QUIZ - 42

1. Declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, this spectacular rock formation, consisting of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns is located on the north-east coast of Northern Ireland and is a result of an ancient volcanic eruption. What is it called?

2. What is the term used in the auto industry to describe a vehicle fitted with experimental components for testing?

3. The student theatrical society of which famous American university presents the Hasty Pudding Award annually to performers who have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment"?

4. Name the mountain nymph from Greek Mythology who loved her own voice.

5. What is the name of the United Nations mandated certification system that ensures the rough diamonds originate from sources that are free of conflict?

6. What much coveted award is given to the viewers and participants of a popular BBC television programme for children, which is also the world's longest running children's television series?

7. What organization founded by a group of prominent individuals, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie in New York in 1941 champions the cause of civil liberty?

8. Name the quality assurance technique developed by Japanese manufacturing engineer Shigeo Shingo that seeks to eliminate defects in a product by preventing or correcting mistakes as early as possible in its development cycle

9. What dubious distinction does Robert Morris Jr. hold in the history of Internet?

10. What term describes the people caught between the conflicting demands of raising children and caring for aging parents?

Answers to Quiz - 41

1. What name is given to the cool breeze that blows in from the sea on most afternoons in Western Australia?

The Fremantle Doctor

2. Which chess piece is developed in the Fianchetto?

The Bishop

3. What term describes the compulsive desire to shop or shopping addiction?

Oniomania

4. In which game would you apply Sklansky's Fundamental Theorem and Morton’s Theorem?

Poker

5. Name the former Chancellor of Austria in whose memory, an award is presented biennially for achievement in the field of human rights

Bruno Kreisky

6. Name the first winner of the Academy Award (Oscar) for the Best Actor

Emil Jannings

7. Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007, "w00t" is an expression of joy and excitement and has its origins in online computer gaming, where it was an acronym for what?

we own other team

8. What film award was instituted by a group of 8 foreign journalists who founded the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association in October 1943?

The Golden Globes

9. What does the term ‘Super Tuesday’ mean in USA?

It refers to a Tuesday in early February or March of a presidential election year when the most states hold their primary elections.

10. Name the palm tree that grows in the tropical forests of South America, whose white coloured nuts are used as buttons in upmarket apparels.

Corozo

QUIZ - 41

1. What name is given to the cool breeze that blows in from the sea on most afternoons in Western Australia?

2. Which chess piece is developed in the Fianchetto?

3. What term describes the compulsive desire to shop or shopping addiction?

4. In which game would you apply Sklansky's Fundamental Theorem and Morton’s Theorem?

5. Name the former Chancellor of Austria in whose memory, an award is presented biennially for achievement in the field of human rights

6. Name the first winner of the Academy Award (Oscar) for the Best Actor

7. Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007, "w00t" is an expression of joy and excitement and has its origins in online computer gaming, where it was an acronym for what?

8. What film award was instituted by a group of 8 foreign journalists who founded the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association in October 1943?

9. What does the term ‘Super Tuesday’ mean in USA?

10. Name the palm tree that grows in the tropical forests of South America, whose white coloured nuts are used as buttons in upmarket apparels.

Answers to Quiz - 40

1. What is the autobiography of Edmund Hillary published in 1975 called?

Nothing Venture, Nothing Win

2. Who was the leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on top of Mount Everest in May 1953?

Sir John Hunt

3. What famous laconic words did Hillary utter to a fellow member on his return to Everest's South Col camp immediately after conquering the peak?

"Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off."

4. In the 1960s, Sir Hilary returned to Nepal, to aid in the development of the society, building clinics, hospitals and schools. He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003. By what name is Mount Everest revered in Nepal, where it is located?

Chomolungma

5. Sir Edmund Hilary was arguably the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived. In which country did he serve as New Zealand’s High Commissioner from 1985 to 1989?

India

6. Hillary took a photograph of Tenzing Norgay standing on top of the world, but declined Norgay’s offer to have his photograph taken. What civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was conferred on Tenzing Norgay?

