Quiz 2

Questions

1. The author of  'Peter Pan' died on 19th June 1937.          Name him.
2. A tragedy at 'Washington Theatre' took place on 14th April, 1865. What was it?
3. What is the name given to the beginning of a river?
4. Which fairy tale statue that travellers see as they enter    Copenhagen harbour?
5. Where is the famous 'La Scala Opera House'?
6. On what river are the Victoria falls?
7. What is the explosion associated with the name of 'Thomas Malthus'?
8. How many horsemen constitute a polo team?
9. Who discovered the planet Uranus?
10. What is a Pulsar?

Answers

1. Sir James Barrie.

2. President Abraham Lincoln of the USA was assassinated.

3. Source

Source

4. The Little Mermaid' from a fairy tale by Hans Christian 

    Anderson.

5. In Milan, Italy, on the site of the church of Santa Maria

    Della Scala.

6. River Zambezi

7. Population Explosion

8. Four

9. William Herschel

10. A star that produces regular pulses of radio waves. The

      pulses are emitted at regular intervals varying from 1/30

      second up to 3 seconds.

Quiz 1

Questions

1. What is a Pantheon?
2. In which sport, chip shots are used?
3. What group of animals are known by such names as "bottle nosed"' "humpback", "killer", and "sperm"?
4. What is the gull having only three ties, that is named after its cry?
5. In what way is the order of insects known as "Diplura" deprived?
6. What is the name of the resin produced by the lac insect?
7. 20th November 1947, fine weather expected for the Royal Wedding. Who was married on that day?
8. 7th November 1910, famous author died in railway station at Astopovo. Who was this man who wrote the    novel 'Anna Karenina'?
9. 15th August 1914, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were linked. which is the canal that has linked the two oceans?
10. Name the author of 'Three Musketeers' and 'Count of Monto Cristo'.

Answers

Pantheon

1.Temple dedicated to all Gods.




 2. Golf. A chip is a very short shot played from near the green, 
      generally made with an abbreviated swing motion. Chip
      shots are used as short approach shots to the green.


 
3. Whales.

                
4. Kittiwake.



5. They have no eyes and wings.




6. Shellac

                                                        
7. Princess Elizabeth, Later Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of
    Edinburgh.


            
 8. Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy.




 9. Panama.

10. Alexander Dumas Pere.