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Sent from my iPad On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:31 PM, xxxrum <[email protected]> wrote: > Facebook sirji not yearbook!!! > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > Bonobashi <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Noddy, > > In my enthusiasm to celebrate your impending beatification, I forgot; Brandy, > Yearbook, Humpty Dumpty and Hymen. I have little or nothing to do with the > world of figures. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 11, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Naresh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Dear Silklisters >> >> I have to set a quiz for a bunch of 50 somethings (part of a quiz group that >> i have been in for the past 20 yrs) and horror of horrors;it is on this >> saturday 13th october...And I totally forgot.. >> Can the group point me to web resources (not the competition success kind >> ,please) or any ready compilations that can be shared with me urgently? The >> questions have to be of a general nature , not too esoteric and guessable >> and above all interesting..And definitely not too highbrow!!! My direct >> email is [email protected] >> >> Please do help..some of the questions I have put together to give you a >> flavour are below.Audio visual questions are a great hit too!!! I have >> Gangnam style already!!! I need about 150 questions... >> >> >> 1. In 1512, a Dutch merchant searching for ways to transport large >> quantities of wine found that by boiling the wine he could remove the water >> in it and thus transport more wine in the same volume. At the destination, >> he would just add the missing water. But he found that people were more >> interested in the boiled concentrate than the wine and made a killing by >> selling the boiled concentrate. How do we better know this boiled >> concentrate? >> >> 2. What is the common name for a college publication distributed at >> the start of the academic year by university administrations with the >> intention of helping students get to know each other better? >> >> 3. According to the website of the Colchester tourist board, during >> the English Civil War a large cannon was placed strategically on the wall of >> the castle. A shot from the parliamentary army managed to destroy the wall >> under the cannon and caused it to tumble to the ground. The Cavaliers (who >> were loyal to the King) tried to raise the cannon but could not do so as it >> was too heavy. What was the name of the cannon and how has it been >> immortalized? >> >> 4. Accordingly to Greek mythology, he is the God of Marriage and >> specifically the Marriage Hymn. He holds a burning torch in one hand and is >> considered the protector of female virginity. Which God? >> >> 5. What are algorithms like the layer method, the block method, the >> corner method and the super-flip used to solve? >> >> Probably a nice exercise to answer these too!!!! >> >> Thanks in advance >> Naresh >>
