Answers to Quiz - 3

1)Who was the first Head of State to be assassinated with a handgun?

Prince William of Orange (also known as William the Silent) in 1584

2)What are Kingston Black, Court Royal, Breakwell’s Seedling, and Foxwhelp?

Premium variety of apples used for making cider

3)The term 'Vegetarian' was was first formally used on September 30th 1847 by Joseph Brotherton and others, at the inaugural meeting of the Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom. What were vegetarians known by prior to 1847?

Pythagoreans

4)What is the slang term used to describe promotional merchandise given away free at trade shows, music concerts etc?

Swag (Stuff We All Get)

5)What are the bicycle-taxis in Uganda and Kenya called?

Boda-boda

6)What is Jarvik-7?

Artificial heart developed by American physician Dr. Robert K. Jarvik

7)Name the Roman slave who became the secretary and confidant of the great orator
Cicero and who is credited with having invented the sign & (ampersand)?

Tiro

8)Which Renaissance poet turned preacher wrote – ‘No man is an island’?

John Donne

9)Known popularly as Khatun or Lady, who was the first woman officer in the history of British military intelligence?

Gertrude Bell

10)Name the new sponsor with effect from 2007 of the Whitbread Book Awards, one of the most prestigious literary awards in UK.

Costa Coffee