QUIZ - 41

1. What name is given to the cool breeze that blows in from the sea on most afternoons in Western Australia?

2. Which chess piece is developed in the Fianchetto?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What film award was instituted by a group of 8 foreign journalists who founded the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association in October 1943?

9. What does the term ‘Super Tuesday’ mean in USA?

10. Name the palm tree that grows in the tropical forests of South America, whose white coloured nuts are used as buttons in upmarket apparels.

Answers to Quiz - 40

1. What is the autobiography of Edmund Hillary published in 1975 called?

Nothing Venture, Nothing Win

2. Who was the leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on top of Mount Everest in May 1953?

Sir John Hunt

3. What famous laconic words did Hillary utter to a fellow member on his return to Everest's South Col camp immediately after conquering the peak?

"Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off."

4. In the 1960s, Sir Hilary returned to Nepal, to aid in the development of the society, building clinics, hospitals and schools. He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003. By what name is Mount Everest revered in Nepal, where it is located?

Chomolungma

5. Sir Edmund Hilary was arguably the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived. In which country did he serve as New Zealand’s High Commissioner from 1985 to 1989?

India

6. Hillary took a photograph of Tenzing Norgay standing on top of the world, but declined Norgay’s offer to have his photograph taken. What civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was conferred on Tenzing Norgay?

George Medal

7. The conquest of Everest was announced to the British public on the eve of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. What highest and exclusive award for chivalry was conferred on him by the Queen 42 years later in 1995?

The Order of the Garter

8. Name the book in which Sir Hillary and Sir John Hunt published their account of the expedition,

The Ascent of Everest

9. Throughout his life Hillary remembered his first mountain he climbed. Name this mountain

Mount Tapuaenuku — "Tappy" as he called it — in Marlborough on New Zealand's South Island

10. In 1977 Sir Hillary went on an"Ocean to the Sky" expedition. On which river did this expedition travel in jet boats?

Ganges

QUIZ - 40

This Quiz is dedicated to the memory of Sir Edmund Hillary, who passed away on 11^th January 2008.

1. What is the autobiography of Edmund Hillary published in 1975 called?

2. Who was the leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on top of Mount Everest in May 1953?

3. What famous laconic words did Hillary utter to a fellow member on his return to Everest's South Col camp immediately after conquering the peak?

4. In the 1960s, Sir Hilary returned to Nepal, to aid in the development of the society, building clinics, hospitals and schools. He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003. By what name is Mount Everest revered in Nepal, where it is located?

5. Sir Edmund Hilary was arguably the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived. In which country did he serve as New Zealand’s High Commissioner from 1985 to 1989?

6. Hillary took a photograph of Tenzing Norgay standing on top of the world, but declined Norgay’s offer to have his photograph taken. What civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was conferred on Tenzing Norgay?

7. The conquest of Everest was announced to the British public on the eve of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. What highest and exclusive award for chivalry was conferred on him by the Queen 42 years later in 1995?

8. Name the book in which Sir Hillary and Sir John Hunt published their account of the expedition,

9. Throughout his life Hillary remembered his first mountain he climbed. Name this mountain

10. In 1977 Sir Hillary went on an"Ocean to the Sky" expedition. On which river did this expedition travel in jet boats?

Answers to Quiz - 39

1. In the game of poker, which term describes the best possible hand that is unbeatable?

The Nuts

2. The French use the expression C'est la bérézina to mean ‘It is a complete disaster!’ This phrase has its origin in Napoleon’s Grand Army suffering huge losses while trying to cross this river in 1812. In which country is the river Berezina located today?

Belarus

3. As per the Old Testament God punished Israel for a certain act of King David, so much so that even today this widely used practice is called ‘The Sin of David’. What was this sinful act of King David?

Taking Census. King David ordered to number the fighting men of Israel.

4. What term derived from a famous city in the Middle East describes a design produced by the inlay of gold or silver into steel?

Damascene from Damascus

5. According Jared Diamond, the American evolutionary biologist, what was the worst mistake in the history of the human race?

