'big bang' theory, Red Crescent, The Old Bailey....

1. Georges Lemaitre was the man responsible for the 'big bang' theory.
2. .The moon takes 27.3 days to complete a full revolution of the earth.
3. Admiral Beaufort gave his name to a wind force scale.
4. An average healthy scalp sheds about 65 hairs in twenty-four hours. 
5. The Old Bailey is another name for London's Central Criminal Court. 
6. The equivalent of Red Cross in Muslim Countries is the Red Crescent. 
7. Canada owns the Queen Elizabeth islands in the Arctic.
8. Planets are the heavenly bodies which  the Greeks call 'wandering stars'.  
9. Carpet-Bagger is the American political term for an entrepreneur who began business in the devasted southern states with no more than could be carried in a carpet-bag.
10. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain of North America.