Tag: Pub Quizzes

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 after she had a heart-lung transplantation started craving for beer, green peppers and chicken nuggets, favourite foods of her donor, and wrote the book “A Change of Heart”? a) Agatha Christie b) Barbara Cartland c) Claire Syliva d) Jane Austen 2. Who wrote “Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel” and said memories are stored not only in the brain but extend to the whole body? a) Candace Pert b) Nathaniel Hawthorne c) George Bernard Shaw d) Anthony Byron 3. Who are the authors of “The Living Energy Universe” proposing universal living memory? a) Charles ... Read more

1) What is the original form of the name Zoroaster? a) Koresh b) Darius c) Reza d) Zarathushtra 2) How long did Zoroaster live? a) 33 years b) 50 years c) 77 years d) 100 years 3) Where did Zoroastrianism originate? a) Syria b) Lebanon c) Iran d) Arabia

1. Which novel won John Steinbeck Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) East of Eden b) The Winter of Our Discontent c) Of Mice and Men d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. When was John Steinbeck born? a) 27 February 1902 b) 24 June 1898 c) 12 July 1900 d) 18 October 1904 3. Where was John Steinbeck born? a) Peking b) Salinas c) Canton d) Tokyo

Salt Lake Olympics 2002 Quiz Questions (Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.) 1) Which was the opening date of Salt Lake Olympics 2002? a) 1 January 2002 b) 8 February 2002 c) 3 March 2002 d) 1 November 2002 2) Who declared the opening of Salt Lake Olympics 2002? a) George H. W. Bush b) William Clinton c) George W. Bush d) Ronald Reagan 3) Who won the gold medal in women’s 500m short track speed skating in Salt Lake Olympics 2002? a) Evgenia Radanova b) Yang Yang A c) Wang Chunlu d) Stefanie Grimaldi

Utah Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Utah become a state of USA? a) 4 January 1896 b) 5 April 1798 c) 18 August 1804 d) 12 December 1848 2. Which state is to the north of Utah? a) Colorado b) Idaho c) New Mexico d) Arizona 3. Which state is to the west of Utah? a) Nevada b) Pennsylvania c) Rhode Island d) Louisiana