Random quizzes

1. In ancient Persia what is the combination of the King and the Castle called?

shahrukh


2. connect the years
1950,1982,1968,2003,2006.....(a few more.. actually)
clue: magazine

time person of the year went for non - persons
US Soldier, Hung PAtriot, Astronaut computer


3. whats "God's algorithm" the fastest method for?

solve the rubik's cube

4. What was the first ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) message ?

First message was 'lo'.....actually they intended to transmit 'login' ..but after transmitting the 'l' and 'o' the system crashed....so the first message on internet was 'lo'.....

5. How do one better know Eric Arthur Blair?

george orwell

6. Name the only player in tennis history to have twice won all four of tennis Grand Slam singles titles in the same year—first as an amateur in 1962, and then again as a professional in 1969.

Rod Laver

7. Who voiced Mickey Mouse from his creation in 1928 till 1946?

walt disney himself

8. Only person in the history of olympics ever to win the gold medal in every single event in which he entered that year, and created a new world record in every one of those events ...

mark spitz

9. At Calcutta in 1981-82, Geoff Boycott broke the world record for most runs in Test cricket. Later in the match, he went off the field claiming that he was ill. What did he do then ?

playing golf

10. This author's first fantasy story was probably about a rabbit who got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee... Who?

J K Rowling

11. Which right wing guerilla group fought against the Sandinistas of Nicaragua with the covert aid of the US?
they took their name from a phrase meaning "counter revolutionaries'..

Contras

12.Logicallly speaking....who was responsible for killing one-fourth of the world's population...?

caine..killed abel..

13. Which famous monument is located inside the worlds largest artificial forest?

Christ the Redeemer. Its situated inside the Tijuca Forest National Park which incidentally is the world's largest urban forest.


14. Rudyard Kipling used this phrase in a letter to his aunt in 1930, referring to the media barons of the day. His cousin, Stanley Baldwin, the Tory leader who was seriously challenged by the all powerful media moghuls, Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere, repeated the phrase in a famous speech in the 1930s. "________ ______ ________ - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages". The speech ensured that Baldwin was never again questioned by the media! Which phrase, later used against the likes of Murdoch and co?

Power without responsibility


15. who was the first to win an emmy,grammy,tony and an oscar

Barbera streisand

16. his orginal name is 'Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Le'..... but is popular with another name which was born from his younger brother Rodrigo who used to call him by this name due to his inability to pronounce "Ricardo"...... identify the person.....

kaka of brazil


17. "I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man".....whose last words were this..

che guevara


18. Vatican got ignobel in economics once....nybody care to know why?


in 2004 ,for outsourcing prayers to India



19. first person to win an academy award for portraying a character of opposite gender.

Linda Hunt , for her performance in 'The Year of Living Dangerously'


20. some world champion refused to travel in titanic since he was not given a
first class ticket since he was black.
can anyone help me identify that lucky guy ???


Jack Johnson, a heavyweight champ.