General Knowledge

1.Which metal is heavier, silver or gold?

Ans: gold

2.How many legs do butterflies have?

Ans: Six

3.Which is the country with the most people?

Ans: China

4.Which state is the biggest in the US?

Ans: Alaska

5.Which country has the largest area of land?

Ans: Russia

6.Which is the country hosting the 2008 Olympic Games?

Ans: China

7.Which indoor sport is the most popular in the US?

Ans: Basketball

8.Which golf player’s mother is from Thailand?

Ans: Tiger Woods

9.What is Aurora Borealis commonly known as?

Ans: Northern Lights

10.Which is the non-contagious disease that is the most common in the world?

Ans: Tooth Decay

11.Which was the album the Beatles recorded the last time together?

Ans: Abbey Road

12.Which instrument did Miles Davis, the jazz musician, play?

Ans: Trumpet

13.What is the sport in which you could get into a headlock?

Ans: Wrestling

14.In which country was golf first played?

Ans: Scotland

15.Which is the sport where you could be out ?leg before wicket?, or ?hit a six??

Ans: Cricket

16.When did baseball originate in the US?

Ans: 19th Century

17.Which is the sport wherein you would use a ‘sand iron’?

Ans: Golf

18.What is the largest mammal in the world?

Ans: Blue Whale

19.Which is the country where reggae music originated?

Ans: Jamaica

20.Who was the creator of Jeeves and Wooster?

Ans: P.G. Wodehouse

21.Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Ans: . Michelangelo

22.Who was the writer of Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland?

Ans: Lewis Carroll

23.After which famous person was the teddy bear named?

Ans: Theodore Roosevelt

24.Which is the smallest ocean in the world?

Ans: Arctic Ocean

26.What is the rhino’s horn made of?

Ans: Hair

25.The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was

Ans: Frederick Auguste Bartholdi

26.The port of Baku is situated in

Ans: Azerbaijan

27.John F Kennedy was assassinated by

Ans: Lee Harvey Oswald

28.The largest river in France is

Ans: Loire

29.The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was

Ans: Catherine of Aragon

30.The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was

Ans: Ralph Johnson Bunche

31.The first British University to admit women for degree courses was

Ans: London University

32.The principal export of Jamaica is

Ans: Sugar

33.New York is popularly known as the city of

Ans: Skyscrapers

34.Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of

Ans: Cloves

35.The country known as the Land of White Elephant is

Ans: Thailand

36.The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is

Ans: Korea

37.The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is

Ans: Bhutan

38.The highest waterfalls in the world is the

Ans: Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela

39.The largest library in the world is the

Ans: United States Library of Congress, Washington DC

40.The author of Harry Potter Books is

Ans: JK Rowling

41.Nickname of New York city is

Ans: Big Apple

42.What do you call a group of sheep?

Ans: A Flock of Sheep

43.In which sport do players take long and short corners?

Ans: Hockey

44.Who was the youngest President of the USA?

Ans: Theodore Roosevelt

45.How many legs do butterflies have?

Ans: Legs & 2 Pair of Wings

46.Who invented the Nintendo Wii?

Ans: Kashi Kabushiki

47.What year does the Nintendo Wii come out?

Ans: Late 2006

48.Who invented the Light Bulb?

Ans: Humphry Davy

49.Who invented the washing machine?

Ans: James King

50.Who invented the first electric washing machine?

Ans: Alva Fisher

51.Who invented the safety pin?

Ans: Walter Hunt

52.Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner?

Ans: Hubert Booth

53.Who won the Football World Cup in 2006?

Ans: Italy

54.Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006?

Ans: Germany

55.Who is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

Ans: David Cameron

56.Who won Men's Singles title in French Open 2010?

Ans: Rafael Nadal (Spain)

57.Who won Women's Singles title in French Open 2010?

Ans: Francesca Schiavone (Italy)

58.Who won Men's Doubles title in French Open 2010?

Ans: Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)

59.Who won Women's Doubles title in French Open 2010?

Ans: Serena & Venus Williams (USA)

60. The first Secretary General of the UNO was

Ans: Trygve Lie