Tuesday, November 10, 2009

QUIZ - 87

1. What non-profit organization did the famous American astronomer Carl Sagan co-found in 1980 for space exploration?

2. What is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope?

3. What is the term for trading platforms where shares can be bought and sold without the details being made public?

4. What popular term in the retail business originated from the department store started by Edward Filene in the early 20th Century?

5. The mass extinction of Dinosaurs 65 million years ago is controversially linked to the collision of earth with an asteroid. Name the impact crater located in Mexico that resulted from this collision.

6. By what famous name do we know the writer and philosopher who was born as Alisa Rosenbaum?

7. In what style of painting are objects depicted with photographically realistic detail to create the illusion of three dimensions?

8. Where are the American war heroes buried?

9. What is the name of a series of systematic studies on Unidentified Flying Objects undertaken by the US Air Force between 1952 and 1970

10. A unit of measurement called ‘Sagan’ has been humorously defined as a tribute to the famous American astronomer Carl Sagan. How much is one ‘Sagan’?

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