Quiz And Facts

1.  Who was the first woman to become the Air Marshall of the Indian Air Force? Answer: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Show Answer 2.  Name the author of the books "Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams From my Father" Answer: Barrack Obama. Show Answer 3. By whom was the telescope invented? Answer: Hans Lippershey Show Answer 4.  Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize? Answer: Arundhuti Roy for her book "The God of Small Things". Show Answer 5.  Who was the first woman to summit the Everest? Answer: Junko Tabei of Japan. Show Answer 6. Identify the american painter famous for his 'drip painting' technique. Answer: Paul Jackson Pollock. Show Answer 7. Who is the author of the book "The Museum of Innocence? Answer: Orhan Pamuk. Show Answer 8. Name the capital city of the erstwhile 'West Germany? Answer: Bonn. Show Answer

1.  Who is known as the father of social anthropology? Answer: Bronislaw Malinowski Show Answer 2.  Who was the first UN Secretary General? Answer: Trygre Lie of Norway Show Answer 3. Who is the author of the book "To Kill A Mockingbird"? Answer: Harper Lee Show Answer 4.  Who is known as the father of the India's White Revolution? Answer: Dr. Verghese Kurien. Show Answer 5.  Who won the Booker Prize in the year 1991 for his book "The Famished Road"? Answer: Ben Okri Show Answer 6. Who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany? Answer: Konrad Adenauer. Show Answer 7. Who was the first Chief Justice of India? Answer: Harilal J Kania. Show Answer 8. What is the study of the origin and the development of words known as? Answer: Etymology. Show Answer

1.  Name India's first indigenous submarine? Answer: INS Shalki Show Answer 2.  Even after you take away four of its five letters, the pronunciation of this English word does not change. Identify the word. Answer: Queue. Show Answer 3. In which year was Julius Caesar assassinated? Answer: 44 BC. Show Answer 4.  Who was the first Indian President to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna? Answer: Dr. S Radhakrishnan. Show Answer 5.  Which phobia did Napolean suffer from? Answer: Felinephobia, the fear of cats. Show Answer 6. An economist once said "The best thing a country could do with IMF advice was to 'dump it in the dustbin'. Identify the economist. Answer: Joseph Stiglitz Show Answer 7. Who coined the term 'Personal Computer? Answer: Henry Edward Roberts. Show Answer 8. Who was the first US President to be impeached? Answer: Andrew Johnson. Show Answer

1.  Which is the first Indian newspaper to appear on a stamp? Answer: Amar Bazar Patrika Show Answer 2.  Who said the following words: "You gave us Mohandas; we returned him to you as Mahatma Gandhi."? Answer: Nelson Mandela. Show Answer 3. Who was Time magazine's first Woman of the Year? Answer: Wallis Simpson. Show Answer 4.  Which kingdom became a part of India in the year 1975? Answer: Sikkim Show Answer 5.  Which country is associated with a tulip revolution? Answer: Kyrgyzstan Show Answer 6. Who said the following words: "laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through?" Answer: Jonathan Swift Show Answer 7. Which is the oldest capital city on this planet? Answer: Damascus; the capital of Syria. Show Answer 8. What did the world famous magician Houdini begin his career as? Answer: A Trapeze performer. Show Answer

1. Which is the world's most venomous snake? A. Black Mamba B. King Cobra C. Taipan D. Russell's Viper Answer: Black Mamba Show Answer 2. What is the study of inland water-bodies known as? A. Ontology B. Lintology C. Limnology D. Marine Biology Answer: Limnology. Show Answer 3. What is the chemical name of water? A. Oxi-hydrogen B. Hydrogen Oxide C. Oxidised Hydrogen D. Dihydrogen Monoxide Answer: Hydrogen Oxide Show Answer 4. Who is credited with the invention of the safety pin? A. Walter Hunt B. David Bushnell C. Isaac Singer D. M Lammond Answer: Walter Hunt Show Answer 5. What is used in solar cells to convert sunlight into electricity. A. Zircon crystals B. Quartz C. Silicon Crystals D. Hydrogen Peroxide Answer: Silicon Crystals Show Answer

1. Which famous scientist said the following words “ I am proud of the fact that I never invented a weapon to kill”? A. Otto Hahn B. John Napier C. Albert Einstein D. Thomas Alva Edison Answer: Thomas Alva Edison Show Answer 2. Name the world's first television satellite? A. Ariane B. Telstar C. Astro D. Telesat Answer: Telstar. Show Answer 3. Which is the densest metal known to man-kind? A. Tungsten B. Gold C. Platinum D. Osmium Answer: Osmium Show Answer 4. Which is the world's largest eagle specie? A. African Hawk-Eagle B. Harpy Eagle C. Bald Eagle D. Golden Eagle Answer: Harpy Eagle Show Answer 5. Di-acetyl morphine is commonly referred to as? A. Heroin B. Marijuana C. Opium D. Brown Sugar Answer: Heroin Show Answer

The following is the list of films winning the "Best Picture" award at the Oscars (also known as Academy Awards) .