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1. When was Ava Gardner born? a) 29 February 1926 b) 7 April 1925 c) 18 August 1924 d) 24 December 1922 2. Where was Ava Gardner born? a) Philadelphia b) Houston c) Grabtown d) Batavia 3. Who was Ava Gardner’s co-star in The Killers? a) Burt Lancaster b) Humphrey Bogart c) Mickey Rooney d) James Dean

1) Who of the Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2010 had won Nobel Prize? a) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan b) Zohra Segal c) Ebrahim Alkazi d) Yaga Venugopal Reddy 2) Who of the Padma Bhushan Awardees 2010 had CBI chargesheets against him for defrauding State Bank of India and under arrest for some time? a) Bernard Madoff b) Sant Singh Chatwal c) Ramalinga Raju d) David Leeson 3) Who won the bronze medal in Beijing Olympics 2008 and was awarded Padma Shri in 2010? a) Saina Nehwal b) Leander Paes c) Karnam Malleshwari d) Vijender Singh

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Medicine? Ai Uchida Satoshi Nakamoto Catherine Kobayashi Yoshinori OhsumiCorrect Answer: Yoshinori Ohsumi 2. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Medicine given? Discoveries on how cells recycle themselves Invention of anthrax vaccine Invention of chickenpox vaccine Discovery of diphtheria bacteriaCorrect Answer: Discoveries on how cells recycle themselves 3. Who won Nobel Prize 2016 for Physics? ISRO European Space Mission David James Thouless, John Michael Kosterlitz, F. Duncan M. Haldane Carl AndersonCorrect Answer: David James Thouless, John Michael Kosterlitz, F. Duncan M. Haldane 4. For what was Nobel Prize 2016 for Physics given? Launching ... Read more

11. When was Peter Benchley born? 11 January 1944 8 May 1940 7 July 1942 2 December 1936Correct Answer: 8 May 1940 12. Which school did Peter Benchley attend? St. Patrick’s School Good Shepherd School Chiltern Edge Secondary School The Allen-Stevenson SchoolCorrect Answer: The Allen-Stevenson School 13. Which university did Peter Benchley attend? Princeton Regent Harvard YaleCorrect Answer: Harvard 14. Of which magazine was Peter Benchley editor? Newsweek Life Time ImprintCorrect Answer: Newsweek 15. For which President was Peter Benchley a speechwriter? Richard Nixon Lyndon Johnson Gerald Ford James CarterCorrect Answer: Lyndon Johnson 16. When was Jaws published? 1972 1965 ... Read more

1. Who after she had a heart-lung transplantation started craving for beer, green peppers and chicken nuggets, favourite foods of her donor, and wrote the book “A Change of Heart”? a) Agatha Christie b) Barbara Cartland c) Claire Syliva d) Jane Austen 2. Who wrote “Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel” and said memories are stored not only in the brain but extend to the whole body? a) Candace Pert b) Nathaniel Hawthorne c) George Bernard Shaw d) Anthony Byron 3. Who are the authors of “The Living Energy Universe” proposing universal living memory? a) Charles ... Read more

1. When was Edward IV crowned king of England? a) 20 January 1433 b) 28 June 1461 c) 12 October 1437 d) 8 July 1480 2. When was Edward IV born? a) 3 March 1421 b) 28 April 1442 c) 6 December 1416 d) 8 August 1410 3. Where was Edward IV born? a) Rouen b) Lancaster c) York d) London

1) What is the original form of the name Zoroaster? a) Koresh b) Darius c) Reza d) Zarathushtra 2) How long did Zoroaster live? a) 33 years b) 50 years c) 77 years d) 100 years 3) Where did Zoroastrianism originate? a) Syria b) Lebanon c) Iran d) Arabia

1. Which novel won John Steinbeck Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) East of Eden b) The Winter of Our Discontent c) Of Mice and Men d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. When was John Steinbeck born? a) 27 February 1902 b) 24 June 1898 c) 12 July 1900 d) 18 October 1904 3. Where was John Steinbeck born? a) Peking b) Salinas c) Canton d) Tokyo

Salt Lake Olympics 2002 Quiz Questions (Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.) 1) Which was the opening date of Salt Lake Olympics 2002? a) 1 January 2002 b) 8 February 2002 c) 3 March 2002 d) 1 November 2002 2) Who declared the opening of Salt Lake Olympics 2002? a) George H. W. Bush b) William Clinton c) George W. Bush d) Ronald Reagan 3) Who won the gold medal in women’s 500m short track speed skating in Salt Lake Olympics 2002? a) Evgenia Radanova b) Yang Yang A c) Wang Chunlu d) Stefanie Grimaldi

Andhra Pradesh Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Andhra Pradesh formed? a) 4 March 1937 b) 8 June 1951 c) 12 July 1949 d) 1 October 1953 2. From which state was Andhra Pradesh separated? a) Bombay b) Travancore-Cochin c) Madras d) Saurashtra 3. What is to the east of Andhra Pradesh? a) Arabian Sea b) Bay of Bengal c) Gulf of Cambay d) Palk Strait