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							General Quiz : Dt.1.6.2001
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Qns by : G.Sreekanth

1. Who / What is an 'odalisque' ?
ans) A female slave in a harem.

2. Which seemingly non-existent points were named in 1965 by the John
Hopkins Applied Physics         Laboratory as being in Ireland , south
east of the Cape of Good Hope , west of the Peruvian       Coast and
between New Guinea and Japan ?
ans) Four corners of the earth.

3. In cricket , what term , coined by umpire David Constant, refers to
the ploy used by          modern-day fielders , whereby they
congratulate one another before the umpire has given his    decision ?
ans) Water-drip Effect.

4. What name in the Bible means 'He who strives with God' and was the
name given to Jacob after    he'd wrestled with an angel ?
ans) Israel.

5. "Rhus Radicans", a shrub with green flowers and white berries, causes
an itching rash on         contact with the skin. What is its common
name ?
ans) Poison Ivy.

6. Whom/What did Mark Twain describe as "a cabbage with a college
education" ?
ans) Cauliflower,

7. Connectomania [ slightly vague ] : Connect Sharon Prabhakar to the
movie Alam Ara.
ans) Sharon Prabhakar - wife of Alyque Padamsee - Alyque Padamsee essayed
the role of Jinnah in      Gandhi - Jinnah was the lawyer of Master
Vithal in the breach of contract case during Alam      Ara.

8. Rather more famous for other literary efforts, whose only detective
novel, published in 1921,     was called 'The Red House Mystery'?
ans) A.A.Milne - of Winnie the Pooh fame.

9. Who/what evolved from an impromptu dinner called in 1934 by literary
essayists Christopher       Morley and Vincent Starrett followed by the
adoption of an eccentric constitution , proposed
    by a journalist Elmer Davis , with its celebrated final clauses -- "
All other business shall
    be left to the monthly meeting ; " There shall be no monthly meeting
" ?
ans) The Baker Street Irregulars.

10. In 1766 , a chef named Boulanger opened the first public dining place
in Paris . The owner
    placed a sign in front of his establishment . The sign bore an
adaptation of the famous
    quotation from St.Matthew's(XI,28) " Come unto me all ye , that are
hungry and I shall
    restore you " . What is the significance of the sentence ?
ans) This gave rise to the word ' Restaurant' from the French word
meaning ' to restore' .