QUIZ
1. In which country did paper originate?
2. What is meant by your alma mater?
3. According to Shakespeare, who killed Macbeth?
4. In Physics what is measured in Joules?
5. Who is known as the father of English history?
6. Of which religion was Guru Nanak a founder?
7. What do we call a chain of molecules bonded together?
8. In computering, what is meant by �mega� ( as in �megabyte�)?
9. In the hope of preserving international friendship, which
organization was founded in 1920?
10. Whose law says that work expands so as to fill the time
available for its completion?
11. In mythology, whose wings melted when he flew too close to the
sun?
12. Which day of the week is named after the Norse goddess of love?
13. Who was the first emperor of Rome?
14. What is the word taxi short for?
15. Who was the oldest player ever to play cricket in test matches?
Answers
1.
China;
2. Foster
mother (or school or college);
3. Macduff;
4. Energy; 5. Bede;
6. Sikhism;
7. Polymer;
8. One
million; 9. League of Nations;
10. Northcote
Parkinson; 11. Icarus;
12. Friday (Frigg
or Freya);
13. Augustus;
14. Taximeter;
15. Wilfred
Rhodes (52 years 165 days; for England).