EDWARD LONGSHANKS , DURING THE SIEGE OF STIRLING CASTLE, STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF ______. THE COMPONENTS FOR ______ TOOK APPROXIMATELY 30 WAGONS TO LOAD. WHEN THE ENEMY SURRENDERED EVEN BEFORE _____ WAS CONSTRUCTED. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?
Sunday, January 31, 2010
QUESTION 137
HE WAS A GENERAL IN THE GERMAN ARMY. HIS EXPLOITS IN THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR MADE HIM FAMOUS AMONG THE GERMANS. IN 1890, HIS LEADERSHIP WAS CRITICIZED AND HE HAD TO RESIGN FROM THE ARMY. BUT HE IS ALSO REMEMBERED AS THE INVENTOR OF ___________
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History,
Technology
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
QUESTION 134
X WAS A GERMAN-AMERICAN STATISTICIAN WHO INVENTED THE MECHANICAL TABULATOR TO TABULATE HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA. HE STARTED A COMPANY WHICH WAS RENAMED BY Y TO WHAT IT IS KNOWN AS NOW. ID X,Y.
Y
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Business
QUESTION 133
ANSWER-CONNECT IS J D SALINGER
(DREAM CATCHER AND FINDING FORRESTER)
Nice and Simple... Connect the two pics.
Nice and Simple... Connect the two pics.
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Entertainment,
Literature
Thursday, January 28, 2010
QUESTION 131
QUESTION 130
X
ORIGINALLY A MEXICAN FOLK SONG, IT WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A ROCK RHYTHM AND BEAT TRACK BY X. IT WAS AN INSTANT HIT. X WENT ON TO PRODUCE SEVERAL HITS BEFORE HE MET HIS TRAGIC DEATH AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. ID X. WHICH IS THE SONG IN QUESTION?
THE DAY X DIED HAS BEEN IMMORTALIZED. WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THAT DAY?
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Entertainment
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
QUESTION 127
HE IS A COMPUTER SCIENTIST. IN 1982, HE PROPOSED THE USE OF _______ TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SERIOUS MESSAGES FROM JOKES. WHAT ?
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Technology
QUESTION 126
Y
Z
X WROTE A CLASSIC, PART BIOGRAPHY. Y AND Z PLAYED THE LEAD ROLES IN THE MOVIE BASED ON THE BOOK. IDENTIFY X,Y,Z. WHAT CHARACTERS DID Y AND Z PLAY?
THE BOOK IS JANE EYRE, WRITTEN BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE(X)
Y IS ORSON WELLES, WHO PLAYED THE ROLE OF EDWARD ROCHESTER
Z IS JOAN FONTAINE, WHO PLAYED JANE.
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Entertainment,
Literature
QUESTION 125
HE WAS AN 18TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN SMALL ARMAMENTS DESIGNER. BEST KNOWN FOR PATENTING WHAT??
FERDINAND MANNLICHER- MANNLICHER SCHOENAUER
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Technology
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
QUESTION 124
ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HOTELS IN THE WORLD(ABOVE), IT WAS BUILT AS A PRIVATE DWELLING. LATER WAS ACQUIRED BY THE MEN SHOWN IN THE PICTURE, WHO WERE PROMINENT 19TH CENTURY FINANCIERS IN FRANCE. WHAT HOTEL IS THAT?
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Business
QUESTION 123
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.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THIS FIELD. THE FIRST PICTURE IS HIS SELF PORTRAIT. THE NEXT TWO ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY HIM.WHO WAS HE? EXPLAIN.
QUESTION 121
UNTIL RECENTLY, IT WAS CONSIDERED A FANTASY OR A HOAX. BUT SCIENTIFIC THEORIES ARE TRYING TO BE PUT FORWARD.
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Science
Monday, January 25, 2010
QUESTION 120
Y
X AND Y SIMULTANEOUSLY DESIGNED A METHOD OF PRODUCTION FOR A CERTAIN METAL. NAPOLEON III IS SAID TO HAVE HAD A DINNER SET MADE OF THIS METAL FOR HIS MOST HONOURED GUESTS. BUT X AND Y'S METHOD MADE THIS METAL ONE OF COMMON USE. IDENTIFY X AND Y.
QUESTION 119
QUESTION 118
HE CAME TO INDIA ALONG WITH ___ IN THE 1930s. THEY STARTED A SMALL BUSINESS WHICH UNDERTOOK SMALL JOBS. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, IMPORTS STOPPED. SO THEY STARTED TO DEAL IN DAIRY PRODUCTS. THEY SAW THE WAR PERIOD AS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND STARTED REPAIR AND RELATED BUSINESS. BUT THEY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR STARTING ANOTHER COMPANY. IDENTIFY THE PICTURE. WHAT DID THEY START?
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Business
Sunday, January 24, 2010
QUESTION 116
HE SET OUT TO EXPLORE EL DORADO, WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE PUBLISHED AN EXAGGERATED ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCES. HE WAS IMPRISONED. HE WAS RELEASED AS HE WAS TO SET OUT TO EXPLORE EL DORADO AGAIN. ON HIS RETURN, HE WAS BEHEADED. IDENTIFY HIM.
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History
Saturday, January 23, 2010
QUESTION 114
IDENTIFY. THIS COUPLE FROM THE U.S WERE THE FIRST CIVILIANS TO BE EXECUTED ON THE CHARGES OF ESPIONAGE. WHAT WAS THEIR OFFENCE?
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History
Friday, January 22, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
QUESTION 110
B
C
A, B AND C STARTED SOMETHING DURING THE COLD WAR. C COINED THE NAME .
THEY REPRESENT NEARLY 2/3RDS OF THE UN MEMBERS. THE UNITED STATES HAS BECOME A TARGET OF THIS IN RECENT YEARS. IDENTIFY A AND B. WHO SHOULD C BE? WHAT DID THEY START?
THEY REPRESENT NEARLY 2/3RDS OF THE UN MEMBERS. THE UNITED STATES HAS BECOME A TARGET OF THIS IN RECENT YEARS. IDENTIFY A AND B. WHO SHOULD C BE? WHAT DID THEY START?
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Politics
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