1. When did William Bradford Shockley win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1950
b) 1956
c) 1945
d) 1962
2. When was William Bradford Shockley born?
a) 13 February 1910
b) 16 May 1912
c) 15 July 1904
d) 10 October 1906
3. Where was William Bradford Shockley born?
a) Edinburgh
b) Glamorgan
c) London
d) Dublin
1. When was Edvard Munch born?
a) 6 February 1868
b) 7 May 1866
c) 8 August 1864
d) 12 December 1863
2. Where was Edvard Munch born?
a) Helsinki
b) Loten
c) Stavanger
d) Copenhagen
3. What caused the death of Edvard Munch’s mother and eldest sister?
a) Cholera
b) Jaundice
c) Tuberculosis
d) Leukemia
Wimbledon 2013 Quiz Questions and Answers
1. Who won mixed doubles championship in Wimbledon 2013?
a) Nenad Zimonjic, Katarina Srebotnik
b) Daniel Nestor, Kristina Mladenovic
c) Robert Bryan, Liezel Huber
d) John Peers, Ashleigh Barty
2. Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in Wimbledon 2013?
a) Horia Tecau, Sania Mirza
b) Robert Farah, Darija Jurak
c) Bruno Soares, Lisa Raymond
d) Rohan Bopanna, Jie Zheng
3. Who won men’s doubles championship in Wimbledon 2013?
a) Colin Fleming, Jonathan Marray
b) Rohan Bopanna, Edouard Roger-Vasselin
c) Michael Bryan, Robert Bryan
d) Mahesh Bhupati, Julian Knowle
1. What did James Cook call Tonga?
a) Batan Islands
b) Kiriwana Islands
c) Savage Islands
d) Friendly Islands
2. Who ruled Tonga in 1965-2006?
a) George I
b) Tupou IV
c) George II
d) Salote
3. Which is the capital of Tonga?
a) Kao
b) Nuku’alofa
c) ‘Eua
d) Vava’u
1) Who discovered Uranus?
a) Gerard Kuiper
b) Pervical Lowell
c) William Herschel
d) James Watt
2) John Flamsteed saw Uranus in 1690 and he thought it to be a star. What did he call it?
a) Alpha Centauri
b) Proxima Centauri
c) 34 Tauri
d) 24 Gauri
3) What did William Herschel name Uranus?
a) Albertum Sidus
b) Georgium Sidus
c) Henrium Sidus
d) Edwardum Sidus
1) What are whales?
a) Amphibians
b) Birds
c) Mammals
d) Reptiles
2) Which is the largest whale?
a) Blue whale
b) Red whale
c) Yellow whale
d) Black whale
3) Which is the smallest whale?
a) Ant whale
b) Dwarf sperm whale
c) Midget whale
d) Pigmy whale
1. Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine’s father?
a) William X
b) Louis I
c) Charles Martel
d) Pippin II
2. Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine’s mother?
a) Agnes of Poitou
b) Aenor de Chatellerault
c) Gisela of Swabia
d) Adelaide of Etienne
3. When did Eleanor of Aquitaine marry Louis VII?
a) 31 January 1144
b) 25 May 1142
c) 22 July 1137
d) 8 October 1135