Friday, January 04, 2008

QUIZ BY ARUN GEORGE

1. A cricketing connect to begin with.
















2. Where can you see the families the Marshes, the Broflovskis, the Tweeks, the Cartmans, the McCormicks, and the Stotches?




3.Connect:





































4. What apparatus would you associate this Nobel Laureate with?











5. What commonly used word, meaning ‘a humorous misuse of a word’ is named after Mrs. M………p, a character in ‘The Rivals’, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan ?




6. Another etymology (dedicating this to all wiki addicts like me): Which word, used in wikipedia for ‘a short article in need of expansion’ originally means ‘a mature tree cut above a height of 3-5 metres and retained as a standing stem or pollard following timber harvest, usually for wildlife or archaeological purposes’ ?




7. This english football club was nicknamed .…………. because in the 19th century, one of their pitches was adjacent to a piggery and clearances often end up in there. Players had to 'trot' through the pig-pens to retrieve the balls. Which club?






8. This is the main entrance in to what?? The lines at the gate means " Work will set you
free”.
















9. Connect the following visuals.



























10. This google doodle, that appeared on January 15, 2007 was in memory of a great American known for his dream. Who?





1 comment:

Prahlad Srihari said...

1.Pic 1 is Douglas Jardine 2-?? 3-Naseer Hussain. The three were born in India..but played for a different nation.(England)
2.South Park
3.
4.
5.Malapropism.
6.Stub.
7.Bolton - the nickname,Trotters.
8.Auschwitz(repeat)
9.
10.Martin Luther King Jr.(Had actually put up the same question a few days back on my blog)

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