Friday, June 11, 2010

QUIZ - 104

1) Name the painting by S.H. Raza that was sold for $3.49 million at Christie’s, thereby becoming India’s priciest piece of modern art.

2) The Orange prize is given for English language novels by women. Who is this year’s Orange prize winner and what’s the title of the novel?

3) Who is writing the foreword to Nelson Mandela’s new book – Conversations with Myself?

4) What is the popular term for the South African national football team?

5) A sub species of the bird that appears on the state flag of Louisiana is under severe threat because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What is this bird?

6) In which country has a leather shoe worn about 5500 years ago been discovered in a cave

7) Fabio Capello, coach of the England football team is using ‘Victoria’ to ensure that his team’s training pitches are safe. What or who is ‘Victoria’?

8) What is the name of the genetic condition that lowers the immunity level of the new born baby to such an extent that it has to be kept shielded in a sterile pouch?

9) Who will captain the MCC team in a T20 match against the visiting Pakistanis later this month?

10) The man who developed the fingerprinting system was also the first to make rigorous weather maps. He was one of the great polymaths of the 19th Century. Who is he?

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