1. What term originating from London’s Savile Row, usually applied to a suit is used to describe something that is made exactly to a customer’s specification?
Bespoke
2. Name the behavioural economist who suggested ‘The Endowment Effect’, according to which people place a higher value on objects they own than objects that they do not.
Richard Thaler
3. Robot, introduced and popularized by Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R, is derived from the Czech word robota. What does robota mean in the Czech language?
Labour
4. It is referred to as Contraterrene in Science Fiction. By what name do physicists call it?
Antimatter
5. The site of what cataclysmic event that took place on June 30, 1908 is marked by a totem pole dedicated to Agdy, the God of Thunder?
Tunguska Explosion
6. A sequel continues a story begun in a previous film. A prequel narrates the story prior to that of a previous film. But what is a requel?
A movie with the same subject matter as an earlier film, but not a remake of that film
7. What kind of fear is Scolionophobia?
Fear of schools
8. In what field do you use the term Jansen’s Alpha?
Finance, specifically portfolio management
9. What is the practice of people consuming insects for food known as?
Entomophagy
10. Name the pioneering Rock and Roll musician whose trademark instrument was the rectangular guitar?
Bo Diddley
Bespoke
2. Name the behavioural economist who suggested ‘The Endowment Effect’, according to which people place a higher value on objects they own than objects that they do not.
Richard Thaler
3. Robot, introduced and popularized by Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R, is derived from the Czech word robota. What does robota mean in the Czech language?
Labour
4. It is referred to as Contraterrene in Science Fiction. By what name do physicists call it?
Antimatter
5. The site of what cataclysmic event that took place on June 30, 1908 is marked by a totem pole dedicated to Agdy, the God of Thunder?
Tunguska Explosion
6. A sequel continues a story begun in a previous film. A prequel narrates the story prior to that of a previous film. But what is a requel?
A movie with the same subject matter as an earlier film, but not a remake of that film
7. What kind of fear is Scolionophobia?
Fear of schools
8. In what field do you use the term Jansen’s Alpha?
Finance, specifically portfolio management
9. What is the practice of people consuming insects for food known as?
Entomophagy
10. Name the pioneering Rock and Roll musician whose trademark instrument was the rectangular guitar?
Bo Diddley
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