Sunday, July 19, 2015
Did You Know?
Did You Know:
* Jamaica has 120 Rivers
* Duck eggs are the largest eggs in the world
* Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning:)
* Gorilla Sleep 14 hours a day
* The lifespan of squirrel is 9 years
* Giraffe can go longer without water than a camel
* Horses sleep standing up
* dogs sweat through the pads on their feet
* New York was the first capital of United States
* After Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
* You burn more calories sleeping than watching television
* Your liver has over 500 functions
* Your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen yor breathe
* 56% of typing is completed by your L hand
* Tokyo was once known as Edo
* DVDs are physically the same size as CDs but can store 13 times more data
*Soccer is the most followed sport
* Volleyball was invented in 1895
* Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
Friday, July 10, 2015
General Knowledge Questions & Answers-IV
1) Which Countries are separated by the 49th Parallel? The US and Canada
2) Which is the highest peak in Africa? Mount Kilimanjaro
3) Which is the highest peak in India? Mount K2
4) In which year was the first modern Olympics held? In 1986 in Athens, Greece
5) Where was the Olympic torch first lit in modern Olympics? Amsterdam in 1928
6) Which Olympics is known as the 'high level upsets' Olympics? The 1968 Mexico Olympics
7) Who was the first winner in modern Olympics? James Connelly
8) When was the first time Olympics games moved to Asia? 1964
9) Where is the headquarters of the International Labor Organization? Geneva(Switzerland).
10) Which Facebook page has the most number of fans? Texas Hold 'Em Poker.
11) When was Orkut launched? 2004
12) When was UN founded? 10/24/1945
13) Which is the star nearest to the solar system? Proxima Centauri
14) How are earthquake measured? Richter scale
15) Which two countries are separated by MacMahon line? India and China
2) Which is the highest peak in Africa? Mount Kilimanjaro
3) Which is the highest peak in India? Mount K2
4) In which year was the first modern Olympics held? In 1986 in Athens, Greece
5) Where was the Olympic torch first lit in modern Olympics? Amsterdam in 1928
6) Which Olympics is known as the 'high level upsets' Olympics? The 1968 Mexico Olympics
7) Who was the first winner in modern Olympics? James Connelly
8) When was the first time Olympics games moved to Asia? 1964
9) Where is the headquarters of the International Labor Organization? Geneva(Switzerland).
10) Which Facebook page has the most number of fans? Texas Hold 'Em Poker.
11) When was Orkut launched? 2004
12) When was UN founded? 10/24/1945
13) Which is the star nearest to the solar system? Proxima Centauri
14) How are earthquake measured? Richter scale
15) Which two countries are separated by MacMahon line? India and China
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
General Knowledge Questions & Answers-III
1) Which is the longest word in the English Language? Pneumonoultramicroscopicsillcovalcanoconiosis-is, according to Oxford Dictionaries, 'an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.' According to Dicionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon, it is supposedly the longest word in a dictionary.
2) What is the study of languages called? Linguistics
3) What is the name of the Hurricane that struck the Atlantic Coast of the US in 2012 leading to heavy death and destruction? Sandy
4) On which day did flight MH-370 disappear? 03/08/2014
5) What was the aircraft associated with the MH-370 disaster? Boeing 777-200 ER
6) What is the orbital speed of the earth around the sun in kilometers per second? 30 kms per second or 108,000 kms per hour or 67,108 miles per hour.
7) Who discovered Neptune? J G Galle.
8) Which countries are separated by the 49th Parallel? The US and Canada
9) When was the first ATM opened in the world? It was in North London by Barclay's Bank on June 27, 1967.
10) Which is the worst plane disaster in India? The worst plane disaster in India was the 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision between a Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight No.763 and Kazakhstan Airlines flight No 1907 on 11/12/1996. This disaster killed all 349 people on board on both flights.
2) What is the study of languages called? Linguistics
3) What is the name of the Hurricane that struck the Atlantic Coast of the US in 2012 leading to heavy death and destruction? Sandy
4) On which day did flight MH-370 disappear? 03/08/2014
5) What was the aircraft associated with the MH-370 disaster? Boeing 777-200 ER
6) What is the orbital speed of the earth around the sun in kilometers per second? 30 kms per second or 108,000 kms per hour or 67,108 miles per hour.
7) Who discovered Neptune? J G Galle.
8) Which countries are separated by the 49th Parallel? The US and Canada
9) When was the first ATM opened in the world? It was in North London by Barclay's Bank on June 27, 1967.
