GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (5)

·   Hydrosis is the medical term for what -Sweating

·   What does per capita literally mean-           Per Head

·   What country used the ringgit as currency- Malaysia

·   On a standard rainbow what colour is on the inside of the curve          Violet

·   What animal stands for the longest period- African Elephant over 50 years

·   Who was the father of Alexander the Great- Philip II of Macedon

·   Which country makes the most films per year- India

·   In what does a steganographer write messages- Invisible ink

·   The martial art tai quon do translates literally as what Kick Art Way

·   Who wrote "To err is human to forgive divine" Alexander Pope essay on criticism

·   What is the capital of Panama- Panama

·   Name the Capital of the Ukraine-Kiev

·   In Bradshaws you would find information about what-Railways

·   Which countries leader was an extra in Hollywood-Fidel Castro

·   BOZ was the penname if which writer-Charles Dickens

·   Which spice comes in hands        -Ginger

·   In the Old Testament what is the first book of Moses-Genesis - first 5 all Moses books

·   What is the literal meaning of the title Viceroy-In place of the King

·   What word describes one tenth of a nautical mile-Cable

·   Men are ten times more likely than women to have what-Colour Blindness

·   What has 32 panels and 642 stitches-A football  (soccer)

·   Oil is the most traded product in the world what is the second-Coffee

·   What animals evidence is admissible in US courts-A Bloodhound

·   Which country in the world produces the most mangos-India

·   2.47105 acres is equal to what SI unit-Hectare

·   The word philosophy comes from Greek literally meaning what           Love of wisdom

·   In computing what does EPOS stand for-Electronic Point of Sale

·   Vanilla is part of which plant family-Orchids

·   Name woman set up free birth control clinic in Holloway in 1920         Marie Stopes

·   The Wright brothers made aircraft but what was their other job: Bicycle manufacturers

·   Which city is the capital of Tuscany-Florence

·   What is the opposite of nocturnal -Diurnal

·   What fruit does not ripen after picking-Pineapple

·   What country consumes the most coffee per capita 25 Lb-Finland

·   In the animal kingdom what creatures are in the order—Chiroptera-Bats

·   What would you do with a wandering sailor-Plant it it’s a plant

·   Germans call a WW1 sea fight Battle of Skagerrak what in UK Battle of Jutland

·   Sand, Soda and what are the main ingredients of glass-Limestone

·   What colour are the seats in the House of Lords-Red - Commons green

·   If a doctor gave you an Ishihara test what is he testing-for Colour blindness

·   Only one miracle is mentioned in all four gospels what is it: Feeding of 5000

·   What is the official language of Cuba-Spanish

·   What new invention was shown to Queen Victoria 14 Jan 1878:The telephone

·   A horses height is measured from the ground to what part Withers - base of neck crest line

·   Who was the last Emperor of France-Napoleon III

·   What country does China have its longest land border with: Mongolia

·   Where are a whales nipples -On its back

·   What is measured in units called jnd-Sensitivity Just Noticeable difference

·   A napiform thing is shaped like what-A turnip

·   What was the first country in 1824 to legalise Trade Unions-Britain

·   What is the worlds longest insect-Borneo stick insect

·   The angel shark has what other name-The monkfish

·   Which creatures communicate by touch, smell and dance-Bees

·   In which country did the study of geometry originate -Egypt

·   What was the capitol of Russia before Moscow-Saint Petersburg

·   And who designed it-Michelangelo

·   What does the DIN number mean on photographic film-Speed of film

·   In the body what do the Islets of Langerhans do-Secrete Insulin

·   What capitol is on the slopes of the volcano Pichincha-Quito Ecuador

·   What is embolia-Hesitations in speech

·   Vitamin B2 has what other name Riboflavin

·   What is the biggest tourist attraction in Zambia-Victoria falls

·   In WW2 what kind of aircraft was a horsa-A glider

·   A newborn bactrian camel has how many humps- None

·   Where is the worlds largest mine-Carletonville South Africa

·   In the Sikh religion what is kesh-Uncut hair or beard

·   At Waterloo who commanded the Prussian troops:  Marshal Blucher

·   Which bird is the symbol of the Royal Society Protection Birds Avocet

·   Which microbe produces alcohol-Yeast - alcohol is yeast piss

·   In WW2 in what French city did the Germans surrender- Reims

·   What was Ghandi's profession- Lawyer

·   Which is the oldest walled city in the world- Jericho

·   What does Magna Carta literally mean- Great Charter

·   Who built the worlds first film studio- Thomas Alva Edison

·   The word nylon is made up from what- New York – London

·   What country is coffee originally from- Ethiopia

·   What is the currency of Turkey- Lira

·   What does CMOS stand for in a computer- Complimentary metalOxide semi-conductor

