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kwiz!!
this is my first quiz posting here..as a result of the renewed enthu following the univ challenge selection rounds


Q1. Which famous 18th century work was composed to
cure Count Kayserling of insomnia?

Q2.What expression originated from the practice of the
members of the Knights Order of the Holy
spirit(founded 1578)of wearing a medal suspended on a
blue ribbon?
clue: they were renowned for their legendary feasts.

Q3.Which famous on-screen character was modeled on the
trademark of a box of matches which included an image
of Captain Matthew Webb, who in 1875 became the first
person to swim the channel (his heroic mustache and
proud stance are both mimicked)?

Q4.Who is credited with launching the Rhino
conservation movement in Kaziranga,Assam ?

Q5. "It matters not how strait the gate,
charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul"

concluding lines of a poem INVICTUS ,published in 1875
which were used by Timothy Mcveigh as his last words
before being executed.The poem was written by William
Ernest Henley, who was the model for a famous literary
character.which?

Q6.what did the horce races organised by the loyal
soldiers in the Princes National guard to celebrate
the marriage of King LudwigI (crown prince,Bavaria) to
Therese von Sachesen eventually grow into?

Q7.What was the subheading on side one of the doors
1970 album `Morrison Hotel`, which reputedly inspired
the name of something that started in an old Rolls
royce store in London in 1971?

Q8.How has the marriage of Giovanna Cenami,to an
italian merchant in Bruges.in 1434 been immortalised
as?

Q9.On his first and only visit to Lords he watched a
couple of maiden overs and said" let me know when the
game starts ",before walking out. who?

Q10. Before Fahrenheit 9/11, who`s documentary was the
last to win the Palme d'Or best film award at the
Cannes festival? (this was in 1956)

answers in a week or when results stop dripping in :)

ciao,
Rohan