General quizzing-12

Q1.X is a personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. She is also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky. X links the gods to humanity. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other,and into the depths of the sea and the underworld.

Q2.Which name famous in India (and to some extent worldwide) literally translates to "kid at home"?

Q3.Which famous chemical is measured in scientific units called "mouse units"?

Q4.What in this world works on the principles of "similia similibus curentur"?

Q5.Who is the youngest winner of the Bharat ratna?

Q6.In 1758, British General James Wolfe made the earliest recorded use of the word X to refer to people from what was to become the US, referring to the New England soldiers under his command as X.

Q7. Which capital city of India means "store house of a oily perfume tree"?

Q8.X in the advertisements. X was drawn and animated by Geoffry Morgan Pike and made his first appearance on Australian TV in 1957. In a jingle created by Bryce Courtenay it was used in animated TV commercials since 1962, claiming to be afraid of no-one.

Q9.The three boys are Brick,Boomer and Butch.What in the world of fiction am I talkin about?

Q10.For 20 years, Elihu X was part of the British East India Company, and he became the second governor of a settlement at Madras (now Chennai), India, in 1687, after Streynsham Master. He was instrumental in the development of the Government General Hospital, housed at Fort St. George. X amassed a fortune in his lifetime, largely through secret contracts with Madras merchants, against the East India Company's directive. By 1692, Elihu X's repeated flouting of East India Company regulations and growing embarrassment at his illegal profiteering resulted in his being relieved of the post of governor.He contributed a certain part of his fortune to X.What is X?

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