The next set:
1) The dictionary definition of this word is : Plant that breaks away from its roots and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling mass, scattering seeds as it goes.
The urban dictionary defines it as : A cliche of Western movies, emphasising silence or stillness, e.g. as the hero rides into an apparently deserted frontier town.
What is this word?
Tumbleweed.
2) Nobel laureate Murray Glenn Mann was undecided about what to name this sub-atomic particle that was proven to exist from experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1968. He finally decided to name this particle ______ from a sentence from the book Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
Quark
3) To populrize the Mars Orbiter Mission 'Mangalyaan' mission, ISRO created a FB page which saw more than 200000 likes in less than a week including a like from NASA Jet propulsion Lab (JPL). Before the launch of the mission, JPL posted this message on ISRO's MOM page, titled "Lucky _______" for ISRO:
"As you prepare for your launch to Mars, do not forget one of the few, but important action: pass around the _______!"
Peanuts!
4)
This instrument, called 'Charango' is an Andean Lute instrument. Though wood is used lately in construction of this instrument, traditionally, it is made from an animal body. Which animal?
The Armadillo
5) Simon Fuller is Britan's famous enterpreneur. In Sept-2013, Simon Fuller started a management company, named '77' in partnership with someone. Who is his partner, and what is the significance of the name (77)?
Andy Murray, a tribute to 77 years after Fred Perry for an Englishman to win Wimbledon..
6) Historically, the Romans did not number days of a month sequentially from the first through the last day. Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the _______ (1st) of the following month.
Kalends. Origin of the word 'Calender' in English.
7) Which breed of small dogs is named after the French word for 'Earth', owing to the natural instinct of this breed to dig?
Terrier.
8) What pseudonym was assumed by Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, an allegorical reference to his anger about life in Russia and the determination to speak bitter truth?
Maxim Gorky (Gorky = Bitter)
9) Which flowering plant is named after Persian Dulband meaning 'Turban', from the shape of the flower?
Tulip.
10) Identify this scientist:
Karl Landsteiner (Known to have distinguished the main blood groups).
1) The dictionary definition of this word is : Plant that breaks away from its roots and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling mass, scattering seeds as it goes.
The urban dictionary defines it as : A cliche of Western movies, emphasising silence or stillness, e.g. as the hero rides into an apparently deserted frontier town.
What is this word?
Tumbleweed.
2) Nobel laureate Murray Glenn Mann was undecided about what to name this sub-atomic particle that was proven to exist from experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1968. He finally decided to name this particle ______ from a sentence from the book Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
Quark
3) To populrize the Mars Orbiter Mission 'Mangalyaan' mission, ISRO created a FB page which saw more than 200000 likes in less than a week including a like from NASA Jet propulsion Lab (JPL). Before the launch of the mission, JPL posted this message on ISRO's MOM page, titled "Lucky _______" for ISRO:
"As you prepare for your launch to Mars, do not forget one of the few, but important action: pass around the _______!"
Peanuts!
4)
This instrument, called 'Charango' is an Andean Lute instrument. Though wood is used lately in construction of this instrument, traditionally, it is made from an animal body. Which animal?
The Armadillo
5) Simon Fuller is Britan's famous enterpreneur. In Sept-2013, Simon Fuller started a management company, named '77' in partnership with someone. Who is his partner, and what is the significance of the name (77)?
Andy Murray, a tribute to 77 years after Fred Perry for an Englishman to win Wimbledon..
6) Historically, the Romans did not number days of a month sequentially from the first through the last day. Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the _______ (1st) of the following month.
Kalends. Origin of the word 'Calender' in English.
7) Which breed of small dogs is named after the French word for 'Earth', owing to the natural instinct of this breed to dig?
Terrier.
8) What pseudonym was assumed by Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, an allegorical reference to his anger about life in Russia and the determination to speak bitter truth?
Maxim Gorky (Gorky = Bitter)
9) Which flowering plant is named after Persian Dulband meaning 'Turban', from the shape of the flower?
Tulip.
10) Identify this scientist:
Karl Landsteiner (Known to have distinguished the main blood groups).
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