May 29 - June 04, 2006
Da Vinci judge's secret code revealed
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1. Who was a Navy admiral?
A. Dan Tench
B. Dan Brown
C. Peter Smith
D. Jackie Fisher

2. What was the judgeÕs code based on?
A. italicisation
B. tessellations
C. jigsaw puzzles
D. Fibonacci sequence

3. How long did it take the judge to prepare the code?
A. one century
B. 20 years
C. less than an hour
D. almost one month

4. What made the lawyer suspect a code in the ruling?

A. Some letters were italicised.
B. The judge is a fan of puzzles.
C. The ruling was a great secret.
D. Dan Brown threatened the judge.

5. What was the author of ÒThe Da Vinci CodeÓ accused of?
A. puzzling
B. dandruff
C. plagiarism
D. high treason


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. embed
A. insert
B. delete
C. mention
D. highlight

7. ancient
  A. secret
B. popular
C. very old
D. dangerous

8. scatter
A. initiate
B. spread
C. number
D. footnote

9. fit
A. hide
B. match
C. escalate
D. Romanise

10. buff
A. fan
B. officer
C. recruit
D. adversary

 

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