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.Answer--- William Bligh
.

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.Answer--- Elton John
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Question--- what is the name of the famous English writer, who wrote ' the importance of being earnest'. ?

.Answer--- Oscar Wilde
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European capital city, in which you can find the ' arc de triomphe' and ' the champs élysées'. ?

.Answer--- Paris
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American male swimmer, who was also the first American swimmer to win five Olympic gold medals ?

.Answer--- mark spitz
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French female fashion designer, who created ' the little black dress' ?

.Answer--- coco Chanel
.

Question--- what is the name of the well known female singer( historically), who is associated with the song ' we will meet again' ?

.Answer--- dame Vera Lynn
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Question--- what is the name of the famous industrially advanced Asian country, which is also known as ' Nippon' ?

.Answer--- Japan
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Question--- what is the name of the famous and beautiful italian actress, who was married to filmaker Carlo Ponti ?

.Answer--- Sophia Loren
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British writer, who wrote ' the tale of two cities' set against the French revolution as the back drop ?

.Answer--- Charles dickens
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Italian leader of the 1800s, whose fallowers were known as the ' red shirts'. ?

.Answer--- garibaldi
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Question--- what is the more famous name of the dancer, whose original name was Peggy hookham ?

.Answer--- margot Fonteyn
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Question--- what is the more famous name of the Australian singer 'Helen porter Mitchell', (peach Melba is named after her) ?

.Answer--- Nellie Melba
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Italian scientist of the 1500s, who was the first scientist to use the telescope to study the stars ?

.Answer--- Galileo
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Question--- what is the name of the famous black American athlete, who won four events in 1936 Berlin Olympics, in front of hitler ?

.Answer--- Jesse Owens
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Question--- what is the name of the famous cricket club in England, which was founded in 1787 and which is also the cricket governing body in England.?

.Answer--- marylebone cricket club (MCC)
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Question--- what is the name of the river in Germany, on which the Berlin city stands ?

.Answer--- spree
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American writer, who wrote ' the old man and the sea ' ?

.Answer--- Ernest Hemingway
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Question--- what was the name of the famous Russian football goalkeeper, who was voted as the European footballer of the year ?

.Answer--- lev yashin
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Question--- what is the name of the well known country in eastern Europe, in which the music composer Chopin was born ?

.Answer--- Poland
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Question--- what is the name of the famous palace building in England, in which the marriage of queen Victoria and prince Albert took place ?

.Answer--- saint James palace.
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Question--- what is the name of the famous German American scientist, who wrote in his will that he would be donating his brain to Princeton university after his death( he also won the Nobel prize for his photo electric effect theory) ?

.Answer--- Einstein
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American singer, about whom don macleans song ' American pie' is about ?

.Answer--- buddy holly
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European country, which gifted the ' statue of liberty' to America?

.Answer--- France
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Question--- what is the name of the famous pop musician, who is associated with the song ' imagine ' ?

.Answer--- John Lennon
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Question--- what is the name of the famous writer in English, who wrote the novel ' the day of the jackal' ?

.Answer--- Frederick Forsyth
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Question-- what is the name of the well known personality, who is associated with the sailing yachts called ' gipsy moth'. ?

.Answer--- Francis Chichester
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British scientist, who visited the Galapagos islands to get evidence for his ' theory of natural selection' ?

.Answer--- Darwin
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Question--- what is the name of the Russian, who invented the helicopter in America ?

.Answer--- Sikorsky
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Question--- what is the name of the famous German American rocket scientist, who developed the 'Saturn V rockets' for the Americas ' Apollo space program' ?

.Answer--- wernher von Braun
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Question--- what is the name of the famous English writer , who wrote ' the jungle book ' ?

.Answer--- rudyard Kipling
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Russian music composer, who wrote music for ' kismet ' ?

.answer--- Borodin
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Question--- what is the name of the well known American state, which is nicknamed ' the garden state' ?

.Answer--- new jersey
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Question--- what is the name of the famous pop music band of which, George Michael and Andrew ridgeley were the band members?

.Answer--- wham
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Russian chess champion, who was defeated in a chess match by a machine named ' deep blue' in 1997 ?

.Answer--- Garry Kasparov
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Question--- what is the name of the famous actor, who acted in the silent films ' the sheikh' , 'blood and sand' and 'the eagle'.?

.Answer--- rudolf Valentino
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Question--- what is the name of the famous person(associated with communism), who is supposed to have said ' religion is the opium of the people ' ?

.Answer--- Karl Marx
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Question--- what is the name of the famous writer, who wrote the book ' Charlie and the chocolate factory ' ?

.Answer--- Roald Dahl
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Question-- what is the name of the famous Italian classical music composer, who wrote music for ' the four seasons' ?

.Answer--- Vivaldi
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Greek island in Europe, in which the film ' zorba the Greek ' was set ?

