QUIZ - 31

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

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

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?

4. Which herb gives vermouth its distinctive flavour?

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)

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.

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

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?

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

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

Answers to Quiz -30

1. Why is the 19^th August observed as World Photography Day?

The first public announcement of photography was made on August 19, 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre who invented the practical process of photography.

2. Who is credited with having taken the first photograph in 1826?

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

3. Name the famous mathematician and theoretical physicist who is credited with having taken the first colour photograph in 1861?

James Clerk Maxwell. He discovered that colour photographs could be formed using red, green, and blue filters and had the photographer Thomas Sutton photograph a tartan ribbon three times, each time with a different colour filter over the lens.

4. Which famous astronomer coined the word photography (from the Greek photos = light and graphein = to draw) and the terms negative and positive?

Sir John Herschel

5. Who in 1841 patented the Calotype process that made it possible to print many copies of a photograph?

William Henry Fox Talbot

6. What process introduced in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer marks a watershed in photography?

The Collodion Process. It reduced the exposure times drastically - to as little as two or three seconds.

7. Under what catchy slogan did George Eastman market his Kodak cameras in 1888?

You press the button, we do the rest

8. Name the famous American photographer who in 1902 founded ‘Photo Secession’ a group of Avant-Garde photographers, to increase the awareness of photography as an art form.

Alfred Stieglitz

9. Who invented the Digital Camera in 1975?

Steven Sasson, employed with Eastman Kodak

10. The Ihagee Kine-Exakta produced in 1935 by Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany represents a landmark in camera design. What first of its kind camera is it widely believed to be?

The first 35mm SLR camera

QUIZ - 30

Today is World Photographic Day and here are ten questions on the history of photography.

1. Why is the 19^th August observed as World Photography Day?

2. Who is credited with having taken the first photograph in 1826?
   

3. Name the famous mathematician and theoretical physicist who is credited with having taken the first colour photograph in 1861?

4. Which famous astronomer coined the word photography (from the Greek photos = light and graphein = to draw) and the terms negative and positive?

5. Who in 1841 patented the Calotype process that made it possible to print many copies of a photograph?

6. What process introduced in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer marks a watershed in photography?

7. Under what catchy slogan did George Eastman market his Kodak cameras in 1888?

8. Name the famous American photographer who in 1902 founded ‘Photo Secession’ a group of Avant-Garde photographers, to increase the awareness of photography as an art form.

9. Who invented the Digital Camera in 1975?

10. The Ihagee Kine-Exakta produced in 1935 by Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany represents a landmark in camera design. What first of its kind camera is it widely believed to be?

Answers to Quiz - 29

1. The world’s first patent was arguably given in 1421 to Filippo Brunelleschi of Florence for an invention that was nicknamed ‘Il Badalone’ (‘The Monster’). What was this monstrous invention?

A Cargo Boat. A flat-keeled boat with paddle wheels, designed to be towed by smaller boats, used for transporting goods up and down the river Arno in Florence.

2. The first fully-fledged copyright law was enacted in England in the year 1709. By what name is it popularly known?

The Statute of Anne, after Queen Anne, during whose reign it was enacted

3. Where is the headquarters of The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system?

Geneva

4. The concept of Intellectual Property is based on the idea of ‘Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself’. Which famous philosopher’s words are these?

John Locke

5. What is the international agreement for copyright protection popularly known as?

Berne Convention

6. What system of licensing gives every person who receives a copy of a work permission to reproduce, adapt or distribute the work as long as any resulting copies or adaptations are also bound by the same licensing scheme?

Copyleft

7. What Intellectual Property is internationally protected by the Madrid System?

Trademarks

8. What kind of Intellectual Property is embodied in words like ‘Champagne’, ‘Tequila’ or ‘Roquefort’?

Geographical Indications - place names used to identify the origin and quality, reputation or other characteristics of products

9. What act of US Congress, disparagingly known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act increased the term of protection enjoyed by copyright by 20 years in 1998?

Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act

10. When and where was the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right (TRIPS) Agreement concluded?

1994, Marrakech (Morocco)

QUIZ - 29

1. The world’s first patent was arguably given in 1421 to Filippo Brunelleschi of Florence for an invention that was nicknamed ‘Il Badalone’ (‘The Monster’). What was this monstrous invention?

2. The first fully-fledged copyright law was enacted in England in the year 1709. By what name is it popularly known?

3. Where is the headquarters of The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system?

4. The concept of Intellectual Property is based on the idea of ‘Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself’. Which famous philosopher’s words are these?

