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Answers - Delight Of Quizzing 3

2007-02-17T22:13:00.000-08:00

1) The Encyclopedia Britannica said this of its rivals, "A public toilet, where you would not know who used it last". Who are they referring to?

Ans – Wikipedia

2) Which book ironically still ranks as one of the most censored books by the Vatican in history, yet it's translated more times and into more languages than any other book and has outsold every book in the history of publishing?

Ans – The Bible

3) Which science fiction writer was the first to use the term, "Atomic Bomb"?

Ans – HG Wells

4) The US used High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicles in the recent Iraq War. How are these vehicles more commonly known?

Ans -Humvees

5) What structure or building did a general named Mir Baqi build and name it after his master?

Ans - Babri Masjid

6) The Six Sigma philosophy of quality (3.4 defects in 1 million transactions) was developed by which company?

Ans - Motorala

7) Which exotic city was featured in National Geographic's first photo story in 1905?

Ans- Lhasa

8) Who was the first Indian actress ever to feature in an Indian ad?

Ans- Leela Chitnis

9) Where would you find a plaque which reads, "Ars Electronica Award: For Cultural Innovation in the Digital Age, Awarded to Tim Berners Lee and ____ for the Invention of the World Wide Web"

CERN (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire)

10) What term is used to describe an aircraft whose speed is greater than Mach 5?

Ans –Hypersonic

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Delight Of Quizzing 3

2007-02-13T10:44:00.000-08:00

The Encyclopedia Britannica said this of its rivals, "A public toilet, where you would not know who used it last". Who are they referring to?

Which book ironically still ranks as one of the most censored books by the Vatican in history, yet it's translated more times and into more languages than any other book and has outsold every book in the history of publishing?

Which science fiction writer was the first to use the term, "Atomic Bomb"?

The US used High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicles in the recent Iraq War. How are these vehicles more commonly known?

What structure or building did a general named Mir Baqi build and name it after his master?

The Six Sigma philosophy of quality (3.4 defects in 1 million transactions) was developed by which company?

Which exotic city was featured in National Geographic's first photo story in 1905?

Who was the first Indian actress ever to feature in an Indian ad?

Where would you find a plaque which reads, "Ars Electronica Award: For Cultural Innovation in the Digital Age, Awarded to Tim Berners Lee and ____ for the Invention of the World Wide Web"

What term is used to describe an aircraft whose speed is greater than Mach 5?

Do post your answers to beingquizzer@gmail.com . will come back with answers within 3-4 days. till then it's happy quizzing

Cheers

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Answers - Delight of Quzzing 2

2007-02-07T20:58:00.000-08:00

Q1)
which is the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, which is also used to describe something, which is negligible as in quantity?

Ans - Iota

Q2)
In the good olden days, cinema theatres had an additional reel in the beginning to make sure that latecomers did not miss out much of the movie itself. Later, this reel was shifted to another position. What is this reel called?

Ans -Trailer Reel

Q3)
El Nino, is a climatic event which happens during a specific month, which causes the global temperatures to have a significant shift of around 0.5 degrees C. which month is the month of El Nino?

Ans- December

Q4)
Who was the first Non-American TIME person of the Year?

Ans -Mahatma Gandhi

Q5)
What is the Greek word for "colour", which is also the name of an element from which lots of colors can be obtained?

Ans - Chromium

Q6)
The first chapter of which famous literary work begins with these words, "what is found here may be found elsewhere; what is not ound here, shall not be found anywhere"?

Ans The Mahabaratha

Q7)
Until 1880, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was the best selling book of all time. Which book replaced it as the best selling book of all time back then?

Ans - Ben Hur

Q8)
The name of which Asian capital city means "Capital" and "First" in Chinese?

Ans -Seoul

Q9)
What does the Special Ringtone in all Nokia phone represent?

Ans -Morse code for SMS

Q10)
This was a software invented to protect the old computer monitors from the phosphor burns that were caused by static images. What software?

Ans Screensavers

Q11)
Element 43 in the Periodic Table of elements by Mendeleev is named after the Greek word meaning artificial. What is the element?

Ans -Technetium

Delight Of Quizzing 2

2007-02-04T20:48:00.000-08:00

Q1)
which is the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, which is also used to describe something, which is negligible as in quantity?

