iitm freshie quiz - written round 3 - botany monotony

Botany Monotony

Written. 8 questions. +10/0. atb yo.

1. Artist.

A deciduous flowering shrub with clusters of brightly coloured, sometimes fragrant flowers.

The artist however took his/her name from a pet and the street he/she grew up on.

2. Idiom.

Originated due to the 16th century people referring to pages in books as _______. The action mentioned in the idiom thus indicated moving to a blank page in a workbook to start a new lesson.

3. English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band.

Name both. (5+5)

4. Name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: Vaccinium and Gaylussacia. State fruit of Idaho. Reminds one of an 1884 lit char.

5. Who do we know Fairy Floss today.

Machine-spun ___ ___ was invented in 1897 by the dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as "Fairy Floss.“ Tootsie Roll, the world's largest manufacturer, makes a bagged, fruit-flavored version called Fluffy Stuff.

6. English journalist, broadcaster, television personality, gourmet, and food writer.

Annual garden flowering plant, love-in-a-mist, belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.

7. Who’s missing from this first installment of a group of well connected, famous people and/or those who showed true promise in some field(s) of magic. (5+5)

Adrian, Alecto Carrow, Ambrosius Flume, Avery, Bellatrix Lestrange, Burnabas Cuffe, B.C., Dahlia F., Dirk Cresswell, Eldred Worple, Gwenog Jones, Lucius Malfoy, Mr. Nott, Regulus Black, Severus Snape, Tom Marvolo Riddle, unidentified indiv and Wenky Slinkhard.

8. Idiom again.

Dates back to early 1800s America, when hunting with packs of dogs was very popular. The term was used literally at first, when wily prey animals such as raccoons would trick dogs into believing they were up a certain tree when in fact they had escaped.

rerun.

answers.

1. Artist.

A deciduous flowering shrub with clusters of brightly coloured, sometimes fragrant flowers.

The artist however took his/her name from a pet and the street he/she grew up on.

Iggy Azalea

2. Idiom.

Originated due to the 16th century people referring to pages in books as _______. The action mentioned in the idiom thus indicated moving to a blank page in a workbook to start a new lesson.

3. English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band.

Name both.

Robert Plant. Led Zeppelin.

4. Name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: Vaccinium and Gaylussacia. State fruit of Idaho. Reminds one of an 1884 lit char.

5. Who do we know Fairy Floss today.

Machine-spun ___ ___ was invented in 1897 by the dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as "Fairy Floss.“ Tootsie Roll, the world's largest manufacturer, makes a bagged, fruit-flavored version called Fluffy Stuff.

Cotton candy

6. English journalist, broadcaster, television personality, gourmet, and food writer.

Annual garden flowering plant, love-in-a-mist, belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.

Nigella Lawson *_*

7. Who’s missing from this first installment of a group of well connected, famous people and/or those who showed true promise in some field(s) of magic. (5+5)

Adrian, Alecto Carrow, Ambrosius Flume, Avery, Bellatrix Lestrange, Burnabas Cuffe, B.C., Dahlia F., Dirk Cresswell, Eldred Worple, Gwenog Jones, Lucius Malfoy, Mr. Nott, Regulus Black, Severus Snape, Tom Marvolo Riddle, unidentified indiv and Wenky Slinkhard.

Lily Evans. Slug Club.

8. Idiom again.

Dates back to early 1800s America, when hunting with packs of dogs was very popular. The term was used literally at first, when wily prey animals such as raccoons would trick dogs into believing they were up a certain tree when in fact they had escaped.

Barking up the wrong tree