Answers to Quiz - 108

1) Ug99 is a fungus that threatens to destroy wheat crop worldwide. Why is it called so?

From its country of origin (Uganda) and the year of naming (1999)

2) Three Gorges Dam is the world’s biggest hydroelectric project (22500 MW). Across which Chinese river is it constructed?

Yangtze

3) Name the three-headed dog that guards the gates to the underworld in Greek and Roman Mythology.

Cerberus

4) What is the name of the international medical humanitarian organization founded by doctors and journalists in France in 1971? It received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)

5) What two countries did the Mandelbaum Gate separate till it was dismantled in 1967?

Israel and Jordan

6) What is the name of the first practical bicycle invented by a German baron in 1817?

Draisine named after Karl Christian Ludwig Drais von Sauerbronn

7) Name the Canadian professor of English and communication specialist who coined expressions like “Global Village” and “The Medium is the Message”.

Marshall McLuhan

8) What sport was born on Repack Road in California in 1976?

Mountain Biking

9) Panhellenic Games refers to the four sports festivals held in ancient Greece. One of them was the Olympic Games. What are the names of the other three games?

Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian Games

10) Which two nations resolved their border dispute by the Treaty of 1818?

United States of America and United Kingdom

QUIZ - 108

1) Ug99 is a fungus that threatens to destroy wheat crop worldwide. Why is it called so?

2) Three Gorges Dam is the world’s biggest hydroelectric project (22500 MW). Across which Chinese river is it constructed?

3) Name the three-headed dog that guards the gates to the underworld in Greek and Roman Mythology.

4) What is the name of the international medical humanitarian organization founded by doctors and journalists in France in 1971? It received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

5) What two countries did the Mandelbaum Gate separate till it was dismantled in 1967?

6) What is the name of the first practical bicycle invented by a German baron in 1817?

7) Name the Canadian professor of English and communication specialist who coined expressions like “Global Village” and “The Medium is the Message”.

8) What sport was born on Repack Road in California in 1976?

9) Panhellenic Games refers to the four sports festivals held in ancient Greece. One of them was the Olympic Games. What are the names of the other three games?

10) Which two nations resolved their border dispute by the Treaty of 1818?

Answers to Quiz - 107

1) Who lives in “The Lodge”?

Prime Minister of Australia

2) Who is the God of thunder in Celtic mythology?

Taranis

3) What famous organization has recently changed its name to “The Y”?

YMCA

4) What term describes the 19th century American belief that their country was destined to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean?

Manifest Destiny

5) What public transportation concept was pioneered by the French town of La Rochelle in 1974?

Bicycle Sharing System

6) Which country rules Galapagos Islands made famous by Charles Darwin?

Ecuador

7) Which country’s borders were dramatically redefined by the Treaty of Trianon signed in 1920 at the end of World War I?

Hungary

8) What organs of the human body are affected by the Zollinger – Ellison Syndrome?

Pancreas and / or Duodenum

9) What is JCVI-syn1.0?

World’s first artificial living organism created with a synthetic genome on 20th May 2010

10) Which country’s woman Prime Minister is referred to as “Tatra Tigress”?

Slovakia

QUIZ - 107

1) Who lives in “The Lodge”?

2) Who is the God of thunder in Celtic mythology?

3) What famous organization has recently changed its name to “The Y”?

4) What term describes the 19th century American belief that their country was destined to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean?

5) What public transportation concept was pioneered by the French town of La Rochelle in 1974?

6) Which country rules Galapagos Islands made famous by Charles Darwin?

7) Which country’s borders were dramatically redefined by the Treaty of Trianon signed in 1920 at the end of World War I?

8) What organs of the human body are affected by the Zollinger – Ellison Syndrome?

9) What is JCVI-syn1.0?

10) Which country’s woman Prime Minister is referred to as “Tatra Tigress”?