Monday, January 25, 2010

QUESTION 120




X

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


HE WAS A STABLE KEEPER IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. HE HAD AROUND 40 HORSES, BUT HE HAD A CERTAIN POLICY BY WHICH HE WOULD ROTATE THE USE OF HORSES TO PREVENT ANY ONE PARTICULAR HORSE FROM GETTING EXHAUSTED. A COMMON PHRASE IS NAMED AFTER HIM AND HIS METHOD OF ROTATION. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

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?

Sunday, January 24, 2010

QUESTION 117


WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS?
EXPLAIN.

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.

QUESTION 115




IDENTIFY

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?

Friday, January 22, 2010

QUESTION 113

THESE IMAGES ARE IN RANDOM ORDER. ID THEM AND CONNECT.


































Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sunday, January 17, 2010

QUESTION 111


WHO IS HE?
WHAT WAS HE RESPONSIBLE FOR?