Saturday, January 23, 2016

23 Jan, 2016: Day 39

Question 1:
What was the maximum weight (kg) in the men’s middleweight class for the 2012 Olympic Games? Answer: 84.


I had to guess on this question. Personally I believe this is an incorrect answer. Let's first try to find an answer using a search query: max weight limit men’s middleweight class Olympics. This leads into search results dominated by the Wikipedia. At the top is an article about boxing at the Summer Olympics. We find out that boxing's governing body is the AIBA, International Boxing Association. Under the AIBA Technical Rules the men’s middleweight class is between 69 and 75 kilograms. Anything over 75 kilograms with the contestant into the next weight class (light heavyweight). Looking at the Summer Olympics boxing page at Wikipedia prior to the start of the Olympics it read basically the same.

Question 2:
A Nagoya University study found that birds start singing in the spring when the days are what? Answer: longer.


Use in the search field: Nagoya University study birds singing spring. Apparently attracting a mate using this technique is a secondary purpose.

Question 3:
What group of islands in the Pacific are part of the same volcanic zone and was named from the Greek words meaning "small" and "island"? Answer: Micronesia.


what I did not know what time a Pacific islands had Greek names. You would think that I would know that Polynesians, like Indians(both in India and in the Western Hemisphere) did not come up with their own designation but was "gifted" it. A roadmap to the answer is as follows: islands in pacific greek. If you ever go there please let me know what do they call themselves. I could look it up in Google, but is so nice to hear from potential investigators. (^_^;

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