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1) From which place close to its headquarters did London’s Metropolitan Police derive the name Scotland Yard? a) A castle b) A tower c) A small, enclosed field in Whitehall d) A churchyard 2) When was Scotland Yard formed? a) 29 September 1829 b) 18 June 1826 c) 22 February 1824 d) 7 December 1815 3) Which of the following is the rank of an officer in Scotland Yard? a) Admiral b) Commander c) Brigadier d) Midshipman

(This quiz is about Test cricketer Vinoo Mankad.) 1) What was Vinoo Mankad’s real name? a) Vinod Mankad b) Mulvantrai Mankad c) Vijay Mankad d) Vishal Mankad 2) Where did Vinoo Mankad make his Test debut? a) Bombay b) Lord’s c) Sydney d) Port of Spain 3) In how many Tests did Vinoo Mankad complete the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets? a) 21 b) 23 c) 25 d) 27

Thomas Gainsborough Quiz Questions and Answers/ 1. When was Thomas Gainsborough baptized? a) 1 January 1734 b) 14 May 1727 c) 15 July 1723 d) 5 October 1716 2. Where was Thomas Gainsborough baptized? a) Sudbury b) Ipswich c) Bath d) Plymouth 3. To which painter was Thomas Gainsborough an assistant? a) Hubert Gravelot b) Anthony Van Dyke c) Gaspard Dughet d) Claude Lorrain

1. When was Frank Worrell born? a) 4 March 1918 b) 1 August 1924 c) 22 June 1926 d) 14 December 1922 2. Frank Worrell had two 500-plus partnerships in first class cricket. Who was his partner in 574 run partnership for fourth wicket in Barbados versus Trinidad match at Port of Spain in February 1946? a) John Goddard b) Garfield Sobers c) Everton Weeks d) Clyde Walcott 3. Against which country did Frank Worrell make Test debut? a) England b) Australia c) New Zealand d) South Africa

1. When was Lester Pearson Prime Minister of Canada? a) 1948-1952 b) 1939-1943 c) 1963-1968 d) 1975-1980 2. When was Lester Pearson born? a) 29 February 1896 b) 23 April 1897 c) 26 August 1900 d) 24 November 1901 3. Where was Lester Pearson born? a) Halifax b) Montreal c) Toronto d) Vancouver

Martinique Quiz Questions and Answers 1. Who occupied Martinique in 1635? a) Juan de Nova b) Pierre Belain c) William Pepperell d) Jeffrey Amherst 2. When was coffee introduced in Martinique? a) 1723 b) 1502 c) 1648 d) 1852 3. Who granted Martinique the right to establish a colonial assembly? a) Chares X b) Louis XVI c) Philip IV d) Napoleon

US Open 2014 Quiz Questions with Answers 1. Who won men’s doubles championship in US Open 2014? a) Scott Lipsky, Rajeev Ram b) Yen Hsun-Lu, Jiri Vesley c) Michael Bryan, Robert Bryan d) Leander Paes, Radek Stepanek 2. Whowere runners up in men’s doubles championship in US Open 2014? a) Simone Bolelli, Fabio Fognini b) Ivan Dodig, Marcelo Melo c) Alexander Peya, Bruno Soares d) Marcel Granollers, Marc Lopez 3. Who won mixed doubles championship in US Open 2014? a) Ross Hutchins, Yung-Jan Chan b) Bruno Soares, Sania Mirza c) James Murray, Casie Dellacqua d) Leander Paes, Cara Black

1. Where was Hockey World Cup 1982 held? a) Bombay b) Calcutta c) Delhi d) Madras 2. By how many goals India defeated USSR in a league match in Hockey World Cup 1982? a) 4-2 b) 7-2 c) 3-2 d) 2-1 3. By how many goals India defeated Malaysia in a league match in Hockey World Cup 1982? a) 5-4 b) 2-1 c) 3-2 d) 6-2

1. When did John Nash win Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel? a) 1994 b) 1979 c) 1984 d) 1986 2. Where was John Nash born? a) Seattle b) Trenton c) Bluefield d) Austin 3. From which institute did John Nash receive his bachelor’s and master’s degrees? a) California Institute of Technology b) Illinois Institute of Technology c) Georgia Institute of Technology d) Carnegie Institute of Technology

10000 Test Runs Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1.     Who was the first cricketer to score 10000 Test runs? a) Leonard Hutton b) Garfield Sobers c) Geoffrey Boycott d) Sunil Gavaskar 2.     Who was the first Australian to score 10000 Test runs? a) Gregory Chappell b) Kim Hughes c) Allan Border d) Mark Taylor 3.     Who was the first West Indian to score 10000 Test runs? a) Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards b) Brian Lara c) Clive Lloyd d) Lawrence Rowe 4.     How old was Sachin Tendulkar when he scored 10000 Test runs? a) 31 years 326 days b) 33 ... Read more