.Answer--- Crete
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Question-- what is the name of the famous Italian film director, who directed the film 'bicycle thieves' ?

.Answer--- vittorio de sica
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Question--- what is the name of the famous German educational reformer, who founded the kindergarten system ?

.Answer--- Froebel
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Question--- what is the original name of the Indian prince, who founded the Buddhism religion ?

.Answer--- siddhartha
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French philosopher, who is supposed to have said ' if god did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him ' ?

.Answer--- Voltaire
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Question--- what is the name of the famous comic strip hero, whose original name is ' Clark kent ' ?

.Answer--- superman
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Question--- what is the name of the famous writer, who created the fictional detective character 'lord Peter wimsey' ?

.answer--- Dorothy L Sayers
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Russian film director, who directed the film ' battleship potemkin ' ?

.Answer--- Eisenstein
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Question--- what is the name of the famous park in London, which is also the largest park in London , also the great exhibition in1851 was held here?

.Answer--- Hyde park
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British historical personality, who had the nickname ' old Ironsides' ?

.Answer--- Oliver Cromwell
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Question--- what is the name of the well known American historical novelist, who wrote the book ' the last of the Mohicans'. ?

.Answer--- James fenimore cooper
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Question--- what is the name of the famous scientific inventor from Sweden, who invented dynamite in the year 1866 ?

.answer--- Alfred Nobel
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Question--- what is the name of the well known Hollywood actress, who published her book ' on your own' in the year 1983 ?

.Answer--- Brooke shields
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American university, which is located in Cambridge in Massachusetts ?

.Answer--- Harvard
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American architect, who is associated with the guggenheim museum ?

.Answer--- frank Lloyd wright
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Question--- what is the name of the well known writer, who wrote the famous book 'the prophet' ?

.answer--- kahlil Gibran
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Question--- what is the name of the famous mathematical physicist of the 1900s, who is known for the theory of relativity( which superseded the newtons theory of gravitation) ?

.answer--- Einstein
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Question--- what is the name of the famous city in America, in which the ' smithsonian institution' is located ?

.Answier--- washington DC
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Hollywood actress, who played the role of Eliza in the film ' my fair lady '. ?

.Answer--- Audrey Hepburn
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Question--- what is the name of the famous writer, who created the literary character 'Sam spade'. ?

.Answer--- dashiell hammett
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European classical music composer, who wrote music for ' the barber of Seville '. ?

.Answer--- Rossini
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Question--- what is the name of the famous science fiction writer, who wrote the book '2001 , the space odyssey' ?

.Answer--- Arthur C clarke
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Hollywood actress, who was known as the 'Americas sweetheart ' ?

.Answer--- Mary Pickford
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Question--- what is the name of the famous writer, who created the literary character 'Jeeves' ?

.Answer--- p.g.wodehouse
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British mathematician of the 1800s, who was known as the 'father of computing'. ?

.Answer--- Charles Babbage
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British actor, who played the role of James bond in the film 'diamonds are forever' ?

.Answer--- Sean Connery
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French writer, whose original name was 'jean baptiste poquelin' ?

.Answer--- moliere
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American president, who represented America in the yalta conference ,during the second world war ?

.Answer--- franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Question--- what is the name of the famous female english writer, who wrote the book 'the good earth' ?

.Answer--- pearl buck
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Question--- what is the name of the famous scientist,a winner of Nobel prize in 1909, who is known as the inventor of radio ?

.Answer--- Marconi
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Question--- what is the name of the famous french architect of the twentieth century, who said that a house is ' a living machine'. ?

.Answer--- le corbusier
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Question--- what is the name of the famous English novelist, whose novels are associated with the ' county of Wessex' ?

.Answer--- Thomas hardy
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Question--- Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, what is the name of the largest moon of Jupiter ?

.Answer--- Ganymede
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Question--- What is the name of the famous Hollywood actress, who won the Oscar for the film ' the accused' in 1988 ?

.Answer--- Jodie foster
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Question--- what is the name of the well known Englishman, who is known as ' the father of the first English printing press ' ?

.Answer--- William Caxton
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Question--- what is the name of the famous international environmental pressure group, which was founded in 1971 ?

.Answer--- greenpeace
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Spanish painter, whose original name was 'domenikos theotocopulus ' ?

.answer--- el Greco
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Question--- what was the name of the city, which was built by 'Constantine the great' and dedicated to Christ ?

.Answer--- Constantinople
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Question--- what is the name of the well known writer, who wrote the famous book ' silent spring' ?

.answer--- Rachel Carson
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European scientist, who discovered the vaccine for smallpox ?

.answer--- Edward Jenner
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Question--- what is the name of the famous German writer, whose greatest work was the dramatic poem ' Faust' ?

.Answer--- Goethe
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Russian Bolshevik leader, whose original name was Vladimir ilich Ulyanov ?

