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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:00 pm

Q1. Who was the author of the famous poem 'After Apple-Picking'? ROBERT FROST
Q2. What was the title of the first pilot of the original Star Trek series? THE CAGE
Q3. What was said to have begun in Wilmer McLean's back yard and ended in his front parlor? THE U.S. CIVIL WAR
Q4. Complete this Walt Whitman quote: 'Come lovely and soothing _____.' DEATH
Q5. Do sea fish drink water? Why or why not? YES, TO BALANCE THE SALT CONCENTRATION
Q6. As used in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', the term 'fishmonger' most closely means what? PIMP
Q7. In Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams and was transformed into what? A DUNG BEETLE
Q8. In C++, a typical link list requires all of the following EXCEPT what?
A) strings B) structs C) pointers D) classes A) STRINGS
Q9. Carnegie Mellon University was created, in its present form, when Carnegie Tech and the Mellon Institute merged in what year? 1967
Q10. Which country started the construction of the Panama Canal? FRANCE
Q11. What is the name of the formula used to bind the terms involved in estimating the number of technological civilizations that may exist in our galaxy? THE DRAKE EQUATION
Q12. The battle of Gettysburg was fought partly because of what? SHOES
Q13. What is the seventh term in the series: 2,5,11,17,23...? 41
Q14. Complete this quote from Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943: 'I think there is a world market for maybe _______ computers.' 5
Q15. List the last names of the United States Presidents who served from the start of WWII to the conclusion of America's involvement in Vietnam in alphabetical order EISENHOWER, FORD, JOHNSON, KENNEDY, NIXON, ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN.
Q16. Which writer removed her husband's heart, wrapping it in silk, and took it everywhere she went, until she died? SHELLEY
Q17. Which King built the Palace of Nymphenburg? WITTELSBACH
Q18. Which Greek deity did Alexander the Great enjoy dressing as while he rode his chariot? ARTEMIS
Q19. Why did Genghis Khan kill his brother? ARGUEMENT OVER FISH
Q20. What kind of sandwiches did Henry Ford devour weekly? WEED :shock:
Q21. The CIA has spent millions training otters to carry bombs. What other animals did they train to carry and plant bombs? CATS
Q22. Udmalbet is a darkly-striped vegetable from India. What type of veggie is it? EGG PLANT
Q23. Which artist created the 'Retinue of Bacchus'? PIRANESI
Q24. What type of instrument is a forfex? SCISSOR
Q25. Which sociologist coined the term 'invidious consumption'? VEBLEN
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby Mr66 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:16 pm

Q19/ He was a Port fan.
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:19 pm

Mr66 wrote:Q19/ He was a Port fan.


SO CLOSE :wink: BUT INCORRECT :lol:
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby Mr66 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:24 pm

Q14/ 5
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby JAS » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:27 pm

Howdy Mags and gang

Q2 :oops: The Cage
Q10 France
Q21 I would guess dogs and if you include mines then dolphins as well.

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:46 pm

Mr66 wrote:Q14/ 5

CORRECT
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:47 pm

JAS wrote:Howdy Mags and gang

Q2 :oops: The Cage
Q10 France
Q21 I would guess dogs and if you include mines then dolphins as well..........INCORRECT

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G'DAY JAS...........ALL OTHERS CORRECT :lol:
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby Pseudo » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:22 pm

7 A giant cockroach. Boring book, BTW.

8 A: strings. Don't necessarily need both of a class and a struct either, since they are basically the same thing, only their default visibility rules differ.

13 41. Sequence is 2,5,11,17,23, 31, 41, 43, 47, 59, etc.
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby Mr66 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:46 pm

9/ 1967
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:52 pm

Pseudo wrote:7 A giant cockroach. Boring book, BTW.......CLOSE ENOUGH

8 A: strings. Don't necessarily need both of a class and a struct either, since they are basically the same thing, only their default visibility rules differ.

13 41. Sequence is 2,5,11,17,23, 31, 41, 43, 47, 59, etc.


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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:52 pm

Mr66 wrote:9/ 1967

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby Leaping Lindner » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:31 pm

(19) -
Eisenhower
Ford (technically the US was still involved until 1975)
Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
Rosevelt
Truman
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:36 pm

Leaping Lindner wrote:(19) -
Eisenhower
Ford (technically the US was still involved until 1975)
Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
Rosevelt
Truman

CORRECT TECHINCALLY :wink:
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby Interceptor » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:33 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:Q11. What is the name of the formula used to bind the terms involved in estimating the number of technological civilizations that may exist in our galaxy? The Drake Equation
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby brod » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:56 pm

24. Hair cutting products - clippers
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby Pseudo » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:17 am

magpie in the 80's wrote:Q7. In Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams and was transformed into what? A DUNG BEETLE


No kidding? I must have read an odd translation :lol:
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby locky801 » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:28 am

A1 Robert Fross

A3 American Civil War
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby locky801 » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:18 pm

A16 Shelley

A20 Weed

A21 Cats (mmm very strange)

A22 Eggplant

A25 Veblen
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:32 pm

Interceptor wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:Q11. What is the name of the formula used to bind the terms involved in estimating the number of technological civilizations that may exist in our galaxy? The Drake Equation


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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:32 pm

brod wrote:24. Hair cutting products - clippers


close enough........scissors
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