Starter question 1

According to the Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms, what score of one stroke under par on a given hole comes from the 19th century American slang meaning ?anything excellent??

Bonus questions

Topic: World heritage sites in India

A. Unesco has recognised two Indian Railway related sites as World Heritage Sites. One is the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Which is the other?

B. Which forest area in Northeast India is listed by Unesco as a ?World Heritage Site in Danger??

C. In 1983, the first year of awarding World Heritage status to Indian sites, other than the Agra Fort, the Ellora and Ajanta Caves, which other site was accorded the distinction?

Starter question 2

Which Islamic state was founded in the Deccan in 1347, but dissolved into the five successor powers of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Golconda, Berar, and Bidar between 1490 and 1518?

Bonus questions

Topic: Parts of the human body

A. Which part of the human body is called ?caput? in Latin?

B. Which skull bone gets its name from the expression ?back of the head? or ?back of the caput??

C. What is the name of the hole in the Occipital Bone through which the brain is connected to the spinal cord?

ANSWERS

1.Birdie: A) Chhatrapati Shivaji (Victoria) Terminus, Mumbai B) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary C). Taj Mahal 2.Bahmani Sultanate A) Head B) Occipital bone C) Foramen Magnum

Question of the week

For their work on what human sense did Richard Axel and Linda Buck win the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

ANSWER TO LAST WEEK?S QUESTION: MANMOHAN SINGH

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Nilanjan Kachari from Silchar

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