According to the Academy of the Hebrew Language, what is the Hebrew word for meditation?

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1. Who invented the modern air conditioner?

2. In which industry was it first used?

3. What is autotomy and when does it occur?

4. What is the name of the territory in dispute between Spain and Morocco?

5. What is Sextilis?

6. What was the trio 'Lo Ichpat Lahem'?

7. In which country are the bourrée and courante danced?

8. What is 'Project Sunrise'?

9. What kind of musical instrument is the theorbo?

10. What was the code name given to the nuclear bomb dropped by a US Air Force plane on Hiroshima (this week 81 years ago)?

11. According to the Academy of the Hebrew Language, what is the Hebrew word for meditation?

12. To which animal family does the great reed warbler belong?

13. What is the phenomenon called that occurs when the Earth passes through the dust trail of the Swift-Tuttle comet, resulting in the appearance of 'falling stars'?

14. In the UK, what are the high offices of state?

15. Which animal appears on the official logo of the Firefox browser?

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Answers:

1. Willis Haviland Carrier, an American engineer.

2. The printing industry.

3. A phenomenon of 'self-amputation', in which an animal (such as a lizard) sheds a part of its body. The detachment serves as a mechanism to evade capture by a predator or to distract it, allowing for escape.

4. Ceuta.

5. The original name of the month of August, originally the sixth in the Roman calendar.

6. A band formed by Matti Caspi after he was discharged from the Southern Command Band in the early seventies.

7. In France, they are part of traditional folk dances.

8. A project by the Australian airline Qantas intended to enable direct non-stop flights lasting 20 hours of flight time or more.

9. A plucked string instrument that belongs to the lute family.

10. Little Boy.

11. Bonenut (contemplation).

12. It is a migratory songbird from the reed warbler family.

13. The Perseids meteor shower.

14. A nickname for the four senior positions in the government (Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the Interior).

15. Red panda.