Tuesday 1 October 2013
Friday 9 August 2013
Saturday 20 July 2013
World's Easiest Quiz!
(Passing requires only 3 correct answers …out of 10!)!!
1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last ?2) Which country makes Panama hats ?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut ?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution ?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of ?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal ?
7) What was King George VI's first name ?
8) What color is a purple finch ?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from ?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane ?
ANSWERS
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last ? 116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats ? Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut ? Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution ? November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of ? Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal ? Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name ? Albert
8) What color is a purple finch ? Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from ? New Zealand
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane ? Orange(of course!)
Thursday 4 July 2013
Some More 4th of July Facts
The 4th of July was not declared a national holiday until 1941.- When the United States became a country in 1776, there were approximately 2.5 million people living in the country. This Fourth of July 2013, the population is around 313.2 million.
- The youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence was 26-year-old Edward Rutledge. The oldest signer was Benjamin Franklin. He was 70. Most of the signers were in their 30s and 40s.
- The American flag was adopted on June 14, 1777.
The 4th of July Quiz
Which three presidents died on the Fourth of July?John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. Adams, the second president, and Jefferson, the third president, both died on the same day in 1836.
What other presidents were near misses?
On July 4, 1850, President Zachary Taylor attended ceremonies for the Washington Memorial and returned to the White House for a bowl of cherries and milk. He became sick to his stomach that night and died five days later. On July 2, 1881, President James Garfield was shot. He died several months later.
How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th?
Two
When was the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence?
July 8, 1776. Actually, the Liberty Bell rang out from Independence Hall to summon the crowd.
On what date did most of the signers actually sign the doc?
August 2, 1776
Who was the oldest signatory?
Ben Franklin. He was 70.
Who was the youngest?
Edward Rutledge. 26 years old. He owned 50 slaves. Later became governor of South Carolina.
Which state had the most delegates sign?
Pennsylvania. There were nine.
Who was the last signatory of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas McKean, January, 1777. He was at one time the president of the continental congress, later became a governor of Pa.
When did Abraham Lincoln give his 1863, July fourth address?
On July 7, 1863. On July 4, citizens in Washington were celebrating what appeared to be a victory at Gettysburg and wanted Lincoln to give a speech but he would only issue a short proclamation. He was waiting to get a complete report and for further news out west, where General Grant was laying siege to Vicksburg. He later found out that Vicksburg had fallen on July 4th. Lincoln gave his speech three days late.
What other countries celebrate the 4th of July?
Denmark, Norway, Sweden and England.
In what year did July 4 become a paid legal federal holiday?
It became an unpaid federal holiday in 1870. And a lot of trivia sites say that it became a paid holiday in 1941 but it was actually passed by congress in 1938.
How did Nathan’s, Fourth of July, Hot Dog contest begin?
It started out as a dispute among four immigrants over who was the most patriotic. And so, that explains why this country is overweight. We are patriotic?
What American President was famous for playing golf every Fourth of July?
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
What modern First Lady wore a bejeweled American Flag in her lapel on every Fourth of July? Pat Nixon, Jackie Kennedy, Hillary Clinton or Betty Ford?Jackie Kennedy. And the jewelry actually sells on e-bay.
What pitcher threw a no hitter on the fourth of July?
(Dave Righetti of the NY Yankees in 1983. But perhaps the wildest game ever played happened on July 4 between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets. It went 19 innings and ended close to 4 AM. Mets won 16-13.)
Interesting Facts About 4th of July!
Fireworks are largely imported. According to the United States Census in 2011, Americans purchased $223.6 million of this product from China. The second highest import associated with this holiday is flags.
- Do you want to know more about the American flag? Visit iTunes. They created a special app to commemorate this special piece of cloth.
- Potatoes are BIG on the 4th of July. Celebrants crave potato salad and potato chips. Why? The saltiness is an attraction; this root vegetable also boosts the eater's mood.