Agriculture

6. Who was chosen by Pope John Paul II to be Europe's patron saint in 1999?

Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St. Bridgid of Sweden

7. Name the English psychologist who coined the term g factor, a controversial single factor that measures general intelligence.

Charles Edward Spearman

8. What is the term given to the cyber fraud in which a very small amount of money is siphoned out from a large number of accounts, collectively making a big amount

Salami Attack

9. The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and a group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states, so called because it was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou. In which country is Cotonou situated? ,

Benin

10. Name the 19^th Century Scottish Evangelist who is credited with having adopted the ‘God of the Gaps’ argument, in which a gap in scientific knowledge is used as evidence for existence of God.

Henry Drummond

QUIZ - 39

1. In the game of poker, which term describes the best possible hand that is unbeatable?

2. The French use the expression C'est la bérézina to mean ‘It is a complete disaster!’ This phrase has its origin in Napoleon’s Grand Army suffering huge losses while trying to cross this river in 1812. In which country is the river Berezina located today?

3. As per the Old Testament God punished Israel for a certain act of King David, so much so that even today this widely used practice is called ‘The Sin of David’. What was this sinful act of King David?

4. What term derived from a famous city in the Middle East describes a design produced by the inlay of gold or silver into steel?

5. According Jared Diamond, the American evolutionary biologist, what was the worst mistake in the history of the human race?

6. Who was chosen by Pope John Paul II to be Europe's patron saint in 1999?

7. Name the English psychologist who coined the term g factor, a controversial single factor that measures general intelligence.

8. What is the term given to the cyber fraud in which a very small amount of money is siphoned out from a large number of accounts, collectively making a big amount

9. The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and a group of African, Caribbean and Pacific states, so called because it was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou. In which country is Cotonou situated?
   

10. Name the 19^th Century Scottish Evangelist who is credited with having adopted the ‘God of the Gaps’ argument, in which a gap in scientific knowledge is used as evidence for existence of God.

Answers to Quiz - 38

1. Name the American novelist, essayist and sci-fi writer who invented the fictional religion of Bokononism. He passed away in April 2007

Kurt Vonnegut

2. Born Vickie Lynn Hogan and known as Nikki Hart in school, by what name does the world remember this buxom playboy model and TV star? She died in February 2007 at the age of 39

Anna Nicole Smith

3. What did Momofuku Ando who passed away in January 2007 at the age of 96 invent?

Instant Noodles

4. Paul MacCready, who died in August 2007 at the age of 81, designed the first human powered aircraft that flew in 1977. What was it called?

The Gossamer Condor

5. Name the anti-apartheid Reggae icon who was the first black musician in South Africa to have his songs like ‘Together as One’ aired on a white radio station. He was murdered on the streets of a Johannesburg suburb in October 2007.

Lucky Dube

6. Name the weekly newspaper co-founded by Norman Mailer, the two times Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, journalist and playwright. Mailer passed away in November 2007.

Village Voice

7. Nobel Laureate Paul Lauterbur who passed away in March 2007 developed a new imaging technique that he termed as ‘Zeugmatography’. However this name did not catch on. By what name is it popularly known today?

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

8. Name the legendary editor of Forbes magazine who passed away in October 2007. He edited the magazine for 38 years from 1961 and would often say that he could cut at least 15% out of any story, no matter how tightly written.

Jim Michaels

9. Regarded almost as a saint in France on account of his foundation of the Emmaus organization, which brought relief to the homeless and dispossessed, he passed away in January 2007. Born Henri Antoine Grouès, by which popular pseudonym that he acquired during his work with the French Resistance during the Second World War was he known?

Abbé Pierre

10. Name the American historian and critic who wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration in ‘A Thousand Days’. He passed away in February 2007 at the age of 89.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

QUIZ - 38

This Quiz is about the year 2007 that is about fade into history. Many towering personalities left us in this year. It is about them.

1. Name the American novelist, essayist and sci-fi writer who invented the fictional religion of Bokononism. He passed away in April 2007

2. Born Vickie Lynn Hogan and known as Nikki Hart in school, by what name does the world remember this buxom playboy model and TV star? She died in February 2007 at the age of 39

3. What did Momofuku Ando who passed away in January 2007 at the age of 96 invent?

4. Paul MacCready, who died in August 2007 at the age of 81, designed the first human powered aircraft that flew in 1977. What was it called?

