Answer to Quiz - 32

1. Name the small town in Southern Spain, which hosts on the last Wednesday of August each year, the unique ‘La Tomatina’ when people pelt each other with ripe tomatoes.

Buñol

2. Which 20^th Century French philosopher coined the term ‘Biopower’ to describe the way in which capitalist states exerted control over people to promote life better?

Michel Foucault

3. In which European capital city would you find the Ferihegy airport?

Budapest

4. What is Zolotnik?

A traditional Russian standard for measuring the purity of silver. Pure silver has a Zolotnik value of 96.

5. What are Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug?

The four main denominations of Tibetan Buddhism

6. What is the unique record of the actor Desmond Llewelyn in the history of cinema?

The most times a single actor has played the same role, that of Q in 17 James Bond films.

7. If meteorology is the study of weather phenomena, what is metrology?

Study of measurement

8. A computer program called ‘Elk Cloner’ written in 1982 was the first of its kind. What is its dubious claim to fame?

The first virus to infect personal computers

9. What are Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe?

Reputed coffees from the birth place of coffee, Ethiopia

10. What was Henry Ford’s first prototype of the automobile called?

Quadricycle