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1. When did Charles Glover Barkla win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1923 b) 1915 c) 1914 d) 1917 2. When was Charles Glover Barkla born? a) 7 November 1867 b) 7 June 1877 c) 15 May 1869 d) 9 January 1872 3. Where was Charles Glover Barkla born? a) Widnes b) Bristol c) Dartmouth d) Ipswich 4. When did Charles Glover Barkla join Liverpool University? a) 1900 b) 1896 c) 1898 d) 1902

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1. When was Thomas Edward Lawrence born? a) 4 March 1881 b) 21 April 1896 c) 15 August 1888 d) 30 November 1885 2. Where was Thomas Edward Lawrence born? a) Dublin b) Tremadoc c) Plymouth d) Belfast 3. Which college did Thomas Edward Lawrence attend? a) William and Mary College b) Jesus College c) Rhodes College d) Trinity College

1. When did Algeria become independent? a) 24 February 1945 b) 19 May 1948 c) 5 July 1962 d) 14 November 1974 2. Which sea is to the north of Algeria? a) Red b) Mediterranean c) Arabian d) Yellow 3. Which is the capital of Algeria? a) Algiers b) Annaba c) Bettioua d) Oran

1) From 1809 to 1917 Finland was a Grand Duchy. Who was the Grand Duke? a) King of Sweden b) King of Denmark c) Czar of Russia 4) Kaiser of Germany 2) Who produced the first Finnish language book, a book of Finnish grammar? a) Mikael Agricola b) Erik Exelsson c) Aleksis Kivi d) Emma Irene Astrom 3) Who was the President of Finland from 1956 to 1981? a) J. K. Paasikivi b) Urho Kekkonen c) Tarja Halonen d) Matti Vanhanen

1. When did Ralph Bunche get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1946 b) 1957 c) 1950 d) 1964 2. When was Ralph Bunche born? a) 29 February 1896 b) 23 April 1897 c) 7 August 1904 d) 24 November 1901 3. Where was Ralph Bunche born? a) Detroit b) Reno c) San Diego d) San Francisco

1. When was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam President of India? a) 1992-1997 b) 2002-2007 c) 1987-1992 d) 1997-2002 2. When was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born? a) 6 February 1935 b) 8 April 1934 c) 11 August 1932 d) 15 October 1931 3. Where was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born? a) Tuticorin b) Vailankanni c) Rameswaram d) Wellington

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Medicine? a) Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael Young b) Nikolaas Tinbergen, Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Frisch c) Niels Ryberg Finsen d) Barbara McClintock 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2017 for Medicine given? a) Discovery of genetic transposition b) Contribution to treatment of lupus vulgaris c) Observation of animal behaviour patterns d) Discovery of the molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Physics? a) Pavel Cherenkov, Ilya Frank, Igor Tamm b) Alfred Kastler c) Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, Kip Stephen Thorne d) Donald Arthur Glaser

1) When was Benjamin Harrison sworn in as President of USA? a) 10 July 1890 b) 4 March 1889 c) 20 January 1889 d) 7 December 1888 2) When was Benjamin Harrison born? a) 18 March 1837 b) 4 May 1830 c) 20 August 1833 d) 2 October 1848 3) Where was Benjamin Harrison born? a) Fairfield b) Caldwell c) North Bend d) Buffalo