5. Name the anti-apartheid Reggae icon who was the first black musician in South Africa to have his songs like ‘Together as One’ aired on a white radio station. He was murdered on the streets of a Johannesburg suburb in October 2007.

6. Name the weekly newspaper co-founded by Norman Mailer, the two times Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, journalist and playwright. Mailer passed away in November 2007.

7. Nobel Laureate Paul Lauterbur who passed away in March 2007 developed a new imaging technique that he termed as ‘Zeugmatography’. However this name did not catch on. By what name is it popularly known today?

8. Name the legendary editor of Forbes magazine who passed away in October 2007. He edited the magazine for 38 years from 1961 and would often say that he could cut at least 15% out of any story, no matter how tightly written.

9. Regarded almost as a saint in France on account of his foundation of the Emmaus organization, which brought relief to the homeless and dispossessed, he passed away in January 2007. Born Henri Antoine Grouès, by which popular pseudonym that he acquired during his work with the French Resistance during the Second World War was he known?

10. Name the American historian and critic who wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration in ‘A Thousand Days’. He passed away in February 2007 at the age of 89.

Answers to Quiz - 37

1. What is widely believed to be the first rock'n'roll record?

1951's Rocket 88, written by Ike Turner, sung by Jackie Brenston and recorded by Sam Phillips, who later went on to found Sun records and discover Elvis Presley.

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1192358,00.html

2. Florence Nightingale regarded as the Mother of Modern Nursing also made an important contribution in the field of statistics. After witnessing deplorable sanitary conditions in the Crimea, in 1858 she wrote Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army, an influential text that included graphical methods to convey complex statistical information dramatically to a broad audience. What term did she use for these graphs?

Coxcombs. These graphs are now widely known as Nightingale’s Rose or Nightingale’s Coxcomb. Florence Nightingale was the first woman to be elected as Fellow of Royal Statistical Society.

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1712.htm

3. Who in 1830 founded the Mormon Church, also known as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the fourth largest religious denomination in USA today?

Joseph Smith

http://www.josephsmith.com/

4. Invented by Carl Boenish in 1978, the extremely risky sport of BASE Jumping derives its name from the four objects that jumpers usually ca leap from. What are these four objects?

Buildings, Antennas, Spans of bridges and Earth formations like cliffs.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/base-jumping.htm

5. Opened in 1956, this fully enclosed shopping center, with a constant climate-controlled temperature is regarded as the world’s first shopping mall. What is it called and where is it located?

Southdale Center in Minnesotta

6. Name the largest lava flow in recorded history that was generated by a fissure eruption in south central Iceland in 1783.

Known as the Laki flow, it erupted from a 25-kilometer-long fissure to produce 12 cubic kilometers of lava, filling two deep river valleys and covering an area greater than 500 square kilometers.

http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1121-nasa.html

7. Hawaiian, Srombolian, Vulcanian and Plinian are the four basic types of what natural activity?

Volcanic Eruptions

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vesuvius/deatype.html

8. Quinine, the principal remedy against malaria is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree that grows in the Andes. By what popular name was this bark known in the 17^th Century?
   

Jesuit’s Bark or Jesuit’s Powder, after the Jesuit missionaries working in Peru popularized it having learnt about it from the native people.

http://www.companysj.com/v144/powder.html

9. What is the term used by the IT industry to describe the proportion of fresh recruits in their employment?

Bulge Mix. Bulge mix is usually calculated as a percentage of employees in the 0-3 years experience over the total population of professionals who are billable.

10. What does ‘Promise Index’ developed by the British advertising agency Promise, measure?

The divergence between consumers’ perceptions of brands and their actual experience of them

QUIZ - 37

1. What is widely believed to be the first rock'n'roll record?

2. Florence Nightingale regarded as the Mother of Modern Nursing also made an important contribution in the field of statistics. After witnessing deplorable sanitary conditions in the Crimea, in 1858 she wrote Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army, an influential text that included graphical methods to convey complex statistical information dramatically to a broad audience. What term did she use for these graphs?

