CULTURAL QA 11-2021-02 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Do eggplants look or taste like eggs?If not, how did the name come about? A1 LuciaGarcia Fri There are manydifferent kinds of eggplants, one of which is white, has a rounded shape, andis about the same size as an egg. White eggplantlooks like eggs hanging on a tree, but It doesn't taste like eggs at all. The nutritionalvalue of white eggplant is extremely high, it is rich in protein, fat,carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals such as calcium,phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, and manganese. The content ofvitamin P and vitamin E in white eggplant is much higher than that of ordinarypurple eggplant. Vitamin P can increasethe elasticity and toughness of capillaries, break down the fat in the blood,reduce the level of LDL-C, and increase the level of HDL-C, which is verybeneficial to the health of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular. Vitamin E is afat-soluble vitamin with strong antioxidant properties, can remove harmful freeradicals, protect cells, and delay the body's aging process. Q2 Do toilets on cruise ships use fresh orsalt water? A2 George W.Deitz Oct 26 Toilets on today's cruise ships use little or no water.The waste is vacuumed out ofthe toilet into a giant tank, and is pumped off later when the ship is in port. Sometimes you hearstories of someone sitting on the toilet and pushing the flush button, andtheir guts are sucked out. I don’t think that could happen, because your buttcould not make a tight enough seal with the toilet seat. Also the flush buttonis behind the toilet, and is covered when the seat is raised. A safety featureI suppose?! I was on one cruisewhere they were having toilet paper races. They laid toilet paper out from thetoilet, and down the hall! The object was to see which toilet sucked down themost paper, and which toilet sucked it the fastest! On the count of threeeveryone flushed! Great fun if you are not sober! So as they say on a TV ad“enjoy the go”! Q3 How much is the sugar content of honey? A3 Lucia Garcia Thu Abee will visit 50 to 100 flowers at a time to collect nectar, and it cancollect nectar 10 to 20 times a day. Ittakes 30 minutes for each bee to collect honey. About 30 mg to 50 mg of honeyis collected each time, which is about the same as its body weight. Exceptfor rest time, bees can fly about 160 kilometers a day. Honey contains more than 75% sugar,most of which are fructose and glucose, and a small amount of sucrose andmaltose. Fructoseand glucose are simple sugars, which can enter the blood directly without beingdigested, and can quickly replenish energy for the body. Therefore, honey is an excellentsource of energy. Accordingto the results of the US Department of Agriculture, a spoon of honey is about20 grams and contains about 15 grams of sugar, which can provide 64 caloriesfor the body.The WorldHealth Organization (WHO) recommends 20 grams of sugar per person per day, witha maximum of 50 grams. Therefore, it is recommended to consume 1 to2 spoons of honey a day. Q4 Why is gold found only in some parts ofEarth? A4 Jason Almendra Most Viewed Writer PreciousMetals 20Jul20Oct 25 Gold can actually be found all over the Earth.However the concentrations are too low to be profitable. Gold and otherminerals are concentrated by geothermic activitylike geysers and hot springs. They are dissolved in steam and hot water. These are thendeposited in surrounding rocks. Q5 What’s the oldest human civilization thatwe know existed? A5 Claire Jordan Thu Civilisation literally means living incities, where the inhabitants have defined roles and social structure.The oldest city we know about was Çatalhöyük in Anatolia, founded about 9,500 years ago. That’sthe oldest we know about, though. It might not be - indeed probably wasn’t -the first large, settled human town but the first (that we’ve yet found) that was built out of long-lastingmaterial such as brick and stone. There may well have been earliertowns which were made of wood or plaited rushes or plain mud, and have rottedaway. However,you don’t have to go much further back than Çatalhöyük to find yourself beforethe dawn of agriculture. It’s not impossible for hunter-gatherers to live in asettled town if they also live in a very food-rich environment - the FirstNations of the Pacific Northwest of North America managed it. But it’s got tolimit how big that town can get. Q6 What are some shocking facts about theOlive Tree of Vouves? A6 The olive tree of Vouves, on Crete. Thistree, which has a trunk 15feet in diameter, is at least 2,000 years old, and likely 2,900years old, based on the graveyard found nearby. This tree likely lived through thewriting of the Iliad, the golden age of Athens,the rise of the Roman Empire, and the birth of Christ – and then lived for2,000 years after that. It still produces olives, as well! Q7 Do laptops heat less in an air conditionedroom? A7 Amit Kakkar, General Manager ( Technical)Updated Sep 11 Laptopsheats same as in air conditioned room as it heats up in Non Air conditionedroom . The Answer can be well understood from the concept of Heat transferrate. Heat transferdepends on temperature difference . Thedifference is in heat transfer rate . As there is large difference intemperature of laptop and ambient temperature of Airconditioned Enviornment therefore lap top coolsfaster and it