Movie Trivia
What Was The First Colour Movie In India?
a) Kisan Kanya
b) Alam Ara
c) Raja Harishchandra
d) None of these
Correct Answer:
a) Kisan Kanya
Where Was Gandhi Born?
a) Karachi
b) Porbandar
c) Gandhinagar
d) Ahmedabad
Correct Answer:
b) Porbandar
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar on the 2nd of October, 1869
In Which Year Did MS Dhoni Score More Runs In The ODI Format Of Cricket?
a) 2006
b) 2007
c) 2008
d) 2009
Correct Answer:
d) 2009
MS Dhoni scored 1198 runs in ODI matches in 2009.
Who Wrote The Novel 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Published In 1960?
a) Truman Capote
b) Kurt Vonnegut
c) Harper Lee
d) Jessica Mitford
Correct Answer:
c) Harper Lee
What Species Does The World's Fastest Growing Plant Belong To?
a) Bamboo
b) Grasses
c) Spider Plants
d) Sugarcane
Correct Answer:
a) Bamboo
Which Director Has Directed The Most Movies In India?
a) Aditya Chopra
b) Rohit Shetty
c) Rajkumar Hirani
d) None of these
Correct Answer:
c) Rajkumar Hirani
How Many Olympic Gods Exist In Greek Mythology?
a) 7
b) 9
c) 12
d) 15
Correct Answer:
c) 12
In Which Year Did Major Dhyan Chand Retire?
a) 1947
b) 1948
c) 1949
d) 1950
Correct Answer:
b) 1948
Who Was The Author Of The Children's fantasy Novel 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'?
a) Lewis Carrol
b) Jessica Mitford
c) Kurt Vonnegut
d) C.S. Lewis
Correct Answer:
d) C.S. Lewis
What Is The Minimum Lifespan Of A Rice Plant?
a) 1 Month
b) 4 Months
c) 7 Months
d) 10 Months
Correct Answer:
b) 4 Months
Which Was The First Indian Movie To Be Nominated For An Oscar?
a) Salaam Bombay
b) Lagaan
c) Mother India
d) None of these
Correct Answer:
c) Mother India
Who Was The Final Mughal Emperor?
a) Akbar Shah II
b) Aurangzeb
c)Shah Alam II
d)Bahadur Shah Zafar II
Correct Answer:
d) Bahadur Shah Zafar II
Name The Only Player To Have Ever Won The Ballon d'Or As A Goalkeeper.
a) Stanley Mathews
b) Lev Yashin
c) Illian Meslier
d) Iker Casillas
Correct Answer:
b) Lev Yashin
In Stephen King's '11/22/63', A High School English Teacher Hurtles Back In Time To 1963 And Attempts To Stop What Monumental Event?
a) The Assassination Of President John F Kennedy
b) The Moon Landing Of Apollo 11
c) The Cuban Missile Crisis
d) The Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.
Correct Answer:
a) The Assassination Of President John F Kennedy
How Many Constellations Are There In The Night Sky?
a) 88
b) 124
c) 1793
d) 4320
Correct Answer:
a) 88
Which Was The First Indian Movie To Win An Oscar?
a) Slumdog Millionaire
b) Mother India
c) Gandhi
d) None of these
Correct Answer:
c) Gandhi
When Did India Test Its First Nuclear Bomb?
a) 1952
b) 1962
c) 1974
d) 1995
Correct Answer:
c) 1974
What Is The Current Javelin Throw World Record (Distance)?
a) 89.76m
b) 98.48m
c) 86.48m
d) 97.76m
Correct Answer:
b) 98.48m
Jan Zelezny of the Czech Republic holds the current world record with a javelin throw distance of 98.48m.
In Charles Dickens's 'Oliver Twist', What Food Does Oliver Famously Ask For More Of When He Says: 'Please, Sir, I want some more'?
a) Bread
b) Soup
c) Cheese
d) Gruel
Correct Answer:
d) Gruel
The Symbol 'Sb' Stands For Stibnum Or Stibnite. What Is The Modern Day Name Of This Element?
a) Tin
b) Antimony
c) Seaborgium
d) Samarium
Correct Answer:
b) Antimony
Who Is Known As The Father Of Indian Cinema?
a) Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
b) Charan Singh
c) Raja Lalith Rai
d) Balram Naidu
Correct Answer:
a) Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
Which Tandav Does Lord Shiva Do While Destroying The Universe?
a) Rudra Tandav
b) Ananda Tandav
c) Tripura Tandav
d) Sandhya Tandav
Correct Answer:
a) Rudra Tandav
Who Was The First Indian Woman To Swim Across The English Channel?
a) Bula Choudhury
b) Arati Saha
c) Gaurvi Singhvi
d) Bhakti Sharma
Correct Answer:
b) Arati Saha
In 1959, Arati Saha swam across the English Channel in 16 hours and 20 minutes.
'Now, through falling in love with Meade, she has been forced to admit that identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity, and resistance to self-pity. The reality of the invisible spirit transcended the assumptions of the flesh, a great-grandfather she never knew might have said.'
a) 'Rubyfruit Jungle,' by Rita Mae Brown
b) 'The Wedding,' by Dorothy West
c) 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' by Milan Kundera
d) 'Midnight's Children,' by Salman Rushdie
Correct Answer:
b) 'The Wedding,' by Dorothy West
What Is Avogadro's Number (Correct To 7 Decimal Points)?
a) 6.0231248 * 10^(-23)
b) 6.0224689 * 10^(24)
c) 6.0221408 * 10^(23)
d) 6.0221515 * 10^(23)
Correct Answer:
c) 6.0221408 * 10^(23)