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Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ GK QuizBook_Prelims_Cap_834 16/7/07 3:28 pm Page 1 (TEXT BLACK plate) Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ GK QuizBook_Prelims_Cap_834 16/7/07 3:28 pm Page 2 (TEXT BLACK plate) This edition published in 2007 by Arcturus Publishing Limited 26/27 Bickels Yard, 151–153 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3HA Copyright © 2007 Arcturus Publishing Limited Revisions by 2007 Puzzle Press Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person or persons who do any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. ISBN: 978-1-84193-834-9 Printed in China Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ GK QuizBook_Prelims_Cap_834 16/7/07 3:28 pm Page 3 (TEXT BLACK plate) Introduction During the course of our lives, countless snippets of information are stored in the brain: some useful, others merely of interest. This collection of quizzes tests your knowledge of the world and beyond. Each round contains ten questions – and you may be astounded at just what you have picked up over the years! Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 1 1 Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand? 2 In which city is the Doge’s Palace? 3 Who plays Johnny Depp’s uncle in the 1993 film Arizona Dream? 4 Which New Zealand golfer won the 2000 Australian Masters in Melbourne? 5 Which continent has the larger land mass: Africa or North America? 6 Aston, Aston, Rizzo, Stevenson, Gilvear: which 1980s group? 7 What name is given to the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models? 8 Which artist was appointed court painter to Charles IV of Spain in 1786? 9 The name of which Roman god means ‘shining father' in Latin? 10 What is the name of the dog in Punch and Judy shows? Loves Jezebel, 7 Taxidermy, 8 Goya, 9 Jupiter, 10 Toby. 1 Cook Strait, 2 Venice, 3 Jim Carrey, 4 Michael Campbell, 5 Africa, 6 Gene ANSWERS: Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 2 1 What was the name of the Addams Family butler? 2 Which theoretical temperature corresponds to minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale? 3 Which seven-a-side ball game is played in a swimming pool? 4 Which Roman Catholic organization takes its name from the Latin for ‘God’s work’? 5 Bamboozled is a film by which controversial US director? 6 Which word meaning ‘rebirth’ describes the period in European history which began in the 14th century? 7 Who starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair? 8 Who directed the 1995 film Heat, which starred Al Pacino? 9 Of which French overseas region in South America is Cayenne the capital? 10 In which year did David Koresh and the Branch Davidians Christian cult hold a siege in Waco, Texas? 6 Renaissance, 7 Rene Russo, 8 Michael Mann, 9 French Guiana, 10 1993. 1 Lurch, 2 Absolute zero, 3 Water polo, 4 Opus Dei, 5 Spike Lee, ANSWERS: Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 3 1 Which rock star was born Marvin Lee Aday? 2 Which 2000 film starred veteran actors Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner? 3 Of which planet is Phoebe a satellite? 4 Which film actress and wartime pin-up girl married bandleader Harry James in 1943? 5 How many counters has each player in a game of backgammon? 6 Which food item takes its name from the French for ‘twice cooked’? 7 Who wrote The Thorn Birds? 8 Who wrote The Call of the Wild and White Fang? 9 Which common childhood illness related to shingles is also called varicella? 10 Which sign of the zodiac is also called The Waterbearer? 7 Colleen McCullough, 8 Jack London, 9 Chickenpox, 10 Aquarius. 1 Meat Loaf, 2 Space Cowboys, 3 Saturn, 4 Betty Grable, 5 15, 6 Biscuit, ANSWERS: Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 4 1 What is a cat-o’-nine-tails? 2 Of which Caribbean country is Montego Bay the main tourist centre? 3 Who wrote David Copperfield? 4 What name is given to the programs run by a computer, as opposed to the hardware? 5 In medicine, what name is given to a state of deep unconsciousness in which the subject is unrousable? 6 What are the flat, treeless plains of Argentina called? 7 Which bay of the Atlantic, between northern Spain and western France, is noted for its rough seas and high tides? 8 What was the first British film to take more than one hundred million dollars at the US box office? 9 What is the capital of Vietnam? 10 What name is given to members of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus? 6 Pampas, 7 Bay of Biscay, 8 Notting Hill, 9 Hanoi, 10 Jesuits. 1 A nine-lash whip, 2 Jamaica, 3 Charles Dickens, 4 Software, 5 Coma, ANSWERS: Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 5 1 The name of which animal is an Aboriginal term meaning ‘no water’? 2 Which animal has the biggest eyes of any living creature? 3 Which founder of Protestantism appeared before the Diet of Worms in 1521? 4 Which African statesman received the Freedom of the City of Cardiff in a ceremony in 1998? 5 Which Roman god of the sea is identified with the Greek god Poseidon? 6 Who directed The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen and The Dead? 7 Which French chemist and microbiologist devised vaccines for anthrax and rabies? 8 Which revolutionary anthem was the Soviet national anthem until 1944? 9 Which British admiral had an affair with Emma Hamilton? 10 What name is given to a dealer licensed to lend money on the security of an item of portable personal property? 10 Pawnbroker. 6 John Huston, 7 Louis Pasteur, 8 The Internationale, 9 Horatio Nelson, 1 Koala, 2 Horse, 3 Martin Luther, 4 Nelson Mandela, 5 Neptune, ANSWERS: Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 6 1 In which card game, played with a deck of 32 cards, are the jacks known as bowers? 2 Who wrote Waiting for Godot? 3 The Wrigley Building is located in which US city? 4 What nationality was the 14th/15th century astronomer Tycho Brahe? 5 What was first seriously advocated by a British builder, William Willett, in his 1907 pamphlet Waste of Daylight? 6 By the end of which period in Earth’s history had most dinosaurs become extinct? 7 Calypso, cattleya and pogonia are types of which flower? 8 Who played Flint in a series of spy films? 9 Who performed the first surgery in England under antiseptic conditions? 10 Which part in the Munsters TV series was played by old-time film actress Yvonne de Carlo? Coburn, 9 Joseph Lister, 10 Lily Munster. (putting the clocks forwards and backwards), 6 Triassic, 7 Orchid, 8 James 1 Euchre, 2 Samuel Becket, 3 Chicago, 4 Danish, 5 Daylight Saving Time ANSWERS: Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 7 1 In which US state is the Mojave Desert? 2 Which former MI5 officer wrote Spycatcher? 3 Whom did Jacques Chirac succeed as French president in 1995? 4 About which event did Winston Churchill say “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”? 5 With what weapon was Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico in 1940? 6 What sort of creature is a cotinga? 7 What is the name of the full moon closest to the Autumn Equinox? 8 What is a tsunami? 9 Which Irish surname means ‘warlike one’? 10 What is the name given to a cross in the form of an ‘X’? pick, 6 Bird, 7 Harvest moon, 8 A tidal wave, 9 Kelly, 10 Saltire. 1 California, 2 Peter Wright, 3 Francois Mitterand, 4 Battle of Britain, 5 An ice ANSWERS: 10 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 8 1 The coronations of most of the French kings took place in which city in the Marne region of France? 2 In which country is the ski resort of Val Gardena? 3 Van Gogh cut of part of his own left ear during a quarrel with which other artist? 4 To which breed of dog was Longfellow referring when he wrote “A traveller, by the faithful hound, half buried in the snow was found”? 5 Who had an occasional rôle as Guinan, the female bartender, in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation? 6 What do the initials J S stand for in J S Bach? 7 Who wrote the opera La Boheme? 8 Michael Nesmith is associated with which 1960s pop group? 9 Who had a hit with On the Banks of the Ohio in 1971 and Hopelessly Devoted to You in 1978? 10 Robert Redford and Paul Newman played two 1920s conmen in which film? 10 The Sting. 6 Johann Sebastian, 7 Puccini, 8 The Monkees, 9 Olivia Newton John, 1 Rheims, 2 Italy, 3 Paul Gauguin, 4 St Bernard, 5 Whoopi Goldberg, ANSWERS: 11 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 9 1 Which Canadian singer recorded the albums Blue and Miles of Aisles? 2 Which device in a jet engine provides extra thrust for take-off or supersonic flight? 3 The film Jerry Maguire featured which sport? 4 What is the chief river of Ghana? 5 Which 2001 film about the Cuban missile crisis starred Kevin Costner? 6 Which epic poem by Dante begins on Good Friday in the year 1300? 7 Which German motor manufacturer was set up in 1937 to produce a ‘people’s car’? 8 The River Tamar forms a historic boundary between which two English counties? 9 Who played Sally Bowles in the film Cabaret? 10 Which fish is smoked and sold as finnan haddie? 10 Haddock. 6 The Divine Comedy, 7 Volkswagen, 8 Devon and Cornwall, 9 Liza Minnelli, 1 Joni Mitchell, 2 Afterburner, 3 American football, 4 Volta, 5 Thirteen Days, ANSWERS: 12 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 10 1 What is corium? 2 Which Stanley Kubrick film was based on a Stephen King novel and starred Jack Nicholson? 3 ‘Indices’ is the plural of which word? 4 Zr is the symbol of which chemical element? 5 Which drug is known in Australia as ‘twang’? 6 To which part of the body does the adjective ‘rhinal’ refer? 7 What was the name of the character played by Tracey Ullman in the television drama series Ally McBeal? 8 In which play by Shakespeare does the character Beatrice appear? 9 Which US state is further east: Ohio or Wyoming? 10 ‘Bitser’ is an Australian word for which animal? 10 A mongrel dog. 5 Opium, 6 The nose, 7 Dr Tracey Clark, 8 Much Ado About Nothing, 9 Ohio, 1 A deep inner layer of the skin, 2 The Shining, 3 Index, 4 Zirconium, ANSWERS: 13 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 11 1 Who succeeded Yuri Andropov as leader of the Soviet Union in 1984? 2 What was the name of the submarine in the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea? 3 Which actor played James Bond in GoldenEye? 