General Quiz No. 8

Quiz No. 23, General Quiz No. 8

1) What is the opposite of 'bird's eye view'?


Worm's Eye View


2) Who is the founder of Medicine?


Hippocrates from Greece


3) In which Bond movie Aston Martin DB5 was used?


Gold Finger


4) Who is the President of India?


Pratibha Patil


5) How many plays did William Shakespeare write?


37 plays


6) When is Earth Day celebrated?


April 22nd


7) The first sale of which product cost $6.00 and was paid for in gold dust?


Levi’s Jeans


8) Which country is the second largest gold consumer in the world?


China


9) Which is Latin America’s only Opec member country?


Venezuela


10) Which greek pastry is made using partially-baked volcanic rock?


Baklava

General Quiz No. 7

Quiz No. 21, General Quiz No. 7

1) Which country is the largest gold consumer in the world?


India


2) What does the abbreviation MoU stand for?


Memorandum Of Understanding


3) Which is the world’s third largest pizza chain?


Papa Johns Pizza


4) On what date was MTV first aired?


On August 1, 1981


5) What was the first video to be aired on MTV? Who were the artist?


‘Video killed the radio star’ by ‘The Bugles’


6) In which year was the first Solheim Cup held?


1992


7) Who said it “The first go away – first love, first baby, first kiss. You have to create new ones.”?


Sarah Jessica Parker


8) Who is the author of the book ‘Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch’?


Arindam Chaudhari


9) In which country would you find the ancient city of Ephesus?


Turkey


10) Who bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use? In which year did he buy it?


Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1992.

General Quiz No. 6

Quiz No. 19, General Quiz No. 6

1) What is the “You Are Here” arrow on the map called?


Ideo Locator


2) Which is the first product to be barcoded?


Wrigley’s


3) Which country is called as ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon’?


Bhutan


4) Who is the oldest actor to debut as James Bond?


Roger Moore


5) Who is the Director of the movie ‘Dan In Real Life’?


Peter Hedges


6) What is a baby Llama called?


Cria


7) Who invented dynamite?


Alfred Nobel


8) Who is the author of ‘A Puffin Book Of Classic School Stories’?


Ruskin Bond


9) Which city and country is the famous ‘Hagia Sophia’ located?


Istanbul, Turkey


10) Which company has trademarked the number "31" and includes it in its logo and marketing efforts?


Baskin-Robbins

General Quiz No. 5

Quiz No. 18, General Quiz No. 5

1) What is ‘Coluga’ found in Madagascar popularly known as?


Flying Lemurs


2) What does a “five finger discount” in American slang mean?


Shoplifting


3) Who is the first female Chancellor of Germany?


Angela Merkel


4) Who is the current US Secretary of State?


Condoleezzaa Rice


5) Who is the owner of the O magazine?


Oprah Winfrey


6) Who is the first rock star to be bestowed with an honorary Pulitzer prize?


Bob Dylan


7) Who was the first man to travel to space in 1961?


Yuri Gagarin


8) When is World Homoepathy Day celebrated?


April 10


9) Who is the author of the book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’?


Ronald Dahl


10) Who is the current Prime Minister of Britain?


Gordon Brown

General Quiz No. 4

Quiz No. 8, General Quiz No. 4

1) The movie ‘Never Say Never Again’ released in 1983 was a remake of which Bond Movie?


Thunderball


2) Where is the mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri located?


Sasaram, Bihar


3) Who said it “I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity”?


B.R. Ambedkar


4) In which year was Halley’s comet seen last?


1986


5) HSBC is the abbreviation for which bank?


The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited


6) What was launched in 1959 in Kansas by the Carney Brothers?


Pizza Hut


7) Who became the youngest author in the world in 2006?


Christopher Beale


8) At what age did Christopher Beale become the youngest author in the year 2006?


6 years


9) Which cricketer has got the nickname ‘Rawalpindi Express’?


Shoaib Akhtar


10) Who was the first British deep-sea diver to watch a DVD while fully submerged underwater and which DVD did he watch?


Lloyd Scott watched the DVD Finding Nemo.

General Quiz No. 3

Quiz No. 7, General Quiz No. 3

1) What are orchid species that grow on the trees called?


Epiphytes


2) What is India’s tennis player Sania Mirza’s date of birth?


November 15, 1986


3) Who is Halley’s Comet named after?


Edmond Halley


4) What does the abbreviation EMI stand for?


Equated Monthly Instalment


5) Who played James Bond in the movie For Your Eyes Only?


Roger Moore


6) Who is the author of the book ‘The Summons’?


John Grisham


7) How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write?


154 sonnets


8) What was the earlier name of AXIS Bank?


UTI (Unit Trust Of India) Bank


9) Who founded Bajaj Auto?


Jamnalal Bajaj


10) Which Indian clothing brand gets its name from Greek for ‘Circle of Animals’?


Zodiac

General Quiz No. 2

Quiz No. 5, General Quiz No. 2

1) Who won the West Indies Test and ODI Player-of-the-Year titles for the year 2007?


Shivnarine Chanderpaul


2) When was Singapore’s inaugural cricket one-day international held?


April 2, 1996


3) Which team’s competed against each other in the inaugural cricket one-day international held in Singapore?


Pakistan Vs. Sri Lanka


4) Which cricketer scored a century of 48 balls in the inaugural one day international at Singapore?


Sanath Jaysuriya


5) Who is Cindy Crawford’s husband?


Randy Gerber


6) What is the full form of the abbreviation ECS?


Electronic Clearing Service


7) Who is the author of the book Jungle Book?


Rudyard Kipling


8) When is International Children’s Book Day?


April 2


9) Who wrote the famous poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?


Sammuel Coleridge


10) What does ZEN stand for in Martui Zen


Zero Engine Noise

General Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 4, General Quiz No. 1

1) What is the nick name of cricketer Brett Lee?


Binga


2) Which is the largest planet of the Solar System?


Jupiter


3) Which is the largest family of the flowering plants?


Orchidaceae, also called as the Orchid family.


4) When is World’s Water Day?


March 20


5) Who built the famous Jama Masjid Mosque in New Delhi?


Shah Jahan


6) What is a baby Kangaroo called?


Joey


7) What are orchid species that grow on the ground called?


Terrestrial orchids


8) In which country are the 2008 Olympics going to be held?


China


9) On what day is Valentine’s Day celebrated?


February 14


10) When is International Women’s Day


March 8