Quiz LXXXXII - Answers

The dingo is Australia’s wild dog. What is India’s wild dog called?
1
# The dhole

The Mig-23 and Mig-25 combat aircraft are code-named the “the
“Flogger” and “Foxbat” respectively by NATO. How has NATO
2
code-named the Mig-21?
# Fishbed

According to Islamic belief, there are seven heavens. Who is

3 believed to be the guardian of the third heaven?
# Adam and Eve

This is the self-portrait of a famous 19th century artist. Identify

4 the artist.
# Paul Gaugin

Which was the first British club to win the European cup, and in
5 which year? (Hint: it was NOT Manchester United)
# Glasgow Celtic, in 1967, defeating Inter Milan 2-1 in the final

The “Internationale” is the anthem of all revolutionaries. What

6 historical event inspired its writing?
# The Paris Commune of 1871

It is called the “tramline” in lawn tennis. What is it called in

badminton?
7
# Alley. The addition in both cases is to the addition to the court’s
breadth for a doubles match

Identify this temple.

8
# Mahabodhi temple, Gaya

Of which literary character are these the last words: “ Where am

9 I? What am I doing? Why? God forgive me everything!”?
# Anna Karenina, in the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy

The behaviour of which creature has been systemically studied by

10 the Nobel Prize winning ethologist Karl Von Frisch?
# The honey bee

11 Appeals for stopping play in cricket are generally made by the

batting side. What is the only instance in Test cricket of the
captain of the fielding team appealing against bad light?
 # HF Wade of South Africa, against Australia, at Johannesburg, in
the 1935/36 series. Set to score 392 to win on a crumbling wicket
assisting the bowlers, Australia were 274 for 2 with Stan McCabe
on an epic 187 not out, when Wade appealed against the light.
Wade’s official explanation for his unusual act was that his fielders
were in danger of getting injured by McCabe’s shots in the dim
light!

Identify this football world cup-winning footballer.

12 # Daniel Pasarella, the captain of the Argentinian 1978 world cup
winning team

Who is the odd one out among the following astronomers, and
why”: Hermann Bondi, Thomas Gold, George Gamow and Fred
Hoyle?
13
# George Gamow; he was a proponent of the big bang theory of
the universe-the others are/were all proponents of the steady
state theory

Which product, extensively used nowadays, did Immanuel Nobel,

14 father of Alfred Nobel, invent?
Plywood

It is called the Tube in London, and the metro in Paris. Where is it

15 called the Tunnelbana?
# Stolkholm

Identify this building, which has a strong literary connection.

16 # Elsinore Castle, Denmark-the setting for Shakespeare’s
“Hamlet”

Which psychologist has coined the term “identity crisis”?

17
# Eric Erickson

Where was the official residence of the British sovereign before it

18 shifted to the Buckingham Palace?
# St. Jame’s Palace

Which famous battle of the nineteenth century has been called the
“battle of the three emperors”?
19 # The battle of Austerlitz, 1805, in which Emperor Napoleon
defeated the combined forces of Holy Emperor Francis II and the
Russian Emperor Alexander I

Who is believed to be mankind’s first programmer?

20
# Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron