Quiz Answers #QA1

These are the answers to a quiz which appeared on this blog titled Quiz #QQ1 on Sunday, the 11th of July 2015

1. 8
2. Ceres
3. Egypt
4. Distance
5. The distance covered by light in one year
6. Scandinavian
7. Namib Desert
8. Fishing
9. Barycenter
10. Otto von Guerick

I hope the quiz was quite intriguing. More will come.