4 With which Italian motor company is the Agnelli family associated? 5 Of which Canadian province is St John’s the capital? 6 Which English adventurer and courtier to Elizabeth I was executed in 1618? 7 In which country did the rottweiler originate? 8 Which Pulp Fiction actor starred in the remake of the movie Shaft? 9 Who wrote the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family? 10 Which Turkish dish comprises thin layers of filo pastry containing nuts and honey? 9 Alex Haley, 10 Baklava. 5 Newfoundland, 6 Sir Walter Raleigh, 7 Germany, 8 Samuel L Jackson, 1 Konstantin Chernenko, 2 Seaview, 3 Pierce Brosnan, 4 Fiat, ANSWERS: 14 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 12 1 Which colour is produced by adding together yellow and cyan? 2 Which disease carried by bark beetles was first described in The Netherlands in 1919? 3 What was invented by Sir Frank Whittle in 1930? 4 On which area of the moon did Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins make their landing on 20 July 1969? 5 For which film did Steven Spielberg win an Oscar for Best Director at the 1999 Academy Awards? 6 What is the British English word for the eggplant? 7 Which French town on the Scarpe River gave its name to a type of tapestry? 8 Which musical set in the slums of New York is based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet? 9 The movie Apocalypse Now is based on the book Heart of Darkness by which author? 10 The Quarrymen was the original name of which pop group? Conrad, 10 The Beatles. 5 Saving Private Ryan, 6 Aubergine, 7 Arras, 8 West Side Story, 9 Joseph 1 Green, 2 Dutch Elm Disease, 3 The jet engine, 4 Sea of Tranquility, ANSWERS: 15 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 13 1 What name is more commonly given to a tree of the genus Taxus? 2 What is the only form of gambling permitted in the British armed forces? 3 What is the name of Katharina’s younger sister in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew? 4 In The Pilgrim’s Progress, what is the name of the hero? 5 In which novel by George du Maurier does the character Svengali appear? 6 Which island is also called Rapa Nui and Isla de Pascua? 7 Which Hebrew prophet picked up the mantle as successor to Elijah? 8 In Mary Shelley’s novel, what is the first name of Dr Frankenstein? 9 To which novel by Robert Louis Stevenson is Catriona the sequel? 10 What is the subtitle of Dvorák’s Symphony No 9 in E minor? 8 Victor, 9 Kidnapped, 10 From the New World. 1 Yew, 2 Bingo, 3 Bianca, 4 Christian, 5 Trilby, 6 Easter Island, 7 Elisha, ANSWERS: 16 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 14 1 In which cartoon series do the characters Chef and Cartman appear? 2 Who wrote Great Expectations? 3 What is a champignon? 4 In which country is the port of Dieppe? 5 What does an ammeter measure? 6 What was the full name of the US president known as LBJ? 7 What is the common name for ethanoic acid? 8 What name was given to the literary movement in the USA in the 1950s of which William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac were prominent writers? 9 About 70 per cent of Venezuela’s total oil production is obtained in and around which lake? 10 What nationality is author Gabriel Garcia Marquez? 9 Lake Maracaibo, 10 Colombian. current, 6 Lyndon Baines Johnson, 7 Acetic acid, 8 The Beat Movement, 1 South Park, 2 Charles Dickens, 3 An edible fungus, 4 France, 5 Electrical ANSWERS: 17 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 15 1 In which country are the headquarters of the multinational company Nestlé? 2 In which play by Shakespeare do Elbow and Mistress Overdone appear? 3 What name is given to a Hindu prince ranking above a rajah? 4 By what name do we know the Bahia de los Cochinos on the coast of Cuba? 5 What was the real first name of jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke? 6 Which English poet wrote The Listeners? 7 With which sport is Lou Gehrig associated? 8 What name is given to the process of removing waste products from the blood? 9 Which French poet wrote Cautionary Tales? 10 What name was given to the settlers who established the first permanent colony in New England in 1620? Pilgrim Fathers. 5 Leon, 6 Walter de la Mare, 7 Baseball, 8 Dialysis, 9 Hilaire Belloc, 10 The 1 Switzerland, 2 Measure for Measure, 3 Maharajah, 4 The Bay of Pigs, ANSWERS: 18 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 16 1 Which Russian gave his name to the famous AK47 assault rifle? 2 Which two primary colours are mixed to make purple? 3 Established as an independent kingdom in 1946, which Middle Eastern country has a seven-pointed white star on its national flag, representing the first seven verses of the Koran? 4 What is a pashmina? 5 In what did Cleopatra supposedly bathe to remain beautiful? 6 What is the name of the sedative drug which caused deformities in babies born in the late 1950s and early 1960s? 7 Which popular female country and western singer was killed in a plane crash in March 1963? 8 What type of creature is a fulmar? 9 Whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in 1922? 10 Who was born the son of a customs official in Braunau, Upper Austria, in 1889? 6 Thalidomide, 7 Patsy Cline, 8 A bird, 9 Tutankhamen, 10 Adolf Hitler. 1 Kalashnikov, 2 Red and blue, 3 Jordan, 4 A type of shawl, 5 Asses’ milk, ANSWERS: 19 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 17 1 Who was the first president of the United States of America? 2 Who was the youngest member of the Beatles? 3 Of which country is Managua the capital? 4 Who directed the film Back to the Future? 5 Which British composer wrote On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring? 6 What does a hippologist study? 7 Buster Bloodvessel was the frontman of which 1980s pop group? 8 Which cartoon bird was created by Walter Lantz? 9 Of which country is Bangui the capital? 10 For which novel is the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes famous? 9 Central African Republic, 10 Don Quixote. 5 Frederick Delius, 6 Horses, 7 Bad Manners, 8 Woody Woodpecker, 1 George Washington, 2 George Harrison, 3 Nicaragua, 4 Robert Zemeckis, ANSWERS: 20 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 18 1 Which city in Switzerland was the headquarters of the League of Nations? 2 At which sport have Keiji, Okada and Yuko Hasama been world champions? 3 Which man set a world record of 10.2 seconds for the 100 metres sprint on 20 June 1936? 4 Who wrote the novel The Fourth Protocol? 5 Ljubljana is the capital of which republic of central Europe? 6 Which boardgame was invented by Alfred M Butts? 7 What is Kim Basinger’s profession in the 1987 film Nadine? 8 In which US state is the port of Tarpon Springs? 9 In which European country is the ski resort of Obergurgl? 10 The Whit Sunday Islands lie off the coast of which Australian state? 6 Scrabble, 7 Hairdresser, 8 Florida, 9 Austria, 10 Queensland. 1 Geneva, 2 Karate, 3 Jesse Owens, 4 Frederick Forsyth, 5 Slovenia, ANSWERS: 21 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 19 1 What is the capital of Botswana? 2 Which bandleader born in 1891 was known in his early days as ‘the King of Jazz’? 3 Which famous sea captain who commanded HMS Bounty died in 1817? 4 What is the colour of the ball worth six points in snooker? 5 Which prophet led the Israelites out of Egypt into the Promised Land? 6 Which genus of trees and shrubs includes the holly? 7 What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet? 8 In which European country is the formerly important gold-mining town of Tomsk? 9 What is the state capital of Pennsylvania? 10 In which sport is the term ‘hookcheck’ used? 7 Zeta, 8 Russia, 9 Harrisburg, 10 Ice hockey. 1 Gabarone, 2 Paul Whiteman, 3 Captain Bligh, 4 Pink, 5 Moses, 6 Ilex, ANSWERS: 22 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 20 1 In February 2005, which renowned Canadian short story writer was awarded the Medal of Honor for Literature from the USA National Arts Club? 2 In which game is a flat stone bounced across the surface of water? 3 Who was represented in Greek mythology as wearing winged sandals? 4 What is the common name for pyrites or iron pyrites? 5 What name is given to the permanent freezing of the ground in areas bordering on ice sheets? 6 What is the capital of Indonesia? 7 Which German composer wrote the opera Der Rosenkavalier? 8 In which country is the port of Jaffna? 9 What was the name of the official bodyguard of Roman emperors, created by Augustus? 10 Which archangel announced the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah? 6 Jakarta, 7 Richard Strauss, 8 Sri Lanka, 9 Praetorian Guard, 10 Gabriel. 1 Alice Munroe, 2 Ducks and drakes, 3 Hermes, 4 Fools’ gold, 5 Permafrost, ANSWERS: 23 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 21 1 Which Canadian comedian wrote, directed and starred in Wayne’s World and the Austin Powers films? 2 Who was the first woman to hold a seat in the British parliament? 3 Which playwright became president of Czechoslovakia in 1989? 4 What instrument was played by jazz great Coleman Hawkins? 5 Which is the northernmost of North America’s five Great Lakes? 6 In which country is Montego Bay? 7 The ibex is a type of which animal? 8 Ice cream was first produced in which country in the 17th century? 9 Elisha Gray filed his own claim for the invention of which device, only hours after the accredited inventor had done so in 1874? 10 A hussar was a light cavalryman from which country? Superior, 6 Jamaica, 7 Goat, 8 Italy, 9 Telephone, 10 Hungary. 1 Mike Myers, 2 Lady Nancy Astor, 3 Vaclav Havel, 4 Saxophone, 5 Lake ANSWERS: 24 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 22 1 In which century did the Crimean War take place? 2 In which US state is the city of Tallahassee? 3 Which sport is central to the film Escape to Victory? 4 What nationality was the composer Antonin Dvorak? 5 Which pop star was born Harry Rodger Webb? 6 In which film did Arnold Schwarzenegger first star as a cyborg? 7 What is the capital of Queensland, Australia? 8 What is the official language of Mexico? 9 What is the standard monetary unit of Turkey? 10 Who wrote the poem Death Be Not Proud? 7 Brisbane, 8 Spanish, 9 Lira, 10 John Donne. 