Answers to Quiz - 133

1)      Why do people stand in The Queue?

To buy daily tickets for Wimbledon

2)      What historic event did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize on 19^th and 20^th July 1848?

The Seneca Falls Convention on women’s rights

3)      For the use of what specific steroid was Ben Johnson stripped of his medals and titles?

Stanozolol 

4)      What was known as  “The Bitter Invention of Satan” in early 17^th Century

Coffee

5)      Name the Nobel Laureate neuropsychologist who hypothesized that when the brain commands the eyes to move, it also sends a “corollary discharge”, or internal copy, of that command to the visual system.

Roger Sperry

6)      What name derived from a fairytale is given to a planet that falls within the habitable zone of its star?

Goldilocks Planet

7)      What does the Hipparcos Catalogue list?

Stars

8)      What is the popular name of the species Homo floresiensis?

Hobbit

9)      What French term is used to describe cooking food in airtight plastic bags for longer than normal times at strictly regulated temperatures?

Sous-vide

10)  Name the dairy farmer who founded Glastonbury Festival that is held every year on his farm.

Michael Eavis

QUIZ - 133

1)      Why do people stand in The Queue?

2)      What historic event did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize on 19^th and 20^th July 1848?

3)      For the use of what specific steroid was Ben Johnson stripped of his medals and titles?

4)      What was known as  “The Bitter Invention of Satan” in early 17^th Century

5)      Name the Nobel Laureate neuropsychologist who hypothesized that when the brain commands the eyes to move, it also sends a “corollary discharge”, or internal copy, of that command to the visual system.

6)      What name derived from a fairytale is given to a planet that falls within the habitable zone of its star?

7)      What does the Hipparcos Catalogue list?

8)      What is the popular name of the species Homo floresiensis?

9)      What French term is used to describe cooking food in airtight plastic bags for longer than normal times at strictly regulated temperatures?

10)  Name the dairy farmer who founded Glastonbury Festival that is held every year on his farm.

Answers to Quiz - 132

1)      Who devised the Three Laws of Robotics?

Issac Asimov

2)      What is the popular name of the axiom – “ninety percent of everything is crap”?

Sturgeon’s Law

3)      What book published in 1962 triggered environmental awareness in USA and rest of the world?

Silent Spring

4)      What names have been given to the recently discovered 4^th and 5^th moons of Pluto?

Kerberos and Styx

5)      Who made “The Mother of All Demos” on December 9, 1968?

Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the Computer Mouse

6)      Which country’s cuisine uses Mirin for seasoning and dressing?

Japan

7)      Name the scientist who proposed the Gaia Hypothesis.

James Lovelock

8)      In which modern country would you find the ancient kingdom of Joseon?

Korea

9)      What famous monument did Frederic Auguste Bartholdi design?

Statue of Liberty

10)  What is the Cathedral of Saint Cecilia in Albi, France famous for ?

Largest brick building in the world

QUIZ -132

1)      Who devised the Three Laws of Robotics?

2)      What is the popular name of the axiom – “ninety percent of everything is crap”?

3)      What book published in 1962 triggered environmental awareness in USA and rest of the world?

4)      What names have been given to the recently discovered 4^th and 5^th moons of Pluto?

5)      Who made “The Mother of All Demos” on December 9, 1968?

6)      Which country’s cuisine uses Mirin for seasoning and dressing?

7)      Name the scientist who proposed the Gaia Hypothesis.

8)      In which modern country would you find the ancient kingdom of Joseon?

9)      What famous monument did Frederic Auguste Bartholdi design?

10)  What is the Cathedral of Saint Cecilia in Albi, France famous for ?