5. What is the international agreement for copyright protection popularly known as?

6. What system of licensing gives every person who receives a copy of a work permission to reproduce, adapt or distribute the work as long as any resulting copies or adaptations are also bound by the same licensing scheme?

7. What Intellectual Property is internationally protected by the Madrid System?

8. What kind of Intellectual Property is embodied in words like ‘Champagne’, ‘Tequila’ or ‘Roquefort’?

9. What act of US Congress, disparagingly known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act increased the term of protection enjoyed by copyright by 20 years in 1998?

10. When and where was the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right (TRIPS) Agreement concluded?

Answers to Quiz - 28

1. What is Obsolagnium?

The lack of sexual desire that accompanies old age.

2. What is the literary term used to describe a genre of novel that traces the growth of its protagonist from childhood to maturity?

Bildungsroman

3. What word describes an abnormal fear of crowds?

Ochlophobia

4. What term coined by anthropologist Edward Hall describes the set measurable distances between people as they interact?

Proxemics

5. Which word commonly defined as ‘code of silence’ typifies a way of life in parts of Southern Italy that prohibits divulging information about the activities of certain criminal organizations?

Omerta

6. What is the name given to the biological process that maintains an internal equilibrium in the living organism?

Homeostatic Process

7. It has no official universal name, but is known in several languages by different words – klammeraffe, grisehale, kissanhnta, dalphaengi, apenstaartje – each of them associated with an animal. What is it?

The symbol @

8. What is dactylonomy?

Counting using one’s fingers

9. What is the term for the portion of wine or any other spirit that is lost by evaporation during the process of aging in barrels?

Angel’s Share

10. By what tradition of inheritance is the entire estate of the parents handed down to the first born son?

Primogeniture

QUIZ - 28

1. What is Obsolagnium?

2. What is the literary term used to describe a genre of novel that traces the growth of its protagonist from childhood to maturity?

3. What word describes an abnormal fear of crowds?

4. What term coined by anthropologist Edward Hall describes the set measurable distances between people as they interact?

5. Which word commonly defined as ‘code of silence’ typifies a way of life in parts of Southern Italy that prohibits divulging information about the activities of certain criminal organizations?

6. What is the name given to the biological process that maintains an internal equilibrium in the living organism?

7. It has no official universal name, but is known in several languages by different words – klammeraffe, grisehale, kissanhnta, dalphaengi, apenstaartje – each of them associated with an animal. What is it?

8. What is dactylonomy?

9. What is the term for the portion of wine or any other spirit that is lost by evaporation during the process of aging in barrels?

10. By what tradition of inheritance is the entire estate of the parents handed down to the first born son?

Answers to Quiz - 27

1. One of the toughest golf courses in the world has lent its name to a phrase that describes the trauma and shock experienced when a person encounters a harsh reality. What is this term?

Carnoustie Effect after the golf course at Carnoustie in Scotland

2. What system of medical treatment popularized by three times Tour de France champion Louison Bobet relies on the beneficial effect of the marine environment, sea water, sea weeds etc?

Thalassotherapy

3. Name the almond sized and shaped structure of the brain that is responsible for the emotional state of a person

The Amygdala

4. What are Arborio, Carnaroli, Vialone nano and Baldo?

Four famous varieties of Risotto rice

5. What is the name for the inherited neurological disorder most often associated with the exclamation of obscene words?

Tourette's syndrome

6. Name the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ who named the main characters after members of his own family.

Matthew Abram Groening

7. Which Italian film has given us the word paparazzi to describe photographers who chase celebrities to get candid photographs?

From Signor Paparazzo in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita

8. What Latin legal term elucidates the principle that past decisions of the court must be recognized as precedents?

Stare decisis

9. Which year is referred to as the ‘year of three Popes’?

1978

10. Who is the Bering Strait, between Russia and North America, named after?

Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer for the Russian czar in the 18^th Century

QUIZ - 27

1. One of the toughest golf courses in the world has lent its name to a phrase that describes the trauma and shock experienced when a person encounters a harsh reality. What is this term?

2. What system of medical treatment popularized by three times Tour de France champion Louison Bobet relies on the beneficial effect of the marine environment, sea water, sea weeds etc?

3. Name the almond sized and shaped structure of the brain that is responsible for the emotional state of a person

4. What are Arborio, Carnaroli, Vialone nano and Baldo?

5. What is the name for the inherited neurological disorder most often associated with the exclamation of obscene words?

6. Name the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ who named the main characters after members of his own family.

7. Which Italian film has given us the word paparazzi to describe photographers who chase celebrities to get candid photographs?

