1- How
did New Zealand get its name?
Ans: The Dutch name it
Nova Zeelandia after their province of Zeeland , ‘Nova’ meaning new.
2- What is the capital of Japan
Ans: Tokyo
3- Which
English king was murdered in Pontefract castle?
Ans: Richard II (1400)
4- Philip
of Macedon was assassinated in 336 B.C. He was the father of the most famous of
all ancient Greeks. Name the son?
Ans: Alexander the Great
5-
Which
is the shallowest of the Great Lakes of North America?
Ans: Lake Erie
6- A
British Prime Minister was assassinated in 1812.
Ans: True
False
(spencer Perceval was shot entering the lobby of the House of
Commons in 1812 by a bankrupt named John Bellingham)
7- Which country is larger in area:
Albania or Belgium?
Ans: Belgium
8-
Van
Gogh cut of part of his own left ear during a quarrel with which other artist?
Ans: Paul Gauguin
9- Which
famous Indian fighter was nicknamed the ‘Boy General’ in the American Civil
War?
Ans: George Armstrong Custer,
who was a major general of volunteers at the age of twenty tree – and died the
Little Big Horn in 1876
10-
Of
which Caribbean country is Montego Bay the main tourist centre?
Ans: Jamaica
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