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Saturday, January 07, 2006

Xerox Quiz no 4

hi friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
i know its too late to wish that but its better late than never.
Any way thanx for the good reponse of my earlier quizzes and this one too
so here goes my 4th Xerox quiz!!!!

1. “Seeking wine, the drinker leaves home for the tavern.
Perplexed, he asks, "Which path will take me there?"
People show him different ways, but this is what I have to say,
“Pick a path and keep walking. You will find the tavern””
This is actually a translation of an extract of a famous work. Name it and the author?
Ans: Madhushala/ Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan

2. Where would you find “Iman, Etmaad, Nazam”?
Ans: On the national Emblem of Pakistan

3. “unus, quinque, decem, quinquaginta, centum, quingenti, and mille”, what are these?
Ans: these are the Latin words we use as Roman Numerals, e.g. unus=I, quinque=V, decem=X, quinquaginta=L, Centum=C, quingenti=D and mille=M

4. In 1942 it was directed by Pashupati Chatterjee. In 1953, it was directed by Bimal Roy. In 1969, it was directed by Ajoy Kar. Who directed the recent version?
Ans: Pradeep Sarkar

5. What happened for the first time on 27th November 1979 in Sydney between Australia and West Indies?
Ans: first flood light match