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Friday, March 14, 2008

63. To kill in a Shakespearean way....

This part of the human body is named after an Italian physician who is considered as one of the fathers of anatomy.
William Shakespeare was also aware of this part which is a connection between the middle ear and the pharynx and suggested the means of murder (poison poured in the ear) used by Claudio to kill Hamlet's father.

What is the part called?

Thursday, March 13, 2008

62. Fact or fiction?

Mr X was investigating the case of Richard C. Reid, who has been accused of plotting to destroy a Paris-to-Miami passenger jet with explosives hidden in his shoe. In the course of his investigations he was led to set up a meeting with one Sheik Gilani in a restaurant called “The Village”.

What happened next?

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

61. Twin Cities?

City 1 was known in ancient times by a term which meant “End of the habitable world”. City 2 got its name from the fact that after the great deluge, Manu got off his boat at this place to recreate human life. Nowadays both these cities are spoken of together in the same breath.

Identify city 1 and city 2.

Monday, March 10, 2008

60. Mediterranean Malady

This is a recessive trait inherited disease of the red blood cells. In the disease the genetic defect results in reduced rate of synthesis of normal globin chains.The blood cells are vulnerable to mechanical injury and die easily.

The disease occurs in all populations and ethnic groups; however the prevalence differs among different populations. This disease's geographical association with the Mediterranean Sea was responsible for its naming. Its name comes from the combination for the Greek words for sea and blood.

Which disease?

Sunday, March 9, 2008

59. Sunday Brunch, at the slaughterhouse?

"Take a large calf's head. Scald off the hair. Boil it until the horn is tender, then cut it into slices about the size of your finger, with as little lean as possible. Have ready three pints of good mutton or veal broth, put in it half a pint of Madeira wine, half a teaspoonful of thyme, pepper, a large onion, and the peel of a lemon chop't very small. A ¼ of a pint of oysters chop't very small, and their liquor; a little salt, the juice of two large onions, some sweet herbs, and the brains chop't. Stand all these together for about an hour, and send it up to the table with the forcemeat balls made small and the yolks of hard eggs."

Which literary character is named after the above recipe?