- Citizens of Uncle Sam are extremely patriotic. Names for U.S. cities-townships express their zeal for the country. Several places have the word eagle, independence, and liberty in their titles.
- The split from British governing was challenging for American immigrants. Fortunately, this event didn't lead to a permanent fracture. In relationship. Trade between both countries is over $100 billion annually.
- The 4th of July became a national holiday in 1941. During the same year, the PGA establishes the Golf Hall of Fame. In addition, General Mills launches a new product: Cheerios.
- Since it's Independence, America's populations have grown by 150%. Millions of people populate each crevice of space making the creation of affordable living conditions a must. This truth is a reality despite fluctuations in the real-estate business.
- President Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4. He had several nicknames: Cautious Cal, Silent Cal, Cool Cal and The Sphinx of the Potomac. His term lasted almost six years.
Saturday 29 June 2013
Saturday 22 June 2013
10 Things You Never Knew About Chocolate
10. The Aztecs drunk it
Chocolate was originally a cold drink whisked from cocoa beans by the Aztecs – and women were not allowed to drink it.
9. It was more valuable than gold
When Cortes conquered the Aztecs in 1520, he found that cocoa beans were prized higher than gold.
8. It was named in the 17th century
The word ‘chocolate’ was first recorded in English use in 1604.
7. It helped found the British Museum
The British Museum owes its very existence to chocolate. It was based on the personal collection of Hans Soane, who invented milk chocolate.
6. Chocolate bar an English invention
The bar of chocolate was invented by JS Fry and Sons of Bristol in 1847.
5. Expensive egg
Last year’s most expensive chocolate egg was encrusted with more than 100 diamonds and made for La Maison du Chocolat with a £50,000 prize tag.
4. Royal approval
On New Year’s Day 1900, Queen Victoria sent 100,000 boxes of chocolates as a personal gift to soldiers fighting in the Boer War.
3. Brits can’t get enough of it
The average person living in the UK – man, woman or child – spends over £1 a week on chocolate.
2. The King loved it!
The last food Elvis Presley ate comprised four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies.
1. Egg-cellent selection
Woolworths is this year selling 170 varieties of chocolate Easter egg.
Thursday 13 June 2013
Sunday 9 June 2013
Friday 31 May 2013
Sunday 12 May 2013
Friday 10 May 2013
Friday 3 May 2013
Wednesday 1 May 2013
Sunday 28 April 2013
Sunday 21 April 2013
Sunday 14 April 2013
Saturday 13 April 2013
Thursday 11 April 2013
Tuesday 9 April 2013
Monday 8 April 2013
Ten Best MBA Excuses When Caught Napping
1. They told me at the blood bank this might happen.
2. This is just a 15-minute power nap like they raved about in my MBA course.
3. I was working smarter, not harder.
4. I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!
5. This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!
6. I'm actually doing a Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan.
7. This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work!
8. The coffee machine is broken...
9. The mailman flipped out and pulled a gun so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot.
10. Damn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our strategic dilemma.
Love Letter by Maths Teacher!
My Dear Sweet Heart,
Yesterday, I was passing by your rectangular house in trigonometric lane. There I saw you with our cute circular face, conical nose and spherical eyes, standing in your triangular garden. Before seeing you my heart was a null set, but when a vector of magnitude (likeness) from your eyes at a deviation of theta radians made a tangent to my heart, it differentiated.
My love for you is a quadratic equation with real roots, which only you can solve by making good binary relation with me. The cosine of my love for you extends to infinity.
I promise that I should not resolve you into partial functions but if I do so, You can integrate me by applying the limits from zero to infinity. You are as essential to me as an element to a set. The geometry of my life revolves around your acute personality. My love, if you do not meet me at parabola restaurant on date 10 at sunset, when the sun is making an angle of 160 degrees, my heart would be like a solved polynomial of degree 10.
With love from your higher order derivatives of maxima and minima, of an unknown function.
``Your 1LY``
With love from your higher order derivatives of maxima and minima, of an unknown function.
``Your 1LY``
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