General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-02 11:30:18

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#5181 What are Amicable numbers?

#5182. Which is accepted as the world's second highest waterfall? (though, as per point below, there is a debate that it is possibly the tallest waterfall in the world, rather than the Angel Falls). The total drop in five free-leaping falls is 948 m (3,110 ft). They are located in the Drakensberg (Dragon's Mountains) in the Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa.

bobbym · 2014-07-02 16:03:39

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-02 18:02:09

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The Answer #5181 is correct. Splendid!

#5183. World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. What was the estimated casualty?

#5184. World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history. How many people were directly involved (Estimated)?

bobbym · 2014-07-02 20:07:08

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-02 23:44:27

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Well tried, bobbym!

#5185. Which which years was 'Early Dynastic (Archaic) period' ended in Ancient Egypt (according to French Egyptologist Nicolas Grimal)? This period includes 1st and 2nd Dynasties.

#5186. In which period was 'The earliest well-dated depiction of a wheeled vehicle (here a wagon—four wheels, two axles) is on the Bronocice pot'?

bobbym · 2014-07-03 00:11:27

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-03 01:30:59

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Well done, bobbym!

#5187. Mohenjo-daro is an archeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. In which year was it built around? (it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete.)

#5188. The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis. The earliest among these is the Pyramid of Djoser which was built during the third dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex were designed by the architect Imhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry. In which years BCE were they constructed?

bobbym · 2014-07-03 01:40:45

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-03 14:29:37

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The Answer #5188 is correct. Excellent!

#5189. In which years did the Trojan War took place?

#5190. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about which year?

bobbym · 2014-07-03 15:27:23

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-03 16:16:53

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The Answer #5189 is correct. Remarkable!

#5191. Sumer was an ancient civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age. During which period was it established?

#5192. Democritus was an influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. In which years did he live?

bobbym · 2014-07-03 18:38:16

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-04 00:29:04

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Both the Answers #5191 and #5192 are correct. Marvelous!

#5193. The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period , according to the Mesoamerican chronology, many Maya cities reached their highest state of development during the Classic period, and continued throughout the Post-Classic period until the arrival of the Spanish. In which period did it flourish?

#5194. During which period was compass was invented in China, during the Han Dynasty?

bobbym · 2014-07-04 00:49:11

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-04 01:38:11

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Good work, bobbym! The Answer #5193 is correct!

#5195. The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to OPCW. What does OPCW signify? (for their "extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons".)

#5196. The Nobel Prize (Physics) 2013 was awarded "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider". François Englert and Peter Higgs were the joint Nobel laureates. Which nations did they hail from?

bobbym · 2014-07-04 02:11:30

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-04 11:38:32

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Neat work, bobbym! The Answers #5195 and #5196 are almost correct!

#5197. The Nobel Prize (Physics) award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and widely regarded as the most prestigious award that a scientist can receive in physics. It is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony. On which date is it? (the anniversary of Nobel's death.)

#5198. The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in 1901 to Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, "for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions." Which nation did he hail from?

bobbym · 2014-07-04 14:32:31

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-04 15:03:43

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The Answer #5198 is perfectly right! Good work!

#5199. Name the Swedish chemist (20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) who was considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. He began his career as a physician but his researches in physical chemistry were of lasting significance in the development of the subject. He is especially noted for his determination of atomic weights; his experiments led to a more complete depiction of the principles of stoichiometry, or the field of chemical combining proportions.

#5200. Name the English engineer, inventor, and businessman; (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) his name is chiefly known in connection with the process for the manufacture of steel named after it.

bobbym · 2014-07-04 21:04:07

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-04 23:59:13

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The Answer #5200 is perfect! Excellent!

#5201. Name the Indian nuclear physicist, founding director, and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Colloquially known as "father of Indian nuclear programme", he was the founding director of two well-known research institutions, namely the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment (now named after him); both sites were the cornerstone of Indian development of nuclear weapons which he also supervised as its director.

#5202. Name the Belgian medical doctor and cell biologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. In 1930 he developed the technique of cell fractionation, by which he discovered the agent of the Rous sarcoma, components of cell organelles such as mitochondrion, chloroplast, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, ribosome and lysosome. He was the first to employ electron microscope in the field of biology. In 1945 he published the first detailed structure of cell. His collective works established the complex functional and structural properties of cells.

bobbym · 2014-07-05 00:42:35

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-05 20:43:00

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The Answer #5202 is correct. Excellent!

#5203. What is the Institut de Droit International? ( In 1904 the Institute received the Nobel Peace Prize.)

#5204. What is the Bureau International Permanent de la Paix? (The organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910).

bobbym · 2014-07-05 21:56:12

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-07-06 00:02:38

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The Answer #5203 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#5205. BCS theory is the first microscopic theory of superconductivity since its discovery in 1911. The theory describes superconductivity as a microscopic effect caused by a condensation of Cooper pairs into a boson-like state. The theory is also used in nuclear physics to describe the pairing interaction between nucleons in an atomic nucleus. They received the Nobel prize in physics for this theory in 1972. What do 'BCS' signify? (Clue : 'C' signifies 'Leon N Cooper', American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate.)

#5206. Name the English electrical engineer and physicist (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, the diode, later called the kenotron in 1904. He is also famous for the left hand rule (for electric motors).

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