Chennai Today  

Go Back   Chennai Today > Kids > Useful Sites > General Knowledge

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 11-04-2009, 03:53 AM
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 6
Default A brain stimulant

Hello kids, there is always fun in solving riddles and hence here is a small General Knowledge quiz to pep up your brains. Have fun & good luck !!

1. What could be rare, medium-rare or well-done?

2. La Mancha in Spain in famous for producing what spice?

3. Which fruit is used as meat tenderizer?

4. Which country owns Easter Island?

5. What does the term “Come under the hammer” mean?

6. Who was the 9th Sikh Guru?

7. What is the collective noun for parrots?

8. What is the national animal of Canada?]

9. The atmosphere around Jupiter is proved to be rich in particularly 2 gases. One of them is Methane. What is the other?

10. The earliest model was called the Analytical Engine. What is it commonly known as today?

11. In which modern country would you find the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

12. According to Muslim tradition, which modern city stands on the site of the Garden of Eden?

13. In which country is the major part of the Kalahari Desert situated?

14. Who established the Boy Scouts Association in India?

15. Who is an ambidextrous person?

16. Who might sit on high chair?

17. What are beauty contests, like Miss World, Miss Universe, etc. commonly called in America?

18. In the line of British royalty titles, what follows King, Queen, Prince, Princess?

19. What is the actual meaning of the term “Geisha”?

20. In India we call it bio-data. In Britain the same is termed as?

21. What is “ecclesiology” the study of?

22. Who is the Lord of the Darkness in the book & movie “The Lord of The Rings”?

23. In which city was the first Disneyland opened outside the USA?

24. The famous song “Ai mere vatan ke logon” sung by Lata Mangeshkar, which moved Pandit Nehru to tears, was sung on which occasion?

25. In the human body, what is held up by the Atlas?





ANSWERS

1. Steaks
2. Saffron
3. Papaya
4. Chile.
5. Sold at an auction
6. Tegh Bahadur
7. Company.
8. Beaver.
9. Ammonia.
10. Computer.
11. Iraq
12. Damascus.
13. Botswana.
14. Annie Besant
15. A person who can use both his hands with equal ease. ( A right-handed cum left-handed person)
16. An infant, as this chair is with high legs and a tray to place his feeding bowl.
17. Beauty Pageants
18. Duke & Duchess
19. An artist.
20. CV or Curriculum Vitae.
21. The study of church building and their decoration.
22. Sauron
23. Tokyo, Japan.
24. At a public gathering after the 1962 Indo-China war.
25. The head, as Atlas is the first cervical vertebra.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


All times are GMT +5.5. The time now is 03:33 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0
copyright 2008