31 Dec, 2015: Day 21

Question 1:
Which virtue do Socrates and Thrasymachus try to define in Book I of The Republic? Answer: justice.

Socrates's main argument with throughout this section of The Republic is on virtue and shortcomings of justice. This is not as hard as it seems. It just requires a little bit of reading and patients. Plug into the search field Socrates Thrasymachus virtue Republic for the answer. Read carefully through the search results.

Question 2:
What explosion in the upper solar atmosphere releases about as much energy as millions of 100-megaton hydrogen bombs exploding simultaneously? Answer: Solar flares.

Please see Day 12 for the explanation.

Question 3:
What does the name given to the Aldabra giant tortoise, considered one of the longest-living animals on record at the time of his death, mean in English? Answer: One and Only.

Please see Day 11 for the explanation.

22 Dec, 2015: Day 12

Question 1:
What tactics did Germany use in France, forcing a desperate British withdrawal at Dunkirk? Answer: blitzkrieg.

Most people heard of blitzkrieg in relation to the early days of World War 2, but not knowing it was part of the shock and awe inflicted on the British that lead to the evacuation at Dunkirk. Insert Dunkirk German tactics into the search field. It's not visable on the first page of results, but it's there.

Question 2:
What new malware hacked 45,000 Facebook accounts early in January 2012? Answer: Ramnit.

Search for malware hacked Facebook January 2012. You will see in the first page of search results the name of the computer worm.

Question 3:
What explosion in the upper solar atmosphere releases about as much energy as millions of 100-megaton hydrogen bombs exploding simultaneously? Answer: Solar flares.

Type explosion upper solar atmosphere into the search field. A number of results on the first page name solar flares.