Answers to Quiz - 37

1. What is widely believed to be the first rock'n'roll record?

1951's Rocket 88, written by Ike Turner, sung by Jackie Brenston and recorded by Sam Phillips, who later went on to found Sun records and discover Elvis Presley.

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1192358,00.html

2. Florence Nightingale regarded as the Mother of Modern Nursing also made an important contribution in the field of statistics. After witnessing deplorable sanitary conditions in the Crimea, in 1858 she wrote Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army, an influential text that included graphical methods to convey complex statistical information dramatically to a broad audience. What term did she use for these graphs?

Coxcombs. These graphs are now widely known as Nightingale’s Rose or Nightingale’s Coxcomb. Florence Nightingale was the first woman to be elected as Fellow of Royal Statistical Society.

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1712.htm

3. Who in 1830 founded the Mormon Church, also known as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the fourth largest religious denomination in USA today?

Joseph Smith

http://www.josephsmith.com/

4. Invented by Carl Boenish in 1978, the extremely risky sport of BASE Jumping derives its name from the four objects that jumpers usually ca leap from. What are these four objects?

Buildings, Antennas, Spans of bridges and Earth formations like cliffs.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/base-jumping.htm

5. Opened in 1956, this fully enclosed shopping center, with a constant climate-controlled temperature is regarded as the world’s first shopping mall. What is it called and where is it located?

Southdale Center in Minnesotta

6. Name the largest lava flow in recorded history that was generated by a fissure eruption in south central Iceland in 1783.

Known as the Laki flow, it erupted from a 25-kilometer-long fissure to produce 12 cubic kilometers of lava, filling two deep river valleys and covering an area greater than 500 square kilometers.

http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1121-nasa.html

7. Hawaiian, Srombolian, Vulcanian and Plinian are the four basic types of what natural activity?

Volcanic Eruptions

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vesuvius/deatype.html

8. Quinine, the principal remedy against malaria is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree that grows in the Andes. By what popular name was this bark known in the 17^th Century?
   

Jesuit’s Bark or Jesuit’s Powder, after the Jesuit missionaries working in Peru popularized it having learnt about it from the native people.

http://www.companysj.com/v144/powder.html

9. What is the term used by the IT industry to describe the proportion of fresh recruits in their employment?

Bulge Mix. Bulge mix is usually calculated as a percentage of employees in the 0-3 years experience over the total population of professionals who are billable.

10. What does ‘Promise Index’ developed by the British advertising agency Promise, measure?

The divergence between consumers’ perceptions of brands and their actual experience of them

QUIZ - 37

1. What is widely believed to be the first rock'n'roll record?

2. Florence Nightingale regarded as the Mother of Modern Nursing also made an important contribution in the field of statistics. After witnessing deplorable sanitary conditions in the Crimea, in 1858 she wrote Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army, an influential text that included graphical methods to convey complex statistical information dramatically to a broad audience. What term did she use for these graphs?

3. Who in 1830 founded the Mormon Church, also known as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the fourth largest religious denomination in USA today?

4. Invented by Carl Boenish in 1978, the extremely risky sport of BASE Jumping derives its name from the four objects that jumpers usually ca leap from. What are these four objects?

5. Opened in 1956, this fully enclosed shopping center, with a constant climate-controlled temperature is regarded as the world’s first shopping mall. What is it called and where is it located?

6. Name the largest lava flow in recorded history that was generated by a fissure eruption in south central Iceland in 1783.

7. Hawaiian, Srombolian, Vulcanian and Plinian are the four basic types of what natural activity?

8. Quinine, the principal remedy against malaria is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree that grows in the Andes. By what popular name was this bark known in the 17^th Century?
   

9. What is the term used by the IT industry to describe the proportion of fresh recruits in their employment?

10. What does ‘Promise Index’ developed by the British advertising agency Promise, measure?

Answers to Quiz- 36

1. Discovered in China, but widely known by its Japanese name, name this high- protein, low-fat food that is popularly called ‘The Cheese of Asia’

Tofu

2. Name the most influential restaurant rating system in Europe.

Michelin Rating

3. What in 2001 was hailed as ‘true British national dish’ by the then foreign secretary, Robin Cook?

Chicken Tikka Masala

4. Tempura is deep fried vegetable or sea food commonly eaten in Japan. Who introduced Tempura in Japan in the mid 16^th Century?

