Brain Boosting Quiz

1.What are the two options for searching on the Google home page ?


2. In Harry Potter, who was Merope's famous progeny ?


3. Pablo Picasso  is synonymous with which art movement ?


4. Nina,Pinta and Santa Maria  were which explore's ships ?


5. Sultan bin Addulaziz Al-Saud  who passed away  recently ,was the Crown Prince of which oil-rich country ?


6. What is Myrmecologist's field of interest?


7. Which evergreen number  starts thus : On a dark desert highway ,cool wind in my hair......"










answers ;
1. Google search and i'm feeling lucky.
2. Lord Voldemort.
3. Cubism.
4. Christopher Columbus.
5. Saudi Arabia.
6. Ants.
7. 'Hotel California' by The Eagles. 




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