quick takes

1 Cloud Cuckoo Land, which refers to an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect, comes from a reference in a play called The Birds written by whom? a PG Wodehouse b Daphne du Maurier c Aristophanes d Ian Fleming 2 In a list of mostvisited websites, which comes after Google, Facebook, YouTube and Yahoo!? a Baidu b Wikipedia c Tencent QQ d Taobao 3 What is the profession of Stephen Hillenburg, pictured right, who created the Nickelodeon animated series Spongebob Squarepants? a Paediatrician b Marine biologist c Chef d Software engineer

4 Which batsman has scored the most consecutive centuries in test cricket?

a Don Bradman b Jacques Kallis c Gautam Gambhir d Mohammed Yousuf