Interesting general knowledge questions and facts: 1. Music channel M TV, started broadcasting its programmes from August 1st, 1981. 2. Soviet Russia: 47 Jar (Russian) emperors were cremated in “Kremlin”. 3. Queen Elizabeth-1, got bald head due to “measles” disease, which infected (attacked) her in the year 1562 (when she was 29 years old). She used to wore 80 types of wigs throughout her life, in order to hide the fact (of having bald head), from the public. 4. Oral contraceptive pills: These pills are prescribed to be used by married women to prevent pregnancy, as a family planning method (temporarily). These pills do the same function in “gorillas” also, as they do in humans. 5. Michael Jackson: Red and black are his favorite colors. 6. Saint Thomas: Apostle and disciple of “Jesus Christ”. He came to India to propagate the teachings of Jesus and also Christianity, during the reign of emperor “Gonzo pernis”, in the year 52 AD. 7. Angkor Vat temple in Cambodia: The biggest temple in the world was constructed by the king Suryaverma 2. 8. The word “Pakistan” was coined by “Rahmat Ali”. 9. Peacock throne (India): It was prepared by the famous Mogul emperor “Shajahan” (he also constructed the “Tajmahal”), at a very high cast in 17th century.The last Mogul emperor who sat on it was “Mohammad Shaw”. Now it is in Iran. 10. Second World War: Russia had lost more number of persons and soldiers in that war. 11. Sir George Kelly (of England): He laid the foundation for “aerodynamics” and is considered as the “father of Aeronautics”. 12. Akbar, the famous Mogul emperor was an illiterate. 13. Agra city was founded … [Read more...]
Trivia about Movies and museum
1. Warner Brothers: The famous Hollywood movie producing company, once searching for a new actor to act as hero in one of their pictures. Jack Warner, one of the producers, saw the footage of the screen test of a new actor and immediately got angry with “Mervin Leroy”, who conducted that screen test and made the following adverse comments, like: “Why have you wasted 500 dollars (in those days) on this big monkey (new actor)? Had you not noticed his big ears, before focusing camera on him? His legs and hands are also quite big and face is not good to look at". Believe it or not, later on the same hero became super star in Hollywood cinema field and shined like anything. His name was “Clark Gable”. And people used to call him as “king”. Such were the ways of the super power (fate). 2. Longest bridge constructed on the sea: It was opened for traffic on 1st May 2000 in China. Its length is 36 kilometers and unites the two cities “Shanghai and Hyangjha”. 3. “Tug of war” game in Olympics: This game was allowed to play in Olympics from 1900 - 1920 only. Later on it was removed from Olympics. 4. Carrot ant its color: Up to 18th century the carrot was either in violet (purple) or white in color. The present day orange colored carrots, first of all are cultivated by the farmers of Holland. Moreover “Orange” is the national color of Holland.5. Salarjung museum: The world famous museum situated in Hyderabad city in India. It is having 48000 things of fine arts, 54000 of different varieties of printed books of yester years. These are secured and collected from 41 countries.This museum was established by, the 3rd Salarjung, namely “Nawab Meer … [Read more...]
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