physical-world
Which author, better known as a novelist, was sent by Franz Boas to disprove the scientific basis of phrenology as part of an unfinished PhD? This author documented the case of the Haitian zombie Felicia Felix-Mentor in one anthropological work.
Zora Neale Hurston
Philosophy & Sociology
Physical World
Lake Tana in Ethiopia is the source of what colorfully-named river that runs for approximately 1,450 km through Ethiopia and Sudan?
Blue Nile
Lakes | Rivers
physical-world
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 was awarded to Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt "for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to…" which vitamin?
C
Physical World
Which tectonic microplate is located off the west coast of South America in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, bordering the Nazca Plate to the east and the Pacific Plate to the west. It was discovered from looking at earthquake distributions that were offset from the previously perceived Nazca-Pacific Divergent boundary.
Easter Plate (located to the west of Easter Island)
Geology | Tectonic Plates
physical-world
Mogadishu is the capital city of which East African country?
SOMALIA
physical-world
Reaching a height of 4,421 metres, which mountain in California is the highest in the Sierra Nevada and the contiguous United States?
Mount WHITNEY (or TUMANGUYA)
Mountains, Volcanoes & Hills
physical-world
Named for an Italian sociologist and economist who showed that approximately 80% of the land in his country was owned by 20% of the population, which principle is known as the 80/20 rule?
PARETO Principle [Also: Law of the VITAL FEW / Principle of FACTOR SPARSITY]
Philosophy & Sociology | Politics & Economics
Physical World
Hobart is the capital and largest city of Tasmania. The island’s second largest city shares its name with which market town in Cornwall, near to the Devon border?
LAUNCESTON
Major Cities
physical-world
What is defined in physics as the product of the mass and velocity of an object?
MOMENTUM
physical-world
What large New England capital city has an average annual windspeed of about 12.4 miles per hour, 2 miles an hour faster than Chicago? Their main rivalry with Chicago focused on Michael Jordan and Larry Bird.
BOSTON
Major Cities