1 19th, 2 Florida, 3 Football, 4 Czech, 5 Cliff Richard, 6 The Terminator, ANSWERS: 25 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 23 1 Which Canadian comedian teamed with John Belushi to form the Blues Brothers? 2 Who starred as Superman in the 1970s and 1980s film series? 3 Who was the alter ego of superhero Diana Prince? 4 Which singer was known as The White Lady of Soul? 5 Which TV celebrity had hits in the 1960s with Anyone Who Had a Heart and You’re My World? 6 Which poem by Rudyard Kipling begins: “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…”? 7 More than 200 were killed in a terrorist bomb in Bali, the Euro became the common currency over the EU and the Queen Mother died; all in the same year – which? 8 Which early 20th century revolutionary said “A lie told often enough becomes the truth”? 9 To which genus do cherry and plum trees belong? 10 Which Eastern European capital stands on the River Vltava? 5 Cilla Black, 6 If, 7 2002, 8 Lenin, 9 Prunus, 10 Prague. 1 Dan Ackroyd, 2 Christopher Reeve, 3 Wonder Woman, 4 Dusty Springfield, ANSWERS: 26 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 24 1 Which Canadian sprinter was stripped of his 100- metres gold medal in 1988 after failing a drugs test? 2 Who is the youngest of the Three Tenors? 3 Born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, by what name was the one-time world’s most wanted terrorist better known? 4 Who wrote The Female Eunuch? 5 Who was the sick beggar cured of leprosy by Jesus? 6 In which country is the holiday resort of Phuket? 7 Which sea lies between Egypt and Saudi Arabia? 8 When You Wish Upon a Star is from which Disney film? 9 What is the meaning of the Latin phrase ‘non sequitur’? 10 In which ocean are the Maldive Islands? Ocean. 5 Lazarus, 6 Thailand, 7 Red Sea, 8 Pinocchio, 9 It does not follow, 10 Indian 1 Ben Johnson, 2 Jose Carreras, 3 Carlos the Jackal, 4 Germaine Greer, ANSWERS: 27 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 25 1 Which Swedish actress starred in Casablanca and Gaslight? 2 What is the tallest living land mammal? 3 Which 1995 film was partly inspired by Jane Austen’s novel Emma? 4 Which survey of England was started in 1086? 5 What is the most important and largest island in the Philippines? 6 From which drug are morphine and codeine derived? 7 In 79AD which town, other than Pompeii, was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius? 8 Which nine-a-side game was a forerunner of baseball? 9 By what name are smoked herring usually known in the UK? 10 Musician and human rights defender Mstislav Rostropovich, who died in 2007, was a virtuoso of which instrument? 6 Opium, 7 Herculaneum, 8 Rounders, 9 Kippers, 10 Cello. 1 Ingrid Bergman, 2 Giraffe, 3 Clueless, 4 The Domesday Book, 5 Luzon, ANSWERS: 28 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 26 1 Name the Italian ocean liner which sank off the coast of Massachusetts after colliding with another vessel on 26 July 1956? 2 The ‘B’ in Cecil B De Mille stands for what? 3 What is the name of the well-preserved Inca city discovered in 1911, named after the mountain that rises above it? 4 In 1962, who became the first American to orbit the Earth? 5 First performed in Paris in 1841, which ballet in two acts by Adolphe Adam concerns the ghosts of young girls who die of grief before their wedding days, after being deserted by their lovers? 6 What name was given to the government of Germany from 1919 to 1933, named after the town in which the constitution was formulated? 7 In which film did Julie Andrews play Gertrude Lawrence? 8 In which great bay are the Nicobar Islands? 9 In 1986, Greg Le Mond was the first non-European to win which annual sporting event? 10 In the human body, what are controlled by the lumbrical muscles? Republic, 7 Star, 8 Bay of Bengal, 9 Tour de France, 10 Finger movements. 1 Andrea Doria, 2 Blount, 3 Machu Picchu, 4 John Glenn, 5 Giselle, 6 Weimar ANSWERS: 29 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 27 1 Which German physicist laid down the principles of quantum theory? 2 How many dozens are there in a gross? 3 Which variety of quartz is violet to purple in colour? 4 What is the name of the aircraft developed in 1969 in which two moveable nozzles direct the engines’ thrust downwards for vertical take-off? 5 What type of vessel to explore ocean depths was invented in 1947 by Auguste Piccard? 6 Which astronomer discovered the planet Uranus? 7 What device is used to transform sound energy into electrical energy? 8 Shogi is a Japanese form of which boardgame? 9 Which European capital has a skyline dominated by St Stephen’s cathedral? 10 What nationality was the playwright Henrik Ibsen? 7 Microphone, 8 Chess, 9 Vienna, 10 Norwegian. 1 Max Planck, 2 Twelve, 3 Amethyst, 4 Harrier, 5 Bathyscaphe, 6 Herschel, ANSWERS: 30 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 28 1 Who wrote the novel National Velvet? 2 What name is given to a negatively charged particle that is a constituent of all atoms? 3 In which French city was Joan of Arc burned at the stake? 4 For which gemstones is the Australian mining town of Coober Pedy famous? 5 Which American novelist wrote Imaginary Friends and Foreign Affairs? 6 The Day of the Jackal centres on the attempted assassination of which leader? 7 Which British boxer lost his world title to Marco Antonion Barrera in 2001? 8 Who produced the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series of films? 9 Which German tennis player won five successive Grand Slam tournaments in the 1980s? 10 Which US actor starred in High Noon and Mr Deeds Goes to Town? Gaulle, 7 Naseem Hamed, 8 George Lucas, 9 Steffi Graf, 10 Gary Cooper. 1 Enid Bagnold, 2 Electron, 3 Rouen, 4 Opals, 5 Alison Lurie, 6 General De ANSWERS: 31 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 29 1 What was the top grossing film in 1998 in the USA? 2 What does someone suffering from dysphagia have difficulty in doing? 3 Which boxer became the oldest-ever World Heavyweight Champion in 1994? 4 Which English composer wrote five Pomp and Circumstance marches? 5 What was the name of the pet space-monkey in Lost in Space? 6 After whom is the month of July named? 7 Which Irish poet wrote The Isle of Innisfree? 8 In which English city is the National Railway Museum? 9 Which US football legend was called The Gipper? 10 What sort of creature is a whydah? 5 The Bloop, 6 Julius Caesar, 7 W B Yeats, 8 York, 9 George Gipp, 10 A bird. 1 Saving Private Ryan, 2 Swallowing, 3 George Foreman, 4 Edward Elgar, ANSWERS: 32 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 30 1 Which country had a police force called the Tonton Macoutes? 2 What would you find in a formicary? 3 Which Greek millionairess died in 1989 in Argentina? 4 What was the profession of the Frenchman Auguste Escoffier? 5 In basketball, the Rockets are a major league team of which US city? 6 Who was the first British sovereign to make regular use of Buckingham Palace when in residence in London? 7 Of which country is Sofia the capital? 8 What is meant by the musical term ‘andante’? 9 Which saint’s day falls on 17 March? 10 In a bullfight, what is a mounted man with a lance called? 7 Bulgaria, 8 At a moderate tempo, 9 Patrick, 10 Picador. 1 Haiti, 2 Ants, 3 Christina Onassis, 4 Chef, 5 Houston, 6 Queen Victoria, ANSWERS: 33 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 31 1 Which legendary chief of the Onondaga tribe of native Americans was the subject of a famous poem by Longfellow? 2 Which famous sportsman was presented with a gold medal during the 1996 Olympics, to replace the one he threw away in the 1960s? 3 What sort of films are sometimes referred to ‘horse operas’? 4 Which word for the act of killing someone painlessly, especially to relieve suffering, is derived from the Greek for ‘easy death’? 5 Carmine is a vivid shade of which colour? 6 Name the island where Gulliver discovered a race of little people in the novel Gulliver’s Travels. 7 In May 1999, who succeeded Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister? 8 Under Genoese control from the 14th century, which Mediterranean island was sold to France in 1768? 9 The face of which British soldier and politician appeared on one of the most famous of all recruiting posters with the slogan “Your country needs you”? 10 On what date do the French celebrate Bastille Day? 7 Ehud Barak, 8 Corsica, 9 Lord Kitchener, 10 14 July. 1 Hiawatha, 2 Muhummad Ali, 3 Westerns, 4 Euthanasia, 5 Red, 6 Lilliput, ANSWERS: 34 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 32 1 In which ocean does the country of Vanuatu lie? 2 What nationality is Formula 1 driver Marc Gené? 3 In which year were the World Indoor Athletics Championships first held? 4 In which city were the 1952 Winter Olympic Games held? 5 Which character was played by Colin Firth in the 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary? 6 Which protégée of Missy Elliott recorded the 2001 album Based on a True Story? 7 What is the longest river in France? 8 Who directed the films Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2? 9 In which city was the International Governing Body of Fencing (the FIE) founded in 1913? 10 What would be mounted on a pan and tilt head? 8 Keenen Ivory Wayans, 9 Paris, 10 A film camera. 1 Pacific, 2 Spanish, 3 1985, 4 Oslo, 5 Mark Darcy, 6 Lil’ Mo, 7 Loire, ANSWERS: 35 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 33 1 Which 1940 Disney film featured music by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Stravinsky and others? 2 Which patron saint of the British Isles does not have his cross on the union flag? 3 Which French novelist wrote Madame Bovary? 4 How many players are there in a lacrosse team? 5 Which instrument derives its name from the fact that it can be played soft or loud according to the pressure on the keys? 6 What is the third colour of the rainbow? 7 On the Fahrenheit scale, what temperature is boiling point? 8 The tapir is an animal native to which continent? 9 Which country would you first reach if you travel south-west from Sicily? 10 Who wrote Ode to a Grecian Urn? degrees, 8 South America, 9 Tunisia, 10 Keats. 1 Fantasia, 2 David, 3 Gustave Flaubert, 4 12, 5 Pianoforte, 6 Yellow, 7 212 ANSWERS: 36 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 34 1 Which singer/songwriter won an Oscar for his score for the 1971 film Shaft? 2 Which US union leader mysteriously disappeared in 1975? 