Q1) 26th January saw India become a republic: in which year of the 1950s … ?
Q2) More to the point, how is this known in India … ?
Q3) Who was sworn in as its first president … ?
Q4) 26th January, 1965, saw WHAT named as an official Indian language … ?
Q5) India has many constitutionally recognised regional languages: in what it calls its 8th Schedule. How many of these languages are there .… ?
Q6) What’s the general international nickname for India’s flamboyant film industry … ?
Q7) What’s India’s currency … ?
Q8) Ajay Bhatt — Indian-American computer engineer — famously co-designed what: the mouse, the optical drive or the USB socket … ?
Q9) Which famous Indian sportsman was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one day cricket … ?
Q10) And finally … Which renowned sitarist died in December of 2012 … ?
Q1) 25th January, 1759, saw the birth of Scotland’s much loved poet, Robert Burns. He’s also know as the Bard of where: Ayrshire, Aberdeenshire or Fife … ? A1) Ayrshire.
Q2) His first poem, Once I lov’d a Bonnie Lass, was inspired by a coworker called what: Amelia Pond, Nelly Kilpatrick or Elspeth MacDonald … ? A2) Nelly Kilpatrick. (I made Elspeth up: and Amelia Pond … that’s Karen Gillan!!!!!)
Q4) Which John Steinbeck novel takes its name from a Robert Burns poem … ? A4) Of Mice And Men.
Q5) More to the point … which poem … ? A5) To A Mouse.
Q6) And finally … what was the first country to issue memorial Burns stamps … ? A6) The USSR: what’s now Russia.
“India has 2, 000, 000 gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.”Mark Twain
