General Knowledge Quiz - 5
A Freudian slip
2. Quiz: Which famous feminist
dismissed Freud's notion of penis envy by stating that it was a ridiculous idea
because the male organ was just" a pissing tube modified to pass
seed"?
Germaine Greer
3. Quiz: Who formulated the
expanding universe theory?
Edwin Hubble
4. Quiz: What is Socratic irony?
Feigning ignorance as a strategy in an intellectual
discussion. (This is the attitude adopted by Socrates in Plato's Dialogues.)
5. Quiz: Which Sikh festival
commemorates the founding of the Khalsa brotherhood?
Baisaki
6. Quiz: Of which river is the Kama
river the largest tributary?
The Volga
7. Quiz: Name the most northerly
and the most southerly of European capitals.
Reykjavik and Nicosia
8. Quiz: In chess how many opening
moves are possible by each player?
20
9. Quiz: What did Freud call the
moral factor that governs the normal adult conscious mind?
Superego
10. Quiz: Who is Althanasius
Nikitin?
A Russian traveller who visited India between 1470 and 1474
CE
11. Quiz: What is special about a
volcanic mountain called Chimborazo in Ecuador?
It was believed to be the highest mountain in the world
before Mt Everest was measured.
12. Quiz: Where are the Southern
Alps?
In New Zealand
13. Quiz: What does the Basel
Convention ban?
The export of hazardous waste to poor countries.
14. Quiz: Where do the rivers
Mekong, Basak and Sab meet?
Phnom Penh
15. Quiz: Why the bloodhound is
called a bloodhound?
Because it is the first breed of which blood, or breeding
records were kept
16. Quiz: Which river gives
Switzerland an outlet to the sea?
Rhine
17. Quiz: Which independent state
was established in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty?
Vatican City
18. Quiz: What was the US plan for
the economic rebuilding of Europe at the end of WW II called?
The Marshall Plan
19. Quiz: What is the Mosque of
Ahmed in Istanbul better known as?
The Blue Mosque
20. Quiz: State the difference
between the U.K (United Kingdom) and Great Britain?
Great Britain is the island including England, Scotland and
Wales. United Kingdom is Great Britain plus Northern Ireland.
21. Quiz: Name the American president
after whom an African capital was named?
James Monroe after whom Monrovia, capital of Liberia was
named.
22. Quiz: For what should John
Tradescant, Elias Ashmole and the Oxford University be remembered?
For establishing the first public museum in the world.
23. Quiz: On the banks of which
river is the city of Kabul situated?
Kabul
24. Quiz: What, described as
"the eight wonder of the Globe,"?
The Suez Canal, which is introduced in the year of 1869
25. Quiz: What is an EIA?
Environmental Impact Assessment. (Development projects in
India need, according to the Planning Commission, to get an EIA clearance.)
26. Quiz: What is 'nacre'?
The substance secreted by an oyster to cover a foreign body
inside it Later this becomes a pearl.
27. Quiz: Where is the Malaca
strait?
Between Malaysia and Sumatra
28. Quiz: Which is the westernmost
of the five rivers of Punjab?
Jhelum
29. Quiz: Where in South India would
you find a natural feature called The White Lady or La Dame Blanche?
It is one of the four cascades of the Jog Falls
30. Quiz: Give the full form of
ISBN.
International Standard Book Number
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