General Topics
Questions:
1. What is Cleopatra's Needle?
2. Give the full name of the famous comedian who was the star of the films City Lights and The Gold Rush?
3. Which planet has the longest day?
4. Who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic?
5. Which british sailor discovered the Sandwich Islands and renamed them Hawaii?
6. Which is the tallest living animal?
7. Who was the first woman astronaut?
8. Which was the first Asian country to launch a Earth Satellite?
9. After whom has the library at the United Nations been named?
10. How many miles make one league?
11. How many litres equal a gallon?
12. Who was the first man to go into the orbit?
13. Which city is famous for its Meenakshi Temple?
14. Which is the smallest plannet?
15. Which is the largest living animal on land?
16. Who was the first woman president of the U.N. General Assembly?
17. Which is the largest carnivorous land animal?
18. Which is the fastest land animal?
19. Which is the fastest flying bird?
20. Who founded the Red Cross in 1864?
21. Give one word for the art of making maps.
22. Which was the first ship to circumnavigate the world?
23. Who was the king of the Gods in Greek mythology?
24. From which language did the word 'Bamboo' originate?
25. How many milk teeth does a child under five have?
26. Who was the first Indian woman parachute jumper?
27. Give one word for the art of compiling Dictionaries?
28. We talk about flocks of birds, but a special name is given to a flock of geese. What is it?
29. From which country does the word "bungalow" originate?
30. What, according to Shakespeare, is " the green-eyed monester"?
22. Which was the first ship to circumnavigate the world?
23. Who was the king of the Gods in Greek mythology?
24. From which language did the word 'Bamboo' originate?
25. How many milk teeth does a child under five have?
26. Who was the first Indian woman parachute jumper?
27. Give one word for the art of compiling Dictionaries?
28. We talk about flocks of birds, but a special name is given to a flock of geese. What is it?
29. From which country does the word "bungalow" originate?
30. What, according to Shakespeare, is " the green-eyed monester"?
Answers:
1. Two Egyptians obelisks, gifted to the U.S.A and England.
2. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin.
3. Venus.
4. Charles Augustus Lindbergh.
5. Captain James Cook.
6. Giraffe.
7. Valentina Valdimirova Tereshkova of the U.S.S.R.
8. Japan.
9. Dag Hammarskjold.
10. 3 Miles or 4.8 kms.
11. 4.53 Litres.
12. Colonel Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
13. Madurai. In Tamil Nadu, India.
14. Pluto.
15. The African Elephant.
16. Vijayalakshmi Pandit of India.
17. The Kodiak Bear of Alaska.
18. Cheetah.
19. The SpineTailed Swift.
20. Henry Durrant.
21. Cartography.
22. The Victoria in 1521-22.
23. Zeus.
24. Malay.
25. 20.
26. Captain Chandra.
27. Lexicography.
28. A gaggle.
29. India.
30. Jealousy.
22. The Victoria in 1521-22.
23. Zeus.
24. Malay.
25. 20.
26. Captain Chandra.
27. Lexicography.
28. A gaggle.
29. India.
30. Jealousy.
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