Some interesting trivia about animals, scientists and great leaders: 1. In Iceland, the government laws do not allow the persons to keep the dogs as pet animals. 2. Octopus has three hearts. 3. Crocodiles can’t move their tongues and also can’t chew any thing. But their digestion capacity is very effective and they can even digest the steel-nails. 4. Whales: Their weight is approximately 160 tons and is equal to weight of 3o elephants. The baby water whale can swim 22 miles per hour and drinks 130 gallons milk in a day. They can store 1000 gallons of water in their bodies, each. 5. Enamel is 10 times stronger than the tooth. 6. The smallest complete meaningful word in English language is “Go”. 7. Golden city in India: Jaisalmer city (Rajasthan). Its circumference is 35 kilometers. All the buildings in that city are constructed by the locally available yellow stone, and the entire city shines like gold in the sunlight, hence he name. 8. The milk of the camel never gets spoiled, that means the milk never breaks into solid and liquid parts. 9. Gold fish can remember anything, just for three minutes only. 10. Only the male frogs can produce the sounds like “beka beka”. 11. To produce one liter of honey, the honey bees have to secure it from one million flowers, such a tedious task. 12. The teeth of the rat grow throughout its life (as long as it lives). 13. The just born kangaroo is only 1 inch in length. 14. Among all the animals, only chimpanzee has the intelligence to recognize its … [Read more...]
Tennis Grandslam Quiz
Tennis grandslam quiz: 1. Which grand slam, played on artificial court, was played on grass until 1987? 2. The Peter Vongovic exhibition day takes place on the eve of the opening day of which tournament? 3. Which event was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in St Kilda Road, Melbourne in 1905? 4. What is the name of the artificial surface on which the U.S. Open is played? 5. Whose name is inscribed on the men’s title of the Australian Open trophy? 6. Which grand slam tournament spanning over two weeks is held one week before the Labour weekend period and the week after? 7. Which grand slam is the oldest in the world and has been played since 1877? 8. In 2006 which grand slam became the first of its kind to use the Hawk Eye review technique? Us 9. Whom did Juan Martin delPotro defeat at the 2009 U.S. Open championship to become the second Argentine to win the prestigious tournament? 10. Apart from lawn tennis, which other game is played in the club (All England Club) that hosts the Wimbledon? Tennis quiz answers: 1. Australian Open 2. French Open 3. Australian Open 4. Deco Turf 5. Norman Brookes 6. U.S. Open 7. Wimbledon 8. U.S. Open 9. Roger Federer 10. Croquet (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club hosts the tournament) Compiled by: Geetanav Ojha (Kerala) … [Read more...]




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