8. What Latin legal term elucidates the principle that past decisions of the court must be recognized as precedents?

9. Which year is referred to as the ‘year of three Popes’?

10. Who is the Bering Strait, between Russia and North America, named after?

Answers to Quiz - 26

1. Tour de France was started in 1903 as a publicity exercise to boost the circulation of a newspaper. Name the newspaper and its editor,

L’Auto (now L'Equipe) and Henri Desgrange

2. Which country other than hosts France has stamped its dominance on Tour de France, with its cyclists winning the event as many as 18 times?

Belgium

3. The tradition of having the race leader wear the ‘Maillot Jaune’ (Yellow Jersey) began part way through the tour in 1919. What was the reason for this and who was the first rider to whom it was offered?

In order to make the leader stand out in the bunch of riders for the benefit of spectators. The colour was chosen because L’Auto was printed on yellow paper. Eugene Christophe was the first rider to wear the ‘Maillot Jaune’

4. The winner of Tour de France is the rider who completes the race in the lowest cumulative time and thus it is possible to be a champion without even winning a single stage. This has happened only five times, the last one being in 1990. Who was the winner in 1990?

Greg Lemond

5. In addition to the Yellow Jersey for the overall winner, Green and Polka Dot Jerseys are respectively given to the riders who are the best sprinters and mountain climbers. Name the Belgian cyclist and his nickname, who in the year 1969 devoured the opposition by winning all three jerseys.

Eddie Merckx nicknamed 'The Cannibal'

6. Till 1937 the riders had to dismount from their bike and turn the wheels around every time they changed from uphill to downhill and vice versa. What mechanism introduced in 1937 eliminated this cumbersome procedure?

Derailleur Gears

7. Who or what is ardoisier?

The pinion rider on a motorbike who holds up a board giving information on time gap to the breakaway group during the race.

8. What is the term used for the rider who finishes last in the overall classification?

Lanterne Rouge (Red Lantern)

9. What distinctive sign identifies the final kilometer of each stage in the race?

Flamme Rouge (The Red Pennant)

10. Twice in the history of Tour de France, the winner has been disqualified at a later date. In 2006, Floyd Landis was stripped off his title after being found guilty of taking drugs. Why was the champion disqualified in 1904?

He had taken a train to ride part of the race

QUIZ - 26

This year’s Tour de France is currently underway in its final week in the difficult Pyrenees. Here are 10 questions on what is arguably the toughest sporting spectacle on earth.

1. Tour de France was started in 1903 as a publicity exercise to boost the circulation of a newspaper. Name the newspaper and its editor,

2. Which country other than hosts France has stamped its dominance on Tour de France, with its cyclists winning the event as many as 18 times?

3. The tradition of having the race leader wear the ‘Maillot Jaune’ (Yellow Jersey) began part way through the tour in 1919. What was the reason for this and who was the first rider to whom it was offered?

4. The winner of Tour de France is the rider who completes the race in the lowest cumulative time and thus it is possible to be a champion without even winning a single stage. This has happened only five times, the last one being in 1990. Who was the winner in 1990?

5. In addition to the Yellow Jersey for the overall winner, Green and Polka Dot Jerseys are respectively given to the riders who are the best sprinters and mountain climbers. Name the Belgian cyclist and his nickname, who in the year 1969 devoured the opposition by winning all three jerseys.

6. Till 1937 the riders had to dismount from their bike and turn the wheels around every time they changed from uphill to downhill and vice versa. What mechanism introduced in 1937 eliminated this cumbersome procedure?

7. Who or what is ardoisier?
   

8. What is the term used for the rider who finishes last in the overall classification?

9. What distinctive sign identifies the final kilometer of each stage in the race?

10. Twice in the history of Tour de France, the winner has been disqualified at a later date. In 2006, Floyd Landis was stripped off his title after being found guilty of taking drugs. Why was the champion disqualified in 1904?

Answers to Quiz - 25

1. What board game did an out of work architect Alfred Mosher Butts invent in 1938?

Scrabble

2. The motto of which sect or society is “Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth”?

Freemason

3. If Thermogenesis is the process by which body generates heat, what are Thermogenics?

Thermogenics are dietary supplements used to stimulate burning of body fat.

4. Which German town is popularly associated with the almond based confectionery Marzipan?

Lübeck

5. Which English surgeon in the 1860’s wrote the first medical description of Cerebral Palsy, but wrongly attributed it to a lack of oxygen during child birth?

Dr. William Little

6. The world championships of what strange sport has been taking place for the last 12 years in the Finnish town of Sonkajärvi?

Wife carrying, with the winner getting beer equal to the weight of his wife.

