Social Science Questions & Answers

You’ve probably heard of the six famous Noble prizes, awarded every year to the people who have made outstanding contributions to medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace. Alfred Noble was made famous because he invented dynamite in 1867. It seems a little odd, doesn’t it? A peace prize bearing the name of the inventor of dynamite!

Try to identify the snake and seek medical attention. Even if you are not bitten by a venomous snake the bite may become infected. You should never suck on the wound! By the time you start sucking, the venom has entered the bloodstream, so your effect on the situation will be minimal. If you can, wrap from the wound toward …

The grisly spray is the skunk’s best defense. No Creature, human or animal, can stand being near a skunk with that odour. It comes from a fluid called musk which is produced and stored in a pair of glands under the animal’s tail. A skunk can propel the spray about 10 feet.

Jumping beans are made to jump by the action of little insects inside them. The beans are the long seed of certain Maxican shrubs and contain the larvae or caterpillars of a small species of moth with the large scientific name of Bats. The second of these two Latin words means jumping. The larvae are stirred into movement by warmth, …

The female glow-worm is equipped with one of the most marvelous lighting systems in the world. A wingless beetle, she crawls about a night eating small insects. But on the lower side of her abdomen she possesses a “lantern” which she uses to signal to her winged mate flying above. This “lantern” has a transparent layer of skin, like the …

Minsk has been a city of many languages over time. Initially it was Ruthenian (later developed into modern Belarusian). After 1569, Polish became the official language. Belarusian national revival increased the use of Belarusian language but after World War II (by mid 1980s), Minsk was almost exclusively Russian-speaking. Most residents now use Russian in day-to-day life. Belarusian is understood as …

Most likely it was an Egyptian cobra, although the asp has been implicated. An asp is a type of viper and would mean a pretty painful death.

When land is scare, farms must be as productive as possible. For example less than 15 percent of Japan is suitable for farming. But through intensive farming, using fertilizers, irrigation, machinery and improved plant varieties yields are high, and Japan produces 70 percent of the food it needs.Another example of intensive agriculture is market gardening the production of flowers, fruit …

Zorbing is an extreme adventure sport involving a ball made of PVC, also called the zorb. The person, or persons, in case of ‘group zorbing’, gets inside and the ball is closed. The ball is then rolled down a hill, and it picks up speed as it goes. There are two ways to zorb: one involves getting wet and one …

Windfall tax is what’s imposed on windfall gains, an abnormal increase in the profits of any organization in the normal course of its business due to certain circumstances. An example would be the increase in the price of oil over the world. In this case, the oil exploration and production (E&P) companies will make huge gains if they sell oil …