3. Who in 1830 founded the Mormon Church, also known as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the fourth largest religious denomination in USA today?

4. Invented by Carl Boenish in 1978, the extremely risky sport of BASE Jumping derives its name from the four objects that jumpers usually ca leap from. What are these four objects?

5. Opened in 1956, this fully enclosed shopping center, with a constant climate-controlled temperature is regarded as the world’s first shopping mall. What is it called and where is it located?

6. Name the largest lava flow in recorded history that was generated by a fissure eruption in south central Iceland in 1783.

7. Hawaiian, Srombolian, Vulcanian and Plinian are the four basic types of what natural activity?

8. Quinine, the principal remedy against malaria is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree that grows in the Andes. By what popular name was this bark known in the 17^th Century?
   

9. What is the term used by the IT industry to describe the proportion of fresh recruits in their employment?

10. What does ‘Promise Index’ developed by the British advertising agency Promise, measure?

Answers to Quiz- 36

1. Discovered in China, but widely known by its Japanese name, name this high- protein, low-fat food that is popularly called ‘The Cheese of Asia’

Tofu

2. Name the most influential restaurant rating system in Europe.

Michelin Rating

3. What in 2001 was hailed as ‘true British national dish’ by the then foreign secretary, Robin Cook?

Chicken Tikka Masala

4. Tempura is deep fried vegetable or sea food commonly eaten in Japan. Who introduced Tempura in Japan in the mid 16^th Century?

The Portuguese

5. What Italian word is used to denote a person who has acquired expertise in the preparation of espresso coffee?

Barista

6. Name the Swiss entrepreneur who in 1882 invented the instant soup.

Julius Maggi

7. In 2007 Bhut Jolokia was certified as the world’s hottest chili displacing the Red Savina. Where is Bhut Jolokia grown?

North-East India

8. What word describes a cheese lover?

Turophiliac

9. Name the Italian food and wine journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in 1986 to preserve the local culinary traditions

Carlo Petrini

10. Name the highest form of Japanese culinary tradition that uses only fresh and local ingredients and makes food into an art form by balancing its taste, texture, appearance, and colours

Kaiseki

QUIZ - 36

1. Discovered in China, but widely known by its Japanese name, name this high-protein, low-fat food that is popularly called ‘The Cheese of Asia’

2. Name the most influential restaurant rating system in Europe.

3. What in 2001 was hailed as ‘true British national dish’ by the then foreign secretary, Robin Cook?

4. Tempura is deep fried vegetable or sea food commonly eaten in Japan. Who introduced Tempura in Japan in the mid 16^th Century?

5. What Italian word is used to denote a person who has acquired expertise in the preparation of espresso coffee?

6. Name the Swiss entrepreneur who in 1882 invented the instant soup.

7. In 2007 Bhut Jolokia was certified as the world’s hottest chili displacing the Red Savina. Where is Bhut Jolokia grown?

8. What word describes a cheese lover?

9. Name the Italian food and wine journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in 1986 to preserve the local culinary traditions

10. Name the highest form of Japanese culinary tradition that uses only fresh and local ingredients and makes food into an art form by balancing its taste, texture, appearance, and colours

Answers to Quiz - 35

1. With nominations in ten categories for what are the COTY awards given out every year?

Coins

2. Developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini, what does the Gini coefficient measure?

Inequality of income (or wealth) distribution

3. In what activity would the terms Beauregard, Jepson and Markush be used?

Patenting. They are types of Patent Claims

4. Founded in 1985 by Stewart Brand Larry Brilliant, name the first virtual or online community.

The WELL

5. Which Italian island in the Bay of Naples has lent its name to a popular item of apparel for ladies?

Capri from which comes Capri Pants, a tight fitting calf length pants for women.

6. What controversial book written in 1968 by Paul Ehrlich predicted that ‘in the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve’?

The Population Bomb

7. Which organization founded in 1996 with an attempt to encourage long term thinking promotes the concept of writing years in 5 digits instead of 4, for example - 02007 instead of 2007?

