Which English letter is not used in periodic table ??

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Question 

Which of these letters doesn't appear in any atomic symbol in periodic table  ??

1.  J

2.  K

3.  L

4.  Z

Answer 

Out of 26 letters of English alphabet, 24 are used as chemical symbols.  

ONLY         J   and       Q     are never used   !!!

Every other letter from  A  to   Z  appears in  some element symbol.

But not    J    and    Q ......

Why not J  ???

Most element name came from  Latin and Latin does not have       J    !!! So no symbol needed    J .....

Why not   Q  ??

Few temporary names used   Q  but later removed.

No element name starts with  Q.

Correct  Answer           J  ....

Power sharing in Lebanon

Lebanon is a republic with very unusual power sharing system  !!!

No one ruler,  3 main rulers must agree ......

1.  President 

             Must be a Maronite Christian.

2.  Prime Minister 

               Must be a Sunni Muslim.

3. Speaker of Parliament 

                Must be a Shia Muslim.

This is called    CONFESSIONAL SYSTEM   .......

      

       It makes sure that NO GROUP DOMINATES    !!!!

Longest name of which place ??

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Question 

Capital of which country is world's longest place name  ??

1.  Austria 

2.  Thailand 

3.  Kenya 

4.  Georgia 

Answer 

Correct answer

                               Bangkok , Thailand  !!!

Bangkok's full official ceremonial name is Longest place name in the world  !!!

Its 168 letters long and is in Guinness World Records   !!!

It means City of Angeles, Great city of immortals and so on.......

But in Thai people call it 

         

           Krung Thep   means City of Angels     !!!

Which of these was an independent monarchy ???

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Question 

Which of these US states was formerly an independent monarchy  ??

1.  New Jersey 

2. Hawaii 

3.  Alaska 

4.  California 

Answer 

When this question appeared on TV screen, contestant had already eliminated New Jersey and California as they are already inside USA.

But HAWAII and ALASKA  are not  !!!

They are outside USA as we see on world map  .

But he didn't know the correct answer between two.

He opted for lifeline   50 - 50.

There were Hawaii and California left.....

Then he chose Hawaii and it was correct.....

HAWAII was the kingdom of Hawaii, independent monarchy from 1795 to 1893.

In 1898, USA annexed it.

It became 50 th United State in 1959.

What seperates US and Russia ??

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 Question 

Which of these seperates Russia from US ??

1.  Drake passage 

2.  Ligurian sea

3.   Bering Strait 

4.  Lake Volta

Answer 

By hearing the question, I thought US is far west and Russia is far east.

How they could be near ??

Then I realised Earth is round .....

I was talking about US and Russia as  we see in world Atlas.

But in reality, both US and Russia are quite near   !!!

US and Russia are seperated by 

          BERING STRAIT  

Its a small sea channel between 

       Alaska, USA on east side

      Chukotka, Russia  on west side.

Its only 82 km wide in its narrowest point  !!!

So, technically US and Russia are only 4km apart   !!!!

But there is a 21 hour time difference between them.