FUNDAMENTALS
SENJAM RAJ SEKHAR
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” — famous quote from Benjamin Franklin even though it is a misquote. Take this quiz to find out how you much know about the drink that cheers.
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BEER
1. Not all beers can be served at the famous Oktoberfest in Munich. What specific kind of beer is served there? 2. Kronenbourg 1664 is the best selling premium lager beer in which country? 3. Which English phrase is supposedly from a practice in pubs where a whistle was baked into the ceramic cups, and anytime somebody wanted a refill of the beer, he had to blow the whistle? 4. Which beer’s tagline ‘Probably the best beer in the world’ ran from 1973 till it was replaced in 2011? 5. Which beer is symbolised by a harp which is based on a 14th century Irish harp known as Brian Boru harp which is preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin? 6. Hit Beer and Dansberg Premium both are potent brew made by Yuksom Breweries. Who owns the breweries? 7. Which game known also as Beirut is a game where players throw a table tennis ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup placed at the other end? 8. Which beer is produced by Constellation Brands for United States and Cerveceria Modelo for the rest of the world? 9. India’s first ever beer which was also Asia’s first beer was sold by this line ‘As good as back home’. Name this beer that was brewed by the Kasauli brewery founded by Edward Dyer?
ANYTHING GOES
1. The Americans during the WWII period called the famous fast food ‘Liberty Steak’. What was its original name and how is it known now?
(Commander G.R. Balakrishnan (Retd), Chennai)
2. According to the ‘Index translationum’, Unesco’s book translation inventory, which author tops the list with an astonishing 6,598 translations of her novels, short stories and plays?
(Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
3. The Ninja is a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. His functions included espionage, sabotage, assassination and guerilla warfare. By what name is his female equivalent known?
(U.N. Murthy, Secunderabad)
4. On what occasion did the Reserve Bank Of India issue the first time ever `1,000 coin?
(A.S.M. Rao, Vijayawada)
5. Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad, Gordon Greenidge, Alec Stewart, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Ricky Ponting, ________. Who is the last cricketer in this list exhausted till date?
(Rajib Roy, Chinsurah)
6. There are only two Unesco World Heritage Sites connected to the Indian Railways — one is Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus; the other is?
(Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
7. Dr Paul Schmidt spent many of his years teaching at the Sprachen and Dolmetscher Institute in Munich. However he is known for his unique association with one person. What is that association?