Wednesday, June 11, 2008










1. The following pic refer to one of earlier forms of something very common today. Identify.



2. What are Cohíba, Hoyo de Monterrey, Montecristo, Partagás, Romeo y Julieta and Quintero?
3. P.T. Barnum once sent an agent to buy this hoping to use it as a circus attraction. When it arrived in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the public was not impressed and Barnum had to keep it hidden while he tried to decide how to recover some of the high cost. What expression originated from this incident?
4. This city presumably started out as a significant "white house". So it was named....?
5. Wherever I am , there’s always ____,
There’s always ____ and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
“Where are you going today?” says ___:
“Well, that’s very odd ‘cos I was too.
Let’s go together,” says __, says he.
“Let’s go together,” says ___.
Fill in the blanks.
6. In France the ____ is called poisson d'avril (___ fish) and in Scotland a “gowk” or cuckoo. The custom has been observed in many countries for centuries. It is recorded that one particular event took place in London in 1860 when several hundred important people received invitations to watch the ceremony of the Washing of the White Lions at the Tower of London. Admission would be by the White Gate said the invitation card. What followed next or just fill in the blanks?
7. It’s an add published in 1829. Just identify the add?



8. Another blast from the past. Why is this letter famous?




9. Identify both men.



10. This tune is in the metre and style of a galliard, and various sources in the early 17th century, from a keyboard piece by John Bull to a Christmas carol of 1611, Remember, O Thou Man, have been proposed as its origin. It first appeared in its present form in 1745—the same year as the first appearance of the words—when it was sung in two London theatres. Handel's Occasional Oratorio (1746), which dealt with the events of the uprising, quoted the tune, and it has been the subject of variations by many other composers, including Beethoven, Weber, Brahms, and Ives. In the United States, the tune is known as “America” and has been sung to many different words, most notably My Country, 'Tis of Thee (1832) by Samuel F. Smith. Identify the song.

4 comments:

Supratim Sengupta said...

Hi , Nice quiz ...though i must suggest you to change the names of the JPEGs while uploading , it might make it slightly more tougher you know .....

Cheers
Supratim Sengupta
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incognito said...
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incognito said...

fine effort!

keep it up! :)

Abhi Binani said...

good questions bddy ...but yaa change the image names while uploading cos ppl can c it while placing the cursor ova it......so ur efforts can b cheated.......
nicely compiled... :)