Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Nobel Prize 2020 Quiz Questions 1) Who won Nobel Prize 2020 for Medicine? a) Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman, Ralph Steinman b) Francoise Barre-Sinousi, Luc Montagnier, Harald zur Hausen c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak d) Harvey J. Alter, Charles M. Rice, Michael Houghton 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2020 for Medicine given? a) Work on serum therapy b) Work on Anaphylaxis c) Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus d) Improvement in surgical instruments 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2020 for Physics? a) Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess b) Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, Andrea Ghez c) ... Read more

1. Who won men’s doubles championship in French Open 2010? a) Weslie Moodie, Dick Norman b) Daniel Nestor, Nenad Zimonjic c) Michael Bryan, Robert Bryan d) Marc Lopez, Tommy Robredo 2. Who were runners up in men’s doubles championship in French Open 2010? a) Julian Knowle, Andy Ram b) Marius Fyrstenberg, Marcin Matkowski c) Bruno Soares, Marcelo Melo d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy 3. Who won women’s doubles championship in French Open 2010? a) Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Nadia Petrova b) A. Medina Garriques, Virginia Ruano Pascual c) Serena Williams, Venus Williams d) Cara Black, Liezel Huber

Richard Buckminster Fuller Quiz Questions Photo of young Richard Buckminster Fuller (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 1. When was Richard Buckminster Fuller born? a) 1 January 1894 b) 24 May 1896 c) 12 July 1895 d) 8 October 1898 2. Where was Richard Buckminster Fuller born? a) Milton b) Atlanta c) San Francisco d) Richmond 3. Which university expelled Richard Buckminster Fuller twice? a) Princeton b) Yale c) Harvard d) Cornell 4. When did Richard Buckminster Fuller invent Dynamxion house? a) 1922 b) 1927 c) 1932 d) 1934 5. When did Richard Buckminster Fuller erect his first geodesic dome building that could ... Read more

1. When did Gambia become independent? a) 18 February 1965 b) 5 April 1960 c) 10 July 1972 d) 17 December 1945 2. Which country is to the north, east and south of Gambia? a) Namibia b) Senegal c) Zimbabwe d) Uganda 3. Which is the capital of Gambia? a) Banjul b) Brikama c) Georgetown d) Farafenni

1. What was World Economic Forum’s original name? Australia New Zealand United States Warsaw Pact Central Treaty Organization European Management ForumCorrect Answer: European Management Forum 2. When was World Economic Forum founded? 1948 1964 1971 1982Correct Answer: 1971 3. Who founded World Economic Forum? Robert McNamara Klaus Schwab Nikita Khrushchev Edward HeathCorrect Answer: Klaus Schwab 4. When did World Economic Forum get its present name? 1987 1975 1967 1960Correct Answer: 1987 5. Which countries signed Davos Declaration in 1988? India, Pakistan Greece, Turkey USA, Canada China, JapanCorrect Answer: Greece, Turkey 6. Who of the following leaders were present in Davos ... Read more

The African National Congress was founded as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) to increase the rights of the black South African population. John Dube, its first president, and poet and author Sol Plaatje are among its founding members. The organization became the ANC in 1923 and formed a military wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) in 1961. It has been the ruling party of post-apartheid South Africa on the national level since 1994. African National Congress Quiz Questions 1. When was South African Native National Congress founded? a) 8 January 1912 b) 24 May 1893 ... Read more

Edgar Degas Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Edgar Degas born? a) 1 January 1836 b) 4 April 1838 c) 19 July 1834 d) 31 October 1832 2. Where was Edgar Degas born? a) Paris b) Nantes c) Versailles d) Sedan 3. Which art school did Edgar Degas attend? a) The Royal Academy of Arts b) Ecole des Beaux-Arts c) J. J. School of Art d) Chelsea School of Art

Mizoram Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Mizoram become a state? a) 20 February 1987 b) 5 June 1966 c) 8 August 1988 d) 1 December 1963 2. What does Mizoram mean? a) Land of kings b) Land of Mizos c) Dry land d) Land of snow 3. Which of the following states does not have a border with Mizoram? a) Assam b) Manipur c) Tripura d) Nagaland

Virgil Quiz Questions with Answers 1. What was Virgil’s original name? a) Publius Vergilius Maro b) Sextus Pompeius Pius c) Marcus Vispanius Agrippa d) Lucius Varius Rufus 2. When was Virgil born? a) 27 January 90 BC b) 24 May 82 BC c) 23 July 76 BC d) 15 October 70 BC 3. Where was Virgil born? a) Naples b) Andes c) Florence d) Venice

1. When was Edward Heath Prime Minister of UK? a) 1936-1940 b) 1970-1974 c) 1945-1951 d) 1956-1961 2. When was Edward Heath born? a) 3 January 1910 b) 5 April 1902 c) 7 July 1916 d) 11 December 1914 3. Where was Edward Heath born? a) Broadstairs b) York c) London d) Huddersfield