QUIZ - 138

1)      What script font with an intentional irregularity is inspired by a 1960s bra advertisement?

2)      What are Broom, Rannoch, Etive, Ness and Tarbert?

3)      Name the first spacecraft launched 50 years ago to fly past Mars and send back close-up images.

4)      What term coined by Danny Bloom describes movies and books related to climate change?

5)      What was the “cannon shot rule” used for?

6)      In which sea is the contentious Mischief Reef located?

 

7)      Name the 1962 debut novel of PD James.

 

8)      What is Velumiphobia the fear of?

9)      The legendary Ayrton Senna was killed on 1^st May 1994 in the San Marion Grand Prix at Imola. Name the Austrian driver who died the day before during the qualifying race.

10)  Who was the former name of INS Vikrant at the time of launching in 1945?

Answers to Quiz - 137

1)      What psychological term introduced by Tamar Gendler in 2008 describes an automated belief?

Alief

2)      The first cricket match was played in India in 1804. In which city did it happen?

Calcutta

3)      Name the famous dessert which is at the centre of a long-lasting feud between Australians and New Zelanders, both claiming to have invented it.

The Pavlova

4)      After what is Philae, the robotic spacecraft that landed on Comet 67P, named?

The temple complex on an island in River Nile

5)      What is the name of the football stadium owned by Real Madrid club?

Santiago Bernabéu 

6)      What is the name of the current geological epoch we are living in?

Holocene

7)      Which scientific organization with its headquarters in Potsdam, Germany is known by the acronym IUGG?

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

8)      The Ebola virus derives its name from a river of the same name. In which country does River Ebola flow?

Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

9)      What are Wild Thai Ryder, Sherry Berry Chocolate and Vanilla Sky names of?

Marijuana strains

10)  Who was the world’s first chess champion between 1886 and 1894?

Wilhelm Steinitz

QUIZ - 137

1)      What psychological term introduced by Tamar Gendler in 2008 describes an automated belief?

2)      The first cricket match was played in India in 1804. In which city did it happen?

3)      Name the famous dessert which is at the centre of a long-lasting feud between Australians and New Zelanders, both claiming to have invented it.

4)      After what is Philae, the robotic spacecraft that landed on Comet 67P, named?

5)      What is the name of the football stadium owned by Real Madrid club?

6)      What is the name of the current geological epoch we are living in?

7)      Which scientific organization with its headquarters in Potsdam, Germany is known by the acronym IUGG?

8)      The Ebola virus derives its name from a river of the same name. In which country does River Ebola flow?

9)      What are Wild Thai Ryder, Sherry Berry Chocolate and Vanilla Sky names of?

10)  Who was the world’s first chess champion between 1886 and 1894?