Sunday, September 16, 2007

QUIZ - 34

  1. Name the mythical animal which according to legend could only be captured by a virgin woman.
  1. Which famous businesswoman known for her ethical and environmental practices was known as ‘The Queen of Green’
  1. Name the American billionaire who made his fortunes by investing in bankrupt companies and then turning them around, thereby earning the epithet ‘King of Bankruptcy’.
  1. Inspired by the social networking website Facebook, what have the father – son duo Geoffrey and Alex Roche created?
  1. What widely popular and copied television programme format did Simon Fuller create?
  1. Pisco, the famous liquor of Peru is made from a grape that was originally imported from Spain in the 16th Century. Name this grape.
  1. What global think-tank was founded in April 1968 by Aurelio Peccei, an Italian industrialist, and Alexander King, a Scottish scientist?
  1. The Federal National Mortgage Association was originally founded as a government agency in 1938 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal to provide home loans to the American people. By what adopted name is it popularly known?
  1. By what convenient but incorrect term are the French speaking Belgians known as?

  1. What widely used term today was first coined by the critic and writer Howard Rheingold?

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