The Portuguese

5. What Italian word is used to denote a person who has acquired expertise in the preparation of espresso coffee?

Barista

6. Name the Swiss entrepreneur who in 1882 invented the instant soup.

Julius Maggi

7. In 2007 Bhut Jolokia was certified as the world’s hottest chili displacing the Red Savina. Where is Bhut Jolokia grown?

North-East India

8. What word describes a cheese lover?

Turophiliac

9. Name the Italian food and wine journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in 1986 to preserve the local culinary traditions

Carlo Petrini

10. Name the highest form of Japanese culinary tradition that uses only fresh and local ingredients and makes food into an art form by balancing its taste, texture, appearance, and colours

Kaiseki

QUIZ - 36

1. Discovered in China, but widely known by its Japanese name, name this high-protein, low-fat food that is popularly called ‘The Cheese of Asia’

2. Name the most influential restaurant rating system in Europe.

3. What in 2001 was hailed as ‘true British national dish’ by the then foreign secretary, Robin Cook?

4. Tempura is deep fried vegetable or sea food commonly eaten in Japan. Who introduced Tempura in Japan in the mid 16^th Century?

5. What Italian word is used to denote a person who has acquired expertise in the preparation of espresso coffee?

6. Name the Swiss entrepreneur who in 1882 invented the instant soup.

7. In 2007 Bhut Jolokia was certified as the world’s hottest chili displacing the Red Savina. Where is Bhut Jolokia grown?

8. What word describes a cheese lover?

9. Name the Italian food and wine journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in 1986 to preserve the local culinary traditions

10. Name the highest form of Japanese culinary tradition that uses only fresh and local ingredients and makes food into an art form by balancing its taste, texture, appearance, and colours

Answers to Quiz - 35

1. With nominations in ten categories for what are the COTY awards given out every year?

Coins

2. Developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini, what does the Gini coefficient measure?

Inequality of income (or wealth) distribution

3. In what activity would the terms Beauregard, Jepson and Markush be used?

Patenting. They are types of Patent Claims

4. Founded in 1985 by Stewart Brand Larry Brilliant, name the first virtual or online community.

The WELL

5. Which Italian island in the Bay of Naples has lent its name to a popular item of apparel for ladies?

Capri from which comes Capri Pants, a tight fitting calf length pants for women.

6. What controversial book written in 1968 by Paul Ehrlich predicted that ‘in the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve’?

The Population Bomb

7. Which organization founded in 1996 with an attempt to encourage long term thinking promotes the concept of writing years in 5 digits instead of 4, for example - 02007 instead of 2007?

The Long Now Foundation

8. In USA what name is given to male corpses or emergency room patients whose identity is not known?
   

John Doe

9. What slang term coined by environmentalists refers to gas guzzling sports utility vehicles?

Chelsea Tractor

10. Name the famous Scottish mountain, where because of its unique triangular shape, the Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne carried out experiments in 1774 to determine the density of the earth.

Schiehallion

QUIZ - 35

1. With nominations in ten categories for what are the COTY awards given out every year?

2. Developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini, what does the Gini coefficient measure?

3. In what activity would the terms Beauregard, Jepson and Markush be used?

4. Founded in 1985 by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant, name the first virtual or online community.

5. Which Italian island in the Bay of Naples has lent its name to a popular item of apparel for ladies?

6. What controversial book written in 1968 by Paul Ehrlich predicted that ‘in the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve’?

7. Which organization founded in 1996 with an attempt to encourage long term thinking promotes the concept of writing years in 5 digits instead of 4, for example - 02007 instead of 2007?

