Thursday, 6 October 2011

BRAIN TEASERS V: King Charles I,Pope Adrian,Colossus of Rhodes,Hercules,Graham Sutherland,


  1. A nectarine is a  cross of two fruits that is peach and plum.
  2. 70 milligrams of caffeine are there in the average cup of tea.
  3. King Charles I was beheaded at Whitehall in 1649.
  4. Giraffe is faster than a horse , can go longer without water than a camel and can see behind without moving its head !!
  5. The statue of Colossus of Rhodes was of Apollo.
  6. Spirogyra is the commonest type of algae.
  7. Muhammad Ali is nicknamed as ' the Louisville Lip'.
  8. Pope Adrian IV(Nicholas Breakspear) (1154-9), was the only English pope.
  9. Joseph W. Swan invented electric light bulb in 1879.
  10. Winston Churchill was the subject of the controversial portrait painted by Graham Sutherland.

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