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Ghat and Manse

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Introduction:
"All ten of these people have spent time in both England and India, usually to the mutual enrichment of both. Do you know them?"


1. Strong traditions in both Britain and India maintain that Jesus Christ visited both.
    True
    False


2. Although this woman's chief fame would come from the time she spent in Siam (now Thailand), she was born in Wales ... or India, depending on which version of her life you believe. She certainly spent time in both England and India as well as many other countries. Who was this "governess of royal children"?
    M M Kaye
    Anna Leonowens
    Deborah Kerr
    Edwina Mountbatten


3. You're probably expecting to see Kipling in this quiz, so wait no longer. Was the author who captured much of the voice of turn-of-the-century British India born there, or in England?
    Answer: (One Word, India or England)


4. George Orwell was born in India and died in London and, like all of the persons in this quiz, traveled widely in between. Which of the following is NOT a book by Orwell about somewhere he'd been?
    Burmese Days
    Travels with Charley
    Down and Out in Paris and London
    Homage to Catalonia


5. Which actress from "Gone With the Wind" was born in Darjeeling, India and lived much of her life in London?
    Olivia de Havilland
    Vivien Leigh
    Butterfly McQueen
    Evelyn Keyes


6. Mohandas Gandhi, later called Mahatma, was born in Gujarat, India in 1869. When he was 19, he went to England to study at University College, London (UCL). What did Gandhi study in England?
    Poetry
    Political Science
    Dentistry
    Law


7. In 1966, this author and her sister published "Two Under the Indian Sun," a memoir about growing up in colonial India. Other of her many novels are "Black Narcissus", "The River", and her last, 1997's "Cromartie vs. the God Shiva".
    M M Kaye
    Isabella Fane
    Edwina Mountbatten
    Rumer Godden


8. The noted author Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay and makes his home in London. Which of the following is a collection of short stories by Mr. Rushdie?
    Arranged Marriage
    East, West
    Video: Stories
    Diamond Dust


9. Although she was born in Germany, noted screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was educated in London and lived in India. Her collaboration with director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant has produced many wonderful films. Which is NOT a Merchant/Ivory/Jhabvala movie?
    Shakespeare Wallah
    Shakespeare in Love
    Heat and Dust
    A Room With a View


10. Sculptor Anish Kapoor was born in Bombay (Mumbai) and educated in London. His work has won numerous prizes and is exhibited all over the world. One of his most notable pieces is "Marsyas", which in 2002-2003 was displayed in Turbine Hall in what city's most modern museum?
    London
    Liverpool
    Bombay (Mumbai)
    New Delhi


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