Anna university results

Friday 19 June 2015

IAS QUIZ


Ignatius Loyola founded which organisation         
Jesuits

Which 16th century Italian wrote The Prince
Machiavelli

A meander bend in a river, named from river meander - where
Turkey

Who tells the story in The Arabian Nights
Sheherazade

Alfred Jingle appears in which Dickens novel
The Pickwick Papers

Vaselina and Brillantino were alternate names which film
Grease

Chaplin ate a boot in the Gold Rush - what was it made of
Liquorice

Phoebe Anne Mozee better known as who
Annie Oakley

What is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet
Kappa

If you were misocapnic what do you hate
Tobacco Smoke

In sailing ship days who often acted as the ships doctor
Cook

An isoneph on a map joins places of equal what
Average Cloud Cover

Bumper Harris - wooden leg - what Job on London Underground
Ride new escalators

Who is Ivanhoe's wife
Rowena

The Lent Lilly has a more common name - what
Daffodil

What would you be if you were a coryphée
Ballet Dancer

Whose last words were - "Clito I owe a cock to Asclepius"
Socrates

What does the German word Panzer literally mean
Armour

What is Frances longest river
Loire

In which month is the Munich beer festival held
October

What was the name of Norse God Thor's hammer
Mjolnir

Who ordered John the Baptists execution
King Herod

What was Walt Disney's first cartoon character
Oswald the Rabbit

What medication discovered in 1928 but introduced 1940
Penicillin

Who wrote Beau Geste
P C Wren

Prophesied the Chalus the Greek - Die on day - did of what
Laughing cos he was not dead

Who is Aladdin's father
Mustapha the tailor

What American state is the Badger state
Wisconsin

Why was Fred Lorz disqualified 1904 Olympic marathon
Hitched a lift passing car

In China what colour does the bride traditionally wear
Red

A muster is a group of which birds
Peacocks

Bohea is a type of what
Tea

In which country were antibiotics first used
Egypt  -  used mouldy bread

Which country grew the first Orange
China

Gossima was the original name of what game
Table Tennis

Wild marjoram is also known as what
Oregano

What was the name of Roses monkey in Friends
Marcel

Horse brasses - on dreyhorses - originally what purpose
Charms - ward off evil

Alfred Hitchcock admitted to being terrified of what
Policeman

What was the name of Sancho Panza's donkey
Dapple

What is Steganography
Invisible ink writing

An Albert chain is usually attached to what
Watch

An unkindness is a group of what birds
Ravens

A fellmonger deals in what items
Animal skins

What colour habit do Franciscan monks wear
Grey

Nenen-Kona is sold in Russia - what do we call it
Pepsi-Cola

Hugh Lofting created which famous character
Doctor Dolittle

What was the name of Russian bear mascot 1980 Olympics
Mischa

What ingredient must French ice cream contain by law
Eggs

A kindle is the name for a group of what young animals
Kittens

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