looks that Laptop is not heating up in Airconditionedroom compared to when the laptop is working in Non Air-conditioned room . InNon airconditioned room since the temperature difference of lap top and insidetemperature is less therefore heat transfer rate is less and laptop gets heatedup quickly. My note- About 10 years ago heat sink pad was very common. It wasconnected to USB and fans in the board operated cooling bottom of the laptop. I twas told, with all physical cleaning of bottom, dust remains in themotherboard, heating the laptop or notworking of fans in the motherboard. Q8 How is the quality of food in the IndianArmy? A8 Rakesh Gupta Worked at Indian ArmyUpdatedFri We can divide the answer in two parts: The food in the Officers’ Mess and The food in the jawans’ langars. TheOfficers’ Mess is a self run institution, in the sense that the dining inofficers decide what they want to eat. The Bill of Fare is prepared every weekin consultation with the Mess Committee and any extra expenditure on items ofrations beyond the free rations, is charged equally to the members thru monthlymess bills. Most Officers’ Messes in the Armed Forces would boast of very highstandard of food. A highlytrained ‘Mess Cook Special’ is authorized to the units for their Messes. The food in the langars is primarilybased on the items of rations issued to them.They do get condiments allowance to buy additional spices. It is theresponsibility of the Company officers to ensure hygienic and tasty food intheir company langars. Sincethe jawans are fond of spicy food, there is stark contrast with the Mess food.In fact I remember as Duty Officers of the week, it was fun to‘taste’ the langar food as many times as one could. While sitting in the office, we wouldprefer a glass of steaming hot ‘dal soup’ from the langar rather than tea orcoffee. Every dignitary visiting the unitwants to taste the langar food. For the officers manning the outpostsIn field areas, there is no Officers’ Mess.The Mess is located at the Battalion HQ. Although he would get his authorizeditems of rations regularly from the Battalion HQ, he would turn them over tothe Langar Commander and enjoy a mix and match of good food everyday. For snowbound areas and the Glaciers,there are extra items of high calorie and high protein items authorized to allranks. Q9 Is it true that some humans haveNeanderthal DNA, meaning that half Neanderthals still continue to exist? A9 Claire Jordan Sun Withthe exception of a few small groups in central Africa, everyone has someNeanderthal or Denisovan genes, as well as somefrom a few other groups we cross-bred with. There is more living NeanderthalDNA in the world nowadays than there was when Neanderthals still existed as aseparate group. However,not all Neanderthal genes survived in us. As far as we know, we don’t have allthe genes needed to make a complete Neanderthal. Q10 Why is my laptop turning on but notworking after starting? A10 Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant GeneralManager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now Itcan be a software problem, ram problem, disc problem or any parts defective inmother board. Check with a technician. Recently I had a problem of lap topstarting , but going OFF. It was a disc problem. Q11 How was ice made in the Middle Ages beforethe invention of the refrigerator? A11Ardi Kule PhD in Ephtymiology &History, Prrenjas University (Graduated2005)Fri Albaniawas completely electrified only in the 1970s. So before that there were notrefrigerators. DuringWW2, my grandfather would sell ice to the rich who had refrigerating ice boxesand people who needed ice. Most people usually stored food inunderground cellars. Thisis how he made ice. He duga 2m deep pit in a special place in the cellar and collected snow during the winter.Snow is in abundance in the town of Korça. He would press the snow as much as possible to turn itinto ice and every 40 cm or so he would cover it with a layer of straw.This would help preserve the cold temperature during the summer. Every time someone would needice, my grandfather would dig up some from the ice pit and store it in athermus box for transportation. Thatis how you have ice all year around up to the 20th century. Q12 Why do doctors always measure the bloodpressureon the left arm? A12 Vivienne Marcus applied neurophysiologist.Thu For convenience.In most people, the blood pressure is the same in both arms. Ina very small number of people, with a condition called coarctation of theaorta, the blood pressure in the two arms isn’t the same. In that circumstance, you shouldmeasure the blood pressure in the right arm, since it’s before the coarctation,and is a reflection of the “true” blood pressure. Howeverfor completion you should measure and document the (lower) pressure in the otherarm too: the difference gives a hint about the severity of the coarctation.There are other rare abnormalities of internal plumbing which can causedifferences between the two sides, but usually we know about them already. Inpractice, I measure blood pressure all the time, and I’m not fussy about whichside. Only if thepressure in the left arm is much lower than I expect, would I then measure bothto compare. All the above QA are based on Quora digest on 30-11- 2021. Quora answers need notbe 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. 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