George Medal

7. The conquest of Everest was announced to the British public on the eve of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. What highest and exclusive award for chivalry was conferred on him by the Queen 42 years later in 1995?

The Order of the Garter

8. Name the book in which Sir Hillary and Sir John Hunt published their account of the expedition,

The Ascent of Everest

9. Throughout his life Hillary remembered his first mountain he climbed. Name this mountain

Mount Tapuaenuku — "Tappy" as he called it — in Marlborough on New Zealand's South Island

10. In 1977 Sir Hillary went on an"Ocean to the Sky" expedition. On which river did this expedition travel in jet boats?

Ganges

QUIZ - 40

This Quiz is dedicated to the memory of Sir Edmund Hillary, who passed away on 11^th January 2008.

1. What is the autobiography of Edmund Hillary published in 1975 called?

2. Who was the leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on top of Mount Everest in May 1953?

3. What famous laconic words did Hillary utter to a fellow member on his return to Everest's South Col camp immediately after conquering the peak?

4. In the 1960s, Sir Hilary returned to Nepal, to aid in the development of the society, building clinics, hospitals and schools. He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003. By what name is Mount Everest revered in Nepal, where it is located?

5. Sir Edmund Hilary was arguably the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived. In which country did he serve as New Zealand’s High Commissioner from 1985 to 1989?

6. Hillary took a photograph of Tenzing Norgay standing on top of the world, but declined Norgay’s offer to have his photograph taken. What civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was conferred on Tenzing Norgay?

7. The conquest of Everest was announced to the British public on the eve of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. What highest and exclusive award for chivalry was conferred on him by the Queen 42 years later in 1995?

8. Name the book in which Sir Hillary and Sir John Hunt published their account of the expedition,

9. Throughout his life Hillary remembered his first mountain he climbed. Name this mountain

10. In 1977 Sir Hillary went on an"Ocean to the Sky" expedition. On which river did this expedition travel in jet boats?

Answers to Quiz - 39

1. In the game of poker, which term describes the best possible hand that is unbeatable?

The Nuts

2. The French use the expression C'est la bérézina to mean ‘It is a complete disaster!’ This phrase has its origin in Napoleon’s Grand Army suffering huge losses while trying to cross this river in 1812. In which country is the river Berezina located today?

Belarus

3. As per the Old Testament God punished Israel for a certain act of King David, so much so that even today this widely used practice is called ‘The Sin of David’. What was this sinful act of King David?

Taking Census. King David ordered to number the fighting men of Israel.

4. What term derived from a famous city in the Middle East describes a design produced by the inlay of gold or silver into steel?

Damascene from Damascus

5. According Jared Diamond, the American evolutionary biologist, what was the worst mistake in the history of the human race?

Agriculture

6. Who was chosen by Pope John Paul II to be Europe's patron saint in 1999?

Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St. Bridgid of Sweden

7. Name the English psychologist who coined the term g factor, a controversial single factor that measures general intelligence.

Charles Edward Spearman

8. What is the term given to the cyber fraud in which a very small amount of money is siphoned out from a large number of accounts, collectively making a big amount

Salami Attack

9. The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and a group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states, so called because it was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou. In which country is Cotonou situated? ,

Benin

10. Name the 19^th Century Scottish Evangelist who is credited with having adopted the ‘God of the Gaps’ argument, in which a gap in scientific knowledge is used as evidence for existence of God.

Henry Drummond

QUIZ - 39

1. In the game of poker, which term describes the best possible hand that is unbeatable?

2. The French use the expression C'est la bérézina to mean ‘It is a complete disaster!’ This phrase has its origin in Napoleon’s Grand Army suffering huge losses while trying to cross this river in 1812. In which country is the river Berezina located today?

3. As per the Old Testament God punished Israel for a certain act of King David, so much so that even today this widely used practice is called ‘The Sin of David’. What was this sinful act of King David?

4. What term derived from a famous city in the Middle East describes a design produced by the inlay of gold or silver into steel?

5. According Jared Diamond, the American evolutionary biologist, what was the worst mistake in the history of the human race?

