Answers to Quiz - 128

1)      What service is provided by a doula?

A trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth

2)      Which country celebrates the festival of Thingyan?

Myanmar. It is their New Year water festival

3)      What countries were formed as a result of the Velvet Divorce?  

Czech Republic and Slovakia

4)      Who is fondly known as Madiba?

Nelson Mandela

5)      Who started Marathon of Hope in 1980 as a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research?

Terrance Stanley (Terry) Fox

6)      What is the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation used for?

For correlating the dates in Christian and Mayan calendars

7)      What are Iron Bridge and True Blue code names for?

Margaret Thatcher’s funeral

8)      Watermelon is the richest edible source of which amino acid?

L - Citruline

9)      Name the English match referee, whose controversial decisions led to ICC withdrawing the test status for the match between India and South Africa at Centurion Park in November 2001.

Mike Denness

10)  What fictional Russian influenced English dialect is spoken by the hoodlums in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange?

Nadsat

QUIZ - 128

1)      What service is provided by a doula?

2)      Which country celebrates the festival of Thingyan?

3)      What countries were formed as a result of the Velvet Divorce?  

4)      Who is fondly known as Madiba?

5)      Who started Marathon of Hope in 1980 as a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research?

6)      What is the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation used for?

7)      What are Iron Bridge and True Blue code names for?

8)      Watermelon is the richest edible source of which amino acid?

9)      Name the English match referee, whose controversial decisions led to ICC withdrawing the test status for the match between India and South Africa at Centurion Park in November 2001.

10)  What fictional Russian influenced English dialect is spoken by the hoodlums in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange?

Answers to Quiz - 127

1)      What term was coined by Horace Walpole in a letter dated 28^th January 1754?

Serendipity

2)      Who was referred to by the epithet “Boadicea in pearls”?

Margaret Thatcher

3)      What are people suffering from EHS allergic to?  

Electromagnetic Radiation

4)      What term named after a country describes irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased allowances, reduced working hours etc?

Spanish Practices

5)      Name the part of our brain that plays the central role in managing rewards and pleasures.

Nucleus accumbens

6)      Name the annual ceremony performed in London by British regiments on a Saturday in June to mark the official birthday of the British sovereign.

Trooping the Colour

7)      Dating back to 1897 and always run on the third Monday of April, which is the world’s oldest annual marathon?

Boston Marathon

8)      Uguisu no fun is used in traditional Japanese beauty treatment and is also referred to as “Geisha Facial”. What is it made of?

Excreta of Japanese Bush Warbler

9)      A book published in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London had such a serious typographic mistake, that almost all the copies were cancelled and burned. By what name do we know this book today and what was the typo?

The Wicked Bible. Thou shalt commit adultery

10)  What commodity is bought and sold through the En primeur system?

Wine

QUIZ - 127

1)      What term was coined by Horace Walpole in a letter dated 28^th January 1754?

2)      Who was referred to by the epithet “Boadicea in pearls”?

3)      What are people suffering from EHS allergic to?  

4)      What term named after a country describes irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased allowances, reduced working hours etc?

5)      Name the part of our brain that plays the central role in managing rewards and pleasures.

6)      Name the annual ceremony performed in London by British regiments on a Saturday in June to mark the official birthday of the British sovereign.

7)      Dating back to 1897 and always run on the third Monday of April, which is the world’s oldest annual marathon?

8)      Uguisu no fun is used in traditional Japanese beauty treatment and is also referred to as “Geisha Facial”. What is it made of?

9)      A book published in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London had such a serious typographic mistake, that almost all the copies were cancelled and burned. By what name do we know this book today and what was the typo?

10)  What commodity is bought and sold through the En primeur system?

Answers to Quiz - 126

1)      Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to get the perfect score of ten. In which apparatus did she achieve this distinction at the 1976 Montreal Olympics?

Uneven Bars

2)      The first man to win back to back gold medals in Marathon at the Olympics was the legendary Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, who achieved this at the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo games. Name the German (then East Germany) who emulated this feat in 1976 Montreal and 1980 Moscow games.

