1. When was Edwin Lutyens born?
a) 28 March 1869
b) 15 May 1862
c) 23 August 1859
d) 27 November 1865
2. Where was Edwin Lutyens born?
a) Calcutta
b) London
c) Madras
d) Plymouth
3. Which college did Edwin Lutyens attend?
a) Christ Church College
b) Merton College
c) Royal College of Art
d) Sandhurst College
1) Who is the first President of the United States of America?
a) George Washington
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) James Monroe
d) John Adams
2) Who was born on August 15, 1769?
a) Winston Churchill
b) Queen Victoria
c) Napoleon Bonaparte
d) George V
3) Which city was previously known as Salisbury?
a) London
b) Paris
c) Harare
d) New York
1. Which was the opening date of Commonwealth Games 2010?
a) 1 March 2010
b) 5 May 2010
c) 6 July 2010
d) 3 October 2010
2. Where were Commonwealth Games 2010 held?
a) Vancouver
b) Delhi
c) Kuala Lumpur
d) Pretoria
3. Who won the gold medal in men’s singles in tennis in Commonwealth Games 2010?
a) Rohan Bopanna
b) Leander Paes
c) Somdev Devvarman
d) Mahesh Bhupati
(This quiz is about Republic of the Congo.)
1. When did Congo become independent?
a) 28 February 1956
b) 8 April 1964
c) 15 August 1960
d) 11 November 1976
2. Which country is to the west of Congo?
a) Gabon
b) Lesotho
c) Zimbabwe
d) Swaziland
3. Which is the capital of Congo?
a) Jacob
b) Brazzaville
c) Dolisie
d) Pointe Noire
1) What was O. Henry’s real name?
a) Henry Ford
b) Clark Cable
c) Arthur Kent
d) William Sidney Porter
2) When was O. Henry born?
a) 14 April 1865
b) 11 September 1862
c) 2 January 1870
d) 3 June 1868
3) Which humourous weekly was started by O. Henry?
a) Shankar’s Weekly
b) Eve’s Weekly
c) The Tablet
d) The Rolling Stone
1) What is Luxembourg?
a) Republic
b) Kingdom
c) Principality
d) Grand Duchy
2) What is Be in Benelux?
a) Belgium
b) Beaufort
c) Belize
d) Beautiful
3) When is Luxembourg City Fete?
a) 23 September
b) 15 August
c) 1 October
d) 1 November
1. Which sea surrounds Aruba?
a) Labrador
b) Caribbean
c) Irish
d) Beaufort
2. Which is the capital of Aruba?
a) San Nicolas
b) Oranjestad
c) Sabaneta
d) Caracas
3. Which is the official language of Aruba?
a) Spanish
b) English
c) French
d) Dutch
1. When did Hawaii become a state of USA?
a) 1 January 1901
b) 24 May 1950
c) 21 August 1959
d) 14 December 1936
2. Who was the British explorer killed at Kealakekua Bay on 14 February 1779?
a) James Cook
b) William Bligh
c) John Whitby
d) James Ross
3. Who presented the Union Jack to Kamehameha I in 1793?
a) Horatio Nelson
b) George Vancouver
c) Fletcher Christian
d) John Adams
1. When was Edmund Hillary born?
a) 14 March 1924
b) 22 April 1922
c) 20 July 1919
d) 10 October 1914
2. Where was Edmund Hillary born?
a) Auckland
b) Dunedin
c) London
d) Christchurch
3. When did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the summit of Mount Everest?
a) 4 February 1944
b) 29 May 1953
c) 23 August 1949
d) 15 November 1954
1. When was Anne Bronte born?
a) 17 January 1820
b) 21 April 1816
c) 30 July 1818
d) 6 November 1812
2. Where was Anne Bronte born?
a) Hampshire
b) Liverpool
c) Tweed
d) Thornton
3. Which school did Anne Bronte attend?
a) Queen Anne School
b) Kilkenny Grammar School
c) Miss Wooler’s School
d) St. Mary’s School