General Awareness -Miscellaneous
1-What does a konimeter measure?- Dust
2- A stellate object is shaped like what ?-Star shaped
3-What is MMM minus MD ?- MD 3000-1500=1500
4-In what country did the Sabines live ? -Italy
5- Who often solved a three pipe problem ? -Sherlock Holmes
6- The tumblebug is an alternative name for which insect ? -Dung Beetle
7- St Stevens Tower is usually misnamed what ?- Big Ben
8-What European capitol stands on the river Aare ? -Berne Switzerland
9-What are woolly and spider types of ? -Monkey
10- Where do boy scout leaders get their names from ?-The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
11-In what country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent born ? -Algeria
12- What common British river name come from Celtic for river ? -Avon
13-Who is known as The father of Poetry ? -Homer
14-Who was the first US president to be sworn in by a woman ?-Lyndon B Johnson – when JFK killed
15-What is the commonest item traded internationally ?-Petroleum and its by products
16- Lake Tittikaka is in Peru and what other country ?- Bolivia
17- Who was the first British monarch to visit America ? -George VI in 1939
18-All PCs have a BIOS what does bios stand for ?- Basic Input Output System
19- British soldiers mentioned in despatches get which bronze award ?- The Oak Leaf
20-Operation Thunderbolt was the nickname given to which raid ?- Israeli raid on Entebbe
21- In Japan what is Raku ?-Biscuit fired Pottery
22-What is the largest Island in The Greater Antilles ?-Cuba
23-What country used the first aircraft equipped bomber in war ? -Italy Italian Turkish war 1912
24- In what sport would you find a coffin ?- Cross country riding it’s a fence
25-John Huxham in 1750 invented which word ? -Influenza
26- TABSO is the national airline of which country ?- Bulgaria
27-What sport featured in the 1980 film Breaking Away ?- Cycling
28-he cast iron plant is another name for which pot plant ? -Aspidistra
29- What does the name Tokyo mean ?- Eastern City
30- Sir Walter Raleigh found what odd lake in Trinidad ?- Lake of Tar or Asphal