Monday, May 30, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 36.

 The 18th century mapmaker John Spilsbury created this baffling invention. Named after a tool, what is this still popular invention which requires a lot of patience called?

answer- JIGSHAW PUZZLE

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 35.


id . the incident
answer- THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY,THE PLACE WHERE NIL ARMSTRONG,EDWIN ALDRIN,MICHAEL COLLINS LANDED IN THE MOON

Daily Quiz Question 34.

Google doodle for which event

Daily Quiz Question 33.

On his death bed,3rd june 1924 the author asked his close friend Max Brod and his lover, Dora Diamant to destroy  all the works of him. Dora, partially executed his wishes, secretly keeping up to 20 notebooks and 35 letters until they were confiscated by the Gestapo in 1933 . Brod did not do so. Some of the most acclaimed works of the author were brought to light by Brod's decision. Identify the author who died from TB at the age of  40.

answer- FRANZ KAFKA it isssss.............

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 31.

If you are anosmic, what have you lost?

Daily Quiz Question 30.

HE WAS BORN ON 17TH FEBRUARY,1963 IN NEWYORK. HE IS REGARDED AS THE GREATEST PLAYER IN HIS SPORTS. HE WAS FEATURED RECORD 49 TIMES IN THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. DAVID BECKHAM USES NO. 23 TO HONOUR THIS LEGEND. HE STARRED IN THE MOVIE 'SPACE JAM'. IDENTIFY THE SPORTS PERSON.


Answer- MICHAEL JORDON

Daily Quiz Question 29.

Which article of clothing is associated with the teenage girls who idolized the young Frank Sinatra?

Answer-        BOBBY SOCKS .... SINATRA'S YOUNG FANS ARE CALLED BOBBY SOCKERS

Daily Quiz Question 28.

Commonly known as the "Met", It is responsible for law enforcement within Greater London, excluding the square mile of the City of London.The London Underground and national rail network are the responsibility of the British _______.It  was formed by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel with the implementation of the _______ Act, passed by Parliament in 1829.Peel, with the help of Eugène-François Vidocq, selected the original site at 4 Whitehall Place for the new  headquarters. The first two Commissioners, Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne, along with various  officers and staff, occupied the building. Previously a private house, 4 Whitehall Place backed onto a street called ______..

What am I talking about?

Answer- THE SCOTLAND YARD

Friday, May 20, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 27.

Q.The medical term for this is 'veisalgia'. Its original meaning (till about the start of the 20th century) was 'unfinished work' but now it means something quite different. So how do commoners know veisalgia better as?

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 26.


Q.There are two forms of the disease: wet, which affects the heart and is sometimes fatal, and dry, which causes partial paralysis resulting from damage to the peripheral nerves. Its generic symptoms may include weight loss, emotional disturbances, impaired sensory perception, weakness and pain in the limbs, and periods of irregular heartbeat.  It’s name translates to “I cannot, I cannot”. Name the disease.
Ans:beri beri

Monday, May 16, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 25.


The ………..  perceived dominant culture as a corrupt, monolithic entity that exercised undue power over their lives. Flower children originated as a synonym for X, especially those who gathered in San Francisco during the summer of 1967, which was called the Summer of Love. It was the custom of "Flower Children" to wear flowers to symbolize peace and love. 


     Fill in the blanks.
Ans.-Hippie culture

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 24.


Connect the following cities:   
 Istanbul, Antioch, Adana, Baghdad, Tehran, Merv, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Hazarat-e-Turkestan, Bamyan, Kabul, Peshawar, Ahmedabad, Kashi (China), Xi'an. 


Ans:Silkroute





Daily Quiz Question 23.

HE WAS BORN ON 17TH FEBRUARY,1963 IN NEWYORK. HE IS REGARDED AS THE GREATEST PLAYER IN HIS SPORTS. HE WAS FEATURED RECORD 49 TIMES IN THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. DAVID BECKHAM USES NO. 23 TO HONOUR THIS LEGEND. HE STARRED IN THE MOVIE 'SPACE JAM'. IDENTIFY THE SPORTS PERSON.

Ans:MICHEAL JORDON

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Daily Quiz Question 21.


Otto Rohwedder. Though you’ve never heard of him, his 1928 invention is still hailed as a milestone in human progress. Rohwedder, an itinerant Iowa jeweler, devised a 10-foot machine that combined a revolutionary cutting process with automatic wrapping of the resultant product in wax paper, and the world has been unable to contain itself since. FTP, Rohwedder thus made economically feasible the selling of this product, to which virtually every subsequent advancement has been compared. The phrase "the greatest thing since _______" (and variations thereof) is a commonly used hyperbolic means of praising an invention or development. Which product?



Ans.-Bread slicer