8. In USA what name is given to male corpses or emergency room patients whose identity is not known?
   

9. What slang term coined by environmentalists refers to gas guzzling sports utility vehicles?

10. Name the famous Scottish mountain, where because of its unique triangular shape, the Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne carried out experiments in 1774 to determine the density of the earth.

Answers to Quiz - 34

1. Name the mythical animal which according to legend could only be captured by a virgin woman.

The Unicorn

2. Which famous businesswoman known for her ethical and environmental practices was known as ‘The Queen of Green’

Anita Roddick

3. Name the American billionaire who made his fortunes by investing in bankrupt companies and then turning them around, thereby earning the epithet ‘King of Bankruptcy’.

Wilbur Ross

4. Inspired by the social networking website Facebook, what have the father – son duo Geoffrey and Alex Roche created?

Dogbook and Catbook for the pet owners

5. What widely popular and copied television programme format did Simon Fuller create?

The idol series as in American Idol

6. Pisco, the famous liquor of Peru is made from a grape that was originally imported from Spain in the 16^th Century. Name this grape.

Quebranta

7. What global think-tank was founded in April 1968 by Aurelio Peccei, an Italian industrialist, and Alexander King, a Scottish scientist?

The Club of Rome

8. The Federal National Mortgage Association was originally founded as a government agency in 1938 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal to provide home loans to the American people. By what adopted name is it popularly known?

Fanny Mae

9. By what convenient but incorrect term are the French speaking Belgians known as?

The Walloons

10. What widely used term today was first coined by the critic and writer Howard Rheingold?

Virtual Community

QUIZ - 34

1. Name the mythical animal which according to legend could only be captured by a virgin woman.

2. Which famous businesswoman known for her ethical and environmental practices was known as ‘The Queen of Green’

3. Name the American billionaire who made his fortunes by investing in bankrupt companies and then turning them around, thereby earning the epithet ‘King of Bankruptcy’.

4. Inspired by the social networking website Facebook, what have the father – son duo Geoffrey and Alex Roche created?

5. What widely popular and copied television programme format did Simon Fuller create?

6. Pisco, the famous liquor of Peru is made from a grape that was originally imported from Spain in the 16^th Century. Name this grape.

7. What global think-tank was founded in April 1968 by Aurelio Peccei, an Italian industrialist, and Alexander King, a Scottish scientist?

8. The Federal National Mortgage Association was originally founded as a government agency in 1938 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal to provide home loans to the American people. By what adopted name is it popularly known?

9. By what convenient but incorrect term are the French speaking Belgians known as?

10. What widely used term today was first coined by the critic and writer Howard Rheingold?

Answers to Quiz - 33

1. Who is a steel collar worker?

Robots working on a production line

2. Whom did the Financial Times once describe as the ‘world's most famous futurologist’?

Alvin Toffler

3. Name the anthropologist who founded kinesics, the study of nonverbal communication

Ray Birdwhistell

4. What does a plethysmograph measure?

Change in volume of an organ resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood or air it contains

5. What term attributed to US Senator Lloyd Bentsen represents false public propaganda by drumming up fake support to the cause at the grassroots level?

Astroturfing

6. At the Academy Awards what award is infrequently presented to "creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production”? Among its winners are Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and Steven Spielberg.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

7. Which company claims to produce ‘The #1 Ball in Golf’?

Titleist

8. Which legendary war photographer famously stated - “If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough"?

Robert Capa

9. Name the Harvard Business School professor who conducted ‘The Hawthorne Studies’ from 1927 to 1932 at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago, to examine the relationship between productivity and work conditions

Elton Mayo

10. What product Invented by the French chemist Eugene Schueller in 1907 was called ‘Aureole’?

The first synthetic hair dye

QUIZ - 33

1. Who is a steel collar worker?
   

2. Whom did the Financial Times once describe as the ‘world's most famous futurologist’?
   

3. Name the anthropologist who founded kinesics, the study of nonverbal communication
   

4. What does a plethysmograph measure?
   

5. What term attributed to US Senator Lloyd Bentsen represents false public propaganda by drumming up fake support to the cause at the grassroots level?

