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Quizzical Pursuit
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Created by Dave Guadagni
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Architecture Puzzler #39
Identify the source of the following quote. "If a builder has built a house ... and the house he built has fallen and caused the death of the owner, that builder shall be put to death."
A. Passage 704, codex Texahochacaun (980 A.D., Mayan)
B. Section 229, the Code of Hammurabi (1800 B.C., Babylonian)
C. Edicts of Amon at Karnak (1085 B.C., Egyptian)
D. Proposed Amendment for the Uniform Building Code (2001 A.D., American)
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Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #38
The metric unit of force, the _____________, is defined as the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second when exerted on a mass of one kilogram. Named after an English philosopher and mathematician, what is this unit called?
Answer to Puzzler #38
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A Babylonian temple, built for stability.
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