QUIZ - 46

1. An important but controversial economic concept postulates that happiness and income are not correlated. Name the American Professor of Economics who presented this concept in a 1974 paper and who has lent his name to it.

2. Who in 1996 invented Palm Pilot, the first hand-held computer?

3. Name the Wikipedia style knowledge repository being built by Google

4. What is the name given to phrases in a piece of writing that that merely promotes the subject instead of imparting real information?

5. ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’ is a term to describe the economic conflict between individual interests and the common good of the society. Who popularized this term in 1968 with an essay of the same title?

6. What is the name of the psychometric questionnaire for personality assessment based on the theory of Carl Jung?

7. Who invented a type of lens that is named after him, for use originally in lighthouses?

8. What term describes a fake online identity used for the purpose of deception within an Internet community?

9. What martial art cum dance form was developed in Brazil during the 16^th Century by slaves brought in from Africa?

10. What is the name given to the woman who lived about 140,000 years ago in Africa and to whom all the currently living humans can trace their descent?

Answers to Quiz - 45

1. If dyslexia is the disability to learn, what is orthorexia?

Fixation on righteous eating.

2. The Erdős number has been coined in honour of the famous Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős. What unique concept does it describe?

It describes the "collaborative distance", in regard to mathematical papers, between an author and Paul Erdős. Direct collaborators with Paul Erdős are assigned the Erdős number 1.

3. Birmabright is the name of the proprietary alloy used for the body of Land Rover and other classic British vehicles. Which two metals mainly constitute Birmabright?

Aluminium and Magnesium

4. Tailgating refers to the practice of driving too closely behind another vehicle. In the world of finance, what does tailgating mean?

The action of a broker buying or selling a security for his client and then immediately making the same transaction in his own account.

5. Name the mathematician and meteorologist who coined the term ‘Butterfly Effect’ to describe how minor variations in atmospheric conditions can trigger off big changes in the weather.

Edward Norton Lorenz

6. Named after the Russian word for lightning, what highly elliptical orbits with an orbital period of about 12 hours are used by many Russian communication satellites?

Molniya Orbit

7. What was the code name for the first nuclear test conducted on July 16, 1945 by United States of America?

Trinity

8. Name the founder of Christian Monastic communities, who also laid down rules for monks living in such communities.

Saint Benedict

9. Which people are regarded as the first human inhabitants of the Americas some 13000 years ago?

Clovis

10. Located in the heart of Tokyo, Tsukiji is the largest market of its kind in the world. What is sold in this market?

Fish

QUIZ - 45

1. If dyslexia is the disability to learn, what is orthorexia?

2. The Erdős number has been coined in honour of the famous Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős. What unique concept does it describe?

3. Birmabright is the name of the proprietary alloy used for the body of Land Rover and other classic British vehicles. Which two metals mainly constitute Birmabright?

4. Tailgating refers to the practice of driving too closely behind another vehicle. In the world of finance, what does tailgating mean?

5. Name the mathematician and meteorologist who coined the term ‘Butterfly Effect’ to describe how minor variations in atmospheric conditions can trigger off big changes in the weather.

6. Named after the Russian word for lightning, what highly elliptical orbits with an orbital period of about 12 hours are used by many Russian communication satellites?

7. What was the code name for the first nuclear test conducted on July 16, 1945 by United States of America?

8. Name the founder of Christian Monastic communities, who also laid down rules for monks living in such communities.

9. Which people are regarded as the first human inhabitants of the Americas some 13000 years ago?

10. Located in the heart of Tokyo, Tsukiji is the largest market of its kind in the world. What is sold in this market?