May 13 GK

Question 1

Largest railway system in the world

Answer 1

Grand Central Terminal, New York

-has 44 platforms
- 750,000 passengers per day

Question 2

When was Hitler appointed as Reich Chancellor

Answer 2

January 30 1933

Question 3

When was the first successful human heart transplant

Answer 3

December 3, 1967

Question 4

Who was the patient for the first successful human heart transplant and where

Answer 4

Louis Washkansky

at Cape Town, South Africa

Question 5

Who was the surgeon for the first successful human heart transplant

Answer 5

Christiaan Barnard

Question 6

Achievements of Galileo

Answer 6

-Discovered 4 Jupiter moons, now called the Galilean moons: Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto

• first pendulum clock
• improved designs of earlier telescopes

-made lenses capable of magnifying objects 20 fold

-Developed Universal laws of acceleration (which went against Plato’s teachings): In absence of air resistance, all objects fall to the ground with same constant acceleration, regardless of mass

Question 7

What is the Habeas Corpus Act 1679

Answer 7

Act of the Parliament of England that was passed during the King Charles II

Question 8

What does Habeas Corpus Act 1679 contain

Answer 8

• For prevention of unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment, an individual should be brought before court or judge for legal examination

Question 9

What does Habeas Corpus stand for

Answer 9

Latin for ‘You may have the body’