QUIZ 6

Q1
What makes King Khafre, son of Khufu, one of the most recognizable
faces in the world?

Q2
To call them integral to the operations of FORTUNE 500 companies would
be a gross understatement. Fact is, the entire U.S. economy would have
trouble functioning without them. They're stamped on your UPS and
FedEx packages and often on letters delivered by the U.S. Postal
Service. They're printed in library books, on documents in litigation,
and sometimes on your company ID. What are we talking about?

Q3
This Easter Egg appears in the movie "Octopussy". These eggs were
ordered by the Czars of Russia for Easter and were studded with
precious stones. Name the Egg.

Q4
X is the first, and still the most outstanding, example of a hill
passenger railway. Opened in 1881, it applied bold, ingenious
engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective rail
link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty. It is still fully
operational and retains most of its original features. Which railway?

Q5
`I learnt the lesson of non-violence from my _______." Gandhiji once
told John S. Hoiland. From who?

Q6
Jack Welch was given a nick name for his policy of cost cutting and
retrenchment. What was it?

Q7
X was quoted, in private, as saying 'How ugly is Y?! There is no point buying him, it isn't worth it. He's so ugly that he'd sink you as a brand. Between Y and Z, I'd go for Z a hundred times. Just look how handsome Z is, the class he has, the image. The whole of Asia has fallen in love with us because of Z. Y is too ugly.' Who are X, Y, and Z?

Q8
It is the world's lenghtiest written constitution (with 395 articles
and 8 schedules). Which constitution?

Q9
In June 1962 it became the world's first all-jet airline with the
retirement of the last L-1049A Super Constellation. Which airline?

Q10
Little known fact: It happened only once but a US president was forced to stay at the Soviet embassy. Which president, where and when?

Q11
Name the famous person, creator of the Amazon graphical text adventure game, in the above image. (Don't READ into the hint too much :))

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