1. X was a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. Some historians of science have described him as one of the first chemical engineers. His discovery of sodium sulfate in 1625 led to the compound being named after him: "X's salt". He was first to produce concentrated hydrochloric acid in 1625 by combining sulfuric acid and table salt. He was the first to synthesize and isolate antimony trichloride, arsenic trichloride, tin tetrachloride, zinc chloride as well as Ammonium Nitrate (Highly exposive chemical responsible for twin exposion in Beirut, Lebanon 😥). Dess Teutschlands Wohlfahrt (Germany's Prosperity) is one of the 40 books he wrote during his lifetime. Identify X.
Saturday #10
Hey folks! Here's today's set of random questions.
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2. Y is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. Originally launched in 2002, Y was re-launched in 2006, combining the three initial service offerings of Amazon S3 cloud storage, SQS, and EC2. The company is currently headed by its CEO and founder Andy Jassy. Recently Indian Telecommunication giant Bharti Airtel partnered with Y to provide cloud services for its platform.
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3. Rishi Kumar Shukla is an IPS officer and currently working as X under the central government of India. He assumed office on 2 February 2019 for a tenure of two years. He is a 1983 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer trained in crisis management and negotiations in the United States and was briefly associated with the Intelligence Bureau handling sensitive cases.
Prior to being appointed as X, he was appointed the director-general of Madhya Pradesh Police in 2016 and the chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation in Bhopal.
Prior to being appointed as X, he was appointed the director-general of Madhya Pradesh Police in 2016 and the chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation in Bhopal.
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4. "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit" is the longest name (21-letter) for a city ever existed. Better known as X, modern X was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles as a trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, the colonies in East Asia were reorganised and X came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During the Second World War, X was occupied by Japan in 1942 but returned to British control as a separate crown colony following Japan's surrender in 1945.
Identify "X".
Identify "X".
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5. "Oh, there is one shot that I fixed. It's because Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is one of the US' leading astronomers, sent me quite a snarky email saying that, at that time of year, in that position in the Atlantic in 1912, when X is lying on the piece of driftwood and staring up at the stars, that is not the starfield she would have seen, and with my reputation as a perfectionist, I should have known that and I should have put the right star field in. So I said, 'All right, you son of a bitch, send me the right stars for the exact time, 4:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, and I'll put it in the movie.' So that's the one shot that has been changed." These are the lines quoted by oscar-winning director of a Hollywood movie Y.
Give me X and Y
Give me X and Y
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