Sunday, January 27, 2008

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

  1. Which chess piece is developed in the Fianchetto?

The Bishop

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

Oniomania

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

Poker

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

Bruno Kreisky

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

Emil Jannings

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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.

  1. 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

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