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Quizzotica

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Questions

1) What is the air traffic control call sign used for US Air Force planes carrying the US President?

2) Which Indian instrumentalist's autobiography is titled Journey with a Hundred Strings?

3) By what name is the Play and Activity Institute founded by Fredrick Froebel better known?

4) Which Indian cricketer's 58-test career statistics read: 167 runs, 242 wickets?

5) What term is used to describe the loneliness that parents feel when children leave home permanently?

6) Which vehicle's popularity soared when it was featured in the hit film, Roman Holiday?

7) Which fictional character's "obituary" did New York Times publish on August 6, 1975?

8 What is the style of engraving and inlaying silver on a dark background, unique to Bidar called?

9) Which word traces its origin to the name of the device used to make counterfeit money?

10) By what name are tracts of land between two rivers, such as the one between Krishna and Tungabhadra, known in India?

Answers

1) Air Force 1

2) Santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma

3) Kindergarten

4) B S Chandrasekhar

5) Empty Nest Syndrome

6) Vespa Scooter

7) Hercule Poirot; On publication of the last book featuring him

8) Bidri

9) Bogus

10) Doab; The one between Krishna and Tungabhadra is called Raichur Doab

Question of the Day (QOD Contest) - Open to All

Which system of medicine derives its name from two Greek words meaning "similar suffering"?

Please mail your answer to openquiz@kcircle.com with Quizzotica in the subject line by July 24. A surprise gift awaits the person who sends in the correct answer first.

Answer to QOD (July 18, 2006)

Verghese Kurien, the "Father of the White Revolution", is the present Chancellor of Allahabad University.

Dhruva Beltur of Pallavi Model School is the winner of the QOD contest of July 18. Congratulations! You can collect your prize on August 5, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Basheerbagh, the venue for the Outlook K-Circle Schools Quiz and the Juno K-Circle Open Quiz. Happy Quizzing!

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