3 Which controversial British artist is best known for works such as Mother and Child Divided? 4 Which is the highest navigable lake in the world? 5 Albuquerque is the largest city of which US state? 6 Of which country is New Britain a part? 7 Which Latin legal term means ‘you should have the body’? 8 Which sport involves ‘the snatch’, ‘the clean’ and ‘the jerk’? 9 What name is given to radioactive material which settles on the Earth’s surface following a nuclear explosion? 10 Who wrote the horror novel Dracula? 10 Bram Stoker. Mexico, 6 Papua New Guinea, 7 Habeas corpus, 8 Weightlifting, 9 Fallout, 1 Isaac Hayes, 2 Jimmy Hoffa, 3 Damien Hirst, 4 Lake Titicaca, 5 New ANSWERS: 37 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 35 1 Supposedly started by Mrs O’Leary’s cow kicking over an oil lamp, fire almost completely destroyed which US city in 1871? 2 Which city is the home of the Italian soccer team Sampdoria? 3 In J M Barrie’s Peter Pan, what is the surname of Wendy, Michael and John? 4 According to Peter Pan, what happens every time a child says: “I don’t believe in fairies”? 5 What nationality was the composer Franz Schubert? 6 Snake-necked and hawk’s bill are what kinds of creatures? 7 Which imaginary island was created by Sir Thomas More in 1516? 8 Which city on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea was originally a Greek colony called Massilia? 9 What is the name of the flat circular disk of vulcanised rubber used in the game of ice hockey? 10 In Japan, what are Hokkaido, Shikoko and Kyushu? 6 Turtles, 7 Utopia, 8 Marseilles, 9 Puck, 10 Islands. 1 Chicago, 2 Genoa, 3 Darling, 4 A fairy drops down dead, 5 Austrian, ANSWERS: 38 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 36 1 What sort of creature is an eland? 2 During the Spanish Civil War, the bombing of which Basque town by German planes inspired a famous painting by Picasso? 3 On which continent is the volcano Mount Erebus? 4 Which Roman soldier and martyr was supposedly sentenced to be executed by archers? 5 Which small prosimian primate of Madagascar has a ring-tailed variety? 6 In which US state is the city of Pittsburgh? 7 Which Roman Catholic order founded by St Angela Merici in 1535 was the first women’s teaching order? 8 What name is given to a device in which a moving fluid drives a wheel or motor? 9 Which Old Testament character was banished to the Land of Nod on the east of Eden? 10 In which Hollywood blockbuster did Bruce Willis play an oil-driller attempting to save the world from being destroyed by an asteroid? 6 Pennsylvania, 7 Ursulines, 8 Turbine, 9 Cain, 10 Armageddon. 1 Antelope, 2 Guernica, 3 Antarctica, 4 St Sebastian, 5 Lemur, ANSWERS: 39 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 37 1 Which Warwickshire market town was the birthplace of William Shakespeare? 2 Who was the Roman god of war? 3 What name is given to the ninth month of the Muslim year? 4 Which tuned percussion instrument takes its name from the German for ‘bell play’? 5 What sort of antibiotic was first isolated by Sir Alexander Fleming? 6 Which French city is a meeting place for the European Parliament? 7 What name is given to animals such as kangaroos, wallabies and opossums? 8 Which part of the body consists of the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum? 9 What percentage of agricultural produce was payable as a tithe? 10 By what name was Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti known? 10 Tintoretto. 6 Strasbourg, 7 Marsupials, 8 The small intestine, 9 Ten per cent, 1 Stratford-on-Avon, 2 Mars, 3 Ramadan, 4 Glockenspiel, 5 Penicillin, ANSWERS: 40 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 38 1 Which large, picturesque Canadian city lies to the west of the Rocky Mountains? 2 Which British ice dancers who won gold medals at the 1984 Olympics were famous for their Bolero routine? 3 What was the surname of the French brothers who invented the hot-air balloon? 4 Who wrote the play The Two Gentlemen of Verona? 5 Which famous cycle race was first staged in 1903? 6 Titan is a satellite of which planet? 7 Which is the largest city in Brazil? 8 Which Japanese city hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics? 9 Who was the guitarist in The Who who wrote the rock opera Tommy? 10 Which German printer is famous for his 15th century Bible? Gutenberg. de France, 6 Saturn, 7 Sao Paulo, 8 Sapporo, 9 Pete Townshend, 10 Johann 1 Vancouver, 2 Torvill and Dean, 3 Montgolfier, 4 William Shakespeare, 5 Tour ANSWERS: 41 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 39 1 How many dancers feature in a pas de deux? 2 Is Provence in the north or south of France? 3 What name is given to the playing periods in a game of polo? 4 What type of creature was Baloo in The Jungle Book? 5 What breed of dog was Nana, the dog featured in Peter Pan? 6 Which beef dish is named after a Russian count? 7 After her career seemed to be in ruins, which tennis player marked her comeback by winning her first Grand Slam tournament, the 2001 Australian Open Championship? 8 Which vehicle was invented by English engineer Sir Christopher Cockerell? 9 In which valley in central Yukon was gold discovered in 1896, leading to a famous gold-rush? 10 What is the capital of Malaysia? 7 Jennifer Capriati, 8 Hovercraft, 9 Klondike, 10 Kuala Lumpur. 1 Two, 2 South, 3 Chukkas, 4 Bear, 5 Newfoundland, 6 Beef Stroganoff, ANSWERS: 42 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 40 1 For what is the word ‘lea’ a poetic term? 2 Who plays comic-book expert Elijah Price in the 2000 film Unbreakable? 3 Which flamboyant singer reached the UK No 1 spot posthumously in 1993 with Living on My Own? 4 In which sport was the father of Grace Kelly an Olympic gold medallist? 5 Who was the first US racing driver to win the Formula 1 World Championship? 6 Which British administrator originated the penny postage system? 7 In which film did Humphrey Bogart play the character of Charlie Allnut? 8 By what name is Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony known? 9 Of which former Soviet state is Bishkek the capital? 10 By what name is the 16th century astrologer Michelle de Notredame known? 9 Kyrgyzstan, 10 Nostradamus. 5 Phil Hill, 6 Sir Rowland Hill, 7 The African Queen, 8 The Italian Symphony, 1 Meadow or field, 2 Samuel L Jackson, 3 Freddie Mercury, 4 Rowing, ANSWERS: 43 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 41 1 For which powerful opiate is ‘diamorphine’ the technical term? 2 What name is given to the roof of the mouth divided into soft and hard parts? 3 In which country did the Boxer Rebellion take place? 4 The Irish bodhran is why type of musical instrument? 5 In which Spanish dance does a man represent the matador and a woman represent the cloak? 6 In the film The Bodyguard, who plays the singer who requires protection? 7 Who wrote the music for the ballet Billy the Kid? 8 Which actor was the first male to appear as a centrefold in Cosmopolitan magazine? 9 Who painted The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas of Bari? 10 Which Spanish surrealist’s 1955 work The Sacrament of the Last Supper is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC? 7 Aaron Copland, 8 Burt Reynolds, 9 Raphael, 10 Salvador Dali’s. 1 Heroin, 2 Palate, 3 China, 4 Drum, 5 Pasa doble, 6 Whitney Houston, ANSWERS: 44 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 42 1 Which British novelist wrote Silas Marner? 2 What name is given to the symbol placed at the beginning of a musical stave, to indicate the pitch? 3 Who played Darryl van Horne in the film The Witches of Eastwick? 4 Which part of the body contains five metatarsal bones? 5 In which year did the French Revolution begin? 6 Which strait separates the Isle of Wight from Hampshire? 7 Which clipper (built in 1869) is preserved as a museum at Greenwich, London? 8 British painter George Stubbs was famous for his studies of which animals? 9 What substance obtained from the sapodilla tree is used to make chewing gum? 10 In which two European cities are Cleopatra’s Needles? Sark, 8 Horses, 9 Chicle, 10 London and Paris. 1 George Eliot, 2 Clef, 3 Jack Nicholson, 4 Foot, 5 1789, 6 The Solent, 7 Cutty ANSWERS: 45 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 43 1 Who was the famous monster of Greek legend, part woman, part beast, who dwelt near Thebes? 2 In which country was the author Jonathan Swift born? 3 What is the name of the milky fluid obtained from trees which is used to produce rubber? 4 The molecule of what substance contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom? 5 Of what is entymology the study? 6 Of which country is Amman the capital? 7 The republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania all border the shores of which sea? 8 How many innings are there for each team in a game of baseball? 9 Which is the only mammal with the power of active flight? 10 In which English county is Lizard Point? 8 Nine, 9 Bat, 10 Cornwall. 1 Sphinx, 2 Ireland, 3 Latex, 4 Water, 5 Insects, 6 Jordan, 7 The Baltic Sea, ANSWERS: 46 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 44 1 Which city will play host to the 2010 Winter Olympics? 2 Who preceded Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California? 3 In 2003, who became leader of the British Conservative Party? 4 In 2003, George W Bush became the second US president to visit Auschwitz: who was the first? 5 In 2003, Montreal International Airport was renamed in honour of which Canadian statesman? 6 Which Canadian wrote the critically and commercially acclaimed novel Fifth Business? 7 Complete the saying: “To err is human…” 8 In Cockney rhyming slang, what is a ‘porky’? 9 On a tombstone, what do the initials HIS stand for? 10 What is the English translation of the German ‘heimweh’? iacet sepultus (Here lies buried), 10 Homesick. Trudeau, 6 Robertson Davies, 7 “…To forgive divine”, 8 A lie (pork pie), 9 Hic 1 Vancouver, 2 Gray Davis, 3 Michael Howard, 4 Gerald Ford, 5 Pierre ANSWERS: 47 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 45 1 Which alcoholic drink is distilled from grain flavoured with juniper berries? 2 Who played Billie Holiday in the film Lady Sings the Blues? 3 What was the name of Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife? 4 What name is given to the offspring produced by the mating of two unrelated animals or plants? 5 Which big cat is also known as the panther? 6 What name is given to a sharp or burning pain originating in a nerve? 7 In medicine, what does the acronym SARS stand for? 8 Who wrote Where Eagles Dare? 9 What was the name of the car ferry which overturned in the 1987 Zeebrugge disaster? 10 By what name did Richard Reid, who tried to hijack an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, become known? Herald of Free Enterprise, 10 The shoe-bomber. 6 Neuralgia, 7 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, 8 Alistair MacLean, 9 The 1 Gin, 2 Diana Ross, 3 Josephine Bonaparte, 4 Hybrid, 5 Leopard, ANSWERS: 48 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 46 1 How many nautical miles is a league? 2 Thimpu is the capital of which country? 3 Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine for which disease? 4 What nationality was the composer Sibelius? 5 Who played Norm Paterson in Cheers? 6 What type of bird is a broad-breasted bronze? 7 Which English queen is reputed to have had an extra finger on one of her hands? 8 In which part of the human body is the masseter muscle? 9 Which great historic general and adventurer rode a horse called Bucephalus? 10 What is the name of the very spicy Italian sausage eaten hot or cold? 10 Pepperoni. 7 Anne Boleyn, 8 The head (it is used for chewing), 9 Alexander the Great, 1 Three, 2 Bhutan, 3 Smallpox, 4 Finnish, 5 George Wendt, 6 Turkey, ANSWERS: 49 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 47 1 In which ship did John Cabot set sail from Bristol in May 1497? 2 Who was appointed Youth Leader of the Reich in June 1933? 3 Marcus Junius Brutus (an assassin of Julius Caesar) was the nephew of which Roman philosopher? 4 Which former Israeli prime minister was born at Brestlitovsk in 1913? 5 Who was the author of The Canterbury Tales? 6 What is the name given to the liquorice-flavoured seeds of the anise plant? 7 Which sport is played by the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox? 8 The 1989 Ken Russell film The Lair of the White Worm was based on a tale by which writer? 9 What was the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8 also known as? 10 Who was Roman emperor from 54-68AD? Sepoy Rebellion, 10 Nero. Begin, 5 Geoffrey Chaucer, 6 Aniseed, 7 Baseball, 8 Bram Stoker, 9 The 1 The Matthew, 2 Baldur von Shirach, 3 Cato the Younger, 4 Menachem ANSWERS: 50 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 48 1 Which famous English landscape artist’s works include The Vale of Dedham? 2 In which year was Anne Boleyn executed? 3 Which body of water in Scotland does the Kincardine Bridge span? 4 Who recorded the 2001 album Hot Shot? 5 In which African country is the resort of Sharm El Sheikh? 6 Which star of the X Files TV series played Lily Bart in the film The House of Mirth? 7 Which modern US fighter aircraft is also called The Fighting Falcon? 8 What name is given to the fruits of plants of the genus Ficus? 9 What is the state capital of Utah? 10 In which year was the Channel Tunnel officially opened? Anderson, 7 F16, 8 Figs, 9 Salt Lake City, 10 1994. 1 John Constable, 2 1536, 3 Firth of Forth, 4 Shaggy, 5 Egypt, 6 Gillian ANSWERS: 51 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 49 1 Name the walled city in Canada that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 2 Which United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films, was born Gladys Smith? 3 From the Jordanian port of Aqaba, three other countries can be seen: can you name them? 4 Who plays the part of ruthless casino owner Willy Bank in the 2007 film Ocean’s Thirteen? 5 On a standard typewriter keyboard, which letter lies between the ‘Q’ and the ‘E’? 6 In which part of the body would you find the organ of Corti? 7 Which is closest to the Sun: Jupiter or Pluto? 8 What is the capital of Canada? 9 Which German-born physicist was famous for his theories of relativity? 10 Which Swiss city is the location of the headquarters of the International Red Cross and the World Health Organisation? 5 W, 6 The ear, 7 Jupiter, 8 Ottawa, 9 Albert Einstein, 10 Geneva. 1 Quebec City, 2 Mary Pickford, 3 Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt, 4 Al Pacino, ANSWERS: 52 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz 50 1 Of which country did Jean-Bédel Bokassa proclaim himself emperor in 1977? 2 How many players are there in a Gaelic football team? 3 What name is given to the Japanese art of flower arranging? 4 A daguerreotype is an early form of what? 5 Which product did soap salesman William Wrigley Jr begin distributing in 1892? 6 Who is the patron saint of music? 7 In which European country is the summer and ski resort of Zell am See? 8 Who wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm? 9 What was the first name of the composer Mussorgsky? 10 The Kara Sea is an arm of which ocean? 6 St Cecilia, 7 Austria, 8 Kate Wiggin, 9 Modest, 10 Arctic. 1 Central African Republic, 2 15, 3 Ikebana, 4 Photograph, 5 Chewing gum, ANSWERS: 53 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 51 1 Who wrote the 1978 novel The Sea, the Sea? 2 Which imaginary creature is depicted as white horse with one spiralled horn growing from its forehead? 3 At which sport is Australian Kieran Perkins a former world champion? 4 In which sport is the James Norris Memorial Trophy awarded? 5 In which city is the US football team The Carolina Panthers based? 6 Which famous UK fashion designer married Andreas Kronthaler in 1992? 7 In 1996, which female singer famously attacked a reporter at Bangkok airport? 8 How old was reggae legend Bob Marley when he died: 36 or 42? 9 What was the name of Mel Gibson’s character in the Lethal Weapon films? 10 What was the nationality of the character played by Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient? Westwood, 7 Björk, 8 36, 9 Martin Riggs, 10 Hungarian. 1 Iris Murdoch, 2 Unicorn, 3 Swimming, 4 Ice hockey, 5 Charlotte, 6 Vivienne ANSWERS: 54 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 52 1 Which husband and wife shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with Henri Becquerel? 2 Which British author wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps? 3 In Jewish cookery, what is a kneidel? 4 Which London street between The Strand and Ludgate Circus became synonymous with the British newspaper industry? 5 What is the capital of Belgium? 6 Which English-born actress was twice married to Richard Burton? 7 In which country was media tycoon Rupert Murdoch born? 8 Which Austrian composer wrote the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons? 9 Which African lake was discovered by Sir Richard Burton and John Speke in 1858? 10 Who narrates Woody Allen’s film Radio Days? Tanganyika, 10 Woody Allen. 5 Brussels, 6 Elizabeth Taylor, 7 Australia, 8 Joseph Haydn, 9 Lake 1 Pierre and Marie Curie, 2 John Buchan, 3 A dumpling, 4 Fleet Street, ANSWERS: 55 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 53 1 What was the name of Bob Marley’s backing group? 2 The song Nobody Does it Better featured in which James Bond film? 3 In the Popeye cartoon series, who is Popeye’s hamburger-loving friend, who has an IQ of 326? 4 How many dominoes are there in a standard set? 5 By what name is the large American bird Meleagris Gallopavo more commonly known? 6 What is the first name of Agatha Christie’s creation Miss Marple? 7 Boadicea was queen of which tribe of people? 8 The ancient city of Carthage is in which modern country? 9 Who is the patron saint of fishermen? 10 In the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, what is the name of the ship? turkey, 6 Jane, 7 Iceni, 8 Tunisia, 9 St Peter, 10 Hispaniola. 1 The Wailers, 2 The Spy Who Loved Me, 3 J Wellington Wimpy, 4 28, 5 The ANSWERS: 56 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 54 1 What nationality was the sprinter Ray Stewart? 2 Fat of the Land, which went straight to No 1 in the US album charts in 1997, was by which band? 3 Which Frenchman made the first flight across the English Channel in 1909? 4 Who was the goddess of youth and spring in Greek mythology? 5 Which city in central India was the site of a poisonous gas leak in 1984? 6 …and which company was responsible for this disaster? 7 Which Norwegian painter’s works include The Scream? 8 What nationality is the tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano? 9 What nationality was Olympic shooting champion Gudbrand Skatteboe? 10 If something is ‘clavate’ what shape is it? Carbide, 7 Edvard Munch, 8 Italian, 9 Norwegian, 10 Club-shaped. 1 Jamaican, 2 The Prodigy, 3 Louis Bleriot, 4 Hebe, 5 Bhopal, 6 Union ANSWERS: 57 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 55 1 Which Brazilian racing driver was killed at Imola in 1994? 2 What is the capital of Argentina? 3 Which novelist wrote The Young Caesar and The Aerodrome? 4 Who was the first female swimmer to win gold medals in three successive Olympics? 5 Which of the gifts brought by the Magi is also known as olibanum? 6 Which well-known nursery rhyme was written by US poet Sarah Josepha Hale in 1830? 7 In which New Mexico city was the atomic bomb developed in the Manhattan Project? 8 What is the German name for the Polish port of Gdansk? 9 What is the name given to the leader of congregational prayer in a mosque? 10 Who was Secretary-General of the Commonwealth from 1975-1989? 10 Sonny Ramphal. 5 Frankincense, 6 Mary Had a Little Lamb, 7 Los Alamos, 8 Danzig, 9 Imam, 1 Ayrton Senna, 2 Buenos Aires, 3 Rex Warner, 4 Dawn Fraser, ANSWERS: 58 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 56 1 Who was the first murder victim in the Bible? 2 What was the name of the Lone Ranger’s Indian companion? 3 The Lone Ranger TV theme music comes from which Rossini opera? 4 Which Australian city is named after the queen consort of King William IV of England? 5 What was the profession of the character played by Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment? 6 By what name was the only English pope, Nicholas Brakespear known? 7 Who was the sixth president of the USA? 8 Margaret Dumont was the long-suffering stooge to which comedy team? 9 Which sea lies between the Italian mainland and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica? 10 What nationality is the actress Liv Ullmann? Quincy Adams, 8 The Marx Brothers, 9 Tyrrhenian Sea, 10 Norwegian. 1 Abel, 2 Tonto, 3 William Tell, 4 Adelaide, 5 Astronaut, 6 Adrian IV, 7 John ANSWERS: 59 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 57 1 Which prominent newspaper tycoon renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 in order to be appointed to Britain’s House of Lords? 2 How many yards are there in one furlong? 3 What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson? 4 In which country are the Plains of Abraham? 5 Which weather phenomenon takes its name from the Spanish for ‘the child’? 6 Who wrote the children’s story James and the Giant Peach? 7 Which country is known as Suomi in its native language? 8 In which year did the reggae artist Bob Marley die? 9 Which Hollywood heart-throb was the guitarist of the rock group P? 10 Which 1970 Ken Loach film starred David Bradley as a boy who becomes obsessed with a bird of prey? 7 Finland, 8 1981, 9 Johnny Depp, 10 Kes. 1 Conrad Black, 2 220, 3 Lewis Carroll, 4 Canada, 5 El Niño, 6 Roald Dahl, ANSWERS: 60 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 58 1 Who was elected vice president of the USA in 1852, but died six weeks after being sworn in? 2 Who became president of Egypt in 1981? 3 The War of the Bavarian Succession was fought between which two countries? 4 In martial arts, what is an ashi gatami? 5 What is the name of Woody’s horse in the film Toy Story 2? 6 In which field event would you associate Philippa Roles and Judy Oakes? 7 In which sport were Ichiro Ogimura and Yoshio Tomita world champions in 1956? 8 What nationality was skier Christl Cranz? 9 In which Australian city is the Albert Park Formula 1 motor racing circuit? 10 What is dactylography? 10 The scientific study of fingerprints. lock, 5 Bullseye, 6 Shot putting, 7 Table tennis, 8 German, 9 Melbourne, 1 William Rufus de Vane King, 2 Hosni Mubarak, 3 Austria and Prussia, 4 Leg ANSWERS: 61 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 59 1 Which letter of the Greek alphabet is the equivalent of the letter ‘K’? 2 What is the meaning of the common abbreviation CD‑ROM? 3 Which period of geological time saw the appearance of humans? 4 Which Texas town was established in 1849 to protect settlers from attacks by the Comanche tribe? 5 MB is the abbreviation of which Canadian province? 6 What is the average gestation period of a lion: 15 weeks or 26 weeks? 7 Who penned the poem The Village Blacksmith? 8 In which European capital city is the grave of the Doors singer Jim Morrison? 9 Which Four Weddings and a Funeral star played Clive Durham in the 1987 film Maurice? 10 What is the correct form of spoken address to a pope? Holiness. 5 Manitoba, 6 15 weeks, 7 Longfellow, 8 Paris, 9 Hugh Grant, 10 Your 1 Kappa, 2 Compact Disk Read Only Memory, 3 Quarternary, 4 Fort Worth, ANSWERS: 62 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 60 1 Which is the world’s largest dry desert? 2 Which Christian festival is celebrated on 6 January? 3 Which extinct big cat was named after its long, curved upper canine teeth? 4 In World War II, what name was given to a Japanese aircraft crashed deliberately onto its target by its pilot? 5 Which French novelist gave his name to pleasure derived from causing or observing pain? 6 What sort of creature is a flying fox? 7 Who composed the music for Hark the Herald Angels Sing? 8 Which US senator was famous for leading an anti- communist witch-hunt in the early 1950s? 9 In which London theatre did Lilian Baylis establish and opera and ballet company in the 1930s? 10 Which composer wrote Orpheus in the Underworld and The Tales of Hoffmann? 10 Offenbach. Sade, 6 Fruit-bat, 7 Mendelssohn, 8 Joseph McCarthy, 9 Sadlers Wells, 1 Sahara, 2 Epiphany, 3 Sabre-toothed tiger, 4 Kamikaze, 5 Marquis de ANSWERS: 63 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 61 1 What is the title of the Clement Moore poem which begins “’Twas the night before Christmas…”? 2 Which actor appeared in Apocalypse Now and Superman? 3 Who is generally regarded as the first British prime minister? 4 What number wood in golf was formerly known as a ‘spoon’? 5 What name is given to the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, religious or ethnic group? 6 Which US actor starred in Twelve Angry Men and On Golden Pond? 7 Who composed the symphony No 6 commonly known as The Pastoral? 8 Which three sports are included in the triathlon? 9 Which branch of mathematics takes its name from the Greek for ‘earth measurement’? 10 Which horse won the British Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977? 9 Geometry, 10 Red Rum. 5 Genocide, 6 Henry Fonda, 7 Beethoven, 8 Swimming, cycling and running, 1 A Visit from St Nicholas, 2 Marlon Brando, 3 Robert Walpole, 4 Three, ANSWERS: 64 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 62 1 Which Scottish poet is remembered on 25 January? 2 By what first name is saxophonist Theodore Walter Rollins better known? 3 Which pop album was the world’s number one best- seller in 1967? 4 Who won an Oscar in 1993 for his rôle in Philadelphia? 5 Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1993 and 1994? 6 In the Old Testament, who cut off Samson’s hair? 7 What is the female counterpart of the male spirit Incubus? 8 Which plants have an organ called a holdfast? 9 On which lake is the city of Milwaukee? 10 How many cohorts were there in a Roman legion? Michigan, 10 Ten. Band, 4 Tom Hanks, 5 Ireland, 6 Delilah, 7 Succubus, 8 Seaweed, 9 Lake 1 Robert Burns, 2 Sonny Rollins, 3 Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club ANSWERS: 65 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 63 1 Which Israeli politician was given the nickname BiBi? 2 Who wrote the 2000 novel Fin? 3 What is an entresol? 4 For which form of therapy is the scientist Niels Ryberg Finsen best remembered? 5 Which country music artist recorded the 2000 album Milk Cow Blues? 6 In which country is the Badalona cave system? 7 Which German city is further south: Bonn or Cologne? 8 Which poet was born Ricardo Neftali Reyes Basoalto in 1904? 9 What is balbriggan: a gypsy or a type of fabric? 10 In which discipline did Robert S Mulliken win a Nobel prize in 1966? 9 A type of fabric, 10 Chemistry. building, 4 Phototherapy, 5 Willie Nelson, 6 Norway, 7 Bonn, 8 Pablo Neruda, 1 Binyamin Netanyahu, 2 James Delingpole, 3 A storey between floors of a ANSWERS: 66 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 64 1 Which British general died leading his men in the capture of Quebec in 1759? 2 Which publication, originally reprinting condensations of articles from other magazines, first appeared in the US in 1922? 3 Which ancient Roman wrote The Sixteen Satires? 4 Who was the US Commander in Chief of UN Forces in the Korean War, who was relieved of his command in April 1951? 5 Which legendary English outlaw was an adversary of the Sheriff of Nottingham? 6 What is the chief port of The Netherlands? 7 Which US president was the subject of a 1987 opera by John Adams? 8 With which artistic movement were Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte associated? 9 What name is given to the treeless region in the northern hemisphere, of which permafrost is a feature? 10 Which Russian composer wrote Sheherezade? -Korsakov. Hood, 6 Rotterdam, 7 Richard Nixon, 8 Surrealism, 9 Tundra, 10 Rimsky 1 James Wolfe, 2 Reader’s Digest, 3 Juvenal, 4 Douglas MacArthur, 5 Robin ANSWERS: 67 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 65 1 Which British novelist penned Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey? 2 In which London church is Poets’ Corner? 3 What was the debut single of the Pet Shop Boys, which hit the UK No 1 spot in 1985? 4 Which legendary actor and dancer’s first screen appearance came in 1933’s Dancing Lady, in which he played himself? 5 Which 1973 film featured Jack Nicholson as a sailor escorting a thief to naval prison? 6 Which African country was formerly known as Dahomey? 7 In which Sheridan play does the character Mrs Malaprop appear? 8 Which German driver achieved his first Formula 1 victory in the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix? 9 Which is the largest of the United Arab Emirates? 10 Dagestan is an autonomous republic of which country? 10 Russia. 5 The Last Detail, 6 Benin, 7 The Rivals, 8 Ralf Schumacher, 9 Abu Dhabi, 1 Jane Austen, 2 Westminster Abbey, 3 West End Girls, 4 Fred Astaire, ANSWERS: 68 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 66 1 Which chieftain united the Gauls against Julius Caesar in 52BC? 2 What is the name of the gang of which William is a member in the stories by Richmal Crompton? 3 Who played eight members of the same family in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets? 4 What was the first name of actor Lon Chaney? 5 Which character in Greek mythology sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia? 6 Which creatures are studied by an ornithologist? 7 What name is given to goods thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress? 8 In which European country is the city of Verona? 9 Which Oscar-winning film starred Chow Yn Fat and Zhang Zi Yi? 10 Which African lake is the second deepest lake in the world? Tanganyika. 6 Birds, 7 Jetsam, 8 Italy, 9 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 10 Lake 1 Vercingetorix, 2 The Outlaws, 3 Alec Guinness, 4 Alonso, 5 Agamemnon, ANSWERS: 69 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 67 1 Which group’s albums included the live recording Bless Its Pointed Little Head? 2 To what did the group The Detours change their name in 1964? 3 Which British album went straight to No 1 in the US charts in 2000? 4 In the hexadecimal system, what letter represents the number 15? 5 The largest of the seas of the Moon is the Mare Imbrium: what does this translate to? 6 Lake Iliamna is the largest lake in which US state? 7 In which sport did Inna Ryskal of the USSR win four Olympic medals from 1964 to 1976? 8 Makes Me Wonder was a Top Five hit for which group in 2007? 9 Whose album Favourite Worst Nightmare was a hit in 2007? 10 What is the real name of the comedienne Ruby Wax? 6 Alaska, 7 Volleyball, 8 Maroon 5, 9 Arctic Monkeys, 10 Ruby Wachs. 1 Jefferson Airplane, 2 The Who, 3 Kid A by Radiohead, 4 F, 5 Sea of Rains, ANSWERS: 70 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 68 1 Which alpine rail tunnel (then the longest rail tunnel in the world) was opened in 1906? 