QUIZ - 46

1. An important but controversial economic concept postulates that happiness and income are not correlated. Name the American Professor of Economics who presented this concept in a 1974 paper and who has lent his name to it.

2. Who in 1996 invented Palm Pilot, the first hand-held computer?

3. Name the Wikipedia style knowledge repository being built by Google

4. What is the name given to phrases in a piece of writing that that merely promotes the subject instead of imparting real information?

5. ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’ is a term to describe the economic conflict between individual interests and the common good of the society. Who popularized this term in 1968 with an essay of the same title?

6. What is the name of the psychometric questionnaire for personality assessment based on the theory of Carl Jung?

7. Who invented a type of lens that is named after him, for use originally in lighthouses?

8. What term describes a fake online identity used for the purpose of deception within an Internet community?

9. What martial art cum dance form was developed in Brazil during the 16^th Century by slaves brought in from Africa?

10. What is the name given to the woman who lived about 140,000 years ago in Africa and to whom all the currently living humans can trace their descent?