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Yep, the right answer is Brazil. I have no idea why they came up with Scotland...
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Being Scottish, I knew this was in our history. Scotland, at one point at least, where the only team to have not lost a first round world cup finals match and NOT qualify to the second round. I am not certain that we are still the only team to have achieved this. This happened in the 1974 world cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup#Group_2). I can only assume that the person who put this question forward was trying to ask this question (or something similar). There are plenty of teams, Scotland being one that did not qualify for the 2002 finals and therefore did not 'lose' a match. You can't lose a match you don't play
Unfortunately, we did not qualify this time around either ( . Roll on 2010 (hopefully)!
Stephen.
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This page sort of says it all really
bottom of the list on the left hand side of the page
http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/sco.html
2002: did not qualify
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I assume that your question referred to the finals as opposed to the qualifying competition. If so you are getting mixed up with the 1974 finals, when Scotland where eliminated at the group stage without losing a game. They were the first team to suffer such an experience. Being a long suffering Scot I am sadly aware of these facts.
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Who is recognized as the developer of the first programming language compiler, and what was it called?
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John Backus, of BNF fame. FORTRAN.
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I had to do a google search instead of knowing it offhand, but Grace Hopper wrote the first compiler, A-0
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Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Hopper and her team are recognised as the developers of the the first compiler A-0.
:->
Seems like a good thing to be at the time.
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Chris Long
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Nice work Chris!
Grace Hopper invented the A compiler (first version was called A-0)
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What is the longest glacier in North America?
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As Greenland is part of North America, surely it has to be the glacier which is occupying most of that magnificent island!
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The Bering glacier in Alaska is 204 km long.
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When Mendeleyev created the periodic table, there were three elements he identified as "missing". Which elements were they?
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Gallium, scandium and germanium.
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Wouldn't technetium have to be one of the missing elements? It is the only "light" element that does not have any stable isotopes and does not occur naturally.
Alex
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However, the question is which elements did Mendeleyev identify as "missing"... and it's those three.
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Gallium, Scandium, and Germanium
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Nice work!
Gallium, Scandium and Germanium
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What Microsoft product was code named "Rosetta"?
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
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Nice work guys.
SQL Reporting Services
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Which king was called "Farmer George"?
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King George III of Great Britain
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