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Q.  Who was the founder of the Chinese Republic?
A.  San Yat Sen
Q.  Who was the first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize?
A.  Abdul Salam
Q.  Who was the first Secretary General of the UNO?
A.  Trygve Lie
Q.  Who was the first Prime minister of Bangladesh?
A.  Mujibur Rehman
Q.  The Eifel tower was built by
A.  Alexander Eiffel
Q.  The Red Cross was founded by
A.  Jean Henri Durant
Q.  Niagara Falls was discovered by
A.  Louis Hennepin
Q.  The first Republican President of America was
A.  Abraham Lincoln
Q.  Singapore was founded by
A.  Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Q.  The famous British one-eyed Admiral was
A.  Nelson
Q.  'Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named
A.  Michelangelo
Q.  Paradise Regained was written by
A.  John Milton
Q.  The first President of Egypt was
A.  Mohammed Nequib
Q.  The first man to reach North Pole was
A.  Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
Q.  The first explorer to reach the South Pole was
A.  Cap. Ronald Amundson
Q.  The founder of modern Germany is
A.  Bismarck
Q.  The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was
A.  Margaret Thatcher
Q.  The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was
A.  Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
Q.  John F Kennedy was assassinated by
A.  Lee Harvey Oswald
Q.  The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was
A.  Catherine of Aragon
Q.  The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was
A.  Ralph Johnson Bunche
Q.  The author of Harry Potter Books is
A.  JK Rowling
Q.  Who was the youngest President of the USA?
A.  Theodore Roosevelt
Q.  Who invented the Nintendo Wii?
A.  Kashi Kabushiki
Q.  In 1506,who was the discoverer of the island of Tristan da Cunha?
A.  Tristan da Cunha
Q.  What is the relationship between Prince Edward and Lord Linley?
A.  Cousins
Q.  Who was last seen alive on the Lady Ghilaine?
A.  Robert Maxwell
Q.  The American Ansel Adams worked in what field?
A.  Photography
Q.  If Prince William became King, what number William would he be?
A.  5th
Q.  Who painted 'The Last Supper'?
A.  Leonardo da Vinci
Q.  Whose official London residence is Lambeth Palace?
A.  The Archbishop of Canterbury
Q.  What does a cutler make, sell or repair ?
A.  Knives
Q.  What was the nationality of artist Salvador Dali?
A.  Spanish
Q.  Stella Rimmington was the first female head of which organisation?
A.  MI5
Q.  Who is the First Lord of the Treasury?
A.  The Prime Minister
Q.  Who did John Hinkley attempt to assassinate in 1982?
A.  President Ronald Reagan
Q.  On which island was Napoleon born?
A.  Corsica.
Q.  “Upper Volta “ is known by a new name. What is that?
A.  Burkina Fasso
Q.  Who was the author of ‘Common Sense’ , a revolutionary pamphlet of the American Revolution?
A.  Thomas Paine
Q.  ‘Portrait Francoise’ was an art piece created by ??
A.  Pablo Picasso
Q.  What is the original name of Santa Cluase?
A.  St. Nicolas
Q.  During the battle of Plassi , who was Nawab of Bengal?
A.  Sirajuddola
Q.  The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was
A.  Mujibur Rehman
Q.  Who is the first woman elected as the President of Argentina?
A.  Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Q.  Who killed Julius Caesar?
A.  Brutus.
Q.  Which is the birth place of Shakespeare?
A.  Birthplace of Shakespeare is at Stratford-on-Avon, a town in south- west Warwickshire, in central England, on the Avon River. It is also the burial place of Shakespeare.
Q.  Who is known as king of Rock & Roll
A.  Elvis Presley
Q.  In which book of Shakespeare we can see the famous words 'To be or not to be'
A.  Hamlet
Q.  Who is the architect of Supercomputer
A.  Seymour Cray
Q.  Brown shirts were associated with
A.  Hitler
Q.  Black shirts were associated with
A.  Mussolini
Q.  First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest is
A.  Bachendri Pal
Q.  The Nobel Prizes were established by
A.  Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Q.  What desert did David Livingstone have to cross to reach Lake Ngami?
A.  The Kalahari.
Q.  Who was born Karl Herbert Frahm?
A.  Willy Brandt.
Q.  Errol Flynn's Last film was a documentary tribute to which world leader?
A.  Castro.
Q.  Who was the first Prime Minister of independent South Africa?
A.  Louis Botha.
Q.  In what year did Hussein become king of Jordan?
A.  1952.
Q.  Which leader did Churchill say was like a "female llama surprised in her bath?"
A.  Charles de Gaulle.
Q.  Who did Lionel Jospin replace as French Prime Minister?
A.  Alain Juppe.
Q.  Which part of Lenin was preserved after his death?
A.  Brain.
Q.  In what year was the world's first woman Prime Minister elected?
A.  1960.
Q.  Which British Prime Minister was Rudyard Kipling's cousin?
A.  Stanley Baldwin.
Q.  What did Mao Tse Tung call the "Great leap forward"?
A.  Enforced industrialization.
Q.  Who became Russian Prime Minister in September 1998?
A.  Yevgeni Primakov.
Q.  Who was described by his foreign minister as having, "a nice smile. but he has got iron teeth?"
A.  Mikhail Gorbachev.
Q.  Who succeeded Brezhnev as President of the USSR?
A.  Andropov.
Q.  Who became president of Zambia in 1991?
A.  Chiluba.
Q.  Who was Nigeria's first President and has been described as the father of modern Nigeria?
A.  Nnamdi Azikiwe.
Q.  Who was chairman of the Organization of African Unity from 1975-76?
A.  Idi Amin
Q.  Gorbachev introduced the expression perestroika but what does it mean?
A.  Reconstruction.
Q.  Who received the Nobel Peace prize in 1998?
A.  John Hume and David Trimble.
Q.  How ws Papa Doc also known?
A.  Francois Duvalier.
Q.  Who ws the last leader of Communist East Germany?
A.  Egon Krenz.
Q.  What name ws given to the period of rule of Emperor Hirohito?
A.  Showa.
Q.  Who said, "We are not at war with Egypt. We are in armed conflict?"
A.  Anthony Eden.
Q.  Who was the leader of ZAPU?
A.  Joshua Nkomo.
Q.  Who said, "We have the happiest Africans in the world?"
A.  Ian Smith.
Q.  Which newspaper originally coined the term Iron Lady about Margaret Thatcher?
A.  Red Star.
Q.  Who thought of Daylight Savings Time?
A.  William Willett. Traditionally, Americans adjusted their hours to fit changes in daylight. Farmers, as well as railroads, steamship lines, shops, and factories changed their hours of operation seasonally. These seasonal schedules declined after American railroads implemented standard time zones in 1883. In 1907, an English builder and golfer named William Willett proposed the basic outline of what became daylight saving time. His plan found ready ears in the United States.

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