Saturday, January 9, 2010

QUESTION 92




THIS FRENCH PLAY WAS PRESENTED BEFORE LOUIS XIV. IT IS ABOUT A MIDDLE CLASS MAN WHO WANTS TO LIVE A RICH MAN'S LIFE AND LEARNS GENTLEMANLY ARTS OF FENCING,PHILOSOPHY AND MUSIC.HE IS DELIGHTED WHEN THE TAYLOR MOCKINGLY ADDRESSES HIM AS "MY LORD". BUT HE MAKES A FOOL OF HIMSELF IN HIS ATTEMPT TO RISE ABOVE THE MIDDLE CLASS. WHICH PLAY? WHO WROTE IT?

QUESTION 91




HE WAS AN INVENTOR AND INDUSTRIALIST. HE RECEIVED PATENTS FOR VARIOUS INVENTIONS AND ALSO STARTED A COMPANY WHICH IS NOW A MAJOR ENGINEERING COMPANY IN EUROPE. DURING WORLD WAR ll , HIS COMPANY WAS INVOLVED IN FUNDING THE NAZI ARMY. A PHYSICAL QUANTITY IS ALSO NAMED IN HIS HONOUR. WHO IS HE? WHICH COMPANY DID HE START?

QUESTION 90


IDENTIFY THIS AFRICAN ANIMAL.
IT APPEARS AS THE FIRST WORD IN A BOOK THAT MANY PEOPLE POSSESS.

QUESTION 89


THIS WAS THE FIRST CREST OF WHICH SPORTS TEAM?

QUESTION 88


IDENTIFY.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

QUESTION 87

X WAS A FAMOUS POET. Y WAS HIS WIFE. EVEN THOUGH X IS PERHAPS MORE FAMOUS THAN HIS Y, Y ALSO HAS AN IMPORTANT LITERARY CONTRIBUTION TO HER NAME. THE WORK IS ABOUT A SCIENTIST WHO LEARNS HOW TO CREATE LIFE, AND CREATES ______(THE MAIN PART IN THE LITERARY PIECE). ID X,Y AND THE WORK.

X
Y


Monday, January 4, 2010

Saturday, January 2, 2010

QUESTION 85








X


Y

X WAS A SWISS INVENTOR. HE WAS INTERESTED IN BALLOONING, PRESSURE,ETC. HE ALONG WITH HIS SON INVENTED SOMETHING_______. THEY INVENTED ANOTHER IMPROVED VERSION OF THIS LATER(THE INTERNAL DESIGN FOR THE IMPROVED VERSION IS GIVEN IN Y). THE INVENTION WAS LATER SOLD TO THE US NAVY. WHO IS X? WHAT DID HE INVENT?





Friday, January 1, 2010

QUESTION 84


THIS PERSON WAS AT ONE TIME, THE U.S SECRETARY OF WAR.
A REPUBLICAN. BUT APART FROM POLITICS , HE WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN SPORTS. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE 1904 SUMMER OLYMPICS. HE STARTED SOMETHING IN SPORTS, WHICH IS NOW NAMED AFTER HIM. WHAT DID HE START? IF YOU CAN, IDENTIFY HIM.

QUESTION 83




X
Y

X WAS A PROMINENT PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN. BUT HE DID VISIT INDIA ALONG WITH Y IN THE 1920s. BUT THE PRESENCE OF X AND Y IN INDIA DID LEAD TO LARGE SCALE RIOTS. ID X AND Y. HOW WOULD YOU ACCOUNT FOR THEIR PRESENCE IN INDIA?