General Quiz-2

Here is the next edition ..

Mail the answers to batty_bharath@yahoo.co.in . Answers will be put up in aweek.Please refrain from googling or wikiing...

1. 1) In the dark blue sky you keep,

And often through my curtains peep,

For you never shut your eye,

Till the sun is in the sky.

This is second stanza of a poem. What is the first line?

2. 2) It originated with the arcade game Hustle. An early home microcomputer version of X was programmed in 1979 by F. Seger and was followed shortly afterwards by a version for the Commodore VIC-20 called "Worms". Other variants include "Meerca Chase" and "Nibbles" included with MS-DOS... id X

3) Excerpt from a speech. Name the speech and the speaker.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this...“

4) In the Hindi translated edition of which book would you find the terms ‘adhrishya choga’ and ‘paras pattar’ ?

5) A distinctive feature of X vehicles is their bodies, constructed of a lightweight rustproof proprietary alloy of aluminium and magnesium called Birmabright. This metal's resistance to corrosion gave it a reputation for longevity in the tough conditions.

It is reckoned that 75% of all X ever built since 1955 are still in use today. In fact, owners sometimes refer to other makes as "disposables". The early choice of colour was dictated by military surplus supplies of aircraft cockpit paint, so early versions only came in various shades of light green.

What is X ?

6) The military governor of France, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy the whole city rather than let it fall undamaged into the hands of the Allies, but General von Choltitz explicitly disobeyed that order. When Hitler came to know of this, what did he ask his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of France?

7) What does this map represent?

8) what does this map represent?

9) Fill the blanks

10) X is derived from a Spanish word which can be translated as "conference" or "board". It refers to the kind of typical military dictatorship in Latin America or a committee composed of several top military officers. In either case, the chairman of the X or the single top commander may often personally assume office as head of state. What is X?