Category: Philosophy

Does Austria celebrate Oktoberfest? Vienna’s Oktoberfest. It’s not just the Germans that do the whole Oktoberfest thing. Just about every Austrian province has its own tradition of Lederhosen, Dirndls, and country fayres involving traditional music, dancing and unfeasibly large amounts of food and drink. Consider it Vienna’s equivalent to the Oktoberfest … How do they […]

What are the 4 types of plagiarism? The Common Types of Plagiarism Direct Plagiarism Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else’s work, without attribution and without quotation marks Self Plagiarism Mosaic Plagiarism Accidental Plagiarism How do you explain plagiarism to students? Plagiarism is when you use someone else’s words or […]

Is Uwo a word? UWO n. (Britain, law) Initialism of unexplained wealth order. How do you type a hug Emoji? Type a colon, followed by a capital letter “D” and then the “Less Than” symbol: “:D<” to represent giving someone a hug. What does ? emoji mean? Raising Hands emoji ? Why is an XA […]

Why does Bartleby stare out the window? He is supposed to see that after pushing him to write in the dim light, his eyesight after a while became impaired and his eyes glassed over, causing him to not be able to preform the tasks that the narrator asked, and ends up just staring outside the […]

What is a novelty match? The chess term, novelty, is used for a move in chess which has never been played before in a recorded game. The term can have pejorative sense and refer to a mere innovation. However, novelty in patent law is part of the legal test to determine whether an invention is […]

Is Noctowl better than Pidgeot? Noctowl has better HP and special defense, and can hit decently on the special attack side, though his big draw would be his movepool with access to psychic moves as well as many of the moves Pidgeot can learn. Pidgeot is just outclassed in every area by another Pokemon. If […]

Why does Ryan see Wilfred as a human? Wilfred is an actual man in a costume and the whole plot about only Ryan seeing him is because Henry is trying to drive him insane as a form of revenge. Everyone- Jenna, Kristen, etc. – are being paid off to make Ryan think Wilfred is a […]

How long did it take for a monk to copy the Bible? fifteen months What did medieval monks write on? Manuscripts (handmade books) were often written and illuminated by monks in monasteries. Books were written on parchment made from the skin of sheep or goats. The animal skins were stretched and scraped so that they […]

Who made the first Plough? John Fowler Who invented the first Plough? There is evidence of these being used by the ancient Egyptians some 4,000 years ago. Eventually, after generations, man also domesticated wild animals – and thus the animal-drawn plough was born – so that the camels, oxen or even elephants could do the […]

Which two scientist are accredited with correctly deducing the double-helix model of DNA? The year 2003 witnessed the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNAs double-helix structure by James D. Watson and Francis H. Crick. Their discovery reduced genetics to chemistry and laid the foundations for the next half a century of biology. Did Watson […]