whiff of fresh air

1. The ‘devil’s luck’ is:

a. Exceptionally good luck

2. The ‘devil’s books’ are:

c. Playing cards 

3.’Devil’s bit’ is:

a. A plant called scabious

4.The ‘devil’s tattoo’ is:

c. Drumming the fingers on something

5.’Devil’s dung’ is:

a. Asafoetida

6.’Devil take the hindmost’ means:

b. The last one is going to be in trouble

7.The ‘Devil’s Advocate’ is:

b.A person appointed to oppose the canonisation of a new saint

8. A ‘printer’s devil’ is:

c. An apprentice in a printing works 

9.A ‘devil’s coach-horse’ is:

a. A fierce looking and fast beetle

10.’Devil in the bush’ is:

c. Love in the mist

DEVILS QUIZ - ANSWERS

1. Another meaning for DEVIL is  (c. Both)
2.  "Devil may care" means  (b. Reckless) 
3. What are "Devil's Bones "?  (c. Dice)
4. "Devil's dozen" is  (c. 13)
5. The "Devil's darning needle" is  (b. A dragon fly)
6. The “ devils bedpost”  is  (c.The four of clubs)
7. "Devils dust" is   (b.The flock from making shoddy out of rags )
8. " A Tasmanian Devil " is  (c. A carnivorous marsupial)
9. "The Devils snuff box" is (c.  A puff-ball)
10. "Give the devil his due" means (c. Give someone credit for good points even if he is evil.)

Answers to Quiz

1. Who among the following won the Nobel prize twice in her lifetime.

b.    Madam Curie

2.What was Marie Curies original Name?

b. Manya Sklodowska

3.   Who was known as the Lady with the lamp 

b.     Florence Nightingale

4.Who gave birth to the twin brothers Nakula and Sahdeva in Mahabharath?

    c.     Madri

5. Who was Abhimanyu's mother? 

     b. Subhadra

6. Who among the following was NOT the wife of King Dasaratha? 

c.   Mandhara

7. The first lady to climb Mount Everest in 1975

   b. Junko Tabei

8. Lopamudra was wife of Rishi .

    c. Agastya

9. Who among the following is the consort of Brahma 

b.   Saraswati

10. Who was Parasurama's mother and wife of Jamadagni? 

      a. Renuka

11.Who is known as "The Nightingale of India”

   d.    Sarojini Naidu

12.     The first Indian woman to win the Miss World Title

          b.    Reita Faria

 13.     Who was Shakunthala's mother? 

          c.Menaka

14.     Which word means the "Tear of Lord Shiva"

         b. Rudraksha