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1. Sulfurous smog results from a high concentration of sulfur oxides in the air and is caused by the use of sulfur-bearing fossil fuels, particularly coal. This type of smog is aggravated by dampness and a high concentration of suspended particulate matter in the air. It is also named after a famous city. What is it’s other name?

2. Identify the politician

3. GDP measures the monetary value of final goods and services—that is, those that are bought by the final user—produced in a country in a given period of time. However, there is a country in Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH), is a philosophy that guides the government and is prioritized over GDP. Which country is being referred to here?

4. Often considered “the most intelligent photo ever taken”, it includes the likes of Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Heisenberg, Marie Curie, Erwin Schrödinger and Max Planck in a single frame. 17 out of 29 in the photo were or became Nobel prize winners. Where was the photo taken?

5. In Saint Paul-lez-Durance,France, 35 nations, including China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based on the same principle that powers our Sun and stars. What is the name of the project?

6. In 1913, an English biochemist named Frederick Gowland Hopkins found unknown factors present in milk that were not fats, proteins, or carbohydrates, but were required to aid growth in rats. Hopkins was later awarded the Nobel Prize in 1929 for his discovery. What was his discovery?