Saturday, May 25, 2013

Answers to Quiz - 130


1)      In whose honour is the International Dance Day celebrated every year on 29th April?
Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), the creator of modern ballet

2)      What does Quacquarelli Symonds famously rank?
Universities of the World

3)      What does the Cartagena Protocol seek to protect?
Biological Diversity

4)      Whom did Alex Ferguson replace as the manager of Manchester United in 1986?
Ron Atkinson

5)      What was the only painting that Vincent van Gogh managed to sell during his lifetime?
The Red Vineyard

6)      What did Dr John Pemberton invent in May 1886?
Coca Cola

7)      What is Simian Army?
Tools used for IT disaster recovery testing

8)      What is Tategaki?
Japanese script of writing from top to bottom

9)      What is the name given to the 40 ft tall perpendicular rock that is the last obstacle before reaching Mount Everest?
Hilary Step

10)  What is the name of the very famous tea blend that is flavoured by the oil extracted from the rind of the Bergamot orange?
Earl Grey

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