ORIGINS ROUND

1. This is Franz Anton _______ physician and astrologist at work.

He produced an "artificial tide" in a patient by having her swallow a preparation

containing iron, and then attaching magnets to various parts of her body. She

reported feeling streams of a mysterious fluid running through her body. Among

other things, he inspired the development of hypnosis.

For which English word is his surname the root word?

2. This painting by Robert Gibb depicting a famous military action is of the

British Army in the Battle of Balaclava sometime in 1854, during the Crimean

War. Which phrase, was originated from this military action?

3. What did the man in picture

create accidently at the place

shown in the map when he

wanted to create the material

shown in the picture?

4. The person in picture erstwhile

King, used to keep a telescope at the

place shown in the pic. But the bird

shown used to defile the place with its

droppings. Annoyed the king ordered

killing of all these birds but was

stopped by his close friend Flamsteed

who reminded him that the killing

these birds would lead to the king

losing his throne (a popular belief

which exists even now). How did the

king solve this problem.

5. Originated in Netherlands in 17th Century and its name derived from

the fruit which is juniper berries shown in the picture which flavors it. It was

sold in pharmacies and was used to treat medical problems such as

kidney ailments, lumbago, stomach ailments, gallstones, and gout. It

spread to England after the Glorious Revolution put William of Orange on

the British throne. What is being talked about?

6. Which modern day item of weaponry gets it’s name from this

fruit?

8. 119 entries, in 2005 vied to win a competition for whichthey needed to design the flag of their nation. This wasparallelly run with a proposed change in the national crestand the anthem. They especially wanted to remove X fromthe flag which signified the nation’s struggle forindependence. Identify the country and X. This was their firstever flag.

7. This is the first appearance of

what?

CONNECT ROUND

9. Connect.

Q 10

11. X’s acquired 1846 territory was actually written by Y in 1973 during their drive

through the Z, contrary to a popular misnomer of the reverse. Y never visited X.

Solve

Q 13

• 110 – Cartoon Network

• 107 – Greatest Bar on Earth• 104 – Channel 4

• 83 – Taipei Bank

• 82 – New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

• 65 – Boeing Aviation Technical Services

• 53 – AIG• 51 – AT&T

• 46 – China Chamber of Commerce

• 40, 39, 38 – Lehman Brothers

• 11, 10 , 9 – Bank of America

• What?

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Q 15. What?