1) Named after Latin word for 'Cup', these are the types of which musical instrument?
Hi-Hat
Ride
Splash
China
Crash
Clash
Sizzle
Cymbal.
2)
Such a disc with black and white pattern, about 1 foot in diameter is mounted on top of a pole and lowered into a water body. Governed by the Beer-Lambert law, what is such device used for?
Secchi disk, used to measure turbidity of Oceans and lakes.
3) The method of carving a gem (such as Onyx, agate or Sardonix) such that the carved design is a raised positive relief image, is given a particular name that is more popularly known in film and entertainment parlance. What name?
Cameo.
4) A part of the global warming controversy, the findings of Michael E. Mann, Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes are associated with a "sport equipment". Which sport equipment?
The Hockey stick. More about this here.
5) What is this?
The spread of Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan.
6) What is this?
The Tear of Grief, a monument donated by Russia to USA to commemorate 9/11 victims.
8) What is this comic strip about?
Paul is dead controversy.
9) Among the popular ones are:
The Betty,
The Ava,
The Marilyn,
The Sofia
The latest is called The Flashbang. What?
The Flashbang Holsters. The latest is a stun grenade that attaches between the cups of the bra. More about this here
10) In a heavily-guarded, subterranean vault on the outskirts of Paris is a lump of metal, an alloy of Platinum and Iridium, about the size of a plum.
Known by the French phrase "Le Grand K", though there are 6 copycats of it, this original one is of immense importance to the world of science. What?
The international prototype of Kilogram (IPK).
