Quiz XVI

I have tried, as far as possible, to make my questions "google and imdb resistant", but there are
obviously limitations to my efforts. In any case, I hope all quizzers, whether of the serious or the
informal variety, will enjoy the questions.

1. If Napoleon designed the modern Italian flag, who is credited with having designed the modern
French flag?
2. For what achievement is Mae Jamison, MD, known with respect to space travel?
3. Which twentieth century writer's last words were "Put that blasted cigarette off", and in what
context did he make this statement?
4. If the word "damn" was uttered for the first time in the film "Gone with the Wind", which was the
first film to contain the word "bloody"?
5. Who or what was humorously described as President George Bush's best insurance against
impeachment?
6. Connect the poet TS Eliot with rock music star Pete Townshend.
7. If Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to Rangoon, where in India was the last king of Burma exiled
to?
8. If Einstein was a fiddler, what was Ludwig Wittgenstein?
9. Which religious community is prohibited from consuming salt, milk, fish and shellfish?
10. With whom does one associate the statement "Lafayette, we are here", and in what historical
context was this statement made?
11. CIA's Operation Cactus was operational for over 20 years, without success. What was it all
about?
12. With which sporting event is the song "Abide with me" associated?
13. If The US Presidential aircraft is known as Air Force I, how is his helicopter referred to?
14. Which famous twentieth century play made its debut at Theatre Babylone, Paris, in 1953?
15. Who gave the sobriquet "The flying Sikh" to Milkha Singh? (hint: think of 1958 Asian Games)
16. What is common to the Hollywood films "The Outrage" and "A Fistful of Dollars'?
17. In which film did Hrithik Roshan make his debut, as a child?
18. Which character in Greek mythology was the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, had the torso of
a woman with a serpent's tail, and was the mother of such monsters as Cerberus, Chimaera and
the Lernean Hydra?
19. Which psychologist founded the school of individual psychology, and also coined the term
"inferiority complex"?
20. Which Hollywood film was based on the novel "Red Alert" by Peter Grange?

The Answers
1)# Lafayette

2) She is the first African American woman in space

3) HH Munro, during WWI, in a trench. He was telling a fellow soldier to extinguish his
cigarette, but it was too late-a German sniper's bullet hit and killed Munro

4) My Fair Lady

5) His Vice President, Dan Quayle

6) Both have been editors of Faber & Faber

7) Ratnagiri

The clarinet

9) The Rastafarians

10) General John Pershing, when he landed in France with the first contingent of US
soldiers during WW I. The statement was a tribute to Lafayette, who had fought for the
Americans during their War of Independence

11)The abortive assassination of Fidel Castro

12) The final of the English FA Cup

13) marine I

14)"En Attendant Godot" by Samuel Beckett-the original French version of the play which
is known to English readers as "Waiting for Godot". Remember, Beckett, though an
Irishman, used to write in French

15) General Ayub Khan

16) They are both based on Kurosawa films-"The Outrage" on "Rashomon" and "A Fistful
of Dollars" on "Yojimbo"

17)"Bhagwan Dada"

18) Echidna

19) Alfred Adler

20)"Dr Strangelove, or How I Learnt to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"