10) Which is the worst plane disaster in India? The worst plane disaster in India was the 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision between a Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight No.763 and Kazakhstan Airlines flight No 1907 on 11/12/1996. This disaster killed all 349 people on board on both flights.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Famous Logos and Mascots
1) Which famous rock band group has a lapping tongue as its logo? The Rolling Stones
2) Which American fast food chain used a Chihuahua as their mascot? Taco Bell
3) Which frozen dessert company has the number 31 in their logo? Baskin 31 Robbins
4) Which online retailer has a smiley across its name? Amazon
5) What is Reebok's Logo Called? The Dynamic Vector
6) What's the name of the Quaker man on the Quaker Oats? Larry the Quaker man
7) Which tire company created a logo showing
a lorry driver at a road-side dhaba, saying that
a good tire should be as touch and rugged as a
wrestler? MRF-Madras Rubber Factory
8) What is the official mascot of the 2014 incheon Asian games?
The three siblings 'Barame', 'Chumuro' and 'Vichuon.
9) What is the official mascot of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada?
A great white owl named Shueme. The name Shueme is inspired by the French word for owl, chouette, as a tribute to Canada's status as bilingual nation.
10) Which line of laptops has their logo meaning analog and digital? The Vaio line of laptops by Sony has a Sine wave and the bits 1 and 0 respectively in their logo which stands for analog and digital.
2) Which American fast food chain used a Chihuahua as their mascot? Taco Bell
3) Which frozen dessert company has the number 31 in their logo? Baskin 31 Robbins
4) Which online retailer has a smiley across its name? Amazon
5) What is Reebok's Logo Called? The Dynamic Vector
6) What's the name of the Quaker man on the Quaker Oats? Larry the Quaker man
7) Which tire company created a logo showing
a lorry driver at a road-side dhaba, saying that
a good tire should be as touch and rugged as a
wrestler? MRF-Madras Rubber Factory
8) What is the official mascot of the 2014 incheon Asian games?
The three siblings 'Barame', 'Chumuro' and 'Vichuon.
9) What is the official mascot of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada?
A great white owl named Shueme. The name Shueme is inspired by the French word for owl, chouette, as a tribute to Canada's status as bilingual nation.
10) Which line of laptops has their logo meaning analog and digital? The Vaio line of laptops by Sony has a Sine wave and the bits 1 and 0 respectively in their logo which stands for analog and digital.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
General Knowledge Questions & Answers-II
1) What is the Ph value of human blood? 7.40
2) What is the rarest blood group? AB negative
3) What is the average weight of the human brain? 1,400 grams
4) Alcohol affects which part of the brain? Cerebellum
5) Longest bone in human body? The femur which is the thigh bone
6) What is the metal present in hemoglobin? Iron
7) Who invented World Wide Web? Tim Berners-Lee
8) When was the camera phone invented? The first camera phone was invented in June 1997 by Philippe Kahn. The first mobile camera photo taken was that of his just-born daughter on 11 June 1997. That phone was J-SH04 made by Sharp.
9) When was the smart phone launched? On June 29, 2007, when Apple's Iphone was launched, selling 1 million of its smart phones in just 74 days.
10) When was the first text message or SMS sent? December 3, 1992 by Neil Papworth, a 22 year old engineer in the UK used a personal computer to send the text message 'Merry Christmas' via a Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis who was at Newbury, Berkshire
11) Who were the creators of YouTube? YouTube was created in February 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim out of a garage.
12) Who were the creators of Twitter? Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass on March 2006. The site was launched in July 2006.
13) Who are founders of Yahoo? Yahoo was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University.
14) Who invented 3D printer? The first working 3D printer was created in 1984 by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems Corp.
15) Who Invented the Jeans? Levi Strauss
2) What is the rarest blood group? AB negative
3) What is the average weight of the human brain? 1,400 grams
4) Alcohol affects which part of the brain? Cerebellum
5) Longest bone in human body? The femur which is the thigh bone
6) What is the metal present in hemoglobin? Iron
7) Who invented World Wide Web? Tim Berners-Lee
8) When was the camera phone invented? The first camera phone was invented in June 1997 by Philippe Kahn. The first mobile camera photo taken was that of his just-born daughter on 11 June 1997. That phone was J-SH04 made by Sharp.
9) When was the smart phone launched? On June 29, 2007, when Apple's Iphone was launched, selling 1 million of its smart phones in just 74 days.
10) When was the first text message or SMS sent? December 3, 1992 by Neil Papworth, a 22 year old engineer in the UK used a personal computer to send the text message 'Merry Christmas' via a Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis who was at Newbury, Berkshire
11) Who were the creators of YouTube? YouTube was created in February 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim out of a garage.
12) Who were the creators of Twitter? Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass on March 2006. The site was launched in July 2006.
13) Who are founders of Yahoo? Yahoo was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University.
14) Who invented 3D printer? The first working 3D printer was created in 1984 by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems Corp.
15) Who Invented the Jeans? Levi Strauss
Saturday, July 4, 2015
General Knowledge Questions & Answers-1
1) What is the length of the world's largest container ship? 400 m long.
2) Which country is closest to the site of the sinking of the Titanic? Canada
3) In which year was Sensex started? 1985
4) Who was the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2009? Barack Obama
5) The year Mother Teresa won the Nobel prize? 1979
6) What is ADHD? ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is one of the most common childhood disorders and can be continue through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling behavior, difficulty in moving attention from one object to to other and hyperactivity.
7) Which is the most hazardous metal pollutant of an automobile exhaust? lead
8) When is ozone day observed? 16 September
9) Who invented Airplane and in which year? The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, invented the airplane on December 17, 1903 and made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier than air human flight.
10) Who invented telescope? Galileo
11) Who invented the mobile phone? Martin Cooper, a Motorola employee in 1973
12) Who invented the email? Raymond Samuel Tomlinson, a US programmer, implemented an email system in 1971. It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts. Previously, mail could be sent only to others who used the same computer. To achieve this, he used the @ sign to separate the user from their machine, which has been used in email addresses ever since.
13) Who are the founders of the famous search engine Google? Larry Page and Sergery Brin
14) Who founded the Hotmail email service? Sabeer Bhatia in 1995. In December, 1997 he sold Hotmail to Microsoft for a whopping $400 Million US dollars!
15) Who is the founder of Facebook? There are 5 actually: Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes. Mark Zuckerberg is the chairman and chief executive of Facebook. Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984.
16) What is the tagline of Facebook? 'It's Free and always will be'
17) What is the tagline of The New York Times Daily? 'All the news that's fit to print'
18) What is the tagline of British Airways? 'The world's favourite airline'
19) What is the tagline of Emirates? ' Keep Discovering, Fly Emirates'
20) What is the tagline of Lufthansa? ' Nonstop You'
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Pop Quiz
What's the Capital of Austria? Please answer in the comment section(no cheating:))
What's the Capital of Kenya?
What's the Capital of Iraq?
What's the Largest Ocean in the World?
What's the Capital of Kenya?
What's the Capital of Iraq?
What's the Largest Ocean in the World?
Number Measures
2 UNITS = 1 PAIR
12 UNITS = 1 Dozen
12 DOZEN= 1 Gross
144 UNITS = 1 Gross
20 UNITS = 1 Score
5 SCORE = 1 HUNDRED
24 SHEETS = 1 QUIRE
20 QUIRES = 1 REAM
10 REAMS = 1 BALE
500 SHEETS = 1 REAM
12 UNITS = 1 Dozen
12 DOZEN= 1 Gross
144 UNITS = 1 Gross
20 UNITS = 1 Score
5 SCORE = 1 HUNDRED
24 SHEETS = 1 QUIRE
20 QUIRES = 1 REAM
10 REAMS = 1 BALE
500 SHEETS = 1 REAM
Length Measures
10 Millimeters = 1 Centimeter
10 Centimeters = 1 Decimeter
10 Decimeters = 1 Meter
10 Meters = 1 Decameter
10 Decameters = 1 Hectometer
10 Hectometers = 1 Kilometer
100 Decameters = 1 Kilometer
10 Centimeters = 1 Meter
1000 Meters = 1 Kilometer
1000 Millimeters = 1 Meter
10 Centimeters = 1 Decimeter
10 Decimeters = 1 Meter
10 Meters = 1 Decameter
10 Decameters = 1 Hectometer
10 Hectometers = 1 Kilometer
100 Decameters = 1 Kilometer
10 Centimeters = 1 Meter
1000 Meters = 1 Kilometer
1000 Millimeters = 1 Meter
Jubilee Table
1 Year = Anniversary
10 Year = Decade
25 Year = Silver Jubilee
50 Year = Golden Jubilee
60 Year = Diamond Jubilee
75 Year = Radium Jubilee
100 Year = Centenary
10 Year = Decade
25 Year = Silver Jubilee
50 Year = Golden Jubilee
60 Year = Diamond Jubilee
75 Year = Radium Jubilee
100 Year = Centenary
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Acronyms and Abbreviations
A few Computer Related(Chat Acronyms)
LOL- Laughing Out Loud
MODEM- Modulator Demodulator
ROTFL- Rolling On the Floor Laughing
WAP- Wireless Access Point
RSVP- French phrase, "répondez, s'il vous plaît," which means "
Other Acronyms:
IKEA- Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnayrd(Note: Ingvar Kamprad is the founder and Emtaryd is the name of the farm where he grew up and Agunnaryd is the name of his village in Sweden.
BMW- Bavarian Motor Works
FIAT- Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino
3M- Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
AMWAY- American Way
I.N.R.I on the crucifix- Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews and was crucified by the Roman soldiers
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