6. At the Academy Awards what award is infrequently presented to "creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production”? Among its winners are Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and Steven Spielberg.

7. Which company claims to produce ‘The #1 Ball in Golf’?
   

8. Which legendary war photographer famously stated - “If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough"?

9. Name the Harvard Business School professor who conducted ‘The Hawthorne Studies’ from 1927 to 1932 at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago, to examine the relationship between productivity and work conditions

10. What product Invented by the French chemist Eugene Schueller in 1907 was called ‘Aureole’?

Answer to Quiz - 32

1. Name the small town in Southern Spain, which hosts on the last Wednesday of August each year, the unique ‘La Tomatina’ when people pelt each other with ripe tomatoes.

Buñol

2. Which 20^th Century French philosopher coined the term ‘Biopower’ to describe the way in which capitalist states exerted control over people to promote life better?

Michel Foucault

3. In which European capital city would you find the Ferihegy airport?

Budapest

4. What is Zolotnik?

A traditional Russian standard for measuring the purity of silver. Pure silver has a Zolotnik value of 96.

5. What are Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug?

The four main denominations of Tibetan Buddhism

6. What is the unique record of the actor Desmond Llewelyn in the history of cinema?

The most times a single actor has played the same role, that of Q in 17 James Bond films.

7. If meteorology is the study of weather phenomena, what is metrology?

Study of measurement

8. A computer program called ‘Elk Cloner’ written in 1982 was the first of its kind. What is its dubious claim to fame?

The first virus to infect personal computers

9. What are Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe?

Reputed coffees from the birth place of coffee, Ethiopia

10. What was Henry Ford’s first prototype of the automobile called?

Quadricycle

QUIZ - 32

1. Name the small town in Southern Spain, which hosts on the last Wednesday of August each year, the unique ‘La Tomatina’ when people pelt each other with ripe tomatoes.

2. Which 20^th Century French philosopher coined the term ‘Biopower’ to describe the way in which capitalist states exerted control over people to promote life better?

3. In which European capital city would you find the Ferihegy airport?

4. What is Zolotnik?

5. What are Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug?

6. What is the unique record of the actor Desmond Llewelyn in the history of cinema?

7. If meteorology is the study of weather phenomena, what is metrology?

8. A computer program called ‘Elk Cloner’ written in 1982 was the first of its kind. What is its dubious claim to fame?

9. What are Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe?

10. What was Henry Ford’s first prototype of the automobile called?

Answers to Quiz - 31

1. Reposado and Añejo are two types of which liquor?

Tequila

2. Name the bitter orange grown in the island of Curacao, whose dried peels are used to flavour the liquor Curacao?

Larahas

3. What is the name of the syrup derived from Pomegranate which is added to cocktails and martinis as a flavoring agent and to give the drink a reddish tinge?

Grenadine

4. Which herb gives vermouth its distinctive flavour?

Wormwood

5. Name the liquor whose every bottle carries the initials D.O.M of the Latin dedication Deo Optimo Maximo (to God most good, most great)

Benedictine

6. Name the famous Norwegian liquor that is believed to acquire its special flavour as it ages in sherry casks stowed in the holds of a ship during its voyage across the equator and back.

Linie Aquavit

7. Which spirit uses the term Napoleon on the label to specify the highest quality because of maximum ageing?

Cognac

8. Which town on the banks of the Orinoco river in Venezuela has given its name to a flavouring agent that is used in many cocktails?

Angostura

9. Name the traditional glass used to drink Sherry, the fortified wine produced in and around the Spanish town of Jerez?

Copita

10. What is the connection between wine and biblical names such as Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar and Nebuchadnezzar?

These are the names of large sized wine bottles. Balthazar is the name for a 12-litre bottle

QUIZ - 31

1. Reposado and Añejo are two types of which liquor?

2. Name the bitter orange grown in the island of Curacao, whose dried peels are used to flavour the liquor Curacao?

3. What is the name of the syrup derived from Pomegranate which is added to cocktails and martinis as a flavoring agent and to give the drink a reddish tinge?

