Improve Your General Knowledge in Leisure Time!: September 2009

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Mount McKinley

The highest mountain peak in the US and also in North America is:

Mount McKinley (or Denali)

Michel Platini

One of the top ever French soccer players, manager and the current president of UEFA is:

Michel Platini

Thomas Jefferson

The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence is:

Thomas Jefferson
Reminder:
The First US President: George Washington
The Second US President: John Adams

Friday, September 25, 2009

Steven Spielberg

Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by:

Steven Spielberg

Jackson Pollock

In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by:

Jackson Pollock

Anthony Powell

A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by:

Anthony Powell

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Yuan

The national currency used in China is:

Yuan

Mosquito

The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths is:

Mosquito

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Yangtze River

The longest river in Asia is:

Yangtze River
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and Asia and the third-longest in the world, after the Nile and the Amazon.

Martin Cooper

In 1973, the Cell Phone was invented by:

Martin Cooper

Friday, September 11, 2009

Baku

The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan (formally the Republic of Azerbaijan) is:

Baku

Stefanía Fernández

The lady crowned Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, is:

Stefanía Fernández

Bjarne Stroustrup

C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by:

Bjarne Stroustrup

Orson Welles

Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by:

Orson Welles

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by:

Leo Tolstoy

The Darfur Conflict

The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by:

The Darfur Conflict

The United States of America

The country with the largest national economy in the world is:

The United States of America

Alaska

The largest state of the US is:

Alaska

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Pisa

The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of:

Pisa (Italy)

Australia

Canberra is the capital city of:

Australia

Thomas Harris

Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by author:

Thomas Harris

Polygon

A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides is called:

Polygon

Review Items No. 1-50

1. The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was:

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

2. Brightest star as seen from the Earth:

Sirius (also known as Dog Star)

3. Inventor of dynamite:

Alfred B. Nobel

4. The god of love in greek myth:

Aphrodite (Aphrodite is the goddess of love, known as Venus to the Romans.)

5. The largest sea in the world:

South China Sea

6. The world's oldest known city:

Damascus

7. The lowest point on earth is:

The coastal area of Dead sea

8. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was:

Ronald Amundson

9. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is:

Norway

10. The youngest President of the USA:

Theodore Roosevelt

11. A form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an contribution to its government:

Republic

12. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun):

Proxima Centauri

13. The author of Alice in Wonderland:

Lewis Carroll

14. It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:

A Meteorite (A large meteorite is thought to have collided with the earth.)

15. Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:

The Beagle

16. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human is called:

Android

17. The largest museum in the world is:

The American Museum of Natural History

18. The country known as the Land of Cakes is:

Scotland

19. The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of silent movies is:

Tom Mix

20. Coal is known as:

Black Diamond

21. The tallest statue in the world is:

The Spring Temple Buddha

The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Henan, China (height: 128m / 420ft).

22. Because of its abundance of orchards and hop gardens, Kent is widely known as:

The Garden of England
(Kent is a county in southeast England.)

23. What was the name of the first computer game?

Tennis for Two

24. The Roman name for Portugal was:

Lusitania
(Lusitania was an ancient Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain.)

25. The first official telephone call to the moon was made by:

Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974).

26. The Scottish city, Aberdeen, is known as:

The Granite City
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city. Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands.

27. The largest island in Canada is:

Baffin Island
It is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.

28. The person who first succeeded in transmitting a radio signala cross the Atlantic Ocean was:

Marconi
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian inventor.

29. Burkina Faso was formerly called:

The Republic of Upper Volta
Burkina Faso, formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula.

Flag of Burkina Faso

30. In the Old Testament, the elder brother of Moses is:

Aaron

31. The longest river in Europe is:

The Volga
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through the western part of Russia and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia.

32. The instrument in an aircraft that measures height above sea level is:

Altimeter
An altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth underwater.

Altimeter

33. A stellar explosion is called:

Supernova
It is the end time situation of a star which is going to be exploded. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sun could emit over its life span.

34. Stocks or a financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise are called:

Bull Market

35. The abnormal fear of spiders and other arachnids is called:

Arachnophobia

36. The bird that is used as the sign of peace is:

Dove

37. The fastest animal on earth is:

Peregrine Falcon

It can reach speeds over 322 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.

Peregrine Falcon

38. The basic form of transport; a frame for restraining horses, used by Native Americans is:

Travois

39. The other word for an alligator pear is:

Avocado

Avocado/Alligator pear

40. The world’s deepest ocean is:

Pacific Ocean

41. All Saints' Day, often shortened to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on:

November 1

42. The fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Cervantes, who was Don Quixote’s squire is:

Sancho Panza

43. The Canadian city hosted the 1976 Olympics is:

Montreal

44. The substance released by body tissues in allergic reactions is:

Histamine

45. Golf was originated in:

Scotland

46. The smallest ocean in the world is:

The Arctic Ocean

47. A full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern is called:

Blue Moon
A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern; most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days. The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years) there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a "blue moon."

48. Chess was invented in:

India

49. The Iliad and the Odyssey was written by:

Homer

50. The first complete word in the dictionary is:

Aardvark

Yalta Conference

In 1945, the conference for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization was:

Yalta Conference

Dallas

D-Town and BIG D are nicknames for the US city of:

Dallas

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Sacramento

The capital of the US state of California is:

Sacramento

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

The monument on the border between Argentina and Chile as a celebration of the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between the two countries is:

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

Argentina

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of:
Argentina

Jodie Foster

The actress who began acting in commercials at 3 years old and her performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress in 1991 is:

Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster is the first actress to receive two Oscars before the age of 30.

Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) is written by:

Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet.

Bob Dylan

Blowin' in the Wind is a song written by:

Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet and latter-day disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades.

Earvin Johnson

U.S. President George H. W. Bush said, "For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports." In this quote Magic is:

Earvin Johnson (Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.)
Earvin Johnson (1959-) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA.

John Adams

The second President of the United States was:

John Adams
John Adams (1735–1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms. He is regarded as one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.

John Adams

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Ancient Chinese

The inventor of paper were:

Ancient Chinese

Speedway

The sport involving four and sometimes up to six motorcycle riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit is called:

Speedway

Primate

In zoology, the biological order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes and man is:

Primate

Juneau

The capital of Alaska is:

Juneau

Kama

The Hindu god of love, desire and lust is:

Kama

Yerevan

The capital and largest city of Armenia is:

Yerevan
Yerevan is sometimes written as Erevan, Erewan Ayrivan and Erivan.

The Nuremberg Trials

The series of trials from 1945 to 1946 for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II was:

The Nuremberg Trials

L. Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by:

L. Frank Baum

Phoenix

The capital and largest city of the US state of Arizona is:

Phoenix

Blue Whale

The animal that makes the loudest sound in the world is:

Blue Whale

James Whale

Bride of Frankenstein, a 1935 horror film, was directed by:

James Whale

Sahara

The world’s largest dry desert is:

Sahara

Montgolfier Brothers

The inventors of the hot air balloon are:

Montgolfier Brothers

Venice

The city known as the City of Canals is:

Venice

Nippon

The Japanese call their country as:

Nippon

Luanda

The capital and largest city of Angola is:

Luanda

Monday, September 7, 2009

Review Items No. 1-25

1. The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was:

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

2. Brightest star as seen from the Earth:

Sirius (also known as Dog Star)

3. Inventor of dynamite:

Alfred B. Nobel

4. The god of love in greek myth:

Aphrodite (Aphrodite is the goddess of love, known as Venus to the Romans.)

5. The largest sea in the world:

South China Sea

6. The world's oldest known city:

Damascus

7. The lowest point on earth is:

The coastal area of Dead sea

8. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was:

Ronald Amundson

9. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is:

Norway

10. The youngest President of the USA:

Theodore Roosevelt

11. A form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an contribution to its government:

Republic

12. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun):

Proxima Centauri

13. The author of Alice in Wonderland:

Lewis Carroll

14. It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:

A Meteorite (A large meteorite is thought to have collided with the earth.)

15. Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:

The Beagle

16. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human is called:

Android

17. The largest museum in the world is:

The American Museum of Natural History

18. The country known as the Land of Cakes is:

Scotland

19. The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of silent movies is:

Tom Mix

20. Coal is known as:

Black Diamond

21. The tallest statue in the world is:

The Spring Temple Buddha

The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Henan, China (height: 128m / 420ft).

22. Because of its abundance of orchards and hop gardens, Kent is widely known as:

The Garden of England
(Kent is a county in southeast England.)

23. What was the name of the first computer game?

Tennis for Two

24. The Roman name for Portugal was:

Lusitania
(Lusitania was an ancient Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain.)

25. The first official telephone call to the moon was made by:

Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974).

Sunday, September 6, 2009

John Napier

The Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms was:

John Napier

Dallas

In 1963, John F Kennedy assassinated in the city of:

Dallas (Texas)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel, is written by:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Pamana Island

The southernmost point of Asia is:

Pamana Island (Indonesia)

Little Rock

The capital and the most populous city of the US state of Arkansas is:

Little Rock

Australorp

The Australian chicken breed, a large, soft-feathered and good egg-layer bird, is:

Australorp

Advantage

In tennis, the score that comes after deuce is:

Advantage

Iliamna Lake

The largest lake in Alaska is:

Iliamna Lake or Lake Iliamna

Andorra la Vella

The capital and largest city of Andorra, a small country in southwestern Europe, is:

Andorra la Vella

Saturday, September 5, 2009

J. R. R. Tolkien

The author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion is:

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Glenn

The first American to orbit the Earth is:

John Glenn

Cyrus the Great

The first Zoroastrian Persian Emperor who respected the customs and religions of the lands he conquered was:

Cyrus the Great

Goldendoodle

The mixed breed dog, a hybrid cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle is:

Goldendoodle

Michael Curtiz

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by:

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) was a Hungarian-American filmmaker. He directed more than 150 movies such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca and White Christmas.

The Red Sea

The sea that lies between Africa and Asia is:

The Red Sea

Ammeter

The measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit is:

Ammeter
Electric currents are measured in amperes (A).

William Shakespeare

The comedy of The Taming of the Shrew was written by:

William Shakespeare

Frank Whittle

The jet engine was invented by:

Frank Whittle

Algiers

The capital and largest city of Algeria is:

Algiers

Friday, September 4, 2009

Tirana

The capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania is:
Tirana

Lady Nancy Astor

The first woman who hold a seat in the British parliament was:

Lady Nancy Astor

Stone Skipping

The pastime which involves throwing a stone across a body of water in such a way that it bounces off the surface of the water is called:

Stone Skipping
Stone Skipping is also called Stone Skimming, Stone Skiting and Ducks and Drakes in the UK and Stone Skiffing in Ireland.

Montgomery

The capital of Alabama is:

Montgomery

Dan Brown

In 2003, The Da Vinci Code, a mystery-detective fiction novel, was written by:

Dan Brown

Woody Woodpecker

The animated cartoon character who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio is:

Woody Woodpecker

Hippology

The study of horses is called:

Hippology

George Washington

The first President of the United States of America was:

George Washington

Sudan

Africa's largest country is:

Sudan

Kabul

The capital of Afghanistan is:

Kabul

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 1

This is the hundredth Post.
Review Posts 1-99 for this Quiz!
____________________________

1. Who was the sculptor of the statue of Liberty?

2. Which country is known as The Land of the Midnight Sun?

3. What are robots designed to look and act like human called?

4. What is known as Black Diamond?

5. What is the largest island in Canada?

6. What substance is released by body tissues in allergic reactions?

7. Who wrote The Iliad and the Odyssey?

8. Relative to size, what is the strongest muscle in the body?

9. Who discovered the smallpox vaccine?

10. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?

11. Where is the show Sex and the City set?

12. What is the most common mammal in the world?

13. What is the name for a baby after eight weeks?

14. What is the hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger?

15. What is the name of the collection of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada – United States border?

Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by:

Daniel Defoe

Exempli Gratia (For Example)

The abbreviation E.G. stands for:

Exempli Gratia or For Example

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin's book, published 24 November 1859, a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, is:

On the Origin of Species

Artamène, or Cyrus the Great

The longest novel ever written is:

Artamène, or Cyrus the Great
Artamène, or Cyrus the Great is a novel in ten volumes by siblings Madeleine and Georges de Scudéry. At over 2,100,000 words, it is considered the longest novel ever written, with the possible exception of Henry Darger's unpublished The Story of the Vivian Girls.