7. Name the first female Pharaoh of Egypt?

Hatshepsut

8. Which 600 year old University has a tradition in which fresh students fight each other with shaving foam?

University of St. Andrews in Scotland

9. Name the giant sloth like mythical monster that is believed to inhabit the Amazon rainforest.

Mapinguary

10. What is the language used by kids who don’t want their parents to know what they are talking about?

Pig Latin

QUIZ - 25

1. What board game did an out of work architect Alfred Mosher Butts invent in 1938?

2. The motto of which sect or society is “Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth”?

3. If Thermogenesis is the process by which body generates heat, what are Thermogenics?

4. Which German town is popularly associated with the almond based confectionery Marzipan?

5. Which English surgeon in the 1860’s wrote the first medical description of Cerebral Palsy, but wrongly attributed it to a lack of oxygen during child birth?

6. The world championships of what strange sport has been taking place for the last 12 years in the Finnish town of Sonkajärvi?

7. Name the first female Pharaoh of Egypt?

8. Which 600 year old University has a tradition in which fresh students fight each other with shaving foam?

9. Name the giant sloth like mythical monster that is believed to inhabit the Amazon rainforest.

10. What is the language used by kids who don’t want their parents to know what they are talking about?

Answers to Quiz - 24

1. Which law named after a Dutch Economist correlates growth of output and growth of productivity?

Verdoorn's Law named after Dutch economist, Petrus Johannes Verdoorn

2. Name the popular carbonated soft drink that is regarded as Scotland’s national beverage?

Irn Bru

3. What breakfast item did the Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner introduce in 1900?

Muesli

4. The Golden Spike site commemorates the completion of the coast to coast railway line in USA. On 10^th May 1869, the railway lines that originated from either coast were joined at this site. In which state is this historic site located?

Utah

5. Which sea that is a part of the Southern Ocean is named after a British navigator who is believed to have discovered it in 1823?

Weddell Sea

6. Which famous philosopher’s thoughts and discussions are recorded in Analects?

Confucius

7. Name the treaty signed after World War – I that established the borders of Hungary?

The Treaty of Trianon

8. Which act of the Congress signed in 1933, coming in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash separated the commercial and investment banking activities?

Glass – Steagall Act

9. What or who are Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dean, Erin, Felix and Gabrielle?

Some of the names given to the hurricanes of the 2007 season Atlantic Ocean

10. Which Greek poet and writer compiled the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in 2^nd Century BC?

Antipater of Sidon

QUIZ - 24

1. Which law named after a Dutch Economist correlates growth of output and growth of productivity?

2. Name the popular carbonated soft drink that is regarded as Scotland’s national beverage?

3. What breakfast item did the Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner introduce in 1900?

4. The Golden Spike site commemorates the completion of the coast to coast railway line in USA. On 10^th May 1869, the railway lines that originated from either coast were joined at this site. In which state is this historic site located?

5. Which sea that is a part of the Southern Ocean is named after a British navigator who is believed to have discovered it in 1823?

6. Which famous philosopher’s thoughts and discussions are recorded in Analects?

7. Name the treaty signed after World War – I that established the borders of Hungary?

8. Which act of the Congress signed in 1933, coming in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash separated the commercial and investment banking activities?

9. What or who are Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dean, Erin, Felix and Gabrielle?

10. Which Greek poet and writer compiled the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in 2^nd Century BC?

Answers to Quiz - 23

1) What is the nickname given to Court No. 2 at Wimbledon because many seeded players have been defeated here?

The Graveyard

2) How is the starting date of Wimbledon determined?

The sixth Monday before the first Monday in August

3) Starting from 1902 and continuing for 105 years to the present year, which brand of tennis ball is used at Wimbledon, making it the longest partnership in sporting goods history?

Slazenger

4) Who are the only two unseeded players to have won the men’s title at Wimbledon?

Boris Becker (1985) and Goran Ivanisevic (2001)

5) What is Crow’s Nest on the Wimbledon grounds?

An elevated building housing the scoreboards of Court No.1 and 2 and which affords views of most of the outside courts.

6) What is the silver salver presented to the Women’s champion known as?

Venus Rosewater Dish

7) What is People’s Sunday at Wimbledon?

The middle Sunday is traditionally a day of rest, but when rain badly affects the schedule they have matches with unreserved seating and concessional tickets. This has happened only 3 times - 1991, 1997 and 2004.

8) Which famous American designer is currently contracted for a three year period to outfit the ball boys and ball girls?

Ralph Lauren

9) Which famous player refused to play at the Wimbledon in the early 90’s because of the ‘predominantly white’ dress code?

