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Henry Louis Mencken Quiz

 Literature, USA  No Responses »
May 162012
 

Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, editor, and critic of American life and culture. Mencken is known for writing The American Language.

Henry Louis Mencken Quiz Questions

1. When was Henry Louis Mencken born?
a) 4 February 1884
b) 9 May 1882
c) 12 September 1880
d) 30 December 1875

2. Where was Henry Louis Mencken born?
a) Baltimore
b) Philadelphia
c) New York
d) Atlanta

3. Which of the following did Henry Louis Mencken attend?
a) California Institute of Technology
b) Baltimore Polytechnic
c) Virginia Tech
d) St. Patrick’s College

4. Which magazine did Henry Louis Mencken co-edit in 1914-1923?
a) Time
b) Newsweek
c) The Smart Set
d) Life

5. When did Henry Louis Mencken publish The American Language?
a) 1912
b) 1919
c) 1907
d) 1911

6. Which magazine did Henry Louis Mencken and George Jean Nathan found?
a) American Mercury
b) National Enquirer
c) The Plain Truth
d) National Geographic

7. When did Henry Louis Mencken’s article appear on Encyclopaedia Britannica?
a) 1922
b) 1926
c) 1917
d) 1914

8. Which book of Henry Louis Mencken was published in 1943?
a) Happy Days
b) Prejudices
c) Newspaper Days
d) Heathen Days

9. When did Henry Louis Mencken die?
a) 29 January 1956
b) 10 June 1958
c) 11 July 1963
d) 12 November 1965

10. Where did Henry Louis Mencken die?
a) Seattle
b) Austin
c) Blacksburg
d) Baltimore

Henry Louis Mencken Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When was Henry Louis Mencken born?
c) 12 September 1880

2. Where was Henry Louis Mencken born?
a) Baltimore

3. Which of the following did Henry Louis Mencken attend?
b) Baltimore Polytechnic

4. Which magazine did Henry Louis Mencken co-edit in 1914-1923?
c) The Smart Set

5. When did Henry Louis Mencken publish The American Language?
b) 1919

6. Which magazine did Henry Louis Mencken and George Jean Nathan found?
a) American Mercury

7. When did Henry Louis Mencken’s article appear on Encyclopaedia Britannica?
b) 1926

8. Which book of Henry Louis Mencken was published in 1943?
d) Heathen Days

9. When did Henry Louis Mencken die?
a) 29 January 1956

10. Where did Henry Louis Mencken die?
d) Baltimore

 

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Edvard Munch Quiz

 Art  No Responses »
May 162012
 

Edvard Munch was an painter and printmaker from Norway. He was regarded as the pioneer of the Expressionist movement.

Edvard Munch Quiz Questions

1. When was Edvard Munch born?
a) 6 February 1868
b) 7 May 1866
c) 8 August 1864
d) 12 December 1863

2. Where was Edvard Munch born?
a) Helsinki
b) Loten
c) Stavanger
d) Copenhagen

3. What caused the death of Edvard Munch’s mother and eldest sister?
a) Cholera
b) Jaundice
c) Tuberculosis
d) Leukemia

4. Who instructed and encouraged Edvard Munch in painting?
a) Lovis Corinth
b) Max Pechstein
c) Peter Paul Rubens
d) Christian Krohg

5. When did Edvard Munch paint The Scream?
a) 1872
b) 1888
c) 1893
d) 1890

6. What is shown is Edvard Munch’s painting The Voice?
a) Love’s awakening
b) Death
c) Love’s withering
d) Surrender

7. Which Edvard Munch painting shows love’s blossoming?
a) Ashes
b) The Sick Child
c) The Kiss
d) Jealousy

8. When did Edvard Munch exhibit the series Frieze of Life at the Berlin Secession?
a) 1915
b) 1902
c) 1898
d) 1906

9. When did Edvard Munch die?
a) 23 January 1944
b) 5 June 1946
c) 4 July 1952
d) 17 November 1958

10. Where did Edvard Munch die?
a) Berlin
b) Paris
c) Ekely
d) Stockholm

Edvard Munch Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When was Edvard Munch born?
d) 12 December 1863

2. Where was Edvard Munch born?
b) Loten

3. What caused the death of Edvard Munch’s mother and eldest sister?
c) Tuberculosis

4. Who instructed and encouraged Edvard Munch in painting?
d) Christian Krohg

5. When did Edvard Munch paint The Scream?
c) 1893

6. What is shown is Edvard Munch’s painting The Voice?
a) Love’s awakening

7. Which Edvard Munch painting shows love’s blossoming?
c) The Kiss

8. When did Edvard Munch exhibit the series Frieze of Life at the Berlin Secession?
b) 1902

9. When did Edvard Munch die?
a) 23 January 1944

10. Where did Edvard Munch die?
c) Ekely

 

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Morarji Desai Quiz

 India  2 Responses »
May 152012
 

1) When was Morarji Desai sworn in as Prime Minister of India?
a) 12 May 1952
b) 12 May 1967
c) 24 March 1977
d) 14 January 1980

2) Which was Morarji Desai’s party when he was Prime Minister?
a) Congress
b) BJP
c) Janata
d) PSP

3) Which unprecedented action was taken by Morarji Desai’s Government soon after it came to power at Centre?
a) Economic reforms
b) Explosion of nuclear bombs
c) Pawning gold with IMF
d) Dismissal of Congress-ruled State Governments where Congress was defeated badly in Lok Sabha elections.

4) When did Morarji Desai resign as Prime Minister?
a) 26 June 1975
b) 18 January 1977
c) 15 July 1979
d) 24 August 1982

5) When was Morarji Desai born?
a) 14 September 1861
b) 12 July 1878
c) 29 February 1896
d) 15 March 1904

6) From which college did Morarji Desai graduate?
a) St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad
b) Wilson College, Bombay
c) St. Stephen’s College, Delhi
d) St. John’s College, Agra

7) Which State had Morarji Desai as its Chief Minister?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Bombay
d) Delhi

8) Which portfolio was held by Morarji Desai when Lal Bahadur Shastri was Prime Minister?
a) Home
b) External Affairs
c) Finance
d) Commerce

9) Which award was conferred on Morarji Desai by Pakistan?
a) Nishan-e-Pakistan
b) Nishan-e-Imtiaz
c) Sher-e-Pakistan
d) Sher-e-Punjab

10) When did Morarji Desai die?
a) 1 November 1990
b) 28 February 1992
c) 10 April 1995
d) 31 December 2000

Morarji Desai Quiz Answers

1) When was Morarji Desai sworn in as Prime Minister of India?
c) 24 March 1977

2) Which was Morarji Desai’s party when he was Prime Minister?
c) Janata

3) Which unprecedented action was taken by Morarji Desai’s Government soon after it came to power at Centre?
d) Dismissal of Congress-ruled State Governments where Congress was defeated badly in Lok Sabha elections.

4) When did Morarji Desai resign as Prime Minister?
c) 15 July 1979

5) When was Morarji Desai born?
c) 29 February 1896

6) From which college did Morarji Desai graduate?
b) Wilson College, Bombay

7) Which State had Morarji Desai as its Chief Minister?
c) Bombay

8) Which portfolio was held by Morarji Desai when Lal Bahadur Shastri was Prime Minister?
c) Finance

9) Which award was conferred on Morarji Desai by Pakistan?
a) Nishan-e-Pakistan

10) When did Morarji Desai die?
c) 10 April 1995

 

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