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1. What method for determination of accurate costs was introduced in 1987 by 2 Harvard Business School professors, Robert Kaplan and William Bruns?

2. Which organization first practiced the concept of Benchmarking in 1979 and who introduced it to them?

3. Who coined the term core competence in a 1990 article?

4. What model developed by Michael Porter explains why particular industries become competitive in particular locations?

5. Which company developed and pioneered the concept of Economic Value Added (EVA), widely held today as the holy grail of corporate performance measure?

6. Who developed the principle of Force Field Analysis, which provides a framework for looking at factors that influence a situation?

7. What theory of decision making was postulated by Irving Janis in 1970’s to explain how decisions are taken by groups more interested in maintaining their cohesiveness than evaluating facts realistically?

8. Name the 1954 book in which Abraham Maslow expounded his famous Hierarchy of Needs model?

9. Who introduced the principle of ‘management by objectives’ in the 1954 book, The Practice of Management?

10. Name the management consultant who is widely credited with having devised the tool of SWOT Analysis?

Answers to Quiz - 77

1. What objects constitute a Hickson Compact Group?

Galaxies

2. What is 51 Pegasi b?

The first exoplanet to be discovered. Exoplanets are planets that orbit a star other than the Sun

3. Where is the Headquarters of the International Astronomical Union?

Paris

4. Who discovered the planet Pluto?

Clyde Tombaugh

5. What new category of astronomical objects did the International Astronomical Union create in 2008 following the redefinition of the word planet in 2006?

Plutoid

6. What is the name given to celestial objects between Jupiter and Neptune that act like both asteroids and comets?

Centaurs

7. What astronomical term describes the centre of mass of two bodies that orbit around each other, for example the earth and the moon?

Barycentre

8. What are the 3 satellites of Pluto?

Charon, Nix and Hydra

9. On 21st October 2003, an object bigger than Pluto was discovered and it eventually led to Pluto being stripped of its planetary status. Initially named 2003 UB313, by what name do we know it today?

Eris

10. Name the 19th Century astronomer who posed one of the most interesting problems of astrophysics – ‘why is the sky dark at night?’

Heinrich Olbers (Olbers Paradox)

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Ten questions for The International Year of Astronomy 2009

1. What objects constitute a Hickson Compact Group?

2. What is 51 Pegasi b?

3. Where is the Headquarters of the International Astronomical Union?

4. Who discovered the planet Pluto?

5. What new category of astronomical objects did the International Astronomical Union create in 2008 following the redefinition of the word planet in 2006?

6. What is the name given to celestial objects between Jupiter and Neptune that act like both asteroids and comets?

7. What astronomical term describes the centre of mass of two bodies that orbit around each other, for example the earth and the moon?

8. What are the 3 satellites of Pluto?

9. On 21st October 2003, an object bigger than Pluto was discovered and it eventually led to Pluto being stripped of its planetary status. Initially named 2003 UB313, by what name do we know it today?

10. Name the 19th Century astronomer who posed one of the most interesting problems of astrophysics – ‘why is the sky dark at night?’

Answers to Quiz - 76

1. What is an orphan drug?

A drug developed specifically to treat a rare medical condition, a disorder affecting fewer than 200,000 people in USA as per The Orphan Drug Act

2. What term describes a coral island surrounded by a lagoon?

Atoll

3. In which country would you hear the Dhivehi language?

Maldives

4. What is the name of the infamous award given by Greenpeace International for the worst act of deforestation?

Golden Chainsaw Award

5. Deriving its name from a literary society founded in England in the mid 18th Century, what derisive term is applied to a woman who affects literary interests?

Bluestocking

6. What landmark event n 1688 led to the overthrow of King James – II of England and paved the way for establishment of constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy?

The Glorious Revolution

7. Name the largest of the 7 Canary Islands

Tenerife

8. What term borrowed from TV and film industry refers to formal financial approval to go ahead with a project?

Greenlighting

9. Under Megan’s Law in United States of America what details are required to be made available to the public?

Information about sex offenders

10. First stated by a French Mathematician Louis Bachelier in 1900 and later developed in 1960’s by Prof. Eugene Fama at University of Chicago, what theory states that the price at which an asset s traded in the market reflects all known information and instantly change to reflect new information?

Efficient Market Hypothesis

QUIZ - 76

1. What is an orphan drug?

2. What term describes a coral island surrounded by a lagoon?

3. In which country would you hear the Dhivehi language?

4. What is the name of the infamous award given by Greenpeace International for the worst act of deforestation?

5. Deriving its name from a literary society founded in England in the mid 18th Century, what derisive term is applied to a woman who affects literary interests?

6. What landmark event in 1688 led to the overthrow of King James – II of England and paved the way for establishment of constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy?