·   Which worlds city is known as The Golden City: Prague Czech

·   Which country contains every type of climate in the world: New Zealand

·   In what country was the paperclip invented-Norway

·   Where is the only digital rolex watch in the world: Wimbledon centre court

·   Where were the original loopholes- Castle walls – arrow firing slits

·   What religious leaders name means Sign of God: Ayatollah

·   In which country is the Nokia company based- Finland

·   What is unique about the pistol star- Brightest in sky

·   The Afghan Taliban use which colour of flag- White

·   What was Queen Victoria's first name- Alexandria

·   In Sanskrit it means House of Snow - what does-Himalayas

·   What was the White House formerly known as         - Executive Mansion

·   Which is the only Middle Eastern county without a desert? Lebanon

·   Who invented the word pandemonium- John Milton – capitol of hell

·   Which companies name translates as abundant fields: Toyota

·   What is the hole in a pencil sharpener called- Chuck

·   What is the meaning of Ghandi- Grocer

·   What is the most chemically complex food - over 300 chemicals Chocolate.

·   Which building material gets its name from Arabic for the brick            Adobe

·   Russia has one but the US has at least six – what: Places called Moscow

·   What was Helen Keller's first word- Water

·   Which country consumes the most chicken per capita: Saudi Arabia

·   What was the distress call before SOS- CQD - come quick Danger

·   What does Honolulu mean in Hawaiian- Sheltered Harbour

·   Which fruit is the symbol of hospitality- Pineapple

·   Which city is built on 118 islands- Venice

·   In WW1 what warning device was on the top of Eiffel Tower: Parrots

·   What is sometimes referred to as Zulu time- Greenwich mean time

·   Nylon was invented in 1934 what product first used it: Toothbrush

·   Before 1687 clocks never had what- Minute hands

·   What was the most bombed place in WW2- Malta

·   The word Utopia from Greek means what-Nowhere

·   Which vegetable is 91% water     - Cabbage

·   Which English word comes from the French for candle:         Chandelier

·   In which European capitol city is a cannon fired at 1.00 pm daily         Edinburgh

·   Worldwide most capitol cities begin with which letter- B

·   What creature is the symbol of medicine- Snake

·   Which vegetable is also a flower- Broccoli

·   What nationality was Cleopatra- Greek

·   A university has a campus what does it literally mean: A Field

·   What does the name Dracula mean in Romanian: Son of the Devil

·   Whose name translates as Emperor of all-Genghis Khan

·   Which country was the first to issue parking tickets: France

·   Name the first war submarine invented by David Bushnell it sank Turtle

·   In which city was Galileo born- Pisa

·   The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

·   Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten

·   There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas

·   There are more chickens than people in the world

·   The scientist who designed the first internal combustion engine used to burn low-grade fuel. Etienne Lenoir

·   The scientist who asserted the earth to be a huge magnet: Ben Franklin

·   The scientist who discovered water. Belinda Mooney

·   The scientist who asserted the earth to be a huge magnet: William Gilbert

·   The splitting of water during _ Oxidative phosphorylation _ has produced all of the oxygen that you breathe.

·   Edible part of tomato is whole fruit.

·   One micron is equal to One-thousandth of a millimeter.

·   First world war was begun on 1914 A.D. and Second World War started in 1939 when Germany attacked on Poland, it is also considered as the greatest war.

·   Columbus discovered America on 1492 A.D.

·   The Royal Majesty ship Queen Elizabeth (UK) is the largest pessenger ship in the world. It is 314 metres long and 36 metres wide.

·   The Cambodian language is a language, which has a total number of 74 alphabets.

·   The Sumerian civilization is considered to be the oldest civilization of the world.

·   Jericho, situated in the Jorden valley is the oldest town of the world.

·   The maximum ever temperature of 136.4 F was recorded on september 13,1922 in the city Azizia (Libya) and The minimum temperature of -129.6 F was recorded in the town of Vostok near Antarctica on 24th august, 1960.

·   The highest rainfall for one month was recorded at Indian town of Cherapoonje. 366,14 inches rain fell there during the month of july 1861.

·   Sierra Leone has the lowest GDP per capita of 510 US dollars and Luxembourg has the highest GDP per capita of 36,400 US dollars.

·   The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 A.D) was the first Muslim dynasty.

·   Light is the fastest thing in the universe. It travels at a phenomenal speed of 187,000 miles per second.

·   According to the Forbcs magazine, there were 311 individual billionaires in the world.out of these, 108 belonged to USA, 44 belonged to Germany and 34 were Japanese.

·   The earth is the densest planet of universe .It has density of 5.515 time that of water.

·   La Paz, capital city of Bolivia (south america), is situated at an altitude of 3631 metres (12087 feet) from the sea level.

·   The panch Pokhri Lake situated in the Himalaya Mountains is the highest lake in the world.

·   The present palace of sultan of Brunei in the capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan consisting of 1788 rooms is the largest palace.

·   Mahavira (founder of Jainism) and Gautama Buddha (founder of Buddism) were contemporaries and flourished in India in the 6th century B.C.

