QUIZ - 127

1)      What term was coined by Horace Walpole in a letter dated 28^th January 1754?

2)      Who was referred to by the epithet “Boadicea in pearls”?

3)      What are people suffering from EHS allergic to?  

4)      What term named after a country describes irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased allowances, reduced working hours etc?

5)      Name the part of our brain that plays the central role in managing rewards and pleasures.

6)      Name the annual ceremony performed in London by British regiments on a Saturday in June to mark the official birthday of the British sovereign.

7)      Dating back to 1897 and always run on the third Monday of April, which is the world’s oldest annual marathon?

8)      Uguisu no fun is used in traditional Japanese beauty treatment and is also referred to as “Geisha Facial”. What is it made of?

9)      A book published in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London had such a serious typographic mistake, that almost all the copies were cancelled and burned. By what name do we know this book today and what was the typo?

10)  What commodity is bought and sold through the En primeur system?