So.......... How Broad Is Your General Knowledge...??????????

1.) What is the collective noun for owls?

2.) Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?

3.) What is special about the words "abstemious" and "facetious"?

4.) Who is the only person to have won a Nobel Prize and an Oscar?

5.) Which country makes authentic Panama Hats?

6.) How many events are there in a decathlon?

7.) Name the ten four-letter countries in the world.

8.) What's the poison in the stones and pips of plums, apricots, cherries, peaches, apples and pears?

9.) What building derives its name from the Greek word for seat?

10.) Paris has a wonderful underground railway system. What is it called?

11.) What color is the black box in an airliner?

12.) Diamonds are not only a girl's best friend, they are the hardest stones found in nature. What is the next hardest stone?

13.) What is the earliest known bird called?

14.) A cat's jaw has a notable feature. What is it?

15.) What's the origin of the airline's name "Qantas"?

And now the answers.....

1.) A parliament of Owls 2.) Aarti Saha 3.) Both words contain five vowels in order 4.)George Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925 and a Best Screenplay Oscar in 1939 for Pygmalion. 5.) Ecuador. 6.) Ten. 7.) Chad, Cuba, Fiji, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Mali, Oman, Peru and Togo. 8.) Cyanide. 9.) Cathedral. 10.) The Metro. 11.) Orange. 12.) Corundum (rubies and sapphires). 13.) Archaeopteryx. 14.) It can't move sideways. 15.) The acronym for - Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services.

By Anuj Tiwari

I - Semester

Electronics & Communication