Sunday, October 19, 2008

Question No.8



Q: Identify the building infront of which this monument present?

Question no. 7

General

1. In December 1773 in America, the cargoes of three ships were thrown overboard by protesters disguised as red Indians. What is the popular name for this event?
2. Who was responsible for reducing the Crimean war death rate from 42% to 2%?
3. What material was banned after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion until 1782?
4. After the invasion of Poland, which was the next country to be invaded by the Germans in World War II?
5. Who crowned napoleon Bonaparte emperor in 1804?
6. Which battle of 1066 shares its name with a premier league football ground?
7. What country declared war on both Germany and the allies in world war II ?
8. Which country played host to the battle Of Waterloo?
9. The development of what in World War II was Code-named ‘the Manhattan project’?
10. At which location was the Magna Carta signed?
11. Which French revolutionary was nicknamed "The Sea Green Incorruptible"?
12. Which battle of 1746 ended the Jacobite revolution?
13. Which earl was known as "The Kingmaker" during the War of the Roses?
14. Which country presented the Statue of Liberty to the U.S.A?
15. Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of the 20th century?
16. Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII?
17. Who did Henry Stanley meet at Ujiji on 10th November 1871?
18. Warren Hastings was the first governor-general of which country?
19. Which King had been Prince of Wales for 60 years before his Coronation?
20. Which is the oldest university in England?

Friday, October 17, 2008

QUESTION NO 6









IDENTIFY AND CONNECT THE PICS
CONNECT: The movie Mississippi Masala
1. Meera Nayar
2. Denzel Washington
3. Sharmila Tagore
latter two r actors in the movie and Meera Nair is the Director

Thursday, October 16, 2008

QUESTION NO. 5




IDENTIFY THIS CLOCK...(ITS NOT AN ORDINARY CLOCK!!!!!!!!!!1)

QUESTION NO. 4

SOMETHING RELATED TO OLYMPICS




1. In which year were the first modern Olympic Games held?
2. Who won the Gold medal for Women's Javelin at the 1984 games?
3. Which city was the scheduled venue for the cancelled 1940 Olympic Games?
4. Due to quarantine laws, in which city were the horse riding events held for the Melbourne Games?
5. Which country were Olympic hockey champions from 1928 until 1960?
6. Whose long-jump record - set at the 1968 games - was not beaten for 23 years?
7. Who was the 1968 Olympic heavyweight boxing champion?
8. Which racket sport made it's Olympic debut in 1992?
9. Which city was the first to hold the Summer games twice?
10. Who was the 1996 men's singles Olympic tennis champion?
11. What two events feature in the biathlon?
12. Why did the name of Danuta Rosani go down in Olympic history in 1976?
13. Why are there 5 rings on an Olympic flag?
14. Which UK runner twice won the gold medal for the 1500 metres?
15. Which terrorist group claimed they were responsible for the massacre of the Israeli athletes in Munich?
16. Which one of the 5 continents that compete in the Olympic games have never held the Olympic Games?
17. In the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which country always enters the stadium first?
18. What was the name of the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
19. What country does athlete Frankie Fredericks represent at the Olympics?
20. In what year did Nadia Comenechi achieve the perfect score, the year when the score board couldn’t display the score?

Ans;
1. 1896 (Athens)
2. Tessa Sanderson
3. Tokyo
4. Stockholm
5. India
6. Bob Beamon
7. George Foreman
8. Badminton
9. Paris
10. Andre Agassi
11. Cross country skiing, shooting
12. First athlete to be disqualified for a drugs test
13. They represent the continents
14. Sebastian Coe
15. Black September
16. Africa
17. Greece
18. Misha the bear
19. Namibia
20. 1976

QUESTION NO. 3





QUESTION NO. 3
IDENTIFY THE PERSONALITIES AND THE OCCASSION
ANS: Submission of report of Mandal commission by B P Mandal to The then President Giani Jail Singh

QUESTION NO. 2








IDENTIFY THE PICS AND CONNECT THEM
CONNECT : WORLD WIDE WEB
1. NeXT system which was first ever internet server
2. Tim Brunners LEE
3. Robert Colleu
Both were the creators of WWW in CERN with this NeXT COMPUTER

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

QUESTION No.1










Hi This is my first question on blogspot...
Connect these 3 pics and tell the name of the personality related to 3 pics..

Connect: Salman Rashdie

ANS: 1.Movie - 'Then She found me' in which Rushdie had acted

2.Marianne Wiggins 2nd wife of Salman Rushdie

3.Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini one who had issued Fatwah against Rashdie after the release of Satanic Verses
(Apology for the spelling mistakes.. m in hurry)