Saturday, July 14, 2007

Answers to Quiz - 24

  1. Which law named after a Dutch Economist correlates growth of output and growth of productivity?

Verdoorn's Law named after Dutch economist, Petrus Johannes Verdoorn

  1. Name the popular carbonated soft drink that is regarded as Scotland’s national beverage?

Irn Bru

  1. What breakfast item did the Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner introduce in 1900?

Muesli

  1. The Golden Spike site commemorates the completion of the coast to coast railway line in USA. On 10th May 1869, the railway lines that originated from either coast were joined at this site. In which state is this historic site located?

Utah

  1. Which sea that is a part of the Southern Ocean is named after a British navigator who is believed to have discovered it in 1823?

Weddell Sea

  1. Which famous philosopher’s thoughts and discussions are recorded in Analects?

Confucius

  1. Name the treaty signed after World War – I that established the borders of Hungary?

The Treaty of Trianon

  1. Which act of the Congress signed in 1933, coming in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash separated the commercial and investment banking activities?

Glass – Steagall Act

  1. What or who are Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dean, Erin, Felix and Gabrielle?

Some of the names given to the hurricanes of the 2007 season Atlantic Ocean

  1. Which Greek poet and writer compiled the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in 2nd Century BC?

Antipater of Sidon

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