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THIS WAS A QUIZ POSTED BY ME ON QUIZNET ABOUT AN YEAR AGO.





1. Simple one to begin: Born in New York in 1862,she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence. Name her.

Edith Wharton


2.In front of which monument built by Shah Jahan are the following words inscribed:
AGAR FIRDAUS BARROE ZAMINAST,
HAMINASTO HAMINAST HAMINAST.
(if there is a heaven on earth, its here, its here, its here)

Diwan e Khaz in Red Fort



3.To whom is the play "THE CATASTROPHE" by samuel beckett dedicated to?

Vaclav Havell


4. Connect The Beatles, Isaac Newton and Steve Jobs.

Apple


5.Which Indian movie icon made his debut in K.A. Abbas' 'Saat Hindustani'?

Amitabh Bachan


6. Give the name of the second oldest football tournament in the world?

Durand Cup


7. Which symbol does not appear anywhere on the periodic table?

J


8.Which painter is famous for his series of 'Waterlily' paintings ?

Claude Monet


9.Charles Lindberg was the first , Walter Chrysler and Owen Young followed in the next two years. Who was the fourth ?

Mahatma Gandhi. TIME Man of the Year


10.Ali Mao Maolin , a Somalian who died in Oct.26,1976 was the alst person (till date) to die of which disease.

Small Pox