Blog

1. When was Thomas Paine born? a) 29 January 1737 b) 12 May 1742 c) 11 August 1739 d) 29 December 1735 2. Where was Thomas Paine born? a) Thetford b) Plymouth c) Ipswich d) Bristol 3. Who advised Thomas Paine to go to America? a) Charles Cornwallis b) Warren Hastings c) Benjamin Franklin d) John Shore

1. When was Benjamin Disraeli born? a) 7 January 1800 b) 3 June 1802 c) 14 August 1798 d) 21 December 1804 2. Where was Benjamin Disraeli born? a) Wycombe b) London c) Maidstone d) Liverpool 3. In which novel Benjamin Disraeli lampooned publisher John Murray? a) Henrietta Temple b) Coningsby c) Vivian Grey d) Lothair

1. Which of the following books was written by Jonathan Swift? a) Gulliver’s Travels b) All Quiet on the Western Front c) For whom the bell tolls d) The old man and the sea 2. When was Jonathan Swift born? a) 11 January 1660 b) 14 April 1656 c) 3 June 1663 d) 30 November 1667 3. Where was Jonathan Swift born? a) Belfast b) Dublin c) London d) Paris

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine? a) Emil von Behring b) Chalres Richet c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak d) Johannes Fibiger 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine given? a) Work on serum therapy b) Work on Anaphylaxis c) Discovery of a key mechanism in the genetic operatin of cells d) Contributions to cancer research 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Physics? a) John Rayleigh, William Strutt b) Gabriel Lippmann c) Charles Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George Smith d) Werner Heisenberg

1. When did Patrick White get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1964 b) 1975 c) 1973 d) 1978 2. When was Patrick White born? a) 6 February 1914 b) 28 May 1912 c) 16 August 1917 d) 24 December 1915 3. Where was Patrick White born? a) Perth b) Darwin c) Alice Springs d) London

Equatorial Guinea Quiz Questions 1. When did Equatorial Guinea become independent? a) 3 February 1964 b) 17 June 1976 c) 17 August 1960 d) 12 October 1968 2. How was Equatorial Guinea formerly known? a) Spanish Sahara b) Spanish Guinea c) Bohemia d) Transylvania 3. Which is the capital of Equatorial Guinea? a) Kogo b) Luba c) Malabo d) Bata

1. When was Edward Ralph Dexter born? a) 29 February 1932 b) 15 May 1935 c) 31 July 1936 d) 4 October 1938 2. When was Edward Ralph Dexter born? a) Milan b) London c) Canberra d) Dunedin 3. Where did Edward Ralph Dexter make his Test debut? a) Adelaide b) Bridgetown c) Calcutta d) Manchester

1. When was Basil Butcher born? a) 6 January 1944 b) 8 April 1940 c) 3 September 1933 d) 29 November 1932 2. Where was Basil Butcher born? a) Port Mourant b) Bridgetown c) Kingston d) Dominica 3. Where did Basil Butcher make his Test debut? a) Madras b) Bombay c) Calcutta d) Delhi

1. When was Robert Willis born? a) 1 January 1948 b) 30 May 1949 c) 26 August 1950 d) 30 November 1946 2. Where was Robert Willis born? a) Sunderland b) Bristol c) Coventry d) Dover 3. Which of the following was not part of Robert Willis’ baptismal name? a) Robert b) George c) Dylan d) Willis

1) Where was Babur born? a) Delhi b) Karachi c) Farghana d) Shiraz 2) When did Babur capture Kabul? a) 1483 b) 1494 c) 1497 d) 1504 3) When was the first battle of Panipat? a) 1511 b) 1526 c) 1556 d) 1761