Tuesday 10

1. X Nuclear Power Plant is the United Arab Emirates first nuclear power station, the first nuclear power station in the arabian peninsula as well as the first commercial nuclear power station. It was develooped by the Emirates Nuclear Power Energy Corporation and Korea Electric Power Corporation. X stands for blessing in Islam. Give me X.

a.) Sharjah
b.) Ajman
c.) Barakah
d.) Al Jajeerah

c.) Barakah

Originally scheduled to open in 2017, Barakah Power Plant raised myriad concerns to nuclear energy veterans about the potential risks it will invite like environmental catastrophe to a nuclear arms race .

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2. In 2017, company X's CEO joined the board of directors of a famous food and beverage company Y to bring some technical experience to its board, following the resignation of its previous CEO Howard Schultz.Y being originally founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker at Seattle's Pike Place Market is currently headed by Kevin Johnson. Recently X was also in news for rumours of buying a very popular video sharing platform.

ID X and Y. a.) Google and KFC
b.) Microsoft and Starbucks
c.) Google and Starbucks
b.) Microsoft and KFC

b.) Microsoft and Starbucks

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3. This work, originally written in Arabic, was all the rage among alchemists of Europe. Many people believed this text contained the secrets to making the prima materia, its transmutation and the explanation to the “world's creation”. While the original, which is said to have been written by Hermes Trismegistus is missing, many imaginative interpretations of its appearance have been made. A certain group of “travellers” were inspired by the text and named their group after some lines in its Latin translation. Some of their members tattoo artistic interpretations of the work onto their back and onto doors used by the organization. What is the name of this group, whose members have a thing towards confusing genealogies?

a.) Sic Mundus
b.) Aum Shrinkiyo
c.) Villa Baveira

a.) Sic Mundus

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4. Identify this famous painting from the Dutch Golden Age whose name also resembles a military order present in a very popular TV series. The name of the painting originated in the 18th century, when people mistook the darkening of the canvas due to age and misuse as the setting of the painting.

a.) The Night Watch
b.) Schlacht Von Waterloo
c.) The Great War

a.) The Night Watch

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5. “Objects in the mirror are bluer than they appear” In this XKCD Comic, whose car are they trying to portray?

a.) Bill Clinton
b.) Alexander Graham Bell
c.) Edwin Hubble
d.) Stephen Fleming

c.) Edwin Hubble

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