1. When the word "red" is printed in blue identifying the colour of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors than when the word is congruent with its ink colour. Name this paradox based on which a popular cognitive test has been devised to gauge the psychological capacity of a person.
The Stroop Effect after John Ridley Stroop who first reported it in 1935
2. Name the famous 18th Century English litterateur, who earned the disparaging epithet of
‘Great Convulsionary’ because of his facial tics and twitches
Dr. Samuel Johnson
3. Name the management consultant who coined the term ‘servant Leadership’ in his 1970 essay ‘the servant as leader’?
Robert K Greenleaf
4. Literally meaning “Hummingbird of the South”, what was the name of the chief god of the Aztecs?
Huitzilopochtli
5. What medical term, named after the pioneering French neurologist who in 1885 first described this condition in an 86-year-old French noblewoman, is used for the neurological disorder characterised by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalisations called tics?
Tourette syndrome after Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette
6. Who painted ‘The Milkmaid’, considered as the best attraction of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam?
Johannes Vermeer
7. What was the capital city of the Aztec culture?
Tenochtitlan
8. What is the name of the traditional horn used during Jewish religious services?
Shofar
9. What treaty signed on 7 February 1992 created the European Union and the Euro?
The Maastricht Treaty signed in Maastricht, Netherlands
10. Which famous football club is known by its nickname of Red Devils?
Manchester United
The Stroop Effect after John Ridley Stroop who first reported it in 1935
2. Name the famous 18th Century English litterateur, who earned the disparaging epithet of
‘Great Convulsionary’ because of his facial tics and twitches
Dr. Samuel Johnson
3. Name the management consultant who coined the term ‘servant Leadership’ in his 1970 essay ‘the servant as leader’?
Robert K Greenleaf
4. Literally meaning “Hummingbird of the South”, what was the name of the chief god of the Aztecs?
Huitzilopochtli
5. What medical term, named after the pioneering French neurologist who in 1885 first described this condition in an 86-year-old French noblewoman, is used for the neurological disorder characterised by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalisations called tics?
Tourette syndrome after Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette
6. Who painted ‘The Milkmaid’, considered as the best attraction of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam?
Johannes Vermeer
7. What was the capital city of the Aztec culture?
Tenochtitlan
8. What is the name of the traditional horn used during Jewish religious services?
Shofar
9. What treaty signed on 7 February 1992 created the European Union and the Euro?
The Maastricht Treaty signed in Maastricht, Netherlands
10. Which famous football club is known by its nickname of Red Devils?
Manchester United
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