1. When was Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary General of United Nations?
a) 1962-1971
b) 1982-1991
c) 1972-1976
d) 1987-2002
2. When was Javier Perez de Cuellar born?
a) 19 January 1920
b) 12 June 1918
c) 10 August 1924
d) 26 December 1923
3. Where was Javier Perez de Cuellar born?
a) Tarapoto
b) Huanuco
c) Lima
d) Trujillo
1) In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh?
a) Joseph
b) Daniel
c) David
d) Samuel
2) The flag of which country has the Star of David?
a) USA
b) Iraq
c) Israel
d) Nepal
3) In which year was Magna Carta signed?
a) 1603
b) 1066
c) 1707
d) 1215
4) When was Carthage destroyed?
a) 149 B.C.
b) 323 B.C.
c) 44 A.D.
d) 70 A.D.
5) Which country is ruled by a single dynasty for more than two thousand years?
a) England
b) Persia
c) Japan
d) Egypt
1) Which of the following is not a leap year?
a) 1896
b) 1900
c) 1904
d) 1908
2) Which Indian Prime Minister was born on 29 February?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) Morarji Desai
d) Inder Kumar Gujral
3) Who took one day from February and added it to July?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Pompey
c) Sulla
d) Cato
Niccolo Machiavelli Quiz Questions
1. When was Niccolo Machiavelli born?
a) 2 February 1444
b) 3 May 1469
c) 23 August 1449
d) 23 November 1455
2. Where was Niccolo Machiavelli born?
a) Florence
b) Naples
c) Pisa
d) Lucca
3. When was Niccolo Machiavelli head of second chancery?
a) 1498-1512
b) 1492-1498
c) 1514-1516
d) 1518-1526
1. When was Richard Brinsley Sheridan baptized?
a) 21 February 1744
b) 15 May 1752
c) 23 August 1749
d) 4 November 1751
2. Where was Richard Brinsley Sheridan born?
a) Belfast
b) Dublin
c) Kilkenny
d) Waterford
3. With whom did Richard Brinsley Sheridan fight two duels?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Jonathan Swift
c) Thomas Mathews
d) Oliver Goldsmith
1. When did Frederik Willem de Klerk win Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) 1984
b) 1993
c) 1999
d) 2014
2. When was Frederik Willem de Klerk born?
a) 18 March 1936
b) 24 June 1934
c) 14 September 1932
d) 12 December 1928
3. Where was Frederik Willem de Klerk born?
a) Orania
b) Upington
c) Johannesburg
d) Durban
1. When was John Ray born?
a) 5 March 1634
b) 4 April 1630
c) 31 August 1628
d) 29 November 1627
2. Where was John Ray born?
a) Cardiff
b) Black Notley
c) Ipswich
d) Amsterdam
3. Where did John Ray matriculate?
a) Rugby School
b) St. Catherine’s Hall
c) St. Paul’s School
d) Winchester College
1. Who named the continent Antarctica?
a) John George Bartholomew
b) James Cook
c) Mikhail Lazarev
d) Nathaniel Palmer
2. Antarctica has two meanings. One is ‘Opposite to the Arctic’. Which is the second meaning?
a) Opposite to the east
b) Opposite to the north
c) Opposite to the south
d) Opposite to the west
3. When did James Cook first cross the Antarctic Circle?
a) 17 January 1773
b) 7 February 1821
c) 18 September 1774
d) 16 November 1776