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Question 1: In general, the number zero did not have its own Roman numeral, but a primitive form (nulla) was known by medieval computists (responsible for calculating the date of ________).
PassoverEasterLiturgical yearJesus

Question 2: This was not a separate letter, but merely a swash variant of i. It is used today, especially in ________, to prevent tampering with or misinterpretation of the numbers after they are written.
Medical prescriptionOver-the-counter drugMedicinePhysician

Question 3: Roman numerals are rarely used in ________.
ContinentAsiaSingaporeEurope

Question 4: ________ is often credited for introducing this symbol to represent infinity (∞), and one conjecture is that he based it on this usage, since 1,000 was hyperbolically used to represent very large numbers.
John WallisMichael AtiyahHenry Briggs (mathematician)James Joseph Sylvester

Question 5: In ________, especially the Baltic nations, Roman numerals are used to represent the days of the week in hours-of-operation signs displayed in windows or on doors of businesses.
BalkansEastern EuropeCentral EuropeWestern Europe

Question 6: In ________ seismology, Roman numerals are used to designate degrees of the Mercalli intensity scale.
S-waveEarthquakeLandslideGeotechnical engineering

Question 7: The Roman numeral system is decimal[1] but not directly positional and does not include a ________.
0 (number)Roman numerals1 (number)5 (number)

Question 8: ________ squadrons have two names, there's the standard number name (which is most commonly used) and the Roman numeral name (e.g.
LuftwaffeBritish Armed ForcesBritish ArmyRoyal Air Force

Question 9: history • palaeography • derivations • diacritics • punctuation • numerals • Unicode • list of letters • ________
ANSI escape codeISO/IEC 8859-16ISO/IEC 646ISO/IEC 8859

Question 10: About 725, ________ or one of his colleagues used the letter N, the initial of nulla, in a table of epacts, all written in Roman numerals.
John ChrysostomPope Gregory ICatholic ChurchBede
















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