·   The three pyramids of eqypt were built from 2700 to 2500 B.C.; these are tombs of Khufu, khafra and menkaura.

·   The Great Wall of China was completed in 204 B.C.it is 1500 miles long. Its average height is 25 feet and about 12 feet wide at the top.

·   The city Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by romolus.

·   The Muslim rule of Spain lasted from 711 to 1492 A.D.

·   The statue of liberty (newyork) was installed in 1886.It is 151 feet one inch high from the base to torch.

·   The world is divided into 24 time zones, each 15` longtitude wide. the longitudinal meridian passing through greenwich,England is the starting point and is called the prime meridian.

·   Christopher Columbus discovered Bahamas on 12 Oct 1492 A.D.

·   The world famous golden gate bridge is located in San francisco (usa).

·   Russia invaded Afghanistan on Dec 27,1979.

·   Hongkong was returned to china on July 1,1997.

·   Eritrea became an independent state on May 24,1993.

·   A billion contain 1000 million. It has 9 zeroes. Similarly a trillion has 12 zeroes, a quadrillion 15 zeroes, a quintillion 18 zeroes and a decillion 33 zeroes.

·   One inch is equal to 2.5400 cms and one mile is equal to 1.6093 kms.

·   About half of the world population speaks indo-european languages. The Indo-European branch to which English belongs is Germanic.

·   The original inhabitants of USA are known as Red Indians.

·   Out of the 193 sovereign independent nations of the world 147 are republics and other 46 are under personal rules (14 kings,1 emperor,3 queens,7 hereditary sheikhs,1 grand duke,2 sultans,1 constitutional monarch etc).

·   Gwadar became a part of Pakistan on September 9,1958.

·   All India mulim league was formulated on December 30,1906 and first president was Sir Agha Khan.

·   Afghanistan got independence on 19th Aug 1919.

·   Air conditioner invented by "willis H. carrier"U.S. in 1902.

·   Camera (photographic) has been invented by "Joseph N. Niepce"France in 1822.

·   Sunlight is composed of seven colours

·   "Braille system" is used for the education of Blind.

·   Lousis Braille of France made it possible for the blind to read and write.

·   Blue color has shortest wavelength

·   Protein is a natural polymer

·   The paper currency first introduce by china

·   Redwood or Giant Sempervirens is the tallest tree in the world . It rises up to a height of 111 metres (366 feets).

·   Pakistan-Afghanistan border ' Durand line ' was drawn in 1893 by Sir Mortimer Durand and Afghanistan`s ruler Abdur rehman khan.

·   Asian Development Bank was established on 16th Jan 1999.

·   Radcliff was a lawyer by profession.

·   In 1945, Hiroshima was the first city Atom bomb dropped.

·   Leo Tolstoy was the political guru of Gandhi.

·   South Africa is the country, which has three capitals.

·   All-india Muslim league was established in 1906 and Quaid-e-azam joined in 1913.

·   The lowest per capita income in the Muslim world is of Somalia.

·   United Nations spends a lion`s share of its budget on Refugees rehabilitations

·   A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is known as “peninsula ".

·   The density of population usually measured in person per sq. km

·   The Eifel tower was built by Alexander Eiffel

·   The Red Cross was founded by Jean Henri Durant

·   The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz

·   The first Republican President of America was Abraham Lincoln

·   The country famous for Samba dance is Brazil

·   The name of Alexander's horse was Beucephalus

·   Singapore was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

·   The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson

·   The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guermica

·   The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher

·   The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Federick Auguste Bartholdi

·   John F.Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald

·   The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University

·   The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan

·   The literal meaning of Renaissance is Revival

·   Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus

·   The title of Desert Fox was given to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

·   The word `Quiz' was coined by Jim Daly Irishman

·   The original meaning of `Quiz' was Trick

·   Adolf Hitler was born in Austria

·   In the year 1811,Paraguay became independent from Spain

·   The cross word puzzle was invented by Arthur Wynney

·   Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means Fear of cats

·   Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln

·   The famous Island located at the mouth of the Hudson river is Manhattan

·   The famous painting `Mona Lisa'is displayed at Louvre museum, Paris

·   The earlier name for tomato was Love apple

·   The famous words `Veni Vidi Vici'were said by Julius Caesar

·   Disneyland is located in California, USA

·   Archimedes was born in Sicily

·   The famous General Motors company was founded by William Durant

·   The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy

·   The White House was painted white to Hide fire damage

·   "History is Bunk"was said by Henry Ford

·   The term ``astrology' literally means Star Speech

·   Togo is situated in Africa

·   The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan

·   The first talkie feature film in USA was The Jazz Singer

·   The name of the large clock on the tower of the House of Parliament in London is called Big Ben

·   Prado museum is located in Madrid

·   The number of keys in an ordinary piano is Eighty eight

·   `Man is a Tool Making Animal' was said by Benjamin Franklin

·   The term 'anesthesia'was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes