Answers to Quiz - 43

1. In which country’s capital city most streets are without names?

Managua, the capital of Nicaragua

2. Housed in the former residence of the steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick, The Frick is a famous museum owning some of the world-famous paintings. In which American city would you be able to visit The Frick?

New York City

3. With works of art by Michelangelo, El Greco, Raffaello and Botticelli, in which city would you find the famous Capodimonte Museum?

Naples

4. Alexander Rodchenko’s path-breaking and pioneering work has earned him a permanent place in history through what are popularly known today as Rodchenko angles. In which field of work did Rodchenko earn this distinction?

Photography

5. The inhabitants of which famous South American city are referred to as porteños?

Buenos Aires

6. Euphronius who lived in Greece in 5^th Century B.C. was one of the most important artists of the red-figure technique. With what art form is this technique associated?

Vase Painting

7. Name the British inventor of the Wind-up Radio that runs without electricity or batteries and is powered by the user winding a crank for several seconds.

Trevor Baylis

8. What is the term given to the transplantation of tissues or organs from one species to another?

Xenotransplantation

9. The publication of the novel ‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ led to a spate of suicides by people who adopted the same means as in the book. The term ‘Werther Effect’ describes this phenomenon of copycat suicides. Who wrote this book?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10. Name the German psychiatrist who first proposed ‘Bipolar Disorder’, the modern term to describe manic-depressive illness.

Karl Leonhard