BELEIVE IT OR NOT

1. 1.The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word "adamas," which means "unconquerable.".

2. Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means "apple sauce" in Japanese.

3.The average person can live about a month without eating any food, but can only live about a week
without water

4. In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage. If the girl caught it,that would mean she accepts.

5. Oral-B is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better.

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MIXED BAG

1. 1. In which language do all nouns end in 'o', all adjectives in 'a', all adverbs in 'e' and all infinitives in 'i'? In Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' the signboards in the Jewish quarter of Tomania, were in the same language. Which is the language?

Esperanto

2. 2. He was christened 'Eldrick' and has been described by newsweek as one eighth native American, one eighth African American, one quarter Chinese, one quarter White and one quarter Thai. Who is he?

Tiger Woods , world famous golfer

3. 3.Brushes with history is the auto biography of which famous business man?

Krishna Kumar Birla

4. 4.When asked about his religious views, he said, “Thank God I’m an atheist.” In 1930, he sparked riots among French right-wingers, because of the anticlerical content in his film, L’Âge d'Or. He depicted poverty among the Spanish peasantry in Land Without Bread, then made several films in Mexico, including El Bruto, The Young One, and Los Olvidados. Awarded the Golden Palm in 1961 for Viridiana, FTP name this Spanish surrealist filmmaker who collaborated with Salvador Dali on Un Chien Andalou.

Luis Buñuel

5. 5.After a distinguished military career, he became President of the U.S.A. in 1952. What was his name?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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