Saturday, November 14, 2009

Quiz of the day - 14th November 2009

Q.1) Who is she and what is her claim to fame?



Q.2) When his wife saw his invention/discovery, she had exclaimed : "I have seen my death!"
Identify this person after whom element 111 is named.



Q.3) Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer, and model, who was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. How do we better know her today?

Q.4) Originally the term referred to residents of New England as used by Mark Twain in 'A Connecticut _______ in King Arthur's Court'. It is derived from the Cherokee word meaning coward.

A popular saying/rhyme is used to describe this term :

To foreigners, a ________ is an American.
To Americans, a ________is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a _______is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a _______is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a ________ is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a ________ is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

[All blanks refer to the same term.] Identify the term.

2 comments:

udit veer said...

1) Agatha Sangma
2)wilhem rontgen
3)marlyn monroe
4)YANKEE

short n sweet .

Arkantos said...

udit got all correct...Agatha Sangma is the youngest Indian MP...and of course wilhelm roentgen discovered X-rays...