4. Which herb gives vermouth its distinctive flavour?

5. Name the liquor whose every bottle carries the initials D.O.M of the Latin dedication Deo Optimo Maximo (to God most good, most great)

6. Name the famous Norwegian liquor that is believed to acquire its special flavour as it ages in sherry casks stowed in the holds of a ship during its voyage across the equator and back.

7. Which spirit uses the term Napoleon on the label to specify the highest quality because of maximum ageing?

8. Which town on the banks of the Orinoco river in Venezuela has given its name to a flavouring agent that is used in many cocktails?

9. Name the traditional glass used to drink Sherry, the fortified wine produced in and around the Spanish town of Jerez?

10. What is the connection between wine and biblical names such as Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar and Nebuchadnezzar?
    

Answers to Quiz -30

1. Why is the 19^th August observed as World Photography Day?

The first public announcement of photography was made on August 19, 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre who invented the practical process of photography.

2. Who is credited with having taken the first photograph in 1826?

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

3. Name the famous mathematician and theoretical physicist who is credited with having taken the first colour photograph in 1861?

James Clerk Maxwell. He discovered that colour photographs could be formed using red, green, and blue filters and had the photographer Thomas Sutton photograph a tartan ribbon three times, each time with a different colour filter over the lens.

4. Which famous astronomer coined the word photography (from the Greek photos = light and graphein = to draw) and the terms negative and positive?

Sir John Herschel

5. Who in 1841 patented the Calotype process that made it possible to print many copies of a photograph?

William Henry Fox Talbot

6. What process introduced in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer marks a watershed in photography?

The Collodion Process. It reduced the exposure times drastically - to as little as two or three seconds.

7. Under what catchy slogan did George Eastman market his Kodak cameras in 1888?

You press the button, we do the rest

8. Name the famous American photographer who in 1902 founded ‘Photo Secession’ a group of Avant-Garde photographers, to increase the awareness of photography as an art form.

Alfred Stieglitz

9. Who invented the Digital Camera in 1975?

Steven Sasson, employed with Eastman Kodak

10. The Ihagee Kine-Exakta produced in 1935 by Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany represents a landmark in camera design. What first of its kind camera is it widely believed to be?

The first 35mm SLR camera

QUIZ - 30

Today is World Photographic Day and here are ten questions on the history of photography.

1. Why is the 19^th August observed as World Photography Day?

2. Who is credited with having taken the first photograph in 1826?
   

3. Name the famous mathematician and theoretical physicist who is credited with having taken the first colour photograph in 1861?

4. Which famous astronomer coined the word photography (from the Greek photos = light and graphein = to draw) and the terms negative and positive?

5. Who in 1841 patented the Calotype process that made it possible to print many copies of a photograph?

6. What process introduced in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer marks a watershed in photography?

7. Under what catchy slogan did George Eastman market his Kodak cameras in 1888?

8. Name the famous American photographer who in 1902 founded ‘Photo Secession’ a group of Avant-Garde photographers, to increase the awareness of photography as an art form.

9. Who invented the Digital Camera in 1975?

10. The Ihagee Kine-Exakta produced in 1935 by Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany represents a landmark in camera design. What first of its kind camera is it widely believed to be?

Answers to Quiz - 29

1. The world’s first patent was arguably given in 1421 to Filippo Brunelleschi of Florence for an invention that was nicknamed ‘Il Badalone’ (‘The Monster’). What was this monstrous invention?

A Cargo Boat. A flat-keeled boat with paddle wheels, designed to be towed by smaller boats, used for transporting goods up and down the river Arno in Florence.

2. The first fully-fledged copyright law was enacted in England in the year 1709. By what name is it popularly known?

The Statute of Anne, after Queen Anne, during whose reign it was enacted

3. Where is the headquarters of The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system?

Geneva

4. The concept of Intellectual Property is based on the idea of ‘Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself’. Which famous philosopher’s words are these?

