QUIZOPHILE WEEK-11
A WEEKLY QUIZ BY ALITHEIAN CIRCLE
TOPIC- MISCELLANEOUS (2)
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1.    In 2002, the ‘Royal Society of Chemistry’ bestowed an honorary fellowship on X, for his use of forensic science and analytical chemistry in popular literature, making him the only fictional character thus honoured. X is also the only fictional character after which one of the twenty electric locomotives of The London Metropolitan Railway deployed in the 1920s was named. Who is this famous fictional character?
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2. In popular culture, what is meant by ‘tickling the ivories’?  
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3. Rita Hayworth and _________ ________ is a short novel by Stephen King from his 1982 collection "Different Seasons". It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as _______ _________, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1994, including Best Picture. Despite being widely considered as one of the greatest movies of all time, it didn't receive a single Oscar win. The film is also the first IMDb title to have over 2 million votes. Which film?
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4. Often called as the “Indian violin”, the X is a bowed, short-necked string instrument which is used in Hindustani classical music. It is the only instrument which comes in closest proximity to the human voice. The name of this instrument is said to have derived from the words ‘sau’ and ‘rang’ which means 100 colours. Which instrument?  
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5. The name of the inhabitants of this North Eastern state means ‘people with earrings”. The state is also known as “the only predominantly Baptist state in the world" and "the most Baptist state in the world" since the Baptists constitutes more than 50% population of the state. Which Indian state?
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6. Which commonly used word from the world of business originates from an old English word which means ‘to burn’?
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7, Although it was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree, legend has it that it had been used to treat malaria since at least 1632 and was introduced to Spain as early as 1636 by Jesuit missionaries. According to their legends, the first discoverer was a feverish Andean man who was lost in the jungle. Suffering from malaria, he drank from a pool of water at the base of a cinchona tree. Although bitter to the taste, his fever lifted and he survived to pass on what he had learned. Which famous discovery?
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8.  The ______ lake is the largest coastal lagoon in India which in 1981 was designated as a wetland of International importance under Ramsar Convention. Some ancient texts say that southern sector of the lake was a major harbour for maritime commerce, when Kharavela , the King of Kalinga, was known as the "Lord of the Sea". Which lake?
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9.   What do Beirut, Bogota, Cayenne, Kabul, Lilongwe, Mbabane, Nairobi and Ottawa have in common (besides being capital cities)?
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10.    X was named as the Cambridge Dictionary's word of 2018. X means “a fear or worry at the idea of being without your mobile phone or unable to use it”. What is X?
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