Here's another quiz from our quiz circle to boggle your minds.
1. Which Irish national was in the news in connection with an Indian industrial giant?
2. A person from India is Indian. A person from Poland is Polish. For China, it is Chinese. What is this sort of word which identifies a person with his nationality called?
3. The French dish escargot is made out of which ingredient commonly found in gardens?
4. Which of these three jewels is the odd one out : Beryl, Garnet, Carbuncle?
5. What is an airplane that departs between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM called?
6. If you're a Harry Potter fan, you've probably read about the magical bird Phoenix. Which genus of plants is named after this feathered creature?
7. Which cricketer became famous for using an aluminium bat in the game of cricket?
8. What is the unit in which the speed of a computer mouse is measured?
9. Who is Azad Rao Khan?
10. What is a bubble chamber record?
11. For what purpose are gamma knives used?
12. A lizard can detach its tail if the need arises. What is this ability called?
13. What phenomenon occurred on 10th December 2011 which will be repeated next only on 15th April 2014?
14. What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the fear of?
15. An antipyretic is a drug which reduces body heat. A narcotic induces a kind of trance. What does a soporific do?
3. Garlic
ReplyDelete4. Beryl
6. Date Palm
7. Dennis Lillee
8. Mickey
9. Son of Amir Khan
11. Radiosurgery of the head
12. Caudal Autonomy
13. Total lunar eclipse
14. Fear of long words
15. Induce sleep
Here are the answers to Weekly Quiz - 2. Unknown got 8/11 answers right this time. Good work! Keep trying.
ReplyDelete1. Cyrus Mistry, the next Chairman designate of Tata Group and Tata Sons. He is Irish.
2. Such a word is known as a demonym.
3. Snails! (They are commonly found in gardens)
4. Garnet is the odd one out. The other two are subjects of Sherlock Holmes stories: "The adventure of the blue CARBUNCLE" and "The adventure of the BERYL coronet."
5. A red-eye flight
6. Date Palms are in the genus Phoenix.
7. The Australian cricketer Dennis Lillee. He used it only for a few balls though.
8. Mickey units
9. The surrogate baby born to Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao on December 5 2011.
10. The path of a neutron.
11. Gamma knives are used in radiosurgery, mainly for removing brain tumours.
12. Autotomy (Self amputation)
13. The total lunar eclipse
14. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
15. Soporifics induce sleep.