LJ Daily Quiz, 29 March 2005

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1. In the 1992 Disney movie "Aladdin", Robin Williams stars as the voice of which character, whose name comes from the same root as the Arabic word "junun", meaning "madness"?

2. Formerly a term for a "well-fed servant", which word came to stand for a yeoman of the British Monarch's Royal Guard?

3. Eli Whitney pioneered the mass production of cotton through which invention, formally known as Patent No. 72X?

4. The city of Mumbai was formerly known as what?

5. Which evergreen berries are used as a diuretic, a food flavoring, and a key ingredient in gin?

6. Which do you like best:

A. Gin and tonic.
B. Gin rummy.
C. Gingerbread
D. Ginseng.
E. Gingerbread houses.
F. Other.

Explain yourself. Convince us your answer is correct.