Sports and general knowledge quiz

Lasith Malinga cricket hat-trick

 Sports quiz: 1. Who won the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe award? Answer: Lionel Messi (Barcelona). 2. Which soccer club won the 2011 UEFA Super Cup? Answer: Barcelona (2011). This Spanish football club defeated Porto (Portugal). 3. Who is the only bowler to take hat-trick thrice in International One day cricket?  Answer: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka). He took hat-trick against South Africa in 2007 (4/4), Kenya in 2011 & against Australia in 2011.  General Knowledge questions & answers: 4. 25 paise coin was first introduced in? Answer: 1957. RBI stopped minting of 25 paise coin in 2002. 5. Who was the first sitting Judge to face an impeachment motion in Parliament? Answer: V. Ramaswami. He faced the motion against him in 1991 but it failed. Soumitra Sen is the second Judge to face an impeachment motion against him in Parliament. 6. Brahmagiri & Pushpagiri wildlife sanctuaries are located in which state? Answer: Karnataka (Kodagu district). Kundremukh National park is situated in Chikmagalur district. 7. Name the High court Judge who gave that historical verdict (her Rai Bareilly election is invalid) against Indira Gandhi on June 12, 1975? Answer: Allahabad High Court single bench Judge Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha. 8. Who was the first President of India to die in office? Answer: Zakir Hussain. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed is the second Indian President to die in office. 9. Satyajit Ray's famous movie "Sonar Kella" ((The Golden Fortress) is based on which fort? Answer: Jaisalmer … [Read more...]

12 Quiz questions – answers

  12 General Knowledge (G.K) bits:  1. The English Channel lies between England and which country?  France  2. Who was the main founder of the Theosophical Society?  Helena Petrovna Blavatsky  3. Mira Bai’s father-in-law was a prominent Rajput chieftain. What was his name?  Rana Sanga  4. The name Burma is associated with which Hindu God?  Lord Brahma  5. ‘Ficus Bengalensis’ is the scientific name of which tree?  The Banyan tree  6. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?  Womesh Chandra Banerjee (WC Banarjee)  7. Which is the day of the Jewish Sabbath?  Saturday  8. Who was the author of the famous classic “Kapala Kundala”?  Bankim Chandra Chatterjee  9. Incas were a tribe that used to live in South America. Which was their capital?  Cusco (situated in Peru)  10. In English, if a word spells the same both forwards and backwards what is it called?  Palindrome  11. Mary Ann Evans was the actual name of which famous English novelist?  George Eliot  12. Which is the highest deity of worship in Zoroastrianism?  Ahura Mazda  Compiled by: Pratibha Shenoy (Bangalore)   … [Read more...]