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1) When was St. John Mary Vianney born? a) 15 June 1790 b) 2 August 1782 c) 5 October 1784 d) 8 May 1786 2) Where was St. John Mary Vianney born? a) Dardilly b) Versailles c) Bordeaux d) Cannes 3) Where was St. John Mary Vianney for fourteen months with army deserters? a) Brussels b) Vienna c) Noes d) Monte Cristo

1. When did Carl David Anderson win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1932 b) 1938 c) 1944 d) 1936 2. When was Carl David Anderson born? a) 5 February 1906 b) 4 June 1908 c) 3 September 1905 d) 3 October 1907 3. Where was Carl David Anderson born? a) New York b) Buffalo c) Atlanta d) Boston

Flavia Penetta (Photo credit: Wikipedia) US Open 2015 Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. Who won men’s doubles championship in US Open 2015? a) Florian Mayer, Frank Moder b) Steve Johnson, Sam Querrey c) Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Nicolas Mahut d) Leander Paes, Fernando Verdasco 2. Who were runners up in men’s doubles championship in US Open 2015? a) Rohan Bopanna, Florin Mergea b) Daniel Nestor, Edouard Roger-Vasselin c) Dominic Inglot, Robert Lindstedt d) Jamie Murray, John Peers 3. Who won mixed doubles championship in US Open 2015? a) Rohan Bopanna, Yung-Jan Chan b) Bruno Soares, Sania Mirza c) Horia Tecau, ... Read more

1. When did Comoros become independent? a) 5 March 1948 b) 12 June 1965 c) 6 July 1975 d) 30 October 1974 2. Which is the capital of Comoros? a) Fomboni b) Mutsamudu c) Moroni d) Nioumachoua 3. Which is the currency of Comoros? a) Baht b) Krone c) Franc d) Rouble

1. When was James Henry Leigh Hunt born? a) 26 March 1788 b) 31 May 1786 c) 4 September 1782 d) 19 October 1784 2. Where was James Henry Leigh Hunt born? a) Genoa b) Southgate c) Hertford d) Florence 3. Which school did James Henry Leigh Hunt attend? a) Boston Grammar School b) St. George’s School c) Christ’s Hospital d) Mary Magdalene School

1) When did Macedonia become independent? a) 17 January 1857 b) 10 May 1914 c) 18 September1980 d) 19 December 1991 2) Who was the greatest Macedonian conqueror? a) Hannibal b) Napoleon c) Alexander d) Julius Caesar 3) Which is the capital of Macedonia? a) Bitola b) Skopje c) Prilep d) Kumanovo

(This quiz is about Louis XIV of France.) 1) At what age Louis XIV became king? a) Four years b) Ten years c) Six years d) Eight years 2) How long was the reign of Louis XIV? a) 40 years b) 25 years c) 45 years d) 72 years 3) What ended the Thirty Years’ War? a) Peace of Westphalia b) Peace of Pyrenees c) Treaty of Paris d) Treaty of Amiens

1) From which place close to its headquarters did London’s Metropolitan Police derive the name Scotland Yard? a) A castle b) A tower c) A small, enclosed field in Whitehall d) A churchyard 2) When was Scotland Yard formed? a) 29 September 1829 b) 18 June 1826 c) 22 February 1824 d) 7 December 1815 3) Which of the following is the rank of an officer in Scotland Yard? a) Admiral b) Commander c) Brigadier d) Midshipman

(This quiz is about Test cricketer Vinoo Mankad.) 1) What was Vinoo Mankad’s real name? a) Vinod Mankad b) Mulvantrai Mankad c) Vijay Mankad d) Vishal Mankad 2) Where did Vinoo Mankad make his Test debut? a) Bombay b) Lord’s c) Sydney d) Port of Spain 3) In how many Tests did Vinoo Mankad complete the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets? a) 21 b) 23 c) 25 d) 27

Thomas Gainsborough Quiz Questions and Answers/ 1. When was Thomas Gainsborough baptized? a) 1 January 1734 b) 14 May 1727 c) 15 July 1723 d) 5 October 1716 2. Where was Thomas Gainsborough baptized? a) Sudbury b) Ipswich c) Bath d) Plymouth 3. To which painter was Thomas Gainsborough an assistant? a) Hubert Gravelot b) Anthony Van Dyke c) Gaspard Dughet d) Claude Lorrain