Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. When was Rudolf Abel arrested by FBI? a) 1 January 1949 b) 21 June 1957 c) 12 August 1956 d) 31 December 1948 2. What was Rudolf Abel’s original name? a) William August Fisher b) Ernest Blofeld c) Feliks Dzerzhinnsky d) Nikolay Yezhov 3. When was Rudolf Abel born? a) 3 March 1904 b) 15 April 1902 c) 11 July 1903 d) 14 November 1905

1. When did Turkmenistan proclaim independence? a) 1 January 2001 b) 18 June 1984 c) 31 August 1991 d) 27 October 1991 2. What is to the west of Turkmenistan? a) Black Sea b) Russia c) Caspian Sea d) Iraq 3. Which is the capital of Turkmenistan? a) Ashgabat b) Cheleken c) Tejen d) Gazaniyk

1. When was Charlemagne crowned emperor? a) 1 January 801 b) 3 June 795 c) 22 September 762 d) 25 December 800 2. When was Charlemagne born? a) 5 March 700 b) 2 April 742 c) 14 October 758 d) 31 July 762 3. After whose death on 4 December 771 did Charlemagne become the sole ruler of Franks? a) Carloman b) Hunald c) Attila d) Roes

1. When was Anne Frank born? a) 1 January 1914 b) 12 June 1929 c) 25 September 1925 d) 16 December 1926 2. Where was Anne Frank born? a) Amsterdam b) Frankfurt am Main c) Zurich d) Rome 3. When did Anne Frank move to a Jewish School? a) 1941 b) 1939 c) 1929 d) 1936

1. Which was the opening date of Asian Games 2010? a) 1 March 2010 b) 5 May 2010 c) 4 July 2010 d) 12 November 2010 2. Where were Asian Games 2010 held? a) Beijing b) Shanghai c) Guangzhou d) Pretoria 3. Who won the gold medal in men’s English billiards in Asian Games 2010? a) Geet Sethi b) Peter Gilchrist c) Pin Yi Ko d) Pankaj Advani

1. Which country is to the north of Uruguay? a) Chile b) Peru c) Brazil d) Ecuador 2. Who was the first European to explore Uruguay? a) Christopher Columbus b) Juan Diaz de Solis c) Ferdinand Magellan d) Henry Hudson 3. Which is the capital of Uruguay? a) La Paloma b) San Jose c) Montevideo d) San Gregorio

1. When did Naguib Mahfouz get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1969 b) 1967 c) 1988 d) 1992 2. When was Naguib Mahfouz born? a) 12 January 1902 b) 14 April 1906 c) 5 August 1908 d) 11 December 1911 3. Where was Naguib Mahfouz born? a) Alexandria b) Cairo c) Luxor d) Thebes

1. When was Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane born? a) 31 December 1865 b) 27 May 1862 c) 8 February 1860 d) 11 August 1858 2. Where was Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane born? a) York b) Canterbury c) Edinburgh d) Ipswich 3. Who influenced Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane to found an organization for slum reconstruction? a) Matthew Arnold b) George Meredith c) Octavia Hill d) John Murray

(Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.) 1) Who declared the opening of London Olympics 1908? a) Edward VII b) George I of Greece c) George V of UK d) Nicholas II of Russia 2) Which was the opening date of London Olympics 1908? a) 12 May 1904 b) 1 July 1904 c) 27 April 1908 d) 14 September 1904 3) Which city was originally chosen for Olympics 1904? a) Berlin b) Milan c) Rome d) Amsterdam

1) What is the official name of Qatar? a) Emirate of Qatar b) Kingdom of Qatar c) State of Qatar d) Sultanate of Qatar 2) When did Qatar become independent? a) 1 May 1965 b) 24 June 1967 c) 1 December 1969 d) 3 September 1971 3) Which channel is based in Qatar? a) Al Arabiya b) Al Jazeera c) Geo TV d) ARY TV