2 Which Biblical character was thrown into a lion’s den? 3 The periodic table is a list of chemical elements: what is No 1 in that list? 4 Orville was one of the pioneering Wright brothers: what was the name of the other? 5 Which month of the year takes its name from the Roman festival of purification? 6 In tennis, what score comes after deuce? 7 Derived from the Latin for ‘licking’ what word describes a syrupy medicinal preparation taken to relieve coughs and sore throats? 8 Who was elected France’s new president in May 2007? 9 …and whom did he succeed? 10 In architecture, fenestration is the arrangement of what in a building? 6 Advantage, 7 Linctus, 8 Nicolas Sarkozy, 9 Jacques Chirac, 10 Windows. 1 The Simplon Tunnel, 2 Daniel, 3 Hydrogen, 4 Wilbur, 5 February, ANSWERS: 71 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 69 1 What is the middle name of basketball legend Michael Jordan? 2 Which flamboyant Russian-born ballet dancer died in Paris in 1993? 3 Who were the mother and father of Galahad in Arthurian legend? 4 What kind of creature is an australorp? 5 What is the real name of writer Barbara Vine, also known as Ruth Rendell? 6 What is the former name of JFK airport, New York? 7 Which 1996 film featured Bill Paxton as the US president? 8 St Cloud is a suburb of which French city? 9 Which country claimed Queen Maud Land, Antarctica in 1939? 10 Which country has the southernmost point in South America? 8 Paris, 9 Norway, 10 Chile. domestic fowl, 5 Ruth Barbara Grasemann, 6 Idlewild, 7 Independence Day, 1 Jeffrey, 2 Rudolf Nureyev, 3 Elaine and Lancelot, 4 A heavy black breed of ANSWERS: 72 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 70 1 Who played Professor X in the 2000 film The X-Men? 2 Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2000 for her role in Girl, Interrupted? 3 In which Australian city were the group The Hoodoo Gurus formed? 4 Gustav von Aschenbach is the central character in which novella? 5 The Maritime Alps run along the border between which two countries? 6 Which is the most southerly province of Portugal? 7 Which scientist won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of photoelectric effect? 8 Of what is petrology the study? 9 Which African animal’s name means ‘river horse’? 10 Who was the consort of Queen Victoria? 9 Hippopotamus, 10 Prince Albert. Mann, 5 France and Italy, 6 The Algarve, 7 Einstein, 8 Rocks and minerals, 1 Patrick Stewart, 2 Angelina Jolie, 3 Sydney, 4 Death in Venice by Thomas ANSWERS: 73 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 71 1 Which bridge was re-erected as a tourist attraction at Lake Havasu City in Arizona? 2 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Gladiator? 3 What name is given to the period during which a person or animal that is suspected of carrying an infected disease is kept in isolation? 4 Of which US state is Carson City the capital? 5 Which debonair British actor wrote The Moon’s a Balloon and Bring on the Empty Horses? 6 What name is given to the oriental art of paper- folding? 7 In which men’s team golf competition do professionals from Europe and the USA compete every two years? 8 What is the largest French-speaking city in Canada? 9 Which diminutive French painter led an unconventional life among the music halls and cafés of Montmartre? 10 On which Greek island did the poetess Sappho live? 6 Origami, 7 The Ryder Cup, 8 Montreal, 9 Toulouse-Lautrec, 10 Lesbos. 1 London Bridge, 2 Russell Crowe, 3 Quarantine, 4 Nevada, 5 David Niven, ANSWERS: 74 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 72 1 Which notoriously cruel Roman emperor is said to have been responsible for the deaths of two wives and his mother? 2 By what name was Russian-born entertainer Asa Yoelson, star of The Jazz Singer better known? 3 Which wooden religious offering allowed the Greeks to get inside the walls of Troy? 4 By what initials is the high explosive trinitrotoluene better known? 5 Which Olympic event takes place over a course 26 miles and 385 yards in length? 6 Which Scottish loch is famously associated with sightings of a monster? 7 Which corrosion-resistant alloy of iron, chromium and nickel is widely used for making cutlery and kitchen utensils? 8 To which class of nymphs did Amphitrite (wife of Poseidon) and Thetis (mother of Achilles) belong in Greek mythology? 9 What name is given to the fruit of the Chinese tree prunus persica? 10 By what name is the ozonosphere commonly known? 7 Stainless steel, 8 The Nereids, 9 The peach, 10 The ozone layer. 1 Nero, 2 Al Jolson, 3 The Trojan Horse, 4 TNT, 5 Marathon, 6 Loch Ness, ANSWERS: 75 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 73 1 Sherwood Stewart and Ferdi Taygan won the 1982 French Open Men’s Doubles Tennis Championship: which country were they from? 2 If a substance is ‘caseous’, what is it like? 3 What might you do with a cervelat? 4 What in Australia is known as a ‘jumbuck’? 5 Which rock group released the 2001 single All I Want? 6 What in North American slang is a ‘potsy’ to a police officer? 7 In the Bible, who was the wife of Uriah? 8 What is the colour of the central stripe on the flag of Chad? 9 Which modern British city was known by the Romans as Magnus Portus? 10 Which country is home to the international governing body of gymnastics, the FIG? 6 A policeman’s badge, 7 Bathsheba, 8 Yellow, 9 Portsmouth, 10 Switzerland. 1 USA, 2 Cheese, 3 Eat it, it’s a smoked sausage, 4 A sheep, 5 Reef, ANSWERS: 76 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 74 1 What does the ‘fc’ stand for in the designer fashion label ‘fcuk’? 2 The coronation of which king of England took place in Gloucester Cathedral in 1216? 3 The name of which North African city literally means ‘white house’? 4 What does the ‘W’ in George W Bush stand for? 5 Which deceased former emperor of Ethiopia is regarded by members of the Rastafarian religion as the Messiah? 6 Shades of which colour can be described as cobalt and Prussian? 7 Ming the Merciless was the arch-enemy of which sci-fi hero? 8 In which English county is the famous Stonehenge stone circle? 9 What activity links the following films: Blood and Sand, The Kid from Spain and The Sun Also Rises? 10 What is the meaning of the prefix ‘kara’ in Japanese words such as ‘karate’ and ‘karaoke’? 6 Blue, 7 Flash Gordon, 8 Wiltshire, 9 Bullfighting, 10 Empty. 1 French Connection, 2 Henry III, 3 Casablanca, 4 Walker, 5 Haile Selassie, ANSWERS: 77 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 75 1 Who does Jim Carrey play in the 1994 film The Mask? 2 During which war was the 1970 film Darling Lili set? 3 In which novel does Rawdon Crawley marry Becky Sharp? 4 What is the colour of the ball worth one point in the game of snooker? 5 Which character in the film Star Wars was played by Mark Hammill? 6 What is the derived SI unit of electrical capacitance? 7 What does the legal term ‘caveat emptor’ mean? 8 Which singer and actress starred in the films The Wizard of Oz and Meet Me in St Louis? 9 What was basketball player Magic Johnson’s real first name? 10 By what name were the Nazi police force Geheime Staatspolizei known? 6 Farad, 7 Let the buyer beware, 8 Judy Garland, 9 Earvin, 10 The Gestapo. 1 Stanley Ipkiss, 2 World War I, 3 Vanity Fair, 4 Red, 5 Luke Skywalker, ANSWERS: 78 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 76 1 What is the name given to clusters of flowers borne by trees such as the hazel? 2 In chess, which piece can move diagonally in a straight line, but keeping to the colour of the square on which it starts? 3 Who was the Commander in Chief of the Greeks in the Trojan War, who was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra? 4 Which lower level of clouds are commonly called rainclouds? 5 What is the longest river in India? 6 At 1200 hours GMT, what time is it in Lisbon? 7 In which country is the promontory known as The Giant’s Causeway? 8 The rivers Ruhr, Main, Moselle and Neckar are tributaries of which river? 9 Which country in Europe is nowhere higher than 570 feet above sea level? 10 Which prolific Canadian songstress wrote Big Yellow Taxi? 7 Northern Ireland, 8 Rhine, 9 Denmark, 10 Joni Mitchell. 1 Catkins, 2 Bishop, 3 Agamemnon, 4 Nimbus, 5 Ganges, 6 1200 hrs, ANSWERS: 79 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 77 1 Which Jane Austen novel begins: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”? 2 What was the occupation of the character played by Jack Lemmon in the film How to Murder Your Wife? 3 In which country is the city of Faisalabad? 4 Which famous nanny was created by P L Travers? 5 What name is given to the winter dormancy of certain mammals? 6 What was the first name of the Scottish pirate Captain Kidd? 7 Which British tenor sang in the first performances of all Benjamin Britten’s operas? 8 Do male or female sea horses carry the eggs until they hatch? 9 What is the surname of Emma in the novel by Jane Austen? 10 Which famous artist was the subject of the song by Don McLean which begins “Starry, starry night”? Gogh. 5 Hibernation, 6 William, 7 Peter Pears, 8 Male, 9 Woodhouse, 10 Vincent van 1 Pride and Prejudice, 2 Cartoonist, 3 Pakistan, 4 Mary Poppins, ANSWERS: 80 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 78 1 Which female singer recorded the 1999 album Telegram? 2 What does MS-DOS stand for in computing? 3 Of which planet is Desdemona a satellite? 4 Which element did Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner discover in 1918? 5 What colour is pitchblende? 6 Which actor voiced the Genie in the 1992 animated film Aladdin? 7 Actress Kate Hudson is the daughter of which other actress? 8 Who did the singer Jennifer Lopez marry in 2001? 9 Who starred as the psychiatrist in the 1992 film Final Analysis? 10 Which gas forms a larger percentage of the air by volume: ozone or neon? 6 Robin Williams, 7 Goldie Hawn, 8 Chris Judd, 9 Richard Gere, 10 Neon. 1 Björk, 2 Microsoft Disk Operating System, 3 Uranus, 4 Proactinium, 5 Black, ANSWERS: 81 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 79 1 Which Bavarian town was the site of the first concentration camp set up by the Nazis? 2 Which US singer/songwriter wrote Blowin’ in the Wind? 3 Which US author wrote The Fall of the House of Usher? 4 Which actor starred as a theatrical entrepreneur and serial-killer in the 1968 film No Way to Treat a Lady? 5 Which UK garage artist released the debut album Born to Do It? 6 Which form of recreation originated on paved areas along California beaches in the 1960s? 7 What is the name of the Barber of Seville in the play by Beaumarchais? 8 Which music-hall comedienne and singer was born Grace Stansfield? 9 What was the tallest building in the world before the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York in 1930? 10 Which French composer wrote The Sorcerer’s Apprentice? 6 Skateboarding, 7 Figaro, 8 Gracie Fields, 9 Eiffel Tower, 10 Paul Dukas. 1 Dachau, 2 Bob Dylan, 3 Edgar Allan Poe, 4 Rod Steiger, 5 Craig David, ANSWERS: 82 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 80 1 Is the meerkat diurnal or nocturnal? 2 The Sierra Madre chain is the main mountain system of which country? 3 As what was the Russian Anna Pavlova best known? 4 In which century was Sir Isaac Newton born? 5 Where are the Islets of Langerhans? 6 Which sea strait links the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean? 7 In which US city was John F Kennedy assassinated in 1963? 8 The French port of Saint Nazaire stands at the mouth of which river? 9 At which sport have Eirik Kvalfoss and Frank Ullrich been world champions? 10 In which city was country music star Kenny Rogers born? Gibraltar, 7 Dallas, 8 Loire, 9 Biathlon, 10 Dallas. 1 Diurnal, 2 Mexico, 3 Ballerina, 4 17th, 5 In the human pancreas, 6 Strait of ANSWERS: 83 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 81 1 Who was the first actress to receive two Oscars before the age of 30? 2 Which Belgian city was the site of the first battle between British and German forces in World War I? 3 Which large triangular muscle covering the shoulder serves to raise the arm laterally? 4 What was the pen-name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens? 5 Which hoisting device used on ships is named after a 17th century English hangman? 6 Who was the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England? 7 Which actress starred opposite Harrison Ford in the film thriller What Lies Beneath? 8 Which actor’s childhood nickname was Tootsie? 9 Which boy band became the first act to have seven UK No 1 singles in a row? 10 What name is given to 15 July, which is supposed to set the weather for 40 days thereafter? Howard, 7 Michelle Pfeiffer, 8 Dustin Hoffman, 9 Westlife, 10 St Swithin’s Day. 1 Jodie Foster, 2 Mons, 3 Deltoid, 4 Mark Twain, 5 Derrick, 6 Catherine ANSWERS: 84 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 82 1 What is Elvis Presley’s profession in the 1967 film Easy Come, Easy Go? 2 With which winter sport is the Worldloppet Cup associated? 3 In which country was cricketer Mike Procter born? 4 Physicist Niels Bohr was born and died in which European capital city? 5 Abuja is the capital of which West African republic? 6 Which country did athlete Juliet Cuthbert represent? 7 What was the registration number of Lady Penelope’s pink Rolls Royce in the TV show Thunderbirds? 8 Des Moines is the capital of which US state? 9 Which pop singer originally had a No 1 single with the song When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going? 10 Which river flows into the North Sea at Sunderland? 7 FAB 1, 8 Iowa, 9 Billy Ocean, 10 Wear. 1 Frogman, 2 Skiing, 3 South Africa, 4 Copenhagen, 5 Nigeria, 6 Jamaica, ANSWERS: 85 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 83 1 Aldebaran is the brightest star in which constellation? 2 “Fidelity, bravery, integrity” is the motto of which US organisation? 3 What was the name of the cloned sheep which attracted much media attention in 1997? 4 What is the more common name for the medical condition nyctalopia? 5 Which US Civil War general led his famous march to the sea? 6 Which country always leads the Olympic procession at the opening ceremony? 7 At which US nuclear plant did a nuclear accident occur in 1979? 8 How was the second emperor of Rome, Claudius Nero Caesar, better known? 9 The wine marsala comes from which region of Italy? 10 The statue Christ of the Andes stands on the border between Argentina and which other country? Mile Island, 8 Tiberius, 9 Sicily, 10 Chile. 1 Taurus, 2 FBI, 3 Dolly, 4 Night blindness, 5 Sherman, 6 Greece, 7 Three ANSWERS: 86 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 84 1 What nationality is the cyclist Eddy Merckx? 2 With which instrument was Yehudi Menuhin associated? 3 Which US city is nicknamed Bean Town? 4 In which European country is the ski resort of Serre- Chevalier? 5 What was Michael Caine’s character’s name in the 1967 film Billion Dollar Brain? 6 Which actor’s son plays the kidnapped child in the 1996 film Ransom? 7 At which sport were Irina Karavaeva and Alexander Rusakov world champions in 2005? 8 In which sport was Denny Hume active during the 1970s? 9 Who set a world record of 26:38.08 for the 10,000 metres on 23 August 1996? 10 Who wrote the 2001 self-help-cum-autobiographical book Take It From Me: Life’s a Struggle But You Can Win? Brockovich. 7 Trampolining, 8 Formula 1 motor racing, 9 Salah Hissou, 10 Erin 1 Belgian, 2 Violin, 3 Boston, 4 France, 5 Harry Palmer, 6 Nick Nolte, ANSWERS: 87 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 85 1 Who wrote the musical Annie Get Your Gun? 2 In London, which concert hall is the traditional home of the Promenade Concerts? 3 Which surrealist artist once described his paintings as “hand-painted dream photographs”? 4 What kind of foodstuff is Monterey Jack? 5 What type of books were written by American novelist Zane Gray? 6 What name is given to the region of low pressure, calm latitudes in the oceans near to the equator? 7 Which creature is known as orange man, or wise man of the forest? 8 What archaic unit of measurement was equal to 18 inches? 9 In which year did Hong Kong revert to Chinese sovereignty? 10 In which vessel did Sir Francis Drake sail the world? 5 Westerns, 6 Doldrums, 7 Orang utan, 8 Cubit, 9 1997, 10 The Golden Hind. 1 Irving Berlin, 2 The Royal Albert Hall, 3 Salvador Dali, 4 Cheese, ANSWERS: 88 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 86 1 Which hard white substance forms the tusks of elephants and walruses? 2 What name is given to a line on a map joining places of equal temperature? 3 How many horns has an Indian rhinoceros? 4 Which stage of human history came after the Bronze Age? 5 Which French novelist wrote the book translated as Remembrance of Things Past? 6 What is the anatomical name for the lower jawbone? 7 In which US state is Las Vegas? 8 What sort of creature is a ‘mugger’? 9 Which Scottish mathematician invented logarithms? 10 What do the initials NATO stand for? 7 Nevada, 8 Crocodile, 9 John Napier, 10 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. 1 Ivory, 2 Isotherm, 3 One, 4 Iron Age, 5 Marcel Proust, 6 Mandible, ANSWERS: 89 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 87 1 Which Old Testament brother of Moses was first High Priest of the Israelites? 2 Which canal in Venice is crossed by the Rialto Bridge? 3 Who wrote the 1982 novel Light Thickens? 4 Who played Latka Gravas in the sitcom Taxi? 5 Which actress provides the love interest in the 1955 film The Tall Men? 6 Which flower of Greek legend was said to cover the Elysian Fields? 7 For which 1994 film did Jessica Lange win a Best Actress Oscar? 8 Who directed the 1991 film Thelma & Louise? 9 What is the name given to the study of the composition and formation of rocks? 10 Which 1990 film starring Jack Nicholson was a belated follow-up to Chinatown? 6 The asphodel, 7 Blue Sky, 8 Ridley Scott, 9 Petrology, 10 The Two Jakes. 1 Aaron, 2 Grand Canal, 3 Ngaio Marsh, 4 Andy Kaufman, 5 Jane Russell, ANSWERS: 90 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 88 1 From which country does the band Sigur Ros come? 2 What was the name of the character played by Antonio Fargas in the TV cop show Starsky and Hutch? 3 Which common servant is the lover of Columbine in the Comedia dell’Arte? 4 In the Old Testament, who was the second son of Adam and Eve? 5 On which river is the Texas city of Laredo? 6 Which country administers the Aleutian Islands? 7 In which US state is the Yosemite National Park? 8 In which South American country is the seaport of Florianopolis? 9 Guernsey, Jersey and Sark are part of which island group? 10 What meat-derived foodstuff did Kenneth Daigneau famously give a name to in 1937? 7 California, 8 Brazil, 9 The Channel Islands, 10 Spam. 1 Iceland, 2 Huggy Bear, 3 Harlequin, 4 Abel, 5 Rio Grande, 6 USA, ANSWERS: 91 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 89 1 What is the standard monetary unit of Botswana? 2 Who wrote the 1973 play Equus? 3 Which ancient Greek city was the site of the most famous oracle of Apollo? 4 Who wrote the one act play Salomé, produced in Paris in 1896? 5 Which creature of Australia and New Guinea is also called a spiny anteater? 6 Which studio album by Queen first featured the song We Will Rock You? 7 In which year was Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius? 8 Who succeeded James A Garfield as US president in 1881? 9 Of which republic in the Caribbean is Port au Prince the capital? 10 Lake Taupo is the largest lake in which country? World, 7 79AD, 8 Chester A Arthur, 9 Haiti, 10 New Zealand. 1 The pula, 2 Peter Shaffer, 3 Delphi, 4 Oscar Wilde, 5 Echidna, 6 News of the ANSWERS: 92 Dr. Depak Muniraj http://depakmuniraj.blogspot.in/ Quiz No 90 1 Which critically acclaimed Canadian author wrote The Stone Diaries? 2 Who was the youngest man to have won all four of golf’s major championships? 3 Which Roman historian wrote a history of Rome in 142 volumes? 4 What name is given to members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing? 5 Which former defence secretary did George W Bush choose as his running mate? 6 In computing, what does GUI stand for? 7 Which is the second largest mountain system in North America? 8 What was the popular name for the gallows which stood close to the present-day site of Marble Arch in London? 9 Which former star of ER appeared in the film The Perfect Storm? 10 In Longfellow’s famous poem, who does Hiawatha marry? 10 Minnehaha. 6 Graphical User Interface, 7 Appalachians, 8 Tyburn Tree, 9 George Clooney, 1 Carol Shields, 2 Tiger Woods, 3 Livy, 4 The Shakers, 5 Richard Cheney, ANSWERS:

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