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Quiz No:16. Uploaded on 4 February 2005. Play on till play it until 31 March 2005. Rules & Regulations
 
      
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Questions
Q1:  Budgie the Little Helicopter, the story of a brave little helicopter, was written by
Sarah Ferguson
Colin Powell
Sally Ride
Jay Leno
 
Q2:  In 1900 the deadliest hurricane in United States history took more than 6,000 lives in which coastal city?
Charleston, South Carolina
Tampa, Florida
Galveston, Texas
Grenada
 
Q3:  Honey bees communicate by
Buzzing
Leaving trails of honey
None
Dancing
 
Q4:  Where does Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling live?
Salem, Massachusetts
Transylvania, Romania
Edinburgh, Scotland
Akron, Ohio
 
Q5:  What is the official name of the award more commonly known as Oscar?
Academy Award of Excellence
Academy Award of Merit
Oscar the Grouch
Ken
 
Q6:  Birmingham, Alabama, is known as
Magic City
Charm City
Luck City
None
 
Q7:  What is the title of an earl's wife?
Baroness
Countess
Dowager
Grandame
 
Q8:  Which of the following instruments is not used for navigation?
Sextant
Nocturnal
Theodolite
Astrolabe
 
Q9:  Which great jazz musician had the nickname "Satchmo"?
Art Tatum
Django Reinhardt
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis
 
Q10:  Unlike most other fish, sharks have no
Bones
Teeth
Gills
Liver
 
Q11:  When a gas flows through a small hole of its container, this is called ...
Diffusion
Effusion
Osmosis
Evaporation
 
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