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1. When did Fiji become a British crown colony? a) 11 March 1548 b) 14 May 1798 c) 12 September 1836 d) 10 October 1874 2. Who was the first governor of Fiji? a) Arthur Gordon b) Christian Fletcher c) James Cook d) William Bligh 3. When did Fiji become independent? a) 7 January 1966 b) 10 October 1970 c) 18 August 1969 d) 24 November 1971

Karnataka Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Karnataka acquire its present name? a) 1 January 1951 b) 15 June 1971 c) 21 August 1991 d) 1 November 1973 2. Which of the following states is to the north of Karnataka? a) Maharashtra b) Kerala c) Tamil Nadu d) Orissa 3. Which sea is to the west of Karnataka? a) Ionian b) Adriatic c) Arabian d) Beaufort

1. When was Robert Southey born? a) 8 February 1764 b) 5 April 1776 c) 12 August 1774 d) 4 December 1768 2. Where was Robert Southey born? a) Lisbon b) Liverpool c) Ipswich d) Bristol 3. Which school did Robert Southey attend? a) St. George’s School b) Westminster School c) St. David’s School d) Rugby School

What do these words have in common? Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Assess

1) When was Konstantin Chernenko born? a) 22 January 1909 b) 19 May 1912 c) 24 September 1911 d) 14 November 1918 2) Where was Konstantin Chernenko born? a) Bolshaya Tes b) Nagutskoye c) Dushanbe d) Tashkent 3) When did Konstantin Chernenko join the Communist Party? a) 1921 b) 1925 c) 1931 d) 1945

1) Who surpassed Brian Lara’s record of 11,953 Test runs in Mohali Test October 2008? a) Virender Sehwag b) Rahul Dravid c) Sourav Ganguly d) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Who is the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket? a) Leonard Hutton b) Garfield Sobers c) Andrew Sandham d) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Who scored 102 runs in India’s first Innings in Mohali Test October 2008? a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni b) Rahul Dravid c) Sourav Ganguly d) Zaheer Khan

1. What was Rosa Parks’ original name? a) Rosa Cuthbert Guy b) Rosa Louise McCauley c) Rose Fitzmaurice d) Lily White 2. When was Rosa Parks born? a) 4 February 1913 b) 24 June 1912 c) 14 July 1914 d) 17 November 1916 3. Where was Rosa Parks born? a) Birmingham b) Richmond c) Tuskegee d) Springfield

1. What was Lucien Bonaparte’s original name? a) Luciano Pavarotti b) Lucius Cornelius Balbus c) Luciano Buonaparte d) Gaius Marius 2. When was Lucien Bonaparte born? a) 4 March 1764 b) 21 May 1775 c) 27 August 1769 d) 28 December 1772 3. Where was Lucien Bonaparte born? a) Ajaccio b) Berlin c) Frankfurt d) Salzburg

1) How much was Charles Dickens paid when he worked at Warren’s Blacking Factory at the age of twelve? a) One pound a week b) One guinea a week c) Six shillings a week d) Ten shillings a week 2) What did Charles Dickens teach himself after buying Gurney’s Brachgraphy? a) Typewriting b) Shorthand c) Telegraph d) Music 3) With whom Charles Dickens had a love affair that ended in 1833? a) Maria Beadnell b) Dora Winter c) Flora Copperfield d) Jill Smith

1. When was Charles I (Stuart) king of England, Scotland and Ireland? a) 1688-1696 b) 1649-1660 c) 1625-1649 d) 1553-1558 2. When was Charles I (Stuart) born? a) 1 February 1515 b) 19 April 1620 c) 7 September 1655 d) 19 November 1600 3. Where was Charles I (Stuart) born? a) Glasgow b) Fife c) Rochester d) Edinburgh