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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

QUIZ 7




Q1
This tiny island country has been called a "melting pot" and its
linguistic situation is very complex. While English is the official
language of parliament, traffic regulations, and school
administration, it is spoken by only 3% of the population. French is
the native language and is used by the mass media. Eighty percent of
the newspapers are written in French, which also dominates the
advertising field. Creole, is the national language and is spoken by
the majority of the population. Nearly the entire population knows and
uses it for communication. Which country?

Q2
A member of a famous acting clan, she was seven when she snagged a
role in Steven Spielberg's hit film E.T. (1982). Success bred excess:
by age 10 she was using alcohol and marijuana, by 13 she was in rehab,
and by 17 she was posing nude for Interview magazine. Who?

Q3
Established in March 21st 1891, the Chelsea Arts Club was a private
club for artists of all genres, founded in 1891 at the suggestion of
the painter James McNeil Whistler. It is one of today's leading art
exhibits, featuring over 1600 artists. Arts include painting,
sculpting, musicians, photography, etc. This particular scientist was
admitted to the membership of the club after he made "germ paintings,"
in which he drew with a culture loop using spores of highly pigmented
bacteria. The bacteria were invisible while he painted, but when
cultured made bright colours. Name him.

Q4
Norville Rogers and his Great Dane are better known as?

Q5
Which organization did Dr. Mikel Harry & Richard Schroeder found in
1994 at Scottsdale, Arizona? (it is more of a concept than an
organization).

Q6
Name the wife of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Q7
Who invented the electrical Air-Conditioner?...Clue: Later went on to become the
head of the company named in his honour.

Q8
She missed the bronze medal in the 400 metre hurdles by a fraction at
the Los Angeles Olympics. She recently said that had she learned how
to put her head down while crossing the finish line, she may have won
the medal for India. Who are we talking about?

Q9
She was Thomas Carlyle's first love. She is the Blumine of his "Sartor
Resartus" and the Rosegodess of his "Reminiscences". She is also half
Indian. Name her.

Q10
In 1924, Sir John Marshall added another chapter to the early history
of India. What did he do?

Q11 Identify the person, whose only first-class cricket wicket was that of W.G. Grace's, in the above image. (Again, don't READ too much into the hint.)

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