July 29: Quiz questions of the day

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  From this week, I will try to focus more on current affairs and will update latest general knowledge questions on regular basis. You can share latest quiz questions and answers through comments.  General knowledge questions:  1. Total number of TV channels in India: 503.  2. Sound making instrument that gained popularity during 2010 FIFA world cup: Vuvuzela  3. 2014 FIFA world cup will be held in: Brazil (South America). Brazil previously hosted FIFA world cup in 1950.  4. Symbol for Indian rupee is designed by: D. Udaya Kumar. Sony decided to use new rupee logo in the logo of KBC4 (Kaun Banega Crorepati). Sony is expected to launch KBC4 on October 11, 2010 – birthday of show host, Amitabh Bachchan.  5. Cricket: Suresh Raina became the 9th Indian cricketer to score century on debut in test cricket. He scored century in his first test against Sri Lanka. Azharuddin scored centuries in his first 3 tests against England.  6. DTH: Dish TV is the number one DTH company in India with 62 lakh subscribers followed by Sun Direct DTH with 58 lakh subscribers.  7. Cricket: 2010 Champions league cricket will be held in South Africa from September 10, 2010. 10 teams will participate in the tournament.  8. Movies: Avatar is the number one movie in box office collections in the world cinema history. Avatar so far collected 273 crore dollars followed by Titanic with 183 crore dollars.  9. Mobile: Bharti Airtel is the number one telecom operator in India with 13.6 crore subscribers followed by Reliance mobile with 11.1 crore subscribers.  10. Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara have highest 150+ scores in test … [Read more...]

Quiz questions on 2009 Oscar awards

  1. Which comedy king and legend co-anchored, with Alec Baldwin, the 82nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscars 2009) ?  2. This year 10 movies were nominated in the best movie category. This happened last in 1943 after which the nominations were restricted to 5. Which movie won the best picture award in 1943?  3. Which actress of yesteryears created history to become the person with the highest number of Oscar nominations (16 till now) when she received the best-actress nomination?  4. Michael Giachhino received the Best original score Oscar for the movie Up. Who won the award last year?  5. Which actress won her first Oscar nomination and award for the best actress for the movie, The Blind Side ?  6. The best supporting award was given to Christoph Waltz for his role in Inglorious Bastards. Which unorthodox director wrote the script and directed the movie?  7. Jeff Bridges won the award for the bet actor for which movie?  8. Which short documentary movie by Gregg Helvey, based on the life of a kid in the slums of Dharavi, Mumbai was nominated in the best live action short category?  9. Which movie directed by Katheryn Bigelow won 6 Oscars (including best picture and best director) in all to emerge the movie with the highest number of Oscars this year leaving behind Avatar directed by her ex-husband, James Cameroon?  10. Which Oscar nominated movie is based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire?   Oscar awards quiz answers:   1. Steve Martin   2. Casablanca   3. Maryll Streep   4. A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire   5. Sandra Bullock   6. Quantin … [Read more...]