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 Why does the WWF logo feature a panda? [Hits: 1]
The World Wildlife Fund was founded in UK by Sir Peter Scott, a British naturalist and painter, in 1961...
Updated On: 11/21/2009
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 Who are stags in the stock market? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 16, Hits: 118]
An investor or speculator who subscribes to a new issue, expecting the price of the stock to rise immediately upon the start of trading is known as a stag...
Updated On: 10/26/2009
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 Who is a sexer? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 44, Hits: 305]
A sexer is a professional in a hatchery who can tell a male chick from a female...
Updated On: 9/6/2009
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 What is Fleet Street in London known for? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 46, Hits: 294]
London’s Fleet Street, named after the river Fleet which flows at one end of the street...
Updated On: 8/2/2009
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 What is Mediawiki? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 73, Hits: 352]
Mediawiki is a wiki software package licensed under the GNU General Public License, making it free and open source software...
Updated On: 7/6/2009
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 What is micro-propagation? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 47, Hits: 478]
Micro-propagation is the technique of multiple production of plants in-vitro. It is used for...
Updated On: 5/24/2009
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 Who made the first ice cream in the world? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 64, Hits: 453]
The origin of ice cream can be traced to at least the 4th century BC. Early references include Roman emperor...
Updated On: 5/24/2009
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 What is bio-amplification? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 81, Hits: 978]
It’s the concentration of pollutant like chloromethyl mercury in the ecological food chain...
Updated On: 4/26/2009
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 What is meant by ‘ceteris paribus’? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 64, Hits: 338]
Ceteris paribus is a Latin phrase literally translated as with other things the same...
Updated On: 3/22/2009
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 How old is Tintin? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 50, Hits: 299]
Tintin is 80 - he was created in postwar France by Belgian artist Georges Remi...
Updated On: 3/15/2009
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 Why is Blue-ray disc black on top? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 56, Hits: 552]
The Blue-ray disc uses a blue (technically violet) laser operating at a wavelength of 405 nanometre...
Updated On: 2/23/2009
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 What is the Nathan Rothschild maxim? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 100, Hits: 619]
The Nathan Rothschild maxim says that you make money in the stock market when blood flows in the streets...
Updated On: 2/1/2009
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 What is slow blogging? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 155, Hits: 759]
It’s a movement that emphasizes blogging after thoughtful consideration instead of hammering out posts...
Updated On: 1/27/2009
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 Who was the Zodiac killer? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 64, Hits: 652]
The Zodiac killer was a serial killer in California, supposedly responsible for five murders and two failed attempts...
Updated On: 1/4/2009
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 How do anti-allergen drugs work? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 152, Hits: 638]
On contact with an allergent, chemical substances are released from mast cells and basophils...
Updated On: 11/17/2008
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 What is RTGS in banking? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 227, Hits: 2292]
Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) is an online system for settling transactions of financial institutions...
Updated On: 11/17/2008
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 What is an AMOLED display? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 97, Hits: 796]
The term AMOLED stands for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode/ Device/ Display....
Updated On: 9/21/2008
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 What are BTL advertisements? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 151, Hits: 921]
Below-the-line (BTL) ads refer to a marketing technique in which nonconventional
Updated On: 8/6/2008
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 What are applets? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 302, Hits: 1590]
An applet is a little application. Prior to the World Wide Web...
Updated On: 6/22/2008
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 What is a Solid State Drive? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 141, Hits: 603]
Solid State Drives, or SSDs as they are popularly called, are new age storage drives and are slowly but gradually replacing traditional hard drives...
Updated On: 6/9/2008
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