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| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 20 01:49AM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > 0. In direct continuation of RQ #168 (Sounds better in French), what > is the name of the region that stretches over several states, and which > has the highest population density in North Carolina? Piedmont > 1. What popular beverage origins from New Bern, NC? Pepsi ?? > 2. How many machine-powered flights were conducted on 1903-12-17? 3 > 3. What is the southeasternmost point of the US? Key Largo > in the US. Despite this, according to them, quite a few of US > Presidents have been of Huguenot descent. Which is the most recent > one? Carter > 6. In <answer 4> a law or regulation was enacted in 1856 to prohibit > buying and selling in the streets of what? slaves > 7. In what country do you find the cities of Usa and Obama? Japan > 8. The historic centre of Savannah is dotted with lush and relaxing > squares. The first and the largest square is named after whom? George I > of two of the members in Allman Brothers Band. In which city did > these accidents occur? > 10. In which metropolitan area are you if you are riding the MARTA? Atlanta > 11. What is John S. Pemberton's claim to fame? Invented Coca-Cola > 12. The tomb of which Nobel laurate reads "Free at last"? > 13. Which was the only of the Confederate states to hold a referendum > on secession from the Union? Virginia > 14. Name any of the three persons depitcted on the engraving on > Stone Mountain. Jefferson Davis > 15. Where would you find the places with the illustrious names > Pumpkintown and Traveler's Rest? I need not only the state name, > but some direction of where in the state. western Georgia > want as much as possible stay on the same road all the time, > which road would drive along? > 18. In which city do you find the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Bristol TN -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 19 08:07PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > * The Science of Sport > 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a > golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property? drag > 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from? slate > 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three > or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains, > and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype? H5N1 > 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion > of what type of cells? T-cells > 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction? make multiple copies of DNA so as to enable identification of them > 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately > 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents > eventually split away? Laurasia > 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from > <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago. Gondwanaland > 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was > Panthalassa? the world sea > glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of > liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner, > which led to the invention of what product? rayon > vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it > improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough > drug was this? Viagra > 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike > and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His > examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention? Velcro > when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically, > it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex > isomerization and polymerisation steps. caramelization -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Feb 19 04:45PM -0800 On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 4:02:51 PM UTC-5, björn lundin wrote: > On 2015-02-16 18:22, Björn Lundin wrote: ... > -- > -- > Björn june 2nd swp |
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