Answers to Quiz - 8

1) Of which Central American country is ‘The Merengue’ the national dance?

Dominican Republic

2) What is the name given to planets that are located outside our solar system?

Exoplanets

3) In business parlance, what does the term ‘Chinese Walls’ refer to?

Separation of investment banking and brokerage operations to avoid conflict of interest

4) Many cargo ships are designed to suit the dimensions of the lock chambers of the Panama Canal. What is this special classification of ships called?

Panamax Ships

5) Having provided 4 out of first 5 presidents and 8 in all, which state is considered as the birthplace of American Presidents?

Virginia

6) What term did the astronomer Fritz Zwicky coin to describe stars that explode violently with their luminosity suddenly increasing several million times their normal level?

Supernova

7) In October 1986, a series of far-reaching reforms opened up the London Stock Exchange and is believed to be responsible for catapulting London to the status of the Business Capital of the World. What is the popular term given to the revolution ushered in by these reforms?

Big Bang

8) Name the geologists who in 1980 proposed that the mass extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago was caused by the impact of an asteroid on earth.

Luis and Walter Alvarez

9) Which word, meaning stone snake in the Aztec language, describes the stone canals that form part of an extensive network of aqueduct in the Tehuacan Valley in Mexico, believed to be longest prehistoric water management system in the New World?

Tecoatl