Sunday, November 23, 2014

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

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