Q2)
In the good olden days, cinema theatres had an additional reel in the beginning to make sure that latecomers did not miss out much of the movie itself. Later, this reel was shifted to another position. What is this reel called?

Q3)
El Nino, is a climatic event which happens during a specific month, which causes the global temperatures to have a significant shift of around 0.5 degrees C. which month is the month of El Nino?

Q4)
Who was the first Non-American TIME person of the Year?

Q5)
What is the Greek word for "colour", which is also the name of an element from which lots of colors can be obtained?

Q6)
The first chapter of which famous literary work begins with these words, "what is found here may be found elsewhere; what is not ound here, shall not be found anywhere"?

Q7)
Until 1880, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was the best selling book of all time. Which book replaced it as the best selling book of all time back then?

Q8)
The name of which Asian capital city means "Capital" and "First" in Chinese?

Q9)
What does the Special Ringtone in all Nokia phone represent?

Q10)
This was a software invented to protect the old computer monitors from the phosphor burns that were caused by static images. What software?

Q11)
Element 43 in the Periodic Table of elements by Mendeleev is named after the Greek word meaning artificial. What is the element?

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Answers : Delight Of Quzzing 1

2007-02-04T20:16:00.000-08:00

Q1
Which is the oldest engineering company in India which is still
operating?

Ans -Jessop & Co. Ltd. in Kolkata.

Q2
Madonna and her partners, Guy Oseary and Ronnie Dashev, teamed up with Warner Brothers in the late 1990s to form a recording label.
Name it.

Ans- Maverick

Q3
"Temasek Holdings" is an Asia investment company headquartered in Singapore. What does the "TEMASEK" mean or stand for?

Ans-It was the name of an early city on the site of modern Singapore.

Q4
Under what brand name did Bayer sell morphine in the early part of the 20th century?

Ans- Heroin

Q5
An island nation sold its right on the suffix .tv to California based M/s Idealab for a period of 10 years at a reported consideration of $ 50 million. Name the island nation.

Ans -Tuvalu

Q6
What was created from the debris of the 1944 Bombay Dock explosion of the ship Stikine?

Ans Nariman Point

Q7
What is the connection between a character in the Harry PotterBooks and the settlement in South Africa where Mahatma Gandhi

Ans- Phoenix

Q8
What television show has a weekly audience of over 1 billion, and holds the world record in the Guinness Book of World records for the maximum audience ever?

Ans- Baywatch

Q9
2005 is the centenary year of Albert Einstein's relativity theory and also the year in which he released all his four papers on the principles of relativity. However, he had released the papers in German. Which two men translated these papers from German to English?

Ans- Two Indians! SN Bose and Megnath Saha

Q10

The official currency of Botswana is called PULA. The people of
Botswana named it themselves, to indicate something which was very
precious to them. What was the meaning of PULA?
Ans -Water

Delight Of Quzzing 1

2007-02-01T20:57:00.000-08:00

Q1
Which is the oldest engineering company in India which is still
operating?

Q2
Madonna and her partners, Guy Oseary and Ronnie Dashev, teamed up with Warner Brothers in the late 1990s to form a recording label.
Name it.

Q3
"Temasek Holdings" is an Asia investment company headquartered in Singapore. What does the "TEMASEK" mean or stand for?

Q4
Under what brand name did Bayer sell morphine in the early part of the 20th century?

Q5
An island nation sold its right on the suffix .tv to California based M/s Idealab for a period of 10 years at a reported consideration of $ 50 million. Name the island nation.

Q6
What was created from the debris of the 1944 Bombay Dock explosion of the ship Stikine?

Q7
What is the connection between a character in the Harry PotterBooks and the settlement in South Africa where Mahatma Gandhi

Q8
What television show has a weekly audience of over 1 billion, and holds the world record in the Guinness Book of World records for the maximum audience ever?

Q9
2005 is the centenary year of Albert Einstein's relativity theory and also the year in which he released all his four papers on the principles of relativity. However, he had released the papers in German. Which two men translated these papers from German to English?

Q10

The official currency of Botswana is called PULA. The people of
Botswana named it themselves, to indicate something which was very
precious to them. What was the meaning of PULA?

Do post your answers.

will come back with answers in 3-4 days

Cheers
QuizManiac