Friday, May 13, 2011

Connect and More!

Courtesy : Friday Magazine,a weekly supplement of Gulf News




Each of this is a quiz question in its own right,but the answers connect to a common theme.Crack 'em and connect 'em!!

  1. According to the New Economics Foundation,which country ranks first in the Happy Planet Index and is  the  "greenest" country in the world?
  2. Before 1995,which was the only country to exist in all of the world's hemispheres : north,south,east and west?
  3. Aside from Uzbekistan,which tiny country is doubly landlocked i.e,surrounded by landlocked countries?
  4. A citizen of which country would be the world's only palindromic national?
  5. Apia is the capital and largest city of which Pacific Archipelago?


Courtesy : Friday Magazine,a weekly supplement of Gulf New

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Adam : To Infinity and beyond :D!!

We at Suche are Proud to have Siddharth Kalra a.k.a Adam in our midst.Hearty congratulations,bro!
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Trivia,anyone? :)

1. Which Bill Murray movie completes the following blanks from a Robert Frost poem?
    "Poetry is what gets _____ __ _______"

2.  Name the drug.
  • Named after the Latin name for "sausage" because the drug producing bacteria often caused   spoilage of improperly handled sausages.
  • Also known as Dysport.
  • Originally intended as a cure for crossed eyes and for controlling uncontrollable blinking,now_____ has found a more glamorous therapeutic application.
3. If Nicholas Coppernicus were alive today,which currency would he use?

4. Identify this fruit.
   


National Geographic estimates that the daily consumption of this fruit in Iquitos,Peru is roughly 20   tonnes!!
    Locals in Iquitos claim that ____ makes them more beautiful.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Two To Tango

1. Often used for cleaning waterproof microphones and rifle barrels, they were made from oiled silk paper and lamb intestine in ancient China. The English Census board was the first to publicly use the word _______. In 1844, discovery of vulcanisation revolutionised the production of this. They can also be used as decompression valves and to protect sensors.
What??

2.





Christopher Columbus landed at the location known as Fisherman's Point in 1494, naming it Puerto Grande.It was briefly known as Cumberland Bay when the British seized it in 1741, during the War of Jenkins' Ear. British Admiral Edward Vernon arrived with a force of eight warships and 4,000. 


It has the first and only Mcdonalds in Cuba.

Identify the place!


(Questions courtesy Prashant Menghrajani)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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