.Answer--- Lenin
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Hollywood actress, whose autobiography was called as ' goodness had nothing to do with it ' ?

.Answer--- Mae West
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Question--- what is the name of the well known Dutch painter, who painted the painting ' the artists studio' ?

.Answer--- Vermeer
.

Question-- what is the name of the famous British prime minister, who led them to victory in the second world war ?

.Answer--- winston Churchill
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Question--- what is the name of the women's movement leader, who wrote 'the female eunuch' in 1970 ?

.answer--- germaine Greer
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Question--- what is the name of the famous civilisation, with which the Hammurabi code is associated ?

.answer--- Babylonian civilization
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Question--- what is the name of the French novelist, on whose short story Bizet opera ' carmen' was based ?

.Answer--- prosper merimee
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Hollywood actress, who played the role of lorelei lee in the film 'gentlemen prefer blondes' ?

.Answer--- Marilyn Monroe
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Question--- what is the name of the female Russian gymnast, who became very famous in the 1972 Olympics in Munich ?

.answer--- olga Korbut
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Question--- what is the name of the world famous French fashion designer, who created the space age collection in 1964 ?

.answer--- Pierre Cardin
.

Question--- what is the name of the well known inventor, who is associated with the pneumatic tyre ?

.Answer--- Dunlop
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Question--- what is the name of the famous european writer in English, who was known by the name 'tusitala' ?

.answer--- R.L.Stevenson
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European musician, who wrote the ' Hungarian rhapsodies' ?

.answer--- Liszt
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European painter, who painted the painting ' the night watch' ,which is considered as a masterpiece ?

.answer--- Rembrandt
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Question-- what is the name of the well known Hollywood male actor,who won the best actor Oscar award for the film 'elmer gantry' ?

.Answer--- burt lancaster
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Male american black athlete , who won 4 gold medals in the 1984 Olympics ?

.answer--- Carl Lewis
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Question--- what is the name of the well known novelist, on whose novel the film 'south pacific' was based ?

.answer--- James A Michener
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Question--- what is the name of the famous car company, which was founded by giovanni agnelli in 1899 ?

.Answer--- fiat
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Question--- what is the name of the famous international organisation, which was the first organisation to win the Nobel peace prize two times?

.answer--- red cross
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Question--- what is the name of the famous ancient Greek personality, who is known as the father of medicine ?

.Answer--- Hippocrates
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French female singer,who was also known as the little sparrow ?

.Answer--- Edith Piaf
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American Hollywood actor ,who played the role of the mafia chief in the film ' the godfather' ?

.answer--- marlon Brando
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Question--- what is the name of the famous male fictional literary character, who fell asleep in the Catskill mountains for twenty years ?

.Answer--- rip van winkle
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American black leader, to whom Stevie wonder dedicated his song 'happy birthday' in the year 1982 ?

.Answer--- Martin Luther king
.

Question--- what is the name of the famous Italian historical medieval personality, who wrote the book ' the prince ' ?

.answer--- Machiavelli
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Question--- what is the name of the famous explorer, who was the first man to reach the north pole ?

.Answer--- Robert Peary
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Question--- what is the name of the well known scientist, who is known as the 'father of the hydrogen bomb' ?

.answer--- Edward teller
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American architect, who designed the Guggenheim museum in newyork ?

.Answer--- frank Lloyd wright
.

Question--- what is the name of the mountain in America, on which the faces of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt are carved ?

.Answer--- mount rushmore
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Question--- what is the name of the well known Asian country, which was known as Persia in the olden days ?

.answer--- Iran
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Greek capital city, in which the first Olympic games was held in 1896 ?

.answer--- Athens
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Question--- what is the name of the famous male British tennis player, who was the first male tennis player to win all the four grand slam tournaments ?

.answer--- Fred perry
.

Question--- what is the the name of the wellkown commonwealth country, in which the ' waitangi day ' is the national day ?

.answer--- new zealand
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Indian capital city, which was designed by English architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert baker ?

.Answer--- new Delhi
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Question-- what is the name of the famous British politician, who used the word 'iron curtain' for the first time ?

.Answer--- winston Churchill
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Question--- what is the name of the well known European country, which was called as hibernia by the Romans ?

.Answer--- Ireland
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American astronaut, who was the first human being to walk on the moon ?

.Answer--- Neil Armstrong
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Question--- what is the more famous name of the American boxer, whose original name is Cassius clay ?

.Answer--- Mohammad Ali
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French mathematician, who is also the inventor of the ' adding machine' ?

.Answer--- pascal
.

Question--- what is the name of the famous European painter, who painted the painting ' la primavera' ?

.Answer--- Botticelli
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Portuguese navigator, who made the first voyage from Europe to India round the cape of good hope ?

.Answer--- vasco da gama
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Question--- what is the name of famous queen of England,who was known as virgin queen and Gloriana ?

