330. Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. What is it known for?


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#6763 2019-09-02 23:18:21

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#7331. Name the global city, a financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy due to the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross. It hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.

#7332. Name the city which has more than one hundred kilometers of grachten (canals), about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals (Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht), dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010, contributing to its fame as the "Venice of the North".


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#6764 2019-09-04 00:09:19

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#7333. Name the American professional tennis player who won three Grand Slam titles (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993).

He was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980. He was ranked World No. 1 by Harry Hopman in 1968 and by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and World Tennis Magazine in 1975. In the ATP computer rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in May 1976.

#7334. Name the island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago. It was first discovered by Europeans and named by the Portuguese, settled by the French in the 1790s and transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars. It was one of the "Dependencies" of the British Colony of Mauritius until the Chagos Islands were detached for inclusion in the newly created British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) in 1965.


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#6765 2019-09-06 00:21:15

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#7335. Where are the ' Marieta Islands'?

#7336. What is the present name of ' Pleasant Island'?


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#6766 2019-09-08 00:04:46

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#7337. Name the Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. With a population of about 475,000 over an area of 316 square kilometers (122 sq mi), it is the world's tenth smallest and fifth most densely populated country.

#7338. Name the part of the Republic of Ecuador, which are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, 906 km (563 mi) west of continental Ecuador. The islands are known for their large number of endemic species and were studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection.


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#6767 2019-09-10 01:14:38

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#7339. What is 'Scoville scale' regarding?

#7340. What is 'Mole Day'?


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#6768 2019-09-12 00:42:02

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#7341. What is the unit Katal in International System of Units (SI)?

#7342. What is 'Wheaton'?


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#6769 2019-09-16 00:29:47

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#7343. What does the unit 'Siriometer' signify?

#7344. What is a 'Metric foot'?


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#6770 2019-09-18 00:01:23

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#7345. What is 'Bohr radius'?

#7346. What is 'Chi (unit)'?


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#6771 2019-09-20 00:25:54

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#7347. In which field is Shunpei Yamazaki popular?

#7348. In which field is Kia Silverbrook popular?


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#6772 2019-09-22 01:08:27

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#7349. Name the Swiss chocolate bar brand currently owned by US confectionery company Mondelēz International, Inc., which was formerly Kraft Foods, the company that acquired the product from former owner Jacobs Suchard in 1990. It is produced in the capital city of Switzerland, Bern, and the bear symbol of the city is still visible in the logo.

#7350. Name the social media web and mobile application company. It operates a software system designed to enable saving and discovery of information on the World Wide Web using images and, on a smaller scale, GIFs and videos. The site was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp. It has reached 300 million monthly active users as of August 2019.


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#6773 2019-09-26 02:52:55

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#7351. Algiers is the capital of which country?

#7352. Khartoum or Khartum is the capital and largest city of which country?


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#6774 2019-10-01 17:28:21

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#7353. William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name. Name it.

#7354. Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name. Name it.


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#6775 2019-10-04 00:18:07

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#7355. What is 'Pulitzer Prize' awarded for?

#7356. What is 'Hyatt Hotels Corporation' known for?


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