Misc.

Question 1

What is the Field’s Medal?

Answer 1

The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union, a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award honours the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.

Question 2

Who is Primo Michele Levi?

Answer 2

Primo Michele Levi was a Jewish-Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Holocaust survivor. His works include If This Is a Man (1947, published as Survival in Auschwitz in the United States), The Truce (Sequel to This is a Man), The Drowned and the Saved (1986), The Periodic Table (1975), If not now, when? (1982)

Question 3

Who wrote Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future?

Answer 3

Friedrich Nietzsche

Question 4

What country is the archipelago Azores part of?

Answer 4

Portugal

Question 5

What country are the Galápagos Islands part of?

Answer 5

Ecuador

Question 6

How is the President of the Council of Ministers in Italy chosen?

Answer 6

They are appointed by the President of the Republic

Question 7

Which international organisation maintains a list of the World Heritage Sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance?

Answer 7

the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is responsible for the identification, protection, and preservation of these sites through the World Heritage Convention.