One Point General Knowledge • Who invented the washing machine? James King • Who invented the first electric washing machine? Alva Fisher • Who invented the safety pin? Walter Hunt • Who invented the Vacuum Cleaner? Hubert Booth • Who won the Football World Cup in 2010? Spain • The river Volga flows out into the Caspian sea • The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman • The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is - Durand line • True or false? Frogs are cold blooded animals. True • Who was the youngest President of the USA? Theodore Roosevelt • How many legs do butterflies have? 6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings • Who invented the Nintendo Wii? Kashi Kabushiki • What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol ‘He’? Helium • Which country hosted the Football World Cup in 2006? Germany • Who is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? David Cameron • Who won Mens Singles title in French Open 2011? Rafael Nadal (Spain) • Who won Womens Singles title in French Open 2011? Li Na (China) • What is the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times? Unprosperousness • What is the most popular breed of dog? Retrievers • Who is the CEO of search company Google? Eric Schmidt • Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010? China • The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia • The fear of what animal is known as ‘arachnophobia’? Spiders • Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services? Satyendranath Tagore • Who was the first woman Governor of India? Sarojini Naidu • Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran? Brazil and Turkey • Who is CEO of Yahoo? Carol Bartz • Who is the first man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen? Phu Dorji • How many words can you make from a five letter word by shuffling the places of each alphabet? 120 • Speed of computer mouse is measured in which unit? Mickey • Who topped Forbes list of Billionaire Universities in 2010? Harvard University • Barack Obamas birthday is on which date? August 4, 1961 • The country which ranks second in terms of land area is Canada • Pure water has a pH level of a around? 7 • Which bird is the international symbol of happiness? Bluebird • What is the pirates flag with the skull and cross-bones called? Jolly Roger • What is the common name for ascorbic acid? Vitamin C • Which useful household item is made from naphthalene? Mothballs • The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily • The molten rock that comes from a volcano after it has erupted is known as what? Lava • The river Jordan flows out into the Dead sea • True or false? Yogurt is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. True • The biggest delta in the world is the Ganges Delta • What is the name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain? The skull • The capital city that stands on the river Danube is Belgrade • Is the compound ‘HCl’ an acid or base? An acid (hydrochloric acid) • The Japanese call their country as Nippon • True or false? The fastest land animal in the world is the zebra. False (it is the cheetah) • The length of the English channel is 564 kilometres • How many bones do sharks have in their bodies? 0 • The longest river in the world is the Nile • What is the chemical symbol for the element oxygen? O • The worlds oldest known city is Damascus • The scientist who was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on theoretical physics? A. Einstein • The city which is also known as the City of Canals is Venice • The country in which river Wangchu flows is Myanmar • The biggest island of the world is Greenland • The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is - Detroit, USA • The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is China & South Africa • The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is Malaysia • The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is China • The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the Amazon River • The city which was once called the `Forbidden City was Peking • The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada • Another name for a tidal wave is? Tsunami • The country called the Land of Rising Sun is Japan • Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest • The volcano Vesuvius is located in Italy • The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is Cuba • The length of the Suez Canal is 162.5 kilometers • The lowest point on earth is The coastal area of Dead sea • The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of Nepal • The largest ocean of the world is the Pacific ocean • The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow • The biggest stadium in the world is the Strahov Stadium, Prague • The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km • True or false? Dogs are herbivores - False - They are omnivores • The worlds largest diamond producing country is South Africa • Australia was discovered by James Cook • The first Governor General of Pakistan is Mohammed Ali Jinnah • Dublin is situated at the mouth of river Liffey • The earlier name of New York city was New Amsterdam • The Eiffel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel • The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant • The country which has highest population density is Monaco • The national flower of Britain is Rose • Niagara Falls was discovered by Louis Hennepin • The highest mountain in the world is the Mount Everest • What is the 7th element on the periodic table of elements? Nitrogen • The national flower of Italy is Lily • The national flower of China is Narcissus • The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at Kathmandu • The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz • The first Industrial Revolution took place in England • World Environment Day is observed on 5th June • The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln • The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil • The name of Alexanders horse was Beucephalus • Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles • The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar • What is the name of the long appendage that hangs from an elephants face? 6. A trunk • The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson • The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon • The UNO was formed in the year 1945 • UNO stands for United Nations Organization • The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August • Last Judgement was the first painting of an Italian painter named Michelangelo • Paradise Regained was written by John Milton • The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib • The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary • The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica • The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert • True or false? DNA is the shortened form of the term ‘Deoxyribonucleic acid’? True • The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada • The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson • The person who is called the father of modern Italy is G.Garibaldi • World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September • The founder of modern Germany is Bismarck • The country known as the land of the midnight sun is Norway • The place known as the Roof of the world is Tibet • The founder of the Chinese Republic was San Yat Sen • The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam • The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher • The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil • The highest mountain on earth is? Mount Everest • The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie • The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi • The port of Baku is situated in Azerbaijan • John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald • The largest river in France is Loire • The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was Catherine of Aragon • The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Johnson Bunche • The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University • The principal export of Jamaica is Sugar • New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers • The country also known as country of copper is Zambia • What is the name of the closest star to the earth? The sun • Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves • The country known as the Land of White Elephant is Thailand • The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is Korea • The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan • The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela • The largest library in the world is the United States Library of Congress, Washington DC • The author of Harry Potter Books is JK Rowling • Nickname of New York city is Big Apple • What do you call a group of sheep? A Flock of Sheep • In which sport do players take long and short corners? Hockey • Adding Machine was invented by Aldrin • Adolf Hitler was born in Austria • After which famous person was the teddy bear named? Theodore Roosevelt • Archimedes was born in Sicily • Coal is also known as Black Diamond
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