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Zoroastrianism Quiz

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Aug 192008
 

1) What is the original form of the name Zoroaster?
a) Koresh
b) Darius
c) Reza
d) Zarathushtra

2) How long did Zoroaster live?
a) 33 years
b) 50 years
c) 77 years
d) 100 years

3) Where did Zoroastrianism originate?
a) Syria
b) Lebanon
c) Iran
d) Arabia

4) What is the name of God in Zoroastrianism?
a) Baal
b) Adonai
c) El Shaddai
d) Ahura Mazda

5) What is the meaning of Ahura?
a) Lord of the Sea
b) Lord of Life
c) Lord of Forests
d) Lord of Music

6) What is the meaning of Mazda?
a) All knowing
b) All seeing
c) All powerful
d) All present

7) Who is the opponent of Ahura Mazda?
a) Leviathan
b) Ahriman
c) Ravana
d) Goliath

8) What is agiary?
a) Fire Temple
b) Water Temple
c) Synagogue
d) Lotus Temple

9) What is dakhma?
a) Cemetery
b) Crematorium
c) Tower of Silence
d) Prayer Hall

10) In which language was Zend Avestha written?
a) Avesthan
b) Pahlavi
c) Persian
d) Gujarati

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Zoroastrianism Quiz Answers

1) What is the original form of the name Zoroaster?
d) Zarathushtra

2) How long did Zoroaster live?
c) 77 years

3) Where did Zoroastrianism originate?
c) Iran

4) What is the name of God in Zoroastrianism?
d) Ahura Mazda

5) What is the meaning of Ahura?
b) Lord of Life

6) What is the meaning of Mazda?
a) All knowing

7) Who is the opponent of Ahura Mazda?
b) Ahriman

8) What is agiary?
a) Fire Temple

9) What is dakhma?
c) Tower of Silence

10) In which language was Zend Avestha written?
a) Avesthan

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Nobel Prize 2008 Quiz

 Awards, Nobel Prize Winners  Comments Off
Aug 182008
 

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Chemistry?
a) Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfi, Roger Tsien
b) Bruce Merrifield
c) George A. Olah
d) Ahmed Zewail

2) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Chemistry was given?
a) Invention of solar panel
b) Discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP)
c) Studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces
d) Rates of reaction, chemical equilibrium, and osmotic pressure.

3) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Physics?
a) Stephen Hawking
b) Hargobind Khorana
c) Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa, Yochiro Nambu
d) Neil Armstrong

4) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Physics was given?
a) Theory on Black Hole
b) Landing on Moon
c) Discovery of Gamma rays
d) Theoretical work on fundamental particles

5) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Medicine?
a) Medicines sans Frontiers
b) Francoise Barre-Sinousi, Luc Montagnier, Harald zur Hausen
c) Andrew Z. Fire
d) Barbara McClintock

6) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Medicine was given?
a) Discovery of virus that causes prostrate cancer
b) Discovery of pencillin
c) Discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer
d) Improvement in surgical instruments

7) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Literature?
a) Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
b) Doris Lessing
c) Orhan Pamuk
d) Sully Prudhomme

8) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Literature was given?
a) Poetry with rare combination of the qualities of heart and intellect
b) Epicist of female experience
c) Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a
humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization
d) Discovery of new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures

9) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Peace?
a) Red Cross
b) United Nations
c) Shimos Peres
d) Martti Ahtisaari

10) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Peace was given?
a) Peace in Israel and Palestine
b) Relief in Indonesia
c) Peace in South Africa
d) Important efforts on several continents and for more than three decades to resolve
international conflicts

Nobel Prize 2008 Quiz Answers

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Chemistry?
a) Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfi, Roger Tsien

2) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Chemistry was given?
b) Discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP)

3) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Physics?
c) Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa, Yochiro Nambu

4) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Physics was given?
d) Theoretical work on fundamental particles

5) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Medicine?
b) Francoise Barre-Sinousi, Luc Montagnier, Harald zur Hausen

6) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Medicine was given?
c) Discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer

7) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Literature?
a) Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio

8) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Literature was given?
c) Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a
humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization

9) Who won Nobel Prize 2008 for Peace?
d) Martti Ahtisaari

10) For what was Nobel Prize 2008 for Peace was given?
d) Important efforts on several continents and for more than three decades to resolve
international conflicts

 

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India – England Test Cricket Series 1974 Quiz

 Cricket, India, Sports & Games  Comments Off
Aug 162008
 

1) Who before the start of India – England Series 1974 made an astrological prediction in a sports magazine that India would win the series?
a) Alasco
b) Chandrashekhar Thakur
c) Rama Jois
d) Nova Astra

2) Which sports magazine published the astrological prediction?
a) Sport & Pastime
b) Sportsworld
c) Sportsweek
d) Wisden

3) Who was the captain of the English team for India – England Series 1974?
a) David Lloyd
b) Michael Denness
c) Alan Knott
d) Dennis Amiss

4) Who was sent as night watchman on the second day of the first Test at Old Trafford in India – England Series 1974 and was out?
a) Bishen Singh Bedi
b) Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
c) Srinivas Venkataraghavan
d) Erapalli Prasanna

5) What was India’s score in the second innings of Lord’s Test in India – England Series 1974?
a) 100 all out
b) 66 all out
c) 58 all out
d) 42 all out

6) What was the margin of India’s defeat in Lord’s Test in India – England Series 1974?
a) 1 run
b) 1 wicket
c) An innings and 285 runs
d) 8 wickets

7) After the Lord’s Test there was a reception for the Indian team at Indian High Commission for which the Indian team reached one hour late. The Indian High Commissioner asked the Indian captain Ajit Wadekar the reason for the delay. Ajit Wadekar said it was due to traffic jam. The Indian High Commissioner cancelled the reception. Who was the Indian High Commissioner?
a) Kuldip Nayyar
b) Ronen Sen
c) Brij Kumar Nehru
d) Shiv Shankar Mukherjee

8) Who was out for the first ball of third Test at Edgbaston in India – England Series 1974?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Ashok Mankad
c) Sudhir Naik
d) Farokh Engineer

9) What was England’s score in the first innings of third Test at Edgbaston in India – England Series 1974?
a) 120 all out
b) 459/2 declared
c) 268 all out
d) 336 all out

10) What was the margin of India’s defeat in Lord’s Test in India – England Series 1974?
a) 12 runs
b) 10 wickets
c) An innings and 78 runs
d) 6 wickets

India – England Series 1974 Quiz Answers

1) Who before the start of India – England Series 1974 made an astrological prediction in a sports magazine that India would win the series?
b) Chandrashekhar Thakur

2) Which sports magazine published the astrological prediction?
c) Sportsweek

3) Who was the captain of the English team for India – England Series 1974?
b) Michael Denness

4) Who was sent as night watchman on the second day of the first Test at Old Trafford in India – England Series 1974 and was out?
c) Srinivas Venkataraghavan

5) What was India’s score in the second innings of Lord’s Test in India – England Series 1974?
d) 42 all out

6) What was the margin of India’s defeat in Lord’s Test in India – England Series 1974?
c) An innings and 285 runs

7) After the Lord’s Test there was a reception for the Indian team at Indian High Commission for which the Indian team reached one hour late. The Indian High Commissioner asked the Indian captain Ajit Wadekar the reason for the delay. Ajit Wadekar said it was due to traffic jam. The Indian High Commissioner cancelled the reception. Who was the Indian High Commissioner?
c) Brij Kumar Nehru

8) Who was out for the first ball of third Test at Edgbaston in India – England Series 1974?
a) Sunil Gavaskar

9) What was England’s score in the first innings of third Test at Edgbaston in India – England Series 1974?
b) 459/2 declared

10) What was the margin of India’s defeat in Lord’s Test in India – England Series 1974?
c) An innings and 78 runs
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