John Locke

5. What is the international agreement for copyright protection popularly known as?

Berne Convention

6. What system of licensing gives every person who receives a copy of a work permission to reproduce, adapt or distribute the work as long as any resulting copies or adaptations are also bound by the same licensing scheme?

Copyleft

7. What Intellectual Property is internationally protected by the Madrid System?

Trademarks

8. What kind of Intellectual Property is embodied in words like ‘Champagne’, ‘Tequila’ or ‘Roquefort’?

Geographical Indications - place names used to identify the origin and quality, reputation or other characteristics of products

9. What act of US Congress, disparagingly known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act increased the term of protection enjoyed by copyright by 20 years in 1998?

Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act

10. When and where was the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right (TRIPS) Agreement concluded?

1994, Marrakech (Morocco)

QUIZ - 29

1. The world’s first patent was arguably given in 1421 to Filippo Brunelleschi of Florence for an invention that was nicknamed ‘Il Badalone’ (‘The Monster’). What was this monstrous invention?

2. The first fully-fledged copyright law was enacted in England in the year 1709. By what name is it popularly known?

3. Where is the headquarters of The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system?

4. The concept of Intellectual Property is based on the idea of ‘Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself’. Which famous philosopher’s words are these?

5. What is the international agreement for copyright protection popularly known as?

6. What system of licensing gives every person who receives a copy of a work permission to reproduce, adapt or distribute the work as long as any resulting copies or adaptations are also bound by the same licensing scheme?

7. What Intellectual Property is internationally protected by the Madrid System?

8. What kind of Intellectual Property is embodied in words like ‘Champagne’, ‘Tequila’ or ‘Roquefort’?

9. What act of US Congress, disparagingly known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act increased the term of protection enjoyed by copyright by 20 years in 1998?

10. When and where was the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right (TRIPS) Agreement concluded?

Answers to Quiz - 28

1. What is Obsolagnium?

The lack of sexual desire that accompanies old age.

2. What is the literary term used to describe a genre of novel that traces the growth of its protagonist from childhood to maturity?

Bildungsroman

3. What word describes an abnormal fear of crowds?

Ochlophobia

4. What term coined by anthropologist Edward Hall describes the set measurable distances between people as they interact?

Proxemics

5. Which word commonly defined as ‘code of silence’ typifies a way of life in parts of Southern Italy that prohibits divulging information about the activities of certain criminal organizations?

Omerta

6. What is the name given to the biological process that maintains an internal equilibrium in the living organism?

Homeostatic Process

7. It has no official universal name, but is known in several languages by different words – klammeraffe, grisehale, kissanhnta, dalphaengi, apenstaartje – each of them associated with an animal. What is it?

The symbol @

8. What is dactylonomy?

Counting using one’s fingers

9. What is the term for the portion of wine or any other spirit that is lost by evaporation during the process of aging in barrels?

Angel’s Share

10. By what tradition of inheritance is the entire estate of the parents handed down to the first born son?

Primogeniture

QUIZ - 28

1. What is Obsolagnium?

2. What is the literary term used to describe a genre of novel that traces the growth of its protagonist from childhood to maturity?

3. What word describes an abnormal fear of crowds?

4. What term coined by anthropologist Edward Hall describes the set measurable distances between people as they interact?

5. Which word commonly defined as ‘code of silence’ typifies a way of life in parts of Southern Italy that prohibits divulging information about the activities of certain criminal organizations?

6. What is the name given to the biological process that maintains an internal equilibrium in the living organism?

7. It has no official universal name, but is known in several languages by different words – klammeraffe, grisehale, kissanhnta, dalphaengi, apenstaartje – each of them associated with an animal. What is it?

8. What is dactylonomy?

9. What is the term for the portion of wine or any other spirit that is lost by evaporation during the process of aging in barrels?

10. By what tradition of inheritance is the entire estate of the parents handed down to the first born son?

Answers to Quiz - 27

1. One of the toughest golf courses in the world has lent its name to a phrase that describes the trauma and shock experienced when a person encounters a harsh reality. What is this term?

