11 General knowledge questions & answers: 1. Who was the Time Magazine’s “Person of the year” in 1930? 2. Who was named as “African Footballer of the year” in 2010? 3. What is the domain name of Official Chinese search engine? 4. What was the first movie of legendary actress Smita Patil? 5. According to Marist poll, what is the most irritating word in English language? 6. “I am your father” is the famous line from which movie? 7. South Africa played first test match against which country after coming out of suspension from test cricket in 1991? 8. Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambi created world record partnership of 664 runs against which school? 9. Who is the author of book “Black Swan”? 10. Which country has highest population of Muslims? 11. What is the world’s most expensive book? Answers to Quiz questions: 1. Mahatma Gandhi. Facebook founder is this year's person of the year. 2. Samuel Eto (Cameroon) 3. Goso.cn. Baidu.com is China’s no.1 search engine 4. Mere Saath Chal 5. “Whatever”. 6. The Empire Strikes Back 7. India 8. St. Xavier’s in the semi-finals of Harris Shield. Sachin and Kambli played for Shardashram school in Mumbai 9. Nassim Nicholas Taleb 10. Indonesia (20 crore muslims). Pakistan is second with 17.5 crore while India is third with 1.6 crore Mulim population. 11. “Birds of America” by John James Audubon. Cost of the book is around 45 crore. … [Read more...]
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15 quiz questions & answers: 1. What is the first children’s comic strip to appear in a newspaper for the grown-ups? 2. Which animal was used by both the US and Russian navies to study and develop sonar systems? 3. What is the 20th century American art movement that applies machine aesthetics to painting? 4. Who is the creator of ken, a matching male companion to the very famous Barbie doll? 5. In 1961, a team of scientists started drilling through the Earth’s crust to the mantle. What was the project called? 6. Which Mughal emperor imposed JIZYA on Non-Muslims in the 17th century? 7. Who formed the Forward Block in 1940? 8. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya sabha? 9. Name the youngest ever test captain of India cricket team? 10. Who proposed anti-particle theory? 11. Who invented electric-battery? 12. What type of energy is released in nuclear fission? 13. Least distance of distinct vision for a normal eye is … 14. Which part of the body does AIDS virus attack? 15. Name the fastest animal on land? Quiz answers: 1. Rupert, the Adventures of a Little Lost Teddy Bear( in The Daily Express) 2. The beluga Whale 3. Precisionism 4. Ruth Handler (the creator of Barbie) 5. Mohole Project 6. Aurungazeb 7. Subhash Chandra Bose 8. Vice president 9. M A K Pataudi 10. P A M Dirach 11. Alexander Volta 12. Heat 13. … [Read more...]
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