Saturday, March 29, 2014

General Quiz-16

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Test your grey cells as we dish out a new set of General Quiz questions! Try them out!

Q1.During the tasks Hercules had taken , he had to steal the cattle of Geryon.While accomplishing this task he rested at a town where he met his host X.Hercules violated the sacred law of hosts and raped X .X afraid of her father ran to the forests and told the tress her story of sadness,where she was eaten by the wild animals.When Hercules returns from his tasks he sees the dead body of X,and grieves.He tells the surrounding nature to call out her name and cry for her.Thus giving the area the name X.which area am I referring to?

Q2.Referred to as "Heilige Nacht"  in German, "Nochebuena" in Spanish.X is one of the most joyous moments assosciated with Christmas.There is blowing of organs and "qempas singing" in congregations.Thus,depicting how important this occasion is for Lutherans.What am I talking about?

Q3.X derives it's name from Arabic for "grinding".It is a paste or purée prepared from sesame seed which is an important ingredient of many Persian and African cuisines.
What is X?

Q4.X began his music career working at Specialty Records where his song "Things You Do to Me" was recorded by Sam Cooke.He later became mayor of his area Palm Springs in USA?
Y Sarkisian in a woman liberty movement arose as one of the greatest female singers of her era around 1970s.Called the goddess of pop she is famous for her contralto voice.Which husband and wife duo X-Y am I talking about?

Q5.Which famous Tamilian village gets its name from the words "pillow" and "rock" due to to the presence of such a structure near it.It is an ancient settlement and forms a part of many Tamil based literature works.

Q6.Director speaking about which character?
"You don't want just the X movie. It's like having a garlic milkshake. He's the spice and you need a lot of straight men ... Let's not give them too much X. It's like too much dessert or too much of a good thing."

Q7.In Britain,thieves used to steal rings and other gold artifacts.When they used to sell them they would sell a fake ring or ornament which was given a code name.This code name came into practise,and thus became a common English word.What am I talking about?

Q8.Which scientific word coined in 1853 comes from Latin for staff or stick.This name was given based on its shape.Which word am I talking about?

Q9.In Germany,an X refers to a sacrifice made in order to appease the Norse gods.It was generally a sacred feast or a meal which was used to please the gods.Identify this practise.

Q10.What was called the most influential burger in 2013 by Time magazine?

Answers 
1.Pyrenes
2.Christmas Eve
3.Tahini
4.Sonny and Cher
5.Dindigul
6.Jack sparrow
7.Phony
8.Baccillus
9.blot
10.White Castle slider

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