.Answer--- queen Elizabeth 1
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Russian music composer, who composed the ballet ' the sleeping beauty ' ?

.answer--- Tchaikovsky
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Question-- what is the name of the famous English writer of the Victorian era, who used to write under the name ' boz ' ?

.Answer--- Charles dickens
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French scientist, who did research on fermentation, bacteriology and immunology ?

.Answer--- Louis Pasteur
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Question--- what is the name of the famous actor, who played the role of inspector clouseau in the 'pink panther' films ?

.Answer--- peter sellers
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Question--- what is the name of the famous historical king, who is supposed to have built the ' hanging gardens of babylon' ?

.Answer--- nebuchadnezzar
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French rope performer,who crossed the niagara falls on a tight rope ?

.Answer--- Charles blondin
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Question--- what is the more famous name of the French architect, whose original name is Charles edouard jeanneret ?

.Answer--- le corbusier
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American inventor, who invented lightning conductors and bifocals ?

.Answer--- Benjamin franklin
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Question--- what is the name of the Hollywood actor, whose longtime dancing partner was ginger Rogers ?

.answer--- Fred Astaire
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Question--- what is the name of the famous medical scientist, who discovered the blood circulatory system within the human body ?

.Answer--- William Harvey
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Question--- what is the name of the famous european music composer, who composed 'the magic flute' ?

.answer--- Mozart
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Frenchman, who invented the aqualung ?

.Answer--- Jacques Cousteau
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Question--- what is the name of the famous river in England, which is also the longest English river and London is situated on the banks of this river ?

.answer--- Thames
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Question--- what is the name of the famous boxer, who was known as ' the manassa mauler' ?

.answer--- jack Dempsey
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British inventor, who invented the spinning Jenny during the industrial revolution time ?

.Answer--- Hargreaves
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Hollywood actress, whose autobiography was 'by myself' ?

.Answer--- lauren Bacall
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Question---what is the name of the wellkown battle site in America, where abraham Lincoln made the famous speech on freedom, equality and democracy ?

.Answer--- Gettysburg
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British poet, who wrote the poem ' if ' ?

.answer--- rudyard Kipling
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European fashion designer, who established a Paris salon in 1947 and made an impact with the 'new look' ?

.Answer--- Christian Dior
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Question--- what is the name of the famous woman scientist, who won two Nobel prizes one for physics and one for chemistry ?

.Answer--- Marie curie
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Russian, who propounded the theory of realistic acting ?

.answer--- Stanislavsky
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Italian explorer, who visited kublai khan ?

.answer--- marco polo
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Question---what is the name of the well known female English author,who wrote ' Jamaica inn ' (Hitchcock based his film on this novel) ?

.Answer--- daphne du Maurier
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Question--- what is the name of the famous scientist, who sent the first radio signal across the Atlantic ocean in morse code in the year 1901 ?

.answer--- marconi
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French woman writer,who is supposed to have said ' one is not born a woman ,one becomes one' (she was the friend of Sartre') .

.Answer--- simone de Beauvoir
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Question--- what is the name of the famous historical personality, who nailed 95 theses on the church door of Wittenberg ?

.answer--- Martin Luther
.

Question---what is the name of the famous woman athlete,who won four gold medals in 1948 olympics( flying housewife) ?

.answer--- fanny blankers Koen
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French leader,who is supposed to have said ' England is a nation of shopkeepers' ?

.Answer--- napoleon
.

Question--- what is the name of the famous Russian city, in which you can find the hermitage museum ?

.answer--- st petersburg
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Question... What is the name of the famous Indian cricket batsman,who was the first batsman to score 30 centuries ?

.Answer--- Sunil gavaskar
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Question... What is the name of the famous American singer,who was buried wearing a ring with inscription ..tcb..(taking care of business) ?

.Answer... Elvis presley
.

Question... What is the name of the famous revolutionary leader born in Venezuela, who is known as the liberator of south America.

.Answer... Simon bolivar
.

Question... What is the family name of the duke of Wellington, who defeated napoleon .

.Answer... Wellesley
.

Question... Name the well known Japanese word,which means ... Leave luck to heaven.

.Answer... Nintendo

Question... What is the name of the well known city in Britain, which is known as Athens of the north and reykjavik of the south.

.Answer... Edinburgh

Question... What is the name of the famous river,which separates the two towns Buda and pest in Europe .

.Answer... Danube

Question... What is the name of the famous person,who led the kon tiki expedition .

.Answer... Thor heyerdahl

Question... What is the name of the French mathematician,who is associated with the sentence... I think therefore I am.

.Answer... Descartes

Question... What event was the crystal palace built to house,in Hyde park in London .

.answer... Great exhibition

question-- what is the name of the famous american singer, who sang the line 'you dont need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows' ?

.Answer... Bob dylan
.

question