2016 New Year Dhamaal Quiz Contest

vapasi1 · Post by **vapasi1** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:17 am

Let's keep this thread going and share some trivia.

I learnt yesterday that the shortest war in history was the UK-Zanzibar war which lasted 38 minutes.

And HP was probably the first company in US to introduce profit sharing:

http://www.thocp.net/companies/hewlett_packard/hp_company.htm

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vapasi1 · Post by **vapasi1** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:34 am

The largest empire ever built in terms of population it controlled was the British empire and in terms of territory covered it was the Mongol empire under Genghis Khan.

vapasi1 · Post by **vapasi1** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:38 am

Most underdeveloped countries have better GINI index ( measure of income inequality distribution) than the developed ones. I guess the poor countries have not much to distribute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2014_Gini_Index_World_Map,_income_inequality_distribution_by_country_per_World_Bank.svg

ILuvHyd · Post by **ILuvHyd** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:47 am

vapasi1;623115Most underdeveloped countries have better GINI index ( measure of income inequality distribution) than the developed ones. I guess the poor countries have not much to distribute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2014_Gini_Index_World_Map,_income_inequality_distribution_by_country_per_World_Bank.svg

Yes, most of the developed countries have democracies and pro capitalist. They seem to be a necessary but not sufficient condition for some wealth to be created.

On a side note, a famous quote from Winston Churchill - ?Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.?

vapasi1 · Post by **vapasi1** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:04 am

ILuvHyd;623244On a side note, a famous quote from Winston Churchill - “Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.”

I heard Dr. Carson quote Margaret Thatcher on CNN PTH with Anderson - "Socialism is great until you run out of others' money".

vapasi1 · Post by **vapasi1** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:48 am

US President John Tyler had his last kid when he was 70 and one of his kids had kids at the age of 71:))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler#Family_and_personal_life

[QUOTE]As of December 2015, Tyler has two living grandsons through his son Lyon Gardiner Tyler; he is the earliest former president with living grandchildren.[SUP][130][/SUP] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr. was born in 1924, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928; Lyon Tyler Jr. resides in Franklin, Tennessee, and Harrison Tyler maintains the family home

vapasi1 · Post by **vapasi1** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:51 am

Virginia is said to be the Mother of US Presidents - has given more Presidents than other states.

PS: Please feel free to correct any info I post here. I am just doing TP posting info I get to know.

nova2blr · Post by **nova2blr** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:22 am

vapasi1;625293Virginia is said to be the Mother of US Presidents - has given more Presidents than other states.

PS: Please feel free to correct any info I post here. I am just doing TP posting info I get to know.

You are right. Virginia (state) is called the mother of all presidents as eight presidents were born in VA - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Tyler, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

More here:
http://www.virginia.org/presidents/