Tuesday, July 23, 2013

QUIZ - 133



1)      Why do people stand in The Queue?

2)      What historic event did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize on 19th and 20th July 1848?

3)      For the use of what specific steroid was Ben Johnson stripped of his medals and titles?

4)      What was known as  “The Bitter Invention of Satan” in early 17th Century

5)      Name the Nobel Laureate neuropsychologist who hypothesized that when the brain commands the eyes to move, it also sends a “corollary discharge”, or internal copy, of that command to the visual system.

6)      What name derived from a fairytale is given to a planet that falls within the habitable zone of its star?

7)      What does the Hipparcos Catalogue list?

8)      What is the popular name of the species Homo floresiensis?

9)      What French term is used to describe cooking food in airtight plastic bags for longer than normal times at strictly regulated temperatures?

10)  Name the dairy farmer who founded Glastonbury Festival that is held every year on his farm.

1 comment:

Vinay N Swamy said...

2. Women's rights protests
3. Stanozolol
4. Coffee
5. Roger Sperry
6. Goldilocks
8. Hobbit
9. Sous-vide