Saturday, June 15, 2013

Answers to Quiz - 131



1)      What kind of liquor are Colheita and Garrafeira?
Port wine

2)      Only one cricket match has been played as part of Olympic Games. Which two countries played and at which games?
Great Britain and France at the 1900 games in Paris

3)      What is the currency of Macau?
Pataca

4)      Parkour involves moving efficiently around obstacles by running, climbing, leaping, rolling etc. What is its practitioner called?
Traceur

5)      What does the Fujita-Pearson scale measure?
Intensity of Tornado

6)      What unusual “instrument” does the American composer Joseph Bertolozzi famously use to play his music?
Suspension Bridges

7)      Chapulling is the latest buzzword to enter the global dictionary. What is the meaning of this Turkish origin word?
Fighting for your rights

8)      What Islamic apparel was designed by Aheda Zanetti?
Burqini

9)      What is the Chatham House Rule?
When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.

10)  Who is known as the Father of Bacteriology?
Robert Koch

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

QUIZ - 131



1)      What kind of liquor are Colheita and Garrafeira?

2)      Only one cricket match has been played as part of Olympic Games. Which two countries played and at which games?

3)      What is the currency of Macau?

4)      Parkour involves moving efficiently around obstacles by running, climbing, leaping, rolling etc. What is its practitioner called?

5)      What does the Fujita-Pearson scale measure?

6)      What unusual “instrument” does the American composer Joseph Bertolozzi famously use to play his music?

7)      Chapulling is the latest buzzword to enter the global dictionary. What is the meaning of this Turkish origin word?

8)      What Islamic apparel was designed by Aheda Zanetti?

9)      What is the Chatham House Rule?

10)  Who is known as the Father of Bacteriology?