GENERAL WALI KNOWLEDGE

Questions Answers Who was the first Prime minister of Bangladesh? Mujibur Rehman The river Jordan flows out in which sea? Dead Sea Which is the biggest desert in the world? Sahara Desert Which is the longest international highway in the world? Pan-American Highway Which country ranks second in terms of land area? Canada What do the Japanese call their country? Nippon Which is world's oldest known city? Damascus Which is the biggest island of the world? Greenland Who is the largest producer of tin? China After whom was Mount Everest named? Sir George Everest Which country is known as the Sugar Bowl of the world? Cuba Which city was called "The Forbidden City" in ancient times? Peking What is the length of the English channel? 564 kilometers Which is the lowest point on earth? The coastal area of Dead sea Which country is known as the land of the midnight sun? Norway What is the national flower of China? Plum Blossom Where is the largest bell in the world located? Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow Sri Lanka was earlier known as? Ceylon When is independence day of South Korea? 15th August Who killed John F Kennedy? Lee Harvey Oswald Where is the world's largest library? United States Library of Congress, Washington DC Who won the 2011 US Open Men's and Women's Final? Novak Djokovic and Samantha Stosur

Questions Answers Who won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup? India Who won the Miss Universe title in 2011? Leila Lopes from Angola Who won the Noble Prize for Literature in 2011? Tomas Transtromer from Sweden Who won the 2011 Wimbledon Men's Championship? Novak Djokovic Who is the highest scorer in One Day International Cricket? Virendra Sehwag (219 Runs against West Indies in 2011) When and where would the 30th Summer Olympic Games commence? United Kingdom. 27th July to 12th August 2012.

Who won the 2011 Academy award for Best Actress and Actress? Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) and Jean Dujardin (The Artist) When did North Korean leader Kim Jong-il die? 17th December 2011

Questions Answers What is a baby swan called? Cygnet What year did the National Lottery start in Britain? 1994 Who is third in succession to the British throne? Prince Harry How many eyes can you find in a pack of 52 cards? 42 eyes How many chambers does the human heart have? 4 If you were born on Dec 6th, what star sign are you? Sagittarius What was Princess Diana's maiden name? Spencer How many zeros are there in a billion? 9 Which is the largest wild cat? Tiger What tournaments must a tennis player play to achieve a Grand Slam? Wimbledon, US Open, French Open and Australian Open What color are the 5 Olympic Rings? Black, Blue, Red, Green and Yellow Which tube line goes to Heathrow airport? Piccadilly Line Which book of Ian Flemming did James Bond first appear in? Casino Royale On which date did man first walk on the moon? 20th July 1969 What is a community of ants called? Colony What is the boy scouts motto? Be Prepared Which bird is used as the sign of peace? Dove Who crossed Alps to invade Italy in 3rd century BC? Hannibal

Singapore was founded by? Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles Which is heavier, gold or silver? Hawaii is in which ocean? Pacific What is the other name for London? In which country there is no army? Modern Babylonia Silver

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In which country is Mount Everest?

In which sport can you throw a "Curve Ball"?

Which country is known as the land of the midnight sun?

The largest library in the world is? United States Library of Congress, Washington DC Which is the longest word in English in which each letter in it is repeated at least 2 times? Unprosperousness

Easy General Knowledge Quiz Questions Which is the nearest star to the Earth? Sun Whatever

According to a popular poll, which is the most irritating word in the English language? What is the measurement unit of a computer mouse? Mickey

Which university was ranked at #1 spot in the Forbes list of "Billionaire Universities"? Which two countries have signed the nuclear swap deal with Iran? Brazil and Turkey What is the rhino's horn made of? Hair Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Michaelangelo

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Which is the largest mammal in the world? Blue Whale Which is the most common non contagious disease in the world? What is the name of the Beatles last recorded album? Who is the writer of Alice in Wonderland? Lewis Carrol What is the biggest state in the USA? Who developed the theory of relativity? Which ocean lies to the east of Africa? The old name of Taiwan was? What is the fear of cats called? Alaska Albert Einstein Indian Ocean Tooth Decay

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Formosa Alurophobia

How long does it take for light from the moon to reach the Earth? 1.26 seconds

It occurs once in a minute twice in a week and once in a year what is it ? The letter E