7. Name the largest of the 7 Canary Islands

8. What term borrowed from TV and film industry refers to formal financial approval to go ahead with a project?

9. Under Megan’s Law in United States of America what details are required to be made available to the public?

10. First stated by a French Mathematician Louis Bachelier in 1900 and later developed in 1960’s by Prof. Eugene Fama at University of Chicago, what theory states that the price at which an asset s traded in the market reflects all known information and instantly change to reflect new information?

Answers to Quiz - 75

1. Name the 3 Lehman brothers

Henry, Emmanuel and Mayer

2. Which Italian painter is widely referred to as the Rembrandt of Italy?

Caravaggio

3. What is the largest bay on Earth measured by shoreline length?

Hudson Bay

4. What fruit comes in varieties of Burgundy, Duncan and Marsh?

Grapefruit

5. Who was the first American woman to be commemorated on a postage stamp?

Martha Washington, wife of George Washington

6. The Argentines call this place Malvinas. By what name does rest of the world know this place?

Falkland Islands

7. What is the term used for courts that can review and overrule previous judgments given by a lower court?

Courts of Cassation

8. What food was deeply revered by the Incas and referred to as the mother of all grains?

Quinoa

9. What term coined by psychologist Dorothy Tennov describes an obsessive kind of romantic love?

Limerence

10. What psychological term describes the tendency of people to form friendships or romantic relationships with those whom they encounter often

Propinquity Effect

QUIZ - 75

1. Name the 3 Lehman brothers

2. Which Italian painter is widely referred to as the Rembrandt of Italy?

3. What is the largest bay on Earth measured by shoreline length?

4. What fruit comes in varieties of Burgundy, Duncan and Marsh?

5. Who was the first American woman to be commemorated on a postage stamp?

6. The Argentines call this place Malvinas. By what name does rest of the world know this place?

7. What is the term used for courts that can review and overrule previous judgments given by a lower court?

8. What food was deeply revered by the Incas and referred to as the mother of all grains?

9. What term coined by psychologist Dorothy Tennov describes an obsessive kind of romantic love?

10. What psychological term describes the tendency of people to form friendships or romantic relationships with those whom they encounter often

Answers to Quiz - 74

1. What international convention seeks to protect biodiversity against the potential risk of being contaminated by genetically modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology?

Cartagena Protocol

2. Who in 1896 developed the Swiss Army Knife and went on to name his company Victoria in memory of his mother?

Karl Elsener

3. Name the American company that introduced the Reclining Chair in 1928 and whose name is today synonymous with that product.

La-z-boy

4. What communication medium did Jack Dorsey create in 2006?

Twitter

5. With students such as Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, who popularized the Method School of acting?

Lee Strasberg

6. What game uses terms like Flop, Fish and Fold?

Poker

7. Which is world’s most active volcano?

Kilauea volcano on Hawaii

8. What is the only country in the world with a solid, single-coloured flag?

Libya. Green colour

9. What are drumlins and eskers formed by?

Glaciers

10. What are the followers of the Unification Church called?

Moonies

QUIZ - 74

1. What international convention seeks to protect biodiversity against the potential risk of being contaminated by genetically modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology?

2. Who in 1896 developed the Swiss Army Knife and went on to name his company Victoria in memory of his mother?

3. Name the American company that introduced the Reclining Chair in 1928 and whose name is today synonymous with that product.

4. What communication medium did Jack Dorsey create in 2006?

5. With students such as Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, who popularized the Method School of acting?

6. What game uses terms like Flop, Fish and Fold?

7. Which is world’s most active volcano?

8. What is the only country in the world with a solid, single-coloured flag?

9. What are drumlins and eskers formed by?

10. What are the followers of the Unification Church called?

Answers to Quiz - 73

1. What word describes a person who only eats food grown or produced locally within a limited area?

Locavore

2. From what fruit is the liquor Kirsch derived?
Cherry

3. What was Professor Stephen Salter’s 1974 invention Edinburgh Duck used for?

Converting wave energy to electricity

4. In what unit is cloud cover of the sky usually reported?

Octa. It ranges from 0 to 8, 0 being clear blue sky and 8 fully overcast sky

5. What is the term used to describe sailors who have not crossed the equator?

Pollywog

6. What is the popular name of the trophy awarded to the winner of the British Open Golf Championships?

Claret Jug

7. What protein in banana is responsible for producing the neurotransmitter Serotonin?

Tryptophan

8. Name the alternative rock band that in 1988 produced the album Daydream Nation, widely regarded by critics as a milestone of the 1980s underground music.

Sonic Youth

9. What recently became the one millionth word of English language?

Web 2.0

10. What is Polysomnography used for?

To study sleep related disorders