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Question 1: Why does Earth have tides?
Question 2: Which TV series featured characters named Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe?
"Friends" is an American television sitcom that was aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004. It is a very popular show, with the characters Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe living in New York City and navigating life and relationships.
Question 3: In which film does Tom Hanks play the character, Forrest Gump?
Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1994 for his portrayal of the character, Forrest Gump, in the self-titled movie, which also won Best Picture.
Question 4: Who is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution"?
Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist, is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution". His work with high-yielding and disease-resistant wheat varieties led to significant increases in agricultural production, particularly in developing countries, and he is credited with saving millions of lives from starvation.
Question 5: In the musical Les Misérables, who is Cosette's biological mother?
Fantine, a struggling single mother who turns to desperate measures to care for her daughter, is the biological mother of Cosette. In Les Misérables, Fantine entrusts Cosette to the Thénardiers, believing she will have a better life, but they treat her as little more than a servant.
Question 6: Who composed the music for the Broadway musical 'Phantom of the Opera'?
Andrew Lloyd Webber is known for his contribution to musical theatre with popular and successful shows like 'Cats,' 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' and 'Evita,' but 'Phantom of the Opera' remains his longest-running and most commercially successful production.
Question 7: Why is Spanish sometimes referred to as Castilian?
Spanish, or Castilian, originates from a dialect spoken in the Castile region of Spain during the Middle Ages. This dialect, called Old Castilian, eventually gained the most prestige and became the official language of Spain.
Question 8: The programming language 'Python' was named after a comedy series from which country?
Python, the popular programming language was named after the comedy series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" from the United Kingdom. The creator of Python, Guido Van Rossum, was a fan of the show.
Question 9: Why does the human body have an appendix?
The exact function of the appendix in the human body remains unknown, though some studies suggest that the organ may play a role in the immune system. Historically, the appendix is often regarded as a "vestigial organ," or an organ that was necessary in some way during the course of evolution but is no longer needed for survival or function in modern humans.
Question 10: Who wrote the lyrics for the musical "Cats"?
Though the music for "Cats" was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the lyrics are primarily taken from "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot. This is a collection of whimsical poems by Eliot about feline psychology and sociology.
Although the sun also exerts a gravitational force on Earth, tides are primarily caused by the gravitational pull of the moon because it is closer to Earth. This force causes the oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon. This bulge creates high tide. At the same time on the opposite side of the Earth a second high tide occurs. Hence Earth experiences two high tides per day.