Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Answers - Delight of Quzzing 2

Q1)
which is the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, which is also used to describe something, which is negligible as in quantity?

Ans - Iota

Q2)
In the good olden days, cinema theatres had an additional reel in the beginning to make sure that latecomers did not miss out much of the movie itself. Later, this reel was shifted to another position. What is this reel called?

Ans -Trailer Reel

Q3)
El Nino, is a climatic event which happens during a specific month, which causes the global temperatures to have a significant shift of around 0.5 degrees C. which month is the month of El Nino?

Ans- December

Q4)
Who was the first Non-American TIME person of the Year?

Ans -Mahatma Gandhi


Q5)
What is the Greek word for "colour", which is also the name of an element from which lots of colors can be obtained?

Ans - Chromium


Q6)
The first chapter of which famous literary work begins with these words, "what is found here may be found elsewhere; what is not ound here, shall not be found anywhere"?

Ans The Mahabaratha

Q7)
Until 1880, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was the best selling book of all time. Which book replaced it as the best selling book of all time back then?

Ans - Ben Hur

Q8)
The name of which Asian capital city means "Capital" and "First" in Chinese?

Ans -Seoul

Q9)
What does the Special Ringtone in all Nokia phone represent?

Ans -Morse code for SMS

Q10)
This was a software invented to protect the old computer monitors from the phosphor burns that were caused by static images. What software?

Ans Screensavers

Q11)
Element 43 in the Periodic Table of elements by Mendeleev is named after the Greek word meaning artificial. What is the element?

Ans -Technetium

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