1) What are Folle Blanche, Colombard and Ugni Blanc?
They are the three mandatory grapes from which the wine must be derived to make Cognac
2) Which is the world’s oldest daily newspaper that is still in publication?
Weiner Zeitung, which appeared for the first time on August 8, 1703 under the name of ‘Wiennerisches Diarium’
3) What organisation was founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933 with the aim to ‘live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus Christ’?
The Catholic Worker Movement
4) Which Italian political party uses a portrait of Gandhi in its logo?
Radicali Italiani (Italian Radicals)
5) After which French astronomer is the scale for classifying total lunar eclipse named?
André Danjon
6) Which six countries signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957, that led to the formation of the European Economic Community, the precursor to European Union?
France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
7) What is the Torino Impact Scale used for?
To categorize the earth impact hazard associated with newly discovered comets and asteroids
8) In honour of which 13th Century Persian mystic poet has UNESCO dedicated the year 2007?
Jalal-ud-din Rumi whose 800th birthday is being observed this year
9) Based on whose theories did Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers develop the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some significant personal preferences?
Carl Jung’s theories in his work Psychological Types
10) Name the political action committee in USA that derives its name from the saying “Early money is like yeast, because it helps to raise the dough” and whose aim is to help elect Democratic women to political office.
EMILY’s List
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