The Long Now Foundation

8. In USA what name is given to male corpses or emergency room patients whose identity is not known?
   

John Doe

9. What slang term coined by environmentalists refers to gas guzzling sports utility vehicles?

Chelsea Tractor

10. Name the famous Scottish mountain, where because of its unique triangular shape, the Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne carried out experiments in 1774 to determine the density of the earth.

Schiehallion

QUIZ - 35

1. With nominations in ten categories for what are the COTY awards given out every year?

2. Developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini, what does the Gini coefficient measure?

3. In what activity would the terms Beauregard, Jepson and Markush be used?

4. Founded in 1985 by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant, name the first virtual or online community.

5. Which Italian island in the Bay of Naples has lent its name to a popular item of apparel for ladies?

6. What controversial book written in 1968 by Paul Ehrlich predicted that ‘in the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve’?

7. Which organization founded in 1996 with an attempt to encourage long term thinking promotes the concept of writing years in 5 digits instead of 4, for example - 02007 instead of 2007?

8. In USA what name is given to male corpses or emergency room patients whose identity is not known?
   

9. What slang term coined by environmentalists refers to gas guzzling sports utility vehicles?

10. Name the famous Scottish mountain, where because of its unique triangular shape, the Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne carried out experiments in 1774 to determine the density of the earth.

Answers to Quiz - 34

1. Name the mythical animal which according to legend could only be captured by a virgin woman.

The Unicorn

2. Which famous businesswoman known for her ethical and environmental practices was known as ‘The Queen of Green’

Anita Roddick

3. 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’.

Wilbur Ross

4. Inspired by the social networking website Facebook, what have the father – son duo Geoffrey and Alex Roche created?

Dogbook and Catbook for the pet owners

5. What widely popular and copied television programme format did Simon Fuller create?

The idol series as in American Idol

6. Pisco, the famous liquor of Peru is made from a grape that was originally imported from Spain in the 16^th Century. Name this grape.

Quebranta

7. What global think-tank was founded in April 1968 by Aurelio Peccei, an Italian industrialist, and Alexander King, a Scottish scientist?

The Club of Rome

8. 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?

Fanny Mae

9. By what convenient but incorrect term are the French speaking Belgians known as?

The Walloons

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

Virtual Community

QUIZ - 34

1. Name the mythical animal which according to legend could only be captured by a virgin woman.

2. Which famous businesswoman known for her ethical and environmental practices was known as ‘The Queen of Green’

3. 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’.

4. Inspired by the social networking website Facebook, what have the father – son duo Geoffrey and Alex Roche created?

5. What widely popular and copied television programme format did Simon Fuller create?

6. Pisco, the famous liquor of Peru is made from a grape that was originally imported from Spain in the 16^th Century. Name this grape.

7. What global think-tank was founded in April 1968 by Aurelio Peccei, an Italian industrialist, and Alexander King, a Scottish scientist?

8. 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?

9. By what convenient but incorrect term are the French speaking Belgians known as?

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

Answers to Quiz - 33

1. Who is a steel collar worker?

Robots working on a production line

2. Whom did the Financial Times once describe as the ‘world's most famous futurologist’?

Alvin Toffler

3. Name the anthropologist who founded kinesics, the study of nonverbal communication

Ray Birdwhistell

4. What does a plethysmograph measure?

Change in volume of an organ resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood or air it contains

5. What term attributed to US Senator Lloyd Bentsen represents false public propaganda by drumming up fake support to the cause at the grassroots level?

Astroturfing

6. At the Academy Awards what award is infrequently presented to "creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production”? Among its winners are Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and Steven Spielberg.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

7. Which company claims to produce ‘The #1 Ball in Golf’?

Titleist

8. Which legendary war photographer famously stated - “If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough"?

Robert Capa

9. Name the Harvard Business School professor who conducted ‘The Hawthorne Studies’ from 1927 to 1932 at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago, to examine the relationship between productivity and work conditions

Elton Mayo

10. What product Invented by the French chemist Eugene Schueller in 1907 was called ‘Aureole’?

The first synthetic hair dye

QUIZ - 33

1. Who is a steel collar worker?
   

2. Whom did the Financial Times once describe as the ‘world's most famous futurologist’?
   

3. Name the anthropologist who founded kinesics, the study of nonverbal communication
   

4. What does a plethysmograph measure?
   

5. What term attributed to US Senator Lloyd Bentsen represents false public propaganda by drumming up fake support to the cause at the grassroots level?