Waldemar Cierpinski

3)      Name the high-jumper who unveiled a new revolutionary technique of jumping at the 1968 Mexico games.

Dick Fosbury

4)      Whose record did Michael Phelps break for the most number of Olympic medals?

Larisa Latynina

5)      Name the only 2 Olympians who have won gold medals in the same individual event at 4 consecutive games. Also name the events.

Al Oerter (1956-68) in Discus Throw and Carl Lewis (1984-96) in Long Jump

6)      Name the legendary diver who swept away both the springboard and platform events at consecutive games in 1984 and 1988.

Greg Louganis

7)      What Olympic record is shared by Mark Todd of New Zealand and Aladár Gerevich of Hungary?

The most (28) years between the first and the last Olympic medals

8)      Name the legendary Australian swimmer who was the first to win the same event in 3 consecutive games

Dawn Fraser

9)      Which Olympic sport did Steven Redgrave rule between 1984 and 2000, winning 5 gold and 1 bronze medals?

Rowing

10)  Who set the longest standing Olympic record and in which event?

Bob Beamon in Long Jump. 8.90m Stood for 23 years from 1968 to 1991

QUIZ - 126

1)      Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to get the perfect score of ten. In which apparatus did she achieve this distinction at the 1976 Montreal Olympics? 

2)      The first man to win back to back gold medals in Marathon at the Olympics was the legendary Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, who achieved this at the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo games. Name the German (then East Germany) who emulated this feat in 1976 Montreal and 1980 Moscow games.

3)      Name the high-jumper who unveiled a new revolutionary technique of jumping at the 1968 Mexico games.

4)      Whose record did Michael Phelps break for the most number of Olympic medals?

5)      Name the only 2 Olympians who have won gold medals in the same individual event at 4 consecutive games. Also name the events.

6)      Name the legendary diver who swept away both the springboard and platform events at consecutive games in 1984 and 1988. 

7)      What Olympic record is shared by Mark Todd of New Zealand and Aladár Gerevich of Hungary?

8)      Name the legendary Australian swimmer who was the first to win the same event in 3 consecutive games

9)      Which Olympic sport did Steven Redgrave rule between 1984 and 2000, winning 5 gold and 1 bronze medals?

10)  Who set the longest standing Olympic record and in which event?

Answers to Quiz - 125

1)      What is the sequence of strokes in individual medley swimming?

Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle

2)      Name the three types of swords used in Olympic fencing.

Sabre, Epee and Foil

3)      What is the Japanese name of the winning point awarded in Judo?

Ippon

4)      Omnium and Keirin are formats of which Olympic sport?

Cycling

 

5)      Why was boxing dropped at the 1912 games in Stockholm?

Because it was banned by Swedish law

6)      How many arrows are usually shot in an End?

Six

7)      In Artistic Gymnastics, which is the only apparatus that is common to men and women?

The Vault

8)      How many hurdles must a runner clear in 3000 m Steeplechase?

28 barriers and 7 water jumps

9)      How many different colours are used to distinguish the weights in weightlifting? What are they?

Seven – Chrome, Black, White, Green, Yellow, Blue, Red

10)  By introducing women’s boxing, the 2012 London Olympics is the first in which men and women will compete in all 26 sports. What other historic first will this Olympics be known for?

All the 204 countries were represented by both men and women

QUIZ - 125

If you have been following the London Olympics for the last 10 days, these 10 questions should be easy:

1)      What is the sequence of strokes in individual medley swimming?

2)      Name the three types of swords used in Olympic fencing.

3)      What is the Japanese name of the winning point awarded in Judo?

4)      Omnium and Keirin are formats of which Olympic sport?

5)      Why was boxing dropped at the 1912 games in Stockholm?

6)      How many arrows are usually shot in an End?

7)      In Artistic Gymnastics, which is the only apparatus that is common to men and women? 

8)      How many hurdles must a runner clear in 3000 m Steeplechase?

9)      How many different colours are used to distinguish the weights in weightlifting? What are they?

10)  By introducing women’s boxing, the 2012 London Olympics is the first in which men and women will compete in all 26 sports. What other historic first will this Olympics be known for?