1. Who was the first explorer to visit Saint Pierre and Miquelon?
a) Henry Hudson
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Jose Alvarez Faguendez
d) John Cabot
2. When was the first permanent French settlement established in Saint Pierre and Miquelon?
a) 1604
b) 1520
c) 1562
d) 1536
3. When did Saint Pierre and Miquelon become an overseas territory?
a) 1914
b) 1946
c) 1882
d) 1900
1) When was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
a) 7 April 1785
b) 22 March 1826
c) 14 October 1796
d) 4 July 1804
2) Where was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
a) Dindigul
b) Salem
c) Tranvancore
d) Boston
3) Where did Nathaniel Hawthorne work as a measurer?
a) Boston Custom House
b) New York Governor’s office
c) Methodist Church
d) White House
1. When did Arthur Holly Compton win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1923
b) 1925
c) 1924
d) 1927
2. When was Arthur Holly Compton born?
a) 7 November 1887
b) 7 June 1882
c) 10 September 1892
d) 21 January 1894
3. Where was Arthur Holly Compton born?
a) Newark
b) Wooster
c) Atlanta
d) Sacramento
1. When did Sean MacBride get Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) 1963
b) 1974
c) 1985
d) 1978
2. When was Sean MacBride born?
a) 26 January 1904
b) 21 April 1906
c) 14 September 1908
d) 16 October 1903
3. Where was Sean MacBride born?
a) Belfast
b) Cork
c) Paris
d) Armagh
1) When was John Keats born?
a) 22 June 1750
b) 16 August 1785
c) 31 October 1795
d) 31 December 1800
2) Where was John Keats born?
a) Paris
b) Berlin
c) Moscow
d) London
3) Which school did John Keats attend?
a) St. Peter’s School
b) Gable School
c) Clarke School
d) St. Albert’s School
1. When did Himachal Pradesh become a state?
a) 25 January 1971
b) 25 June 1964
c) 7 July 1982
d) 1 November 1956
2. Which state is to the north of Himachal Pradesh?
a) Rajasthan
b) Nagaland
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Tripura
3. Which state is to the south of Himachal Pradesh?
a) Bihar
b) Haryana
c) Sikkim
d) West Bengal
1) When did Saint Kitts and Nevis become independent?
a) 7 February 1954
b) 23 May 1977
c) 19 September 1983
d) 12 December 1982
2) Which sea surrounds Saint Kitts and Nevis?
a) Caribbean
b) Baltic
c) Arabian
d) Bering
3) When did Christopher Columbus visit Saint Kitts?
a) 1488
b) 1493
c) 1526
d) 1530
1) Who are credited with the discovery of Neptune?
a) Adams and Le Verrier
b) Hubble and Slipher
c) Lowell and Kelvin
d) Newton and Kepler
2) Galileo had observed Neptune. What did he think of it?
a) Satellite
b) Meteor
c) Asteroid
d) Star
3) Which is the outermost ring of Neptune?
a) Adams
b) Galatea
c) Leverrier
d) Galle
(This quiz is about Victor Alexander John Hope, also known as Lord Linlithgow.)
1. When was Victor Hope viceroy of India?
a) 1943-1947
b) 1936-1943
c) 1916-1921
d) 1905-1910
2. When was Victor Hope born?
a) 17 March 1898
b) 6 April 1892
c) 24 September 1887
d) 11 November 1884
3. Where was Victor Hope born?
a) Abercorn
b) Winchester
c) Belfast
d) Dover
1) When was Rembrandt van Rijn born?
a) 19 March 1554
b) 16 May 1624
c) 15 July 1606
d) 5 December 1636
2) Where was Rembrandt van Rijn born?
a) Leiden
b) Brussels
c) Copenhagen
d) Helsinki
3) Which university did Rembrandt van Rijn attend?
a) Amsterdam University
b) Leiden University
c) Rotterdam University
d) Brussels University
