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?

QUESTION 94


IDENTIFY THIS ANIMAL. HOW DOES IT GET ITS NAME?

Sunday, January 10, 2010

QUESTION 93

X WAS A PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES. AFTER X'S DEATH, SOMETHING WAS STARTED TO HONOUR HIM. Y AND Z ARE SOME OF THE MANY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IDENTIFY X, AND WHAT WAS STARTED TO HONOUR HIM?


X
Y
Z

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?