Questions from the Scientist Cat - I managed to subscribe to the mailing list of questions from the Scientist Cat, which I still don’t regret.

When I first got hold of the Internet, for a long time I
wandered through a variety of sites, sorted through links and banners...
During this mindless surfing I managed to subscribe
to the Scientist Cat's questions mailing list, what we're talking about so far
I don't regret it.

Question No700: It was first installed in Paris. And only then
she became a symbol in one state. And what just now
they don't do it with her. Because there is no one to protect her. Name it.

Question No701: Residents of a small English town were
delighted with the heavy metal performance that took place there
group, although not everyone loved this style of music.
Name a literary character who could achieve this
the same result with just one musical instrument.

Question No702: 1959. America is experiencing a demographic crisis
rise. What could be cuter than little children, especially when
they began to be pampered. What is this PAMPERING called?

Question No703: What specialty people suffered the most?
from theft of work equipment during the last sunny
eclipses?

Question No704: They say that the aborigines ate Cook. But it was
for a long time. Now tell me what exactly the modern one called
American biologist Gajdesek "in a civilized way
cannibalism"?

Question No706: What is the name of a postal item in terms of parameters?
(in particular, by weight) more than a parcel, but less than a parcel?

Question No707: In 1797, Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin for the first timedotted all the points. How many dots did he put and where?
Have you lost them? (Here I am, the Scientist Cat, I definitely lost them).

Question No708: What did the famous Czech satirist K. Capek write about:
"... they are covered with scales, nipples, cowlicks, claws,
warts, bayonets, scimitars and stars; there are
squat and elongated, bristling like a regiment
spearmen..."?

Question No709: Why realistic literary works
never win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Question No711: According to attendance, her grave is the grave of a supporter
southerners, competes in Atlanta with the grave of an ardent follower
northerners. The cemetery with her grave is located in the south of the city,
and the cemetery with his grave is in the north. Her name was Margaret
Mitchell is the author of Gone with the Wind. What was his name?

Question No712: It is known that B. Shaw bequeathed 10,000 pounds
sterling for the development of its new version, which eliminated
would inconsistency of the previous one and make it easy to
mastering, and more compact... What did you dream of remaking?
great Englishman?

Question No714: Venus de Milo is beautiful, but without arms.
Many people are probably wondering what she was holding in her hands?
But there are women, there are... Yes, with hands, and, of course,
as always, not empty-handed. What does the highest one hold?
statue in the world?

Question No715: The philosopher-theologian Origen saw in the words
Holy Scripture has three meanings: historical, moral
and mystical. Awhat he thought they corresponded to
in a person?

Question No716: In the last century, Ukrainians when meeting them
asked: “A de vi todi buli, like Jesus Christ in the Jordan
Christed?" When meeting with whom was this question asked?

Question No717: Which living creature is the strongest?

Question No718: Napoleon said, addressing his army,
standing at THEIR foot: “40 centuries of history are looking at you.”
What was he talking about?

Question No719: Why in May 2001 there will be no
population explosion, which was discussed in the question
Scientist Cat No. 661? 

Question No720: Tirolamo Fracastro wrote a poem-treatise
"Syphilis" ("Syphilis sive carmen de morbo gallico").
In this poem, the origin of the disease is explained by the fact that
one day a shepherd named Syphilis angered
the god of the Sun, who punished him with an illness that could not be controlled
no treatment until the nymph dedicated the shepherd to her
sacraments and did not lead to a grove of healing guaiac trees,
sulfur spring and mercury lake. What was the name of this nymph?

Question No721: If you were told today that you got
"ass", you would probably be offended and even upset.
But during the reign of Vladimir Monomakh, you would simply
jumped for joy... Question: What did you mean?

Question No722: In one of the interviews, the director of the Lycedei Theater
Anvar Libabov told what clip "Litsedei" once
came up with this in the bathhouse:
Winter evening, lights are shining, peopledressed up in a hurry. Who
with a Christmas tree, someone with a bottle. And huge fluffy flakes fall.
Everything is buried - benches, snowmen, and garlands. Music
sounds. And the camera will rise and rest against the window, from which
Snow Maiden leans over and combs her hair...
Question: What do you think could be advertised?
in this clip?

Question No723: According to legend, the tired Sun, having reached
Scandinavia, wanted to rest, but the goddess of spring regretted
Scandinavia and the remaining extreme rays of the solar spectrum
began throwing handfuls onto the ground. What is the result
originated in Scandinavia?

Question No724: In the Middle Ages, in Europe, men, for
They used codpieces to demonstrate their masculinity.
The longer and more massive the codpiece was, the more embroidered it was
and decorated with gold and silver, the cooler the medieval one was
man. What, according to modern British scientists,
replaces these medieval codpieces for modern men?

Question No725: Today I received an invitation letter, which
began with these words:
Dear colleagues in “arms” (meaning large
wooden spears ;-))
On December 16-17, 2000, two large events will be held in St. Petersburg
tournament of the series "Last tournaments of the outgoing century"...
Now I'm thinking about accepting such a tempting invitation
or not. It's been a while since I picked up a spear. Did you understand
What kind of “spears” are we talking about?

Question No726: In the old days, Russians believed that October 25
unclean spiritsin the form of a shooting star they visit lonely women,
when their husbands go on long journeys to earn money. More
on this day a star falls into the yard where the girl lost
innocence. What did the Russians call this shooting star?

Question No727: At the Potsdam Conference, Stalin accidentally
came face to face with Clement Attlee, who replaced Churchill
as British Prime Minister. At the same time, Attlee told Stalin,
that in the capitalist world there is only one place
where workers hold the means of production in their own hands.
Stalin joked: “And with us too.” Name this place.

Question No728: The one who was called Le San sailed on the
which bore the name of the one he loved. His first real
the spoils of this were the one whose name is known to everyone,
and especially for fans of soap operas. Remember or guess
the name of this loot.

Question No729: It is the longest among the Greeks, then among the Argentines,
then the Salvadorans, and if we talk about the Russians, Spaniards,
Mauritanians, Arabs from the UAE, Bosnians and Herzegovinians - so
There are simply no words! Name it.

Question No730: We all remember from childhood:

...Against heaven on earth
There lived an old man in a village
The old lady has three sons:
The eldest was a smart kid,
The middle one is the son, this way and that,
The younger one was a complete fool.

The names of the brothers are known to everyone: Danila, Gavrila and Ivan.
What was the old man's name?

[Answers in the next issue]