The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km

The Japanese call their country as Nippon

Why do fireflies flash? A chemical reaction related to the mating process

What date comes 22 days after June 19th? July 11th

The river which carries the maximum amount of water in the sea is Amazon River

The biggest stadium in the world is? Strahov Stadium in Prague

The ozone layer restricts? Ultraviolet Radiation

General Knowledge Test

The largest mountain in the world is? What country has not fought in a war since 1815? What are the 5 senses in the human body? Which are the world's 3 most spoken Languages? Which country features a maple leaf on its flag? What's the name of the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan? The lowest point on earth is? Which country is the highest producer of tin? Filaria is caused by? What is the world's smallest bat? India's tallest stone statue of the Jain sage Gomateswara is at? ICAO stands for? Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was? Frederic Sanger is a twice recipient of the Nobel Prize for? Battle of Plassey was in the year? Friction can be reduced by changing from? For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for household supply of electricity must be made of metal having? Who discovered Niagara Falls? The earlier name of Sri Lanka was?

What was the name of the group where George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon were together, other than Beatles? What country has not fought in a war since 1815? Which is the only city in the world to lie in two continents?

FUNNY Trivia Questions 1. What is the mythical belief about the memory of a gold fish? The belief says that the fish has a memory which can last only for 3 seconds.

2. Which one is more fierce - a domestic cat or a black bear? The bear is. However the cat can frighten it to climb a tree.

3. Where do cows have their sweat glands in their body? In their nose.

4. If a car travels at 100 mph, how much time would it take to reach the nearest star? 29 million years!

5. Is it illegal to catch mice? In ohio it is. If done without a hunting lisence!

6. What is a group of unicorns known as? A blessing!

7. What is a group of ravens known as? Murder!

8. Do you know how much is invested by kids on chewing gum in North America, every year? Half a billion dollars!

9. How much does our Earth weigh? 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons! 10. Which is the only dog that does not have a pink tongue? The chow!

11. What is the age of the oldest piece of chewing gum? 9000 years old!

12. What is so special about a violin?

It is made up of 70 separate pieces of wood!

13. Which invertebrate is considered to be the most intelligent among all of its kinds? The octopus!

14. How many hearts does an octopus have? Three!

15. Which man-made place on Earth appears the brightest from space? Las Vegas, Newada

16. Name the birds which do not build nests of their own, but lay their eggs in another bird's nests? Cuckoo, cowbird, whyda, honeyguide and black headed-duck!

17. This planet was the first one to be discovered using a telescope in the year 1781. Name the planet. Uranus!

18. To qualify for diving, one has to appear a certain training course. What is this course known as? PADI(Professional Association of Diving Instructions.)

19. What is the fear of being buried alive known as? Taphephobia!

20. How many life boats did the Titanic have? 20 !

21. The Tropic of Capricorn plays as a divider for two almost equal halves of which continent? Australia!

22. In China, animals are not allowed to use human language. This belief cause the ban of a book of which famous writer? Lewis Carroll, The book was Alice in Wonderland!

23. What planets are attributed as the 'Rocky Planets' in the Solar System? Mercury, Venus Earth and Mars!

24. Which planets in the Solar System are known as the 'Gas Giants'? Jupitar, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune!

25. What is a group of frogs known as? An Army!

Trivia Questions for Adults

2. In an entire day, lungs of an adult function to move how much amount of air? 10,000.

5. When a burning cigarette is inhaled, what is the temperature at its tip? 700 degree celsius !

7. What are the maximum number of indoor dust particles made of? Dead Skin!

9. What happens when you dip a pearl in a glass of vinegar? It melts! 11. Which song was the most played one on American radio, during the 20th century and for how many times? You Have Lost That Loving Feeling (Over 8 million times) Brain Teasers and Funny Trick Questions Divide 50 by half and add 20. 120 20 pigeons sat on the branches of a tree. A man shot 1 pigeon with his gun. How many were left on the tree? None. The rest flew away Where do fish keep their money? The River Bank Which is heavier a ton of gold or a ton of silver? Both are equal. 1 ton = 1 ton What did one eye say to the other? Between us something smells There are how many seconds in a year? 12. Second Jan, Feb, March... Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister? No. He is dead. Why is it against the law for a person living in New York to be buried in California? He is alive What is in the middle of CHINA?

