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1. When was Peter O’Toole born? a) 31 January 1934 b) 17 May 1933 c) 2 August 1932 d) 9 October 1931 2. Where was Peter O’Toole born? a) Connemara b) Dublin c) Glamorgan d) Cardiff 3. Where did Peter O’Toole study acting? a) Higher Dramatic School b) Royal Academy of Dramatic Art c) Goldfaden Dramatic School d) National School of Drama

1. When was Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury? a) 1504-1532 b) 1533-1556 c) 1559-1575 d) 1501-1503 2. When was Thomas Cranmer born? a) 14 February 1442 b) 12 May 1471 c) 2 July 1489 d) 10 December 1485 3. Where was Thomas Cranmer born? a) Aslacton b) Waltham c) Nuremberg d) Dunstable

(Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.) 1) Which was the opening date of Mexico Olympics 1968? a) 7 July 1968 b) 24 June 1968 c) 16 March 1968 d) 12 October 1968 2) Who jumped 8.90m in long jump and got gold medal in Mexico Olympics 1968? a) Bob Beamon b) Carl Lewis c) Klaus Beer d) Ralph Boston 3) Who won bronze in hockey in Mexico Olympics 1968? a) India b) New Zealand c) Pakistan d) Australia

1. Where was Twenty20 World Cup 2016 held? a) Afghanistan b) Sri Lanka c) Zimbabwe d) India 2. By how many runs did New Zealand defeat India on 15/3/2016 in Twenty20 World Cup 2016? a) 47 b) 81 c) 36 d) 24 3. Which was the original venue for India vs Pakistan match in Twenty20 World Cup 2016? a) Udaipur b) Dharamshala c) Lucknow d) Bhopal

1) What name was taken by Jean Baptiste Bernadotte when he became king of Sweden in 1818? a) Carl XIV Johan b) Olaf c) Gustav 4) Harald 2) When did Sweden become a member of the European Union? a) 1992 b) 1995 c) 2000 d) 2002 3) Which Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated on 28 February 1986? a) Olof Palme b) Tage Erlander c) Thorbjorn Falldin d) Ola Ullsten

1) When was Hannibal born? a) 265 BC b) 250 BC c) 247 BC d) 203 BC 2) When was Hannibal taken to Iberia by his father Hamilcar Barca? a) 237 BC b) 248 BC c) 263 BC d) 199 BC 3) On crossing which river by Hannibal Rome declared the Second Punic War? a) Rhine b) Seine c) Ebro d) Danube

1. When was Trygve Lie elected secretary general of United Nations? a) 1 February 1946 b) 5 June 1944 c) 10 August 1945 d) 12 October 1938 2. When was Trygve Lie born? a) 8 January 1884 b) 3 April 1882 c) 16 July 1896 d) 11 November 1892 3. Where was Trygve Lie born? a) Bode b) Tromsa c) Kristiania d) Nordford

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