Andre Agassi

10) Who directed the 2004 film Wimbledon?

Richard Loncraine

QUIZ - 23

Today is the Middle Sunday at Wimbledon. So this set of questions has be about The Championships.

1) What is the nickname given to Court No. 2 at Wimbledon because many seeded players have been defeated here?

2) How is the starting date of Wimbledon determined?

3) Starting from 1902 and continuing for 105 years to the present year, which brand of tennis ball is used at Wimbledon, making it the longest partnership in sporting goods history?

4) Who are the only two unseeded players to have won the men’s title at Wimbledon?

5) What is Crow’s Nest on the Wimbledon grounds?

6) What is the silver salver presented to the Women’s champion known as?

7) What is People’s Sunday at Wimbledon?

8) Which famous American designer is currently contracted for a three year period to outfit the ball boys and ball girls?

9) Which famous player refused to play at the Wimbledon in the early 90’s because of the ‘predominantly white’ dress code?

10) Who directed the 2004 film Wimbledon?

Answers to Quiz - 22

1) Who created the famous Golden Arches logo for McDonald’s?

Jim Schindler

2) Originally called Brad’s Drink, after its creator Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in North Carolina, USA, what is this famous drink called today?

Pepsi Cola

3) Which 18^th Century writer first used the term YAHOO to refer to a race of uncivilized and brutal people?

Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels

4) The logo of Coca Cola was scripted in this distinctive flowing style by Frank Robinson, who was the book keeper of Coca Cola’s inventor John Pemberton. What script does the logo use?

Spencerian Script

5) What iconic figure based on the company’s founder did the cartoonist Tom Browne create in 1909 that has now become the hallmark of excellence in that product category?

Johnnie Walker

6) What word coined by the nine year old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1920 has yielded the name of a major brand today?

Googol from which Google is derived

7) Why did the Japanese company Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. change its brand and company name to Toyota in 1936 when it launched its first passenger car?

The number of strokes to write Toyota in Japanese (eight) was thought to bring luck and prosperity

8) Who designed the swoosh logo of Nike?

Carolyn Davidson

9) Which symbol painted by the World War – I Italian ace pilot Count Francesco Baracca on the sides of his planes can be commonly seen in Formula 1 race circuits?

Prancing Horse of Ferrari

10) What are Slats, Jackie and Tanner?

Names of the lions used for Leo, the mascot for MGM productions

QUIZ - 22

1) Who created the famous Golden Arches logo for McDonald’s?

2) Originally called Brad’s Drink, after its creator Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in North Carolina, USA, what is this famous drink called today?

3) Which 18^th Century writer first used the term YAHOO to refer to a race of uncivilized and brutal people?

4) The logo of Coca Cola was scripted in this distinctive flowing style by Frank Robinson, who was the book keeper of Coca Cola’s inventor John Pemberton. What script does the logo use?

5) What iconic figure based on the company’s founder did the cartoonist Tom Browne create in 1909 that has now become the hallmark of excellence in that product category?

6) What word coined by the nine year old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1920 has yielded the name of a major brand today?

7) Why did the Japanese company Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. change its brand and company name to Toyota in 1936 when it launched its first passenger car?

8) Who designed the swoosh logo of Nike?

9) Which symbol painted by the World War – I Italian ace pilot Count Francesco Baracca on the sides of his planes can be commonly seen in Formula 1 race circuits?

10) What are Slats, Jackie and Tanner?

Answers to Quiz - 21

1) In which sport is the Stimpmeter used?

Golf. It is used to measure the speed of a putting green

2) Name the poisonous herb made famous in an Harry Potter novel and which was also linked to the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer, the coach of Pakistan cricket team

Aconite

3) What trophy is awarded to the world mixed team badminton championships that are played every alternate year?

Sudirman Cup

4) In retailing business what are Category Killers?

A large retail chain store that is dominant in its product category. This type of store generally offers an extensive selection of merchandise at prices so low that smaller stores cannot compete

5) What type of geographical formation is a Tomobolo?

A bar of sand connecting one island with another

6) What is aischrolatreia?

The love of obscene words

7) What is the name of the model developed by economists John Hick and Alvin Hansen in 1937 that has been widely adopted as the universal framework for studying macroeconomics?

The IS-LM Model

8) Who invented the electronic music synthesizer?

Robert Moog

9) Which famous photographer was given the epithet ‘eye of the century’?

Henri Cartier-Bresson

10) Name the term coined by Stanley B Prusiner in 1982 to describe infectious agents solely comprising proteins that cause fatal diseases in animals and humans by affecting the structure of the brain or other neural tissue.

Prion