I When was it that Christmas and New Year were celebrated in the same year? Every year How many time can you subtract 10 from 100? Once. Next time it would be 90 What was the President's name in 1975? The same as it is today There is a fishing trawler, with a ladder in it, leaning against a wall at the harbor. There are 5 oars and 2 fishing nets in the trawler. The distance between two consecutive steps on the ladder is 1 meter. If waves lashing against the wall rise half meter in every half hour, in how much time will 6 steps of the ladder get under the waves? The trawler rises with the waves so no step will go under water There are 6 mangoes in a basket and 6 kids eagerly waiting to get one. Each kid is given 1 mango, yet there is one mango in the basket, how? The last kids gets the basket with the mango in it Solve this mathematical problem: 2 + 15 + 5 + 9 - 4 + 3 + 8 - 12 + 26 52 Do you think, 7 and 5 are 13 or 7 and 5 is 13? Which one is correct? Of course, when you add 7 to 5, the answer is 12, not 13. Let's say that one brick is about one kg plus half of a brick heavy. What would be the weight of that one brick? 2 kg There is a pillar which is 8 feet tall and gives a shadow of 4 feet long on the floor. What if the pillar was 14 feet tall? Can you tell how many feet in length would the shadow be? (14 / 8) x 4 = 7 feet There are four bags of candy on the table. There are total of 100 pieces of candy in all the bags. The first bag contains 22 candies, second bag contains 18 candies, and third bag contains twice as many as the fourth bag. How many pieces of candy do you think are in bags three and four? 3rd bag has 40 candies and 4th bag has 20 candies. Tom and Kate are standing approximately 30 miles away from one another. Tom travels at 9 miles per hour speed from his location towards Kate. Whereas Kate travels at 1 mile per hour speed from her location towards Tom. If both of them set out at the same time, how many miles do you think Tom would travel to meet Kate en route? Distance = Speed x Time = 27 Stanley goes to a park on his new bicycle that his Dad gifted him for Christmas. When he reached the park, he saw that there were 9 bicycles and tricycles in the parking lot. If you count all the wheels of the bicycles and tricycles comes to 23, how many tricycles would you say there were?

5 On your clock, the minute hand has covered the hour hand completely. It is somewhere between 8:00 and 9:00 on the clock. What time is it? About 8:43 There is a town named Baldville. To qualify to live there, some set of rules are implemented. What do you think is the highest possible number of people living there? No two people can have the same amount or number of hair on their heads. No one has exactly 520 hair on their heads. There are more people in the town than hair on each of their heads. 520, because at least one of them is a complete bald, otherwise no one could live there. In a year, how many seconds are there in each month? January 2, February 2, March 2, April 2, May 2, June 2, July 2, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 2 and December 2 Let's say you have an empty fruit basket and you had to fill it with apples. How many apples can you add in that empty basket? 1. After you add 1 apple, the basket will not remain empty There are many more questions, not just for students but for everyone to try. As you solve these riddles and teasers, see how much time you require to solve them. And guys, don't cheat. For High School Students Get a pen and paper to write down the 5 digit numeral which is spelled here: twelve thousand twelve hundred twelve. 13,212 Out of all the pets Jennifer has, they are dogs, except for one. All her pets are cats also, except for one. How many pets, cats and dogs specifically, does Jennifer have? Jennifer has one dog and one cat. Let's assume that a bag is capable of holding 50 coins total. These coins add up to about $1.00. What will be the denomination of the coins in the bag? Either, 40 pennies, 8 nickels and 2 dimes. Or, 45 pennies, 2 nickels and 1 quarter. There are 5 dogs whose weights are in question here. The first dog, Jumbo is heavier than the second dog, Spike. Cuddles weighs more than Dodo, but Cuddles weighs less than Pumpkin. Spike weighs more than Pumpkin and Pumpkin weighs less than Jumbo. Can you find the order of their weights, starting from the heaviest? Jumbo, Spike, Pumpkin, Cuddles, and Dodo

If it is two hours later, then it will take half as much time till it's midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it? 9 p.m. Ashley is twice as old as her sister and half as old as her mother. And in 22 years, her sister will be half as old as the mother. How old do you think Ashley is now? Ashley is 22 years old right now. Which object, despite filling it up can't contain water? A strainer It doesn't have a body, no ears but can listen, can speak but has no mouth, and is born in the air. What is it? An echo

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