Friday, November 26, 2010

Dry rounds are here again!

Here are some more interesting questions I'd like to share:-

  1. Who is the lead singer of the band 'Queen'?
  2. Who was the third person on the Apollo 11 mission? (first and second were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin)
  3. Who is the only person to have won the Nobel Prize as well as an Oscar?
  4. What is the name of the Greek goddess of the moon?
  5. Which Indian won an Oscar for costume design?
Answers: Freddie Mercury, Michael Collins, George Bernard Shaw, Selene, Bhanu Athaiya

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Phobiamania!

Now this is not exactly a quiz, nevertheless, it's GK. I've always been fascinated by the different kinds of phobias -- fears. So here are a few funny ones:-
  1. Fear of bathing - Ablutophobia
  2. Fear of dancing - Chorophobia
  3. Fear of home - Ecophobia
  4. Fear of worms - Scoleciphobia
    And finally, the one I've been waiting to reveal:-

    5. Fear of long words.........(drum roll)

HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPEDALIOPHOBIA
The poor doctor won't be able to tell a patient suffering from this exactly what he's suffering from!!





Saturday, November 13, 2010

Music Quiz

As my name suggests, I am a musiclover indeed. I love all types of music, be it country, pop, classical, R&B, etc. So I thought, that today I'm going to post a little quiz on music :) :-

  1. Which band was known as the 'Sigma Six'?
  2. Which famous singer's real name is 'Reginald Dwight'?
  3. Which famous duo wrote the songs for the film, 'The Sound of Music'?
  4. Which famous soprano sang the songs in the film 'My Fair Lady'?
  5. What does this building house?(easy peasy!)
Answers: Pink Floyd, Elton John, Rodgers & Hammersteins, Marni Nixon, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS!!!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Just some questions

I'm back! Some more GK questions:-
  1. Where will the 2016 Olympics be held?
  2. Which actress was married to the Prince of Monaco?
  3. Which film's protagonist was 'Eliza Doolittle'?
  4. With which event would we associate the 'Queen's Baton'?
  5. What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Answers: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. , Grace Kelly, My Fair Lady, Commonwealth Games, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis-a lung disease!!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Who Am I?

Here is another little quiz I thought I'd post:-
  1. I was created by Harvey Ball. I have become an icon in chat language. Who, or rather what am I?
  2. My real name is Robert Zimmerman. I am an extremely famous singer. I share my name with 'a builder'. Who Am I?
  3. I had a rat named Ben, and a chimpanzee named Bubbles. Who Am I?
  4. I have a pet cheetah named Lightning. Who Am I?
  5. I am a hard of hearing professor, who shares his name with a certain kind of maths. Who Am I?

Answers: Smiley :) , Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Usain Bolt, Cuthbert Calculus in Tintin comics

Monday, November 1, 2010

Picture Quiz

Hey everyone! I'm back again. Here is a little picture quiz I thought I'd post. Enjoy!

  1. Who is the actress playing this role?

2. Which country's flag is this?

3. Who is the creator of this fictional character?



4. What are these called and where are they found?


5. Who is this person, and what did he invent?
Answers: Helena Bonham Carter, Vatican City, Hans Christian Andersen (the character is little mermaid), Nazca Lines in Peru, Alfred Nobel (founder of the Nobel Prize, and inventor of dynamite).