Carnoustie Effect after the golf course at Carnoustie in Scotland

2. What system of medical treatment popularized by three times Tour de France champion Louison Bobet relies on the beneficial effect of the marine environment, sea water, sea weeds etc?

Thalassotherapy

3. Name the almond sized and shaped structure of the brain that is responsible for the emotional state of a person

The Amygdala

4. What are Arborio, Carnaroli, Vialone nano and Baldo?

Four famous varieties of Risotto rice

5. What is the name for the inherited neurological disorder most often associated with the exclamation of obscene words?

Tourette's syndrome

6. Name the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ who named the main characters after members of his own family.

Matthew Abram Groening

7. Which Italian film has given us the word paparazzi to describe photographers who chase celebrities to get candid photographs?

From Signor Paparazzo in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita

8. What Latin legal term elucidates the principle that past decisions of the court must be recognized as precedents?

Stare decisis

9. Which year is referred to as the ‘year of three Popes’?

1978

10. Who is the Bering Strait, between Russia and North America, named after?

Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer for the Russian czar in the 18^th Century

QUIZ - 27

1. One of the toughest golf courses in the world has lent its name to a phrase that describes the trauma and shock experienced when a person encounters a harsh reality. What is this term?

2. What system of medical treatment popularized by three times Tour de France champion Louison Bobet relies on the beneficial effect of the marine environment, sea water, sea weeds etc?

3. Name the almond sized and shaped structure of the brain that is responsible for the emotional state of a person

4. What are Arborio, Carnaroli, Vialone nano and Baldo?

5. What is the name for the inherited neurological disorder most often associated with the exclamation of obscene words?

6. Name the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ who named the main characters after members of his own family.

7. Which Italian film has given us the word paparazzi to describe photographers who chase celebrities to get candid photographs?

8. What Latin legal term elucidates the principle that past decisions of the court must be recognized as precedents?

9. Which year is referred to as the ‘year of three Popes’?

10. Who is the Bering Strait, between Russia and North America, named after?

Answers to Quiz - 26

1. Tour de France was started in 1903 as a publicity exercise to boost the circulation of a newspaper. Name the newspaper and its editor,

L’Auto (now L'Equipe) and Henri Desgrange

2. Which country other than hosts France has stamped its dominance on Tour de France, with its cyclists winning the event as many as 18 times?

Belgium

3. The tradition of having the race leader wear the ‘Maillot Jaune’ (Yellow Jersey) began part way through the tour in 1919. What was the reason for this and who was the first rider to whom it was offered?

In order to make the leader stand out in the bunch of riders for the benefit of spectators. The colour was chosen because L’Auto was printed on yellow paper. Eugene Christophe was the first rider to wear the ‘Maillot Jaune’

4. The winner of Tour de France is the rider who completes the race in the lowest cumulative time and thus it is possible to be a champion without even winning a single stage. This has happened only five times, the last one being in 1990. Who was the winner in 1990?

Greg Lemond

5. In addition to the Yellow Jersey for the overall winner, Green and Polka Dot Jerseys are respectively given to the riders who are the best sprinters and mountain climbers. Name the Belgian cyclist and his nickname, who in the year 1969 devoured the opposition by winning all three jerseys.

Eddie Merckx nicknamed 'The Cannibal'

6. Till 1937 the riders had to dismount from their bike and turn the wheels around every time they changed from uphill to downhill and vice versa. What mechanism introduced in 1937 eliminated this cumbersome procedure?

Derailleur Gears

7. Who or what is ardoisier?

The pinion rider on a motorbike who holds up a board giving information on time gap to the breakaway group during the race.

8. What is the term used for the rider who finishes last in the overall classification?

Lanterne Rouge (Red Lantern)

9. What distinctive sign identifies the final kilometer of each stage in the race?

Flamme Rouge (The Red Pennant)

10. Twice in the history of Tour de France, the winner has been disqualified at a later date. In 2006, Floyd Landis was stripped off his title after being found guilty of taking drugs. Why was the champion disqualified in 1904?

He had taken a train to ride part of the race