February 2014 '5 Min Read' answers

March 10, 2014

5 Min Read Quick Quiz Answers Feb 2014

On what date is International Women's Day celebrated?

March 8th.

If you land at Haneda airport, where are you?

Tokyo, Japan

What did Dr Zhivago author Boris Pasternak refuse in 1958?

The Nobel Prize for Literature

Hypermetropic people are what in plain terms? 

Long sighted

Where would you find the ‘Line of Mars’ and the ‘Girdle of Venus’?

On the palm of your hand

Which company invented the transistor radio in 1952?

Sony

Which actor is the brother of Shirley MacLaine? 

Warren Beatty

John and Tom Fogerty were part of which iconic rock band of the 70s

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Ageusia is the loss of which of your senses?

Taste

Commonly called the Dog Star, what’s its proper name? 

Sirius

What type of vegetable is a wood ear? 

Mushroom