William Bradford Shockley, American engineer and teacher, cowinner (with John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 for their development of the transistor, a device that largely replaced the bulkier and less-efficient vacuum tube and ushered in the age of microminiature electronics. – Encyclopaedia Britannica William Bradford Shockley Quiz…
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Edvard Munch Quiz
Edvard Munch was an painter and printmaker from Norway. He was regarded as the pioneer of the Expressionist movement.
Edvard Munch Quiz Questions
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
Garry Marshall Quiz
Wimbledon 2013 Quiz
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
Tonga Quiz
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
Uranus Quiz
Uranus Quiz Questions 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…
Whales Quiz
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
George Herbert Walker Bush Quiz
Eleanor of Aquitaine Quiz
Eleanor of Aquitaine, also called Eleanor of Guyenne, queen consort of both Louis VII of France (1137–52) and Henry II of England (1152–1204) and mother of Richard I (the Lion-Heart) and John of England. She was perhaps the most powerful woman in 12th-century Europe. – Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleanor of Aquitaine Quiz Questions Click here for…
Louis XVI Quiz
1) When did Louis XVI become the King of France?
a) 15 March 1758
b) 10 May 1774
c) 8 July 1776
d) 9 December 1778
2) When was Louis XVI born?
a) 19 January 1733
b) 25 May 1742
c) 23 August 1754
d) 30 November 1762
3) Where was Louis XVI born?
a) Brussels
b) Rome
c) London
d) Versailles