1) When did Saint Kitts and Nevis become independent?
a) 7 February 1954
b) 23 May 1977
c) 19 September 1983
d) 12 December 1982
2) Which sea surrounds Saint Kitts and Nevis?
a) Caribbean
b) Baltic
c) Arabian
d) Bering
3) When did Christopher Columbus visit Saint Kitts?
a) 1488
b) 1493
c) 1526
d) 1530
1) Who are credited with the discovery of Neptune?
a) Adams and Le Verrier
b) Hubble and Slipher
c) Lowell and Kelvin
d) Newton and Kepler
2) Galileo had observed Neptune. What did he think of it?
a) Satellite
b) Meteor
c) Asteroid
d) Star
3) Which is the outermost ring of Neptune?
a) Adams
b) Galatea
c) Leverrier
d) Galle
1) When was Rembrandt van Rijn born?
a) 19 March 1554
b) 16 May 1624
c) 15 July 1606
d) 5 December 1636
2) Where was Rembrandt van Rijn born?
a) Leiden
b) Brussels
c) Copenhagen
d) Helsinki
3) Which university did Rembrandt van Rijn attend?
a) Amsterdam University
b) Leiden University
c) Rotterdam University
d) Brussels University
(This quiz about Alexander III of Macedon (Macedonia) aka Alexander the Great who lived in 4th century BC.)
1) Who of the following philosophers taught Alexander?
a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) Socrates
d) Heraclitus
2) What was Bucephalus?
a) Alexander’s cat
b) Alexander’s dog
c) Alexander’s horse
d) Alexander’s parrot
3) How old was Alexander when he became king?
a) 10 years
b) 15 years
c) 20 years
d) 40 years
1) When was Yuri Andropov born?
a) 31 January 1901
b) 15 June 1914
c) 14 August 1912
d) 21 December 1916
2) Where was Yuri Andropov born?
a) Talinn
b) Nagutskoye
c) Helsinki
d) Warsaw
3) On which river did Yuri Andropov work as a boatman?
a) Thames
b) Danube
c) Rhine
d) Volga
1. When was Alec Bedser born?
a) 5 February 1912
b) 15 May 1916
c) 4 July 1918
d) 12 August 1914
2. Where was Alec Bedser born?
a) Bristol
b) Reading
c) Hampshire
d) Frizinghall
3. Against which country did Alec Bedser make Test debut?
a) Australia
b) India
c) New Zealand
d) West Indies
1) Which position was held by Warren Hastings in 1758?
a) Mayor of Calcutta
b) Resident at Murshidabad
c) Resident at Hyderabad
d) Mayor of Madras
2) When did Warren Hastings become the Governor of Bengal?
a) 1757
b) 1764
c) 1769
d) 1772
3) Who is the first Governor General of India?
a) Robert Clive
b) Warren Hastings
c) John Shore
d) Charles Cornwallis
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor was a British Liberal politician and statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led a Wartime Coalition Government and was the Leader of the Liberal Party. Lloyd George is best known as the highly energetic Prime Minister who guided the Empire through the First…
1) What did Galileo Galilei discover in 1610?
a) Two satellites of Uranus
b) Four satellites of Jupiter
c) Pluto
d) Neptune
2) To whom did Galileo Galilei dedicate his book ”Sidereus Nunicius”?
a) Nicholas Copernicus
b) Isaac Newton
c) Alexander VI
d) Cosmio II
3) Who published “Against the Earth’s motions” against Galileo Galilei’s discoveries?
a) Thomas Harriot
b) Lodovico delle Colombe
c) Francesco Sizzi
d) Christopher Clavius
1. When was Edmond Halley born?
a) 9 February1643
b) 5 April 1648
c) 23 July 1652
d) 8 November 1656
2. Where was Edmond Halley born?
a) Bristol
b) Haggerston
c) Cardiff
d) Liverpool
3. Which school did Edmond Halley attend?
a) St. Paul’s School
b) Kilkenny Grammar School
c) St. John’s School
d) Holy Family School