6. Who was chosen by Pope John Paul II to be Europe's patron saint in 1999?

7. Name the English psychologist who coined the term g factor, a controversial single factor that measures general intelligence.

8. What is the term given to the cyber fraud in which a very small amount of money is siphoned out from a large number of accounts, collectively making a big amount

9. The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and a group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states, so called because it was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou. In which country is Cotonou situated?
   

10. Name the 19^th Century Scottish Evangelist who is credited with having adopted the ‘God of the Gaps’ argument, in which a gap in scientific knowledge is used as evidence for existence of God.

Answers to Quiz - 38

1. Name the American novelist, essayist and sci-fi writer who invented the fictional religion of Bokononism. He passed away in April 2007

Kurt Vonnegut

2. Born Vickie Lynn Hogan and known as Nikki Hart in school, by what name does the world remember this buxom playboy model and TV star? She died in February 2007 at the age of 39

Anna Nicole Smith

3. What did Momofuku Ando who passed away in January 2007 at the age of 96 invent?

Instant Noodles

4. Paul MacCready, who died in August 2007 at the age of 81, designed the first human powered aircraft that flew in 1977. What was it called?

The Gossamer Condor

5. Name the anti-apartheid Reggae icon who was the first black musician in South Africa to have his songs like ‘Together as One’ aired on a white radio station. He was murdered on the streets of a Johannesburg suburb in October 2007.

Lucky Dube

6. Name the weekly newspaper co-founded by Norman Mailer, the two times Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, journalist and playwright. Mailer passed away in November 2007.

Village Voice

7. Nobel Laureate Paul Lauterbur who passed away in March 2007 developed a new imaging technique that he termed as ‘Zeugmatography’. However this name did not catch on. By what name is it popularly known today?

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

8. Name the legendary editor of Forbes magazine who passed away in October 2007. He edited the magazine for 38 years from 1961 and would often say that he could cut at least 15% out of any story, no matter how tightly written.

Jim Michaels

9. Regarded almost as a saint in France on account of his foundation of the Emmaus organization, which brought relief to the homeless and dispossessed, he passed away in January 2007. Born Henri Antoine Grouès, by which popular pseudonym that he acquired during his work with the French Resistance during the Second World War was he known?

Abbé Pierre

10. Name the American historian and critic who wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration in ‘A Thousand Days’. He passed away in February 2007 at the age of 89.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

QUIZ - 38

This Quiz is about the year 2007 that is about fade into history. Many towering personalities left us in this year. It is about them.

1. Name the American novelist, essayist and sci-fi writer who invented the fictional religion of Bokononism. He passed away in April 2007

2. Born Vickie Lynn Hogan and known as Nikki Hart in school, by what name does the world remember this buxom playboy model and TV star? She died in February 2007 at the age of 39

3. What did Momofuku Ando who passed away in January 2007 at the age of 96 invent?

4. Paul MacCready, who died in August 2007 at the age of 81, designed the first human powered aircraft that flew in 1977. What was it called?

5. Name the anti-apartheid Reggae icon who was the first black musician in South Africa to have his songs like ‘Together as One’ aired on a white radio station. He was murdered on the streets of a Johannesburg suburb in October 2007.

6. Name the weekly newspaper co-founded by Norman Mailer, the two times Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, journalist and playwright. Mailer passed away in November 2007.

7. Nobel Laureate Paul Lauterbur who passed away in March 2007 developed a new imaging technique that he termed as ‘Zeugmatography’. However this name did not catch on. By what name is it popularly known today?

8. Name the legendary editor of Forbes magazine who passed away in October 2007. He edited the magazine for 38 years from 1961 and would often say that he could cut at least 15% out of any story, no matter how tightly written.

9. Regarded almost as a saint in France on account of his foundation of the Emmaus organization, which brought relief to the homeless and dispossessed, he passed away in January 2007. Born Henri Antoine Grouès, by which popular pseudonym that he acquired during his work with the French Resistance during the Second World War was he known?

10. Name the American historian and critic who wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration in ‘A Thousand Days’. He passed away in February 2007 at the age of 89.