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This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1910's.

The term office applications generally refer to tools that comprise the 2007 Microsoft Office system. It could also refer to any word processors, presentation programs, spreadsheets, and editors, not in the Microsoft Office system, like Open Office or Lotus.

Tyler Perry is an American actor and director. His films have grossed more than $400 million. He also produces his own TV show on TBS called "Tyler Perry's House of Payne."

The 2010 FIFA World Cup took place in South Africa from June 11 to July 11, 2010. Thirty-two teams battled for the world title. Netherlands and Spain played in the final game with Spain winning in extra time, 1-0.

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist who made his wealth through steel. His philanthropy was used to establish libraries across the United States.

Limewire is a peer to peer (p2p) file sharing program. All types of files including music, video and software can be shared between users.

Beauty and the Beast is a classic French tale of a girl who falls in love with a prince under a spell. In 1991 Disney produced a movie version of the fairy tale.

Everyone is familiar with sports cards, but there are a wide variety of cards and collectible card games that have been developed over the years that are not based on sports. The photographs and artwork is often extremely well done and collectible in its own right. There are also trading cards associated with games such as Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh. Explore the world of trading cards with us in this category.

Basically, a crankcase is the casing for the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. Combustion produces pressure within the crankcase. Positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valves regulate the vapor pressure within the engine and recycle it back into the engine.

Pastry is the name given to a particular kind of dough which is used as a base in many baked food items such as strudel, pie and croissants. The different kinds of pastry are shortcrust, flaky, puff, choux and filo.

The Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a DNA virus with more than 100 varieties in existence, 40 of which affect the genitals. It is transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, most notably through sexual intercourse (though not always). Most HPV infections will not show any symptoms, but HPV can cause a variety of warts and cervical cancer.

Maniac Magee is a young adult book written by Jerry Spinelli which explores the themes of racism and homelessness. The book has received various awards and a film adaptation was released in 2003.

Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a series of luxury sedan automobiles introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 1972. It features the company’s latest innovations, including safety systems and interior quality. The S-Class ranked as the world’s best-selling luxury flagship sedan.

Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer, frequently cited as the greatest swimmer and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. He has won 22 career Olympic medals, 18 of which were gold. This is the most by any Olympian.

Questions relating to the responsibilities for debts left by an individual that has died.

Nicknamed The Blues or the Pensioners, Chelsea Football club is an English football club founded in 1905. The club plays in the Premier League and has spent most of its history in the top tier of English football. It is based in west London.

Sun tanning refers to the process by which the skin color is tanned or darkened. The most common method of tanning the skin is through sun bathing (exposure to the sun), but there are also artificial tanning methods available.

John D. Rockefeller was an American monopolist and philanthropist who founded the Standard Oil company. He was the world's first billionaire.

Sally Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was a NASA astronaut, and was the first American woman in space. She served on investigation panels for both the Challenger and Columbia disasters. Along with her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, she coauthored several children's books about science.

Tax-deferred savings plans. In the case of Roth 401(k) plans, withdrawals are tax-free whereas contributions to standard 401(k) plans are pre-tax and profits are taxable at the time of withdrawal.

Blueberries are a dark blue or purple berry. They are small, round, and smooth. Blueberries are commonly used in cooking, and have several health benefits.

The largest city in Minnesota which was founded in 1849 and incorporated in 1866

Mortality rate is the number of deaths in a country per 1,000 people, per year.

An oratorical declamation is a term used to describe the redelivery of a famous speech. Among the famous oratorical declamation pieces are “Shylock’s Defense” by William Shakespeare and “Dirty Hands” by John P. Delaney.

Tasmanian devils are marsupials the size of a small dog, and have the strongest bite among any living mammals similar to their size and weight. Females carry their offspring for one hundred days.

The Kindle is a slim, portable, electronic reading device used to download e-books wirelessly and read them. This cool and innovative piece of technology is a great match of hardware and software. The product is manufactured and sold by Amazon.com.

The iPod Nano is part of Apple's family of iPod portable mp3 players. The nano is known for its slim, sleek design. It replaced the iPod Mini in 2005 and has gone through six generations of design.

Wolverine, also known as Logan, is an X-men character with the ability of keen senses and rapid spontaneous regeneration of cells, which means he heals at superhuman rate and can outlive the average human lifespan. He was an experiment of the US government, which made his whole body an indestructible metal and gave him claws that can cut almost any substance. He was given the name Wolverine for his animal-like type of fighting style.

Mitsubishi cars are produced by Japan’s sixth largest automobile manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. Most Mitsubishi vehicles are used in different motorsport competitions like the Dakar Rally, the World Rally Championship and the Southern Cross Rally.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you redefined some of the basic rules of algebra so that concepts you took for granted, like AB = BA, no longer apply? Abstract algebra does just that through the study of the properties that define algebraic structures. Post all questions about fields, rings, group theory, vector spaces, and the axioms that define them into this category.