6. At the Academy Awards what award is infrequently presented to "creative producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production”? Among its winners are Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and Steven Spielberg.

7. Which company claims to produce ‘The #1 Ball in Golf’?
   

8. Which legendary war photographer famously stated - “If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough"?

9. Name the Harvard Business School professor who conducted ‘The Hawthorne Studies’ from 1927 to 1932 at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago, to examine the relationship between productivity and work conditions

10. What product Invented by the French chemist Eugene Schueller in 1907 was called ‘Aureole’?

Answer to Quiz - 32

1. Name the small town in Southern Spain, which hosts on the last Wednesday of August each year, the unique ‘La Tomatina’ when people pelt each other with ripe tomatoes.

Buñol

2. Which 20^th Century French philosopher coined the term ‘Biopower’ to describe the way in which capitalist states exerted control over people to promote life better?

Michel Foucault

3. In which European capital city would you find the Ferihegy airport?

Budapest

4. What is Zolotnik?

A traditional Russian standard for measuring the purity of silver. Pure silver has a Zolotnik value of 96.

5. What are Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug?

The four main denominations of Tibetan Buddhism

6. What is the unique record of the actor Desmond Llewelyn in the history of cinema?

The most times a single actor has played the same role, that of Q in 17 James Bond films.

7. If meteorology is the study of weather phenomena, what is metrology?

Study of measurement

8. A computer program called ‘Elk Cloner’ written in 1982 was the first of its kind. What is its dubious claim to fame?

The first virus to infect personal computers

9. What are Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe?

Reputed coffees from the birth place of coffee, Ethiopia

10. What was Henry Ford’s first prototype of the automobile called?

Quadricycle

QUIZ - 32

1. Name the small town in Southern Spain, which hosts on the last Wednesday of August each year, the unique ‘La Tomatina’ when people pelt each other with ripe tomatoes.

2. Which 20^th Century French philosopher coined the term ‘Biopower’ to describe the way in which capitalist states exerted control over people to promote life better?

3. In which European capital city would you find the Ferihegy airport?

4. What is Zolotnik?

5. What are Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug?

6. What is the unique record of the actor Desmond Llewelyn in the history of cinema?

7. If meteorology is the study of weather phenomena, what is metrology?

8. A computer program called ‘Elk Cloner’ written in 1982 was the first of its kind. What is its dubious claim to fame?

9. What are Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe?

10. What was Henry Ford’s first prototype of the automobile called?

Answers to Quiz - 31

1. Reposado and Añejo are two types of which liquor?

Tequila

2. Name the bitter orange grown in the island of Curacao, whose dried peels are used to flavour the liquor Curacao?

Larahas

3. What is the name of the syrup derived from Pomegranate which is added to cocktails and martinis as a flavoring agent and to give the drink a reddish tinge?

Grenadine

4. Which herb gives vermouth its distinctive flavour?

Wormwood

5. Name the liquor whose every bottle carries the initials D.O.M of the Latin dedication Deo Optimo Maximo (to God most good, most great)

Benedictine

6. Name the famous Norwegian liquor that is believed to acquire its special flavour as it ages in sherry casks stowed in the holds of a ship during its voyage across the equator and back.

Linie Aquavit

7. Which spirit uses the term Napoleon on the label to specify the highest quality because of maximum ageing?

Cognac

8. Which town on the banks of the Orinoco river in Venezuela has given its name to a flavouring agent that is used in many cocktails?

Angostura

9. Name the traditional glass used to drink Sherry, the fortified wine produced in and around the Spanish town of Jerez?

Copita

10. What is the connection between wine and biblical names such as Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar and Nebuchadnezzar?

These are the names of large sized wine bottles. Balthazar is the name for a 12-litre bottle