Alzheimer Project

What’s SPQR

APG — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:30:55 +0000

SPQR is an initialism from a Latin phrase, Senatus PopulusQue Romanus (”The Senate and the People of Rome”), used as an official signature of the government of the ancient Roman Republic. SPQR is the motto of the city of Rome.

What are the first and the last sentence of Shakespeare’s sonnet CXVI ?

APG — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:55:33 +0000

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle’s compass come:

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

What are the 3 museums of Amsterdam located on “het Museumplein”?

APG — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:53:44 +0000

The 3 most important museums of Amsterdam are located on het Museumplein (Museum Square). The Van Gogh museum is the most visited museum in Amsterdam. The Rijksmuseum possesses the largest and most important collection of classical Dutch art: Rembrandt’s masterpiece the Nightwatch is one of top pieces of art of the museum. The Stedelijk Museum is Amsterdam’s museum of modern art, with works of art from artists like Piet Mondriaan, Karel Appel, and Kasimir Malewitsj.

What can an invincible determination accomplish?

APG — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:55:02 +0000

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. (Thomas Fuller)

A famous quote by Terence about human concern?

APG — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:41:14 +0000

One famous quote by Terence reads: “Homo sum, humani nil a me alienum puto“, or “I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.” This appeared in his play Heauton Timorumenos.

What are the 7 first presidents of the United States ?

APG — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:14:31 +0000

Washington, George (1789-1797)
Adams, John (1797-1801)
Jefferson, Thomas (1801-1809)
Madison, James (1809-1817)
Monroe, James(1817-1825)
Adams, John Quincy (1825-1829)
Jackson, Andrew (1829-1837)

In what year was the Battle of Thermopylae fought?

APG — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:58:01 +0000

At the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece, the Greek Alliance fought the invading Persian Empire, in 480 BC. A thousand Greek soldiers, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, blocked the road to the entire Persian Army for three days. When the Persians finally took the pass, they had suffered heavy losses.

Can you mentally calculate 75 x 75 ?

APG — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:28:36 +0000

75 x 75 = 5625

Method for squaring a number ending in 5:
- take the digit(s) preceding the five (7)
- multiply this number by itself plus one (7×8=56)
- attach 25 to the end (5625)

Mathematical explanation:
(10x + 5)² = (10x + 5)(10x + 5)
(10x + 5)² = 100x² + 100x + 25
(10x + 5)² = 100x(x + 1) + 25

What is the maxim of Jean De La Fontaine’s shortest fable?

APG — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:13:54 +0000

Le Renard et les Raisins

Certain Renard Gascon, d’autres disent Normand,
Mourant presque de faim, vit au haut d’une treille
Des Raisins mûrs apparemment,
Et couverts d’une peau vermeille.
Le galand en eût fait volontiers un repas ;
Mais comme il n’y pouvait atteindre :
Ils sont trop verts, dit-il, et bons pour des goujats.
Fit-il pas mieux que de se plaindre ?

Jean de La Fontaine, Fable XI, Livre III.

Can you whistle the chimes of Big Ben?

APG — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:35:07 +0000

Listen to the chimes of Big Ben