1. When was Ralph Waldo Emerson born?
a) 4 January 1801
b) 25 May 1803
c) 30 August 1806
d) 31 December 1800
2. Where was Ralph Waldo Emerson born?
a) Boston
b) Portland
c) Rockland
d) Bangor
3. Which school did Ralph Waldo Emerson attend?
a) Temple School
b) St. Joseph’s School
c) Boston Public Latin School
d) St. Mary’s School
1. When did the Mayflower reach Cape Cod?
a) 2 February 1624
b) 21 November 1620
c) 8 September 1634
d) 27 April 1607
2. How many male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact?
a) 41
b) 72
c) 28
d) 12
3. Who was Massachusetts Bay Colony’s first governor?
a) Samuel de Champlain
b) Roger Williams
c) John Winthrop
d) Thomas Hooker
1. When was Vladimir Nabokov born?
a) 4 February 1894
b) 22 April 1899
c) 23 August 1892
d) 10 November 1902
2. Where was Vladimir Nabokov born?
a) St. Petersburg
b) Kaliningrad
c) Tashkent
d) Sevastopol
3. When did Vladimir Nabokov leave Russia?
a) 1905
b) 1915
c) 1919
d) 1917
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd.
1. When was Herman Melville born?
a) 7 March 1824
b) 22 May 1822
c) 1 August 1819
d) 30 December 1815
2. Where was Herman Melville born?
a) New York
b) Liverpool
c) San Francisco
d) Boston
3. On which ship did Herman Melville work as a cabin boy?
a) Charles & Henry
b) St. Lawrence
c) United States
d) Nautilus
1) When did Brunei become independent?
a) 1 January 1984
b) 26 May 1976
c) 11 September1972
d) 26 November 1981
2) Who is the head of state of Brunei?
a) Caliph
b) Emir
c) Nawab
d) Sultan
3) Which country is to the east, west and south of Brunei?
a) Vietnam
b) Laos
c) Malaysia
d) Cambodia
1) How was Botswana known?
a) Bechuanaland
b) Nyasaland
c) Rhodesia
d) Transvaal
2) Which is the capital of Botswana?
a) Ghanzi
b) Gaborone
c) Kanye
d) Serowe
3) Which is the currency of Botswana?
a) Rand
b) Pula
c) Pound
d) Dollar
1. When was Herbert Henry Asquith Prime Minister of UK?
a) 1901-1905
b) 1908-1916
c) 1918-1922
d) 1895-1900
2. When was Herbert Henry Asquith born?
a) 1 March 1853
b) 2 June 1854
c) 12 September 1852
d) 18 October 1851
3. Where was Herbert Henry Asquith born?
a) Morley
b) Cardiff
c) Glasgow
d) Belfast
1) When was Ulysses Grant first sworn in as President of USA?
a) 20 January 1869
b) 4 March 1869
c) 4 March 1872
d) 4 November 1868
2) When was Ulysses Grant born?
a) 6 May 1815
b) 27 April 1822
c) 14 February 1807
d) 26 November 1821
3) Where was Ulysses Grant born?
a) Point Pleasant
b) Palm Springs
c) Chicago
d) Columbus
1. Who conceived Augusta Masters golf tournament?
a) George Walker
b) Samuel Ryder
c) Lionel George Curtis
d) Robert Tyre Jones
2. Who designed Augusta golf course?
a) John Henry Taylor
b) Walter Travis
c) Alister MacKenzie
d) Thomas Morris
3. When was the first Augusta Masters held?
a) 1927
b) 1934
c) 1936
d) 1948
1. Which state is to the north of Maryland?
a) Louisiana
b) Pennsylvania
c) Florida
d) Arkansas
2. Who was Maryland colony’s first governor?
a) William Claiborne
b) Richard Ingle
c) Leonard Calvert
d) Thomas Penn
3. Which family owned Maryland?
a) Calvert
b) Penn
c) Hamilton
d) Ingle