QUIZ FOR 11/09

1.WHAT IS THE ITALIAN WORD FOR'SWANK'AND THE NAME OF AN ORGANISATION THAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS LA COSA NOSTRA?
MAFIA
2.WHO USED THE LATIN PHRASE "COGITO ERGO SUM" AS THE FOUNDATION FOR HIS PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY?
RENE DESCARTES
3.WHAT FORM OF TRANSPORT WAS INITIALLY A FORM OF HOBBY HORSE?
BICYCLE
4.WHERE IS GOLCONDA FORT SITUATED?
ANDRA PRADESH
5.IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC, HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW ROBERT ALLEN ZIMMERMAN?
BOB DYLAN
6.WHICH RIVER IS POETICALLY CALLED 'ISIS' UNTIL IT FLOWS THROUGH OXFORD?
THE THAMES
7.WHICH TWO BOOKS OF OLD TESTAMENTS HAVE FEMALE NAMES?
RUTH,ESTER
8.WHICH HIGHLY POLLUTED ITALIAN RIVER DISCHARGES 234 TONNES OF ARSENIC IN TO THE SEA A YEAR?
RIVER PO

WITH WISHES JITHESH MANIYAT