Thursday, January 14, 2010

QUESTION 104

IDENTIFY



QUESTION 103


IN THE 1920s, HE MARRIED JOSEPHINE. IT WAS HER CLUMSINESS IN HOUSEWORK THAT MADE HIM THINK OF A QUICK FIX. THE COMPANY FOR WHICH HE WAS WORKING SAW WHAT HE DID, AND THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A VERY GOOD IDEA. SO HIS INVENTION WAS TAKEN OVER BY HIS COMPANY, AND HE WAS PROMOTED TO VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY OWING TO THIS LITTLE INVENTION.WHICH COMPANY? WHAT DID HE INVENT? EXPLAIN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

QUESTION 102


HE WAS THE HEAD OF A COUNTRY. AT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, HE CONDEMNED ITALY FOR IT'S CHEMICAL WARFARE. IT WAS HIS INTERNATIONALIST VIEWS THAT ENABLED HIS COUNTRY TO BECOME A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS. HE IS ALSO CONSIDERED GOD INCARNATE BY _________(FILL IN THE BLANK). WHO IS HE?

QUESTION 101


HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY. BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, HE INVENTED SOMETHING WHICH, ACCORDING TO HIM WAS A MEDICINE FOR MORPHINE ADDICTION, HEADACHE, IMPOTENCE,DYSPEPSIA,ETC. WHO IS HE? WHAT DID HE INVENT?

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

QUESTION 100


THIS PICTURE IS FROM ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING WORKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE. WHAT DOES IT SHOW?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS LITERARY WORK?

QUESTION 99


ONCE WHEN HE WAS DINING IN A RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK, HE DISCOVERED THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY HIS BILL.. HE STARTED SOMETHING, AND HE USED THE ABOVE INCIDENT AS AN INSPIRATION FOR THE NAME OF WHAT HE STARTED. WHO IS HE? WHAT DID HE START?

QUESTION 98





DECORATED OFFICER IN THE WORLD WAR I, AND AN IMPORTANT COMMANDER IN THE WORLD WAR II. HIS EXPLOITS IN AFRICA EARNED HIM THE NICKNAME _________. HE JOINED THE OPERATION VALKYRIE, BUT DUE TO HIS PRESTIGE, THE FUHRER ALLOWED HIM TO COMMIT SUICIDE RATHER THAN UNDERGOING A TRIAL. WHO IS HE?WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME GIVEN TO HIM?

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

QUESTION 97


X
X RECEIVED A COMMISSION FROM MUSEE DES ARTS. X SCULPTED _______ AND USED DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY AS HIS THEME. _______ WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT TO DEPICT DANTE STANDING AT THE GATES OF HELL. ID X. WHAT IS HE THE SCULPTOR OF?

Monday, January 11, 2010

QUESTION 96





(1)

(2)
X SET OUT TO INVADE THE KINGDOM OF Y. BUT X'S JOB WAS MADE A LOT EASIER WHEN Y THOUGHT X WAS (1). X FOLLOWED THE ROUTE SHOWN IN (2) AND PROGRESSED WITHOUT MUCH RESISTANCE FROM Y. LATER, X DEFEATED Y AND THIS INITIATED A PROMINENT SERIES OF EVENTS. ID X AND Y. WHAT IS SHOWN IN (1)?

QUESTION 95





X

Y
X AND Y STARTED STARTED A COMPANY, ONE OF THE FIRST IN THIS INDUSTRY. ON X'S DEATH, Y BECAME THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, BUT DID NOT GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH ITS CHAIRMEN. HE RESIGNED AND STARTED ANOTHER COMPANY. AFTER THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES IN 1919, HIS BUSINESS IN THIS INDUSTRY PROSPERED UNTIL 1940 WHEN THE WORLD WAR II BROKE OUT. DURING THIS PERIOD, HIS COMPANY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS FOR THE PANZER AND TIGER TANKS TO AID GERMANY'S WAR EFFORT. ID X AND Y, WHICH COMPANY DID Y START?