Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1) When was Grover Cleveland first sworn in as President of USA? a) 20 September 1885 b) 4 March 1885 c) 20 January 1885 d) 4 November 1886 2) When was Grover Cleveland born? a) 18 March 1837 b) 4 May 1830 c) 12 August 1834 d) 2 October 1848 3) Where was Grover Cleveland born? a) Fairfield b) Caldwell c) San Francisco d) Buffalo

3) Where was Warren Gamaliel Harding born? a) New York b) Corsica, France c) Corsica, Ohio d) New Orleans 4) Which college did Warren Gamaliel Harding attend? a) Brown College b) Ohio Central College c) Kenyon College d) Allegheny College 5) Which state had Warren Gamaliel Harding as its Lieutenant Governor? a) Rhode Island b) Nevada c) Illinois d) Ohio

1) Who is Mercury in mythology? a) God of justice b) God of war c) God of wind d) God of commerce 2) What is the minimum surface temperature of Mercury? a) 72?C b) 0?C c) -10?C d) -173?C 3) What is the maximum surface temperature of Mercury? a) 122?C b) 427?C c) 285?C d) 576?C

1. When did Paul Dirac win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1938 b) 1933 c) 1945 d) 1952 2. When was Paul Dirac born? a) 22 February 1906 b) 16 May 1908 c) 2 August 1902 d) 7 December 1898 3. Where was Paul Dirac born? a) Berne b) Geneva c) Lausanne d) Bristol

1) Which State did Andrew Jackson represent as its first Congressman? a) N. Carolina b) S. Carolina c) Tennessee d) Florida 2) How many times did Andrew Jackson marry Rachel Donelson? a) Once b) Twice c) Thrice d) Four times 3) Whom did Andrew Jackson kill in a duel? a) Alexander Hamilton b) John Sevier c) Charles Dickinson d) Jesse Benton

1. When did South Dakota become a state of USA? a) 5 March 1796 b) 31 May 2002 c) 12 July 1872 d) 2 November 1889 2. Which state is to the north of South Dakota? a) Wyoming b) North Dakota c) Iowa d) Montana 3. Which state is to the south of South Dakota? a) New Hampshire b) Connecticut c) Nebraska d) Delaware

1) When was Jagdish Chandra Bose born? a) 5 May 1855 b) 30 November 1858 c) 23 January 1897 d) 14 August 1900 2) Where was Jagdish Chandra Bose born? a) Mymensingh b) Dacca c) Darjeeling d) Kalimpong 3) From which college in Calcutta did Jagdish Chandra Bose pass B.A.? a) Elphinstone College b) Presidency College c) St. Albert’s College d) St. Xavier’s College

The Washington Post Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was The Washington Post founded? a) 1 January 1901 b) 4 April 1904 c) 7 August 1898 d) 6 December 1877 2. Who founded The Washington Post? a) Charles Henry Dow b) Stilson Hutchins c) Edward Jones d) Clarence Barron 3. Who bought The Washington Post in 1905? a) Warren Harding b) Philip Graham c) John McLean d) Joseph Pulitzer

1. What is Haj? a) Friday sermon b) Pilgrimage to Mecca c) Night prayer d) Sufi shrine 2. Who gives the call for prayer in Islam? a) Khatib b) Ayatollah c) Muezzin d) Talib 3. Which of the following is not one of the five Pillars of Islam? a) Zakat b) Shahadah c) Nikah d) Salat

1. When was Michael Faraday born? a) 5 July 1794 b) 4 March 1792 c) 22 September 1791 d) 10 December 1788 2. Where was Michael Faraday born? a) Lexington b) Newington c) Bristol d) Coventry 3. Who offered Michael Faraday the job of laboratory assistant? a) Humphry Davy b) John Dalton c) Sarah Barnard d) William Whewell