1) Which of the following is true of Louis Mountbatten? a) First Attorney General of independent India b) First Governor General of independent India c) First President independent India d) First Prime Minister of independent India 2) When was Louis Mountbatten born? a) 5 March 1896 b) 25 June 1900 c) 3 July 1904 d) 7 December 1902 3) Where was Louis Mountbatten born? a) Hanover b) Berlin c) Dublin d) Windsor

Iceland Quiz Questions 1) When did Iceland become a republic? a) 17 April 1848 b) 17 June 1944 c) 18 September1880 d) 11 November 1911 2) Who was Iceland’s first president? a) Sveinn Bjornsson b) Jon Sigurdsson c) Olaf Tryggvvason d) Vigdis Finnbogadottir 3) Which country kept a force of 60,000 in Iceland in 1941? a) Germany b) France c) USA d) Italy

1) Which city is the capital of Denmark? a) Berne b) Berlin c) Copenhagen d) London 2) In which drama of William Shakespeare it is said “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”? a) Macbeth b) Othello c) Julius Caesar d) Hamlet 3) How many goals were scored by Denmark against Uruguay in 1986 Football World Cup? a) Six b) Eight c) Four d) Nine

1) Who was the Democratic Party’s candidate for President for USA Presidential Election 2012? a) Barak Obama b) Leon Panetta c) Robert Gates d) William Richardson 2) Who was the Republican Party’s candidate for President for USA Presidential Election 2012? a) Ron Paul b) Mitt Romney c) Newt Gingrich d) Rick Santorum 3) Who was the Democratic Party’s candidate for Vice President for USA Presidential Election 2012? a) Timothy Geithner b) Bernard Bernanke c) Joseph Biden d) Michael Bloomberg

1) How much was Charles Dickens paid when he worked at Warren’s Blacking Factory at the age of twelve? a) One pound a week b) One guinea a week c) Six shillings a week d) Ten shillings a week 2) What did Charles Dickens teach himself after buying Gurney’s Brachgraphy? a) Typewriting b) Shorthand c) Telegraph d) Music 3) With whom Charles Dickens had a love affair that ended in 1833? a) Maria Beadnell b) Dora Winter c) Flora Copperfield d) Jill Smith

Deborah Kerr Quiz Questions and Answers 1. What was Deborah Kerr’s original name? a) Deborah Sampson b) Deborah Mitford c) Deborah Read d) Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer 2. When was Deborah Kerr born? a) 14 March 1922 b) 4 May 1919 c) 30 September 1920 d) 28 November 1917 3. Where was Deborah Kerr born? a) Swansea b) Helensburgh c) Glamorgan d) Cardiff

1) Who won mixed doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Marcelo Meto, Alize Cornet b) Daniel Nestor, Aleksandra Wozniak c) Lukas Dlouhy, Iveta Besenova d) Mahesh Bhupati, Sania Mirza 2) Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Wesley Moodie, Patty Schnyder b) Jurgen Metzer, Dominika Cibulkova c) Tommy Robredo, Anabel Medina Garriques d) Andy Ram, Nathalie Dechy 3) Who won men’s doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Mardy Fish, John Isner b) Simone Boleli, Andreas Seppi c) Michael Bryan, Robert Bryan d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy

1) Who declared the opening of Athens Olympics 1896? a) Pierre de Coubertin b) George I of Greece c) George V of UK d) Nicholas II of Russia 2) Who won triple jump on 6 April 1896 in Athens Olympics and became the first champion in modern Olympics? a) C. F. Andrews b) Ashley Mallet c) Paul Shehan d) James Connolly 3) What was the award to winners in Athens Olympics 1896? a) Gold medal b) Platinum medal c) Silver medal with olive branch d) Copper medal with olive oil 4) Who won the marathon in Athens Olympics 1896? a) Spyridon Louis b) Juan Zabala c) Mamo Wolde d) Charilaos Vasilakos

1) What is the approximate number of islands that comprise the Philippines? a) 6,000 b) 7,000 c) 8,000 d) 9,000 2) When did the Philippines become independent? a) 4 July 1776 b) 4 July 1946 c) 14 August 1947 d) 1 January 1984 3) Which country had the Philippines as its colony from 1898 to 1946, except for some years during World War II? a) Portugal b) USA c) UK d) Belgium

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 and Mary Lamb b) Gary Schwartz and Linda Russek c) Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre d) Philip Hughes and Jean Danielou

1) Where was Cricket World Cup 1999 held? a) England, Scotland, Holland b) Australia c) South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya d) West Indies 2) In the match against Zimbabwe on 29 May 1999 in Cricket World Cup 1999 how many wickets did South Africa lose when they were 40? a) None b) One c) Seven d) Ten 3) By how many runs did Zimbabwe defeat India on 19 May 1999 in Cricket World Cup 1999? a) Five b) One c) Four d) Three

1) When was Jagdish Chandra Bose born? a) 5 May 1855 b) 30 November 1858 c) 23 January 1897 d) 14 August 1900 2) Where was Jagdish Chandra Bose born? a) Mymensingh b) Dacca c) Darjeeling d) Kalimpong 3) From which college in Calcutta did Jagdish Chandra Bose pass B.A.? a) Elphinstone College b) Presidency College c) St. Albert’s College d) St. Xavier’s College

1. Who was Samson’s father? a) Abihu b) Nadab c) Ezekiel d) Manoah 2. Which was Samson’s tribe? a) Judah b) Dan c) Benjamin d) Asher 3. Where was Samson born? a) Ekron b) Gath c) Zorah d) Ashdod

1) What is Anglican Communion? a) Association of National Anglican Churches in communcion with Archbishop of Canterbury b) Association of Orthodox Churches c) Association of Oriental Churches d) Association of Occidental Churches 2) When was the Act of Royal Supremacy passed? a) 1509 b) 1527 c) 1534 d) 1558 3) When was a royal decree passed requiring the clergy of the Church of England to subscribe to 42 Articles of Religion a) 1553 b) 1603 c) 1625 d) 1660

1) What is the meaning of Advent? a) Coming b) Going c) Receiving d) Giving 2) How many Sundays are in Advent? a) Three b) Four c) Five d) Six 3) What is the traditional colour of Advent? a) Red b) Green c) Purple d) Yellow