Name any one sect of Islam?
Shia
Sunni
Ahamadiyya
Name the only two countries that allow drug manufacturers to market prescription drugs directly to the public.
US
New Zealand
Which three Indian rivers form the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad, site of the Kumbh Mela?
Ganga
Yamuna
Saraswati
Name any 4 airlines that fly domestic routes in India?
Indigo, Spicejet, AirIndia, Vistara, Go First, AirAsia
Name any 5 Marine mammals
Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, Seals, Sea Lions, Manatees, Walrus, Beluga, Narwhal and Sea Otters.
Name the only country in the world that has almost as many people as horses?
Mongolia
Name the two famous Shoe brands founded by rival German brothers.
Adidas, founded by Adolf Dassler
Puma, founded by Rudolf Dassler
Name the three wizards in the movie series "Lord of the Rings"
Gandalf the Gray
Saruman the White
Radagast the Brown
Earth is the 5th largest planet in the Solar system. Name the other 4 planets that are larger than the Earth?
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
Name the 5 Zodiac signs ending with the letter 'S'
Aries
Taurus
Pisces
Sagittarius
Aquarius
Which is the only form of encryption employed by the US Army that was never broken during World War II?
The Navajo code.
TidBit:
Movie "Windtalkers" is a good depiction of the Navajo tribe employed in the US Army as code communicators.
Name the only two physicists of Indian origin to have won the Nobel prize in Physics?
C. V. Raman
S Chandrasekhar
Name any 3 types of martial arts that originated in Japan?
Karate, Judo, Jujutsu, Kendo, Aikido, Sumo
Name the 4 US States that start with the letter 'W'
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Name 5 Venomous Snake species in India?
Indian Cobra (Spectacled or Monacled)
Common Krait
Russell's Viper
Saw-scaled Viper
King cobra
Pit Viper
Name the only river to cross the equator twice in its natural flow?
River Congo
Name the two elements of the periodic table whose symbols are a pair of vowels.
Au - Gold
Eu - Europium
Name the 3 countries that have won the FIFA world cup ONLY once?
England
Spain
Uruguay
Name any 4 famous painters in history?
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso
Name any 5 Auto manufacturers from Italy.
Alfa Romeo
Ferrari
Fiat
Lamborghini
Lancia
Maserati
Pagani
Which is the ONLY canyon that is longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon in US?
Tsangpo Canyon in Tibet, carved by River Yarlung Tsangpo.
Originating in Mt.Kailash, Yarlung Tsangpo is the Tibetan name for River Brahmaputra before its course enters India.
Name the only two landlocked countries in the South American continent.
( Landlocked country is a country that does not have any territory connected to an ocean )
Bolivia
Paraguay
Name any three composers of Western Classical Music
Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi
What are the 4 genetic proteins (nucleotides) that form a DNA?
Adenine
Cytosine
Guanine
Thymine
5 Mountain peaks in the world that are above 8000m height.
Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Makalu, Broad Peak, Lhotse, Mt.Everest, Nanga Parbat, Cho Oyu, K2, Shishapangma, Kanchenjunga, Gasherbrum I and II.