Author: Mauvin Sequeira

1. Alfred Hitchcock was born in which country? (a) France (b) United States (c) England (d) Germany 2. Hitchcock's film career began primarily in: (a) Animation (b) Silent Films (c) Documentaries (d) Musicals 3. He became famous for directing which genre of films? (a) Comedies (b) Thrillers (c) Historical Dramas (d) Science Fiction

1. Virginia Woolf was a prominent figure in what literary movement of the 20th century? (a) Romanticism (b) Modernism (c) Realism (d) Victorian Literature 2. What is the title of Woolf's novel that famously uses stream of consciousness narration? (a) To the Lighthouse (b) Jane Eyre (c) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (d) Pride and Prejudice 3. Woolf was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, a collective known for what? (a) Political activism (b) Artistic and intellectual innovation (c) Gothic horror writing (d) Detective fiction

1. In which year was Pratibha Patil born? (a) 1930 (b) 1934 (c) 1938 (d) 1942 2. Where was Pratibha Patil born? (a) Mumbai (b) Pune (c) Nagpur (d) Jalgaon 3. What was Pratibha Patil's profession before entering politics? (a) Teacher (b) Lawyer (c) Doctor (d) Engineer

1. What is the name of the e-commerce giant founded by Jack Ma? (a) Amazon (b) eBay (c) Alibaba (d) Tencent 2. In which city was Jack Ma born? (a) Shanghai (b) Beijing (c) Hangzhou (d) Guangzhou 3. How many times did Jack Ma fail the Chinese college entrance exam? (a) Never (b) Once (c) Twice (d) Three times or more

1. In what year did Jeff Bezos graduate from Princeton University? (a) 1985 (b) 1986 (c) 1987 (d) 1988 2. What was Jeff Bezos's major field of study at Princeton? (a) Chemistry (b) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (c) Economics (d) Physics 3. Originally, what did Jeff Bezos name his online store? (a) AStore (b) Relentless (c) Cadabra (d) Amazon

1. What is Mark Zuckerberg's most well-known accomplishment? (a) Founding Google (b) Developing the iPhone (c) Co-founding Facebook (d) Writing the Linux kernel 2. In what year was Mark Zuckerberg born? (a) 1970 (b) 1984 (c) 1990 (d) 1995 3. What is Mark Zuckerberg's current position at Facebook ? (a) Lead Engineer (b) Chairman and CEO (c) Marketing Director (d) Product Manager

1. What is Steve Jobs' full name? (a) Steven Paul Jobs (b) Stephen Michael Jobs (c) Steven Arthur Jobs (d) Stewart Joseph Jobs 2. Steve Jobs was co-founder of which iconic tech company? (a) Microsoft (b) Google (c) Apple (d) IBM 3. In what year did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-found Apple? (a) 1969 (b) 1976 (c) 1984 (d) 1998

1. What was Muhammad Ali's birth name? (a) Cassius Clay Jr. (b) William Henry Clay (c) Joe Frazier (d) Sonny Liston 2. In what year did Muhammad Ali win his first heavyweight championship title? (a) 1960 (b) 1964 (c) 1968 (d) 1974 3. What famous boxing technique did Muhammad Ali use, described as "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"? (a) Peek-a-boo (b) The Philly Shell (c) Rope-a-Dope (d) Swarmer

1. In which city was Satyajit Ray born? (a) Mumbai, India (b) Delhi, India (c) Chennai, India (d) Kolkata, India 2. What profession did Satyajit Ray pursue before becoming a filmmaker? (a) Doctor (b) Lawyer (c) Commercial Artist (d) Engineer 3. Which film is considered the first part of Satyajit Ray's critically acclaimed Apu Trilogy? (a) Charulata (b) The Music Room (c) Pather Panchali (d) Mahanagar

1. What was Coco Chanel's real name? (a) Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (b) Elsa Schiaparelli (c) Coco Rothschild (d) Jeanne Lanvin 2. Where was Coco Chanel born? (a) Paris, France (b) Milan, Italy (c) Saumur, France (d) London, England 3. What did Coco Chanel learn at the orphanage where she grew up? (a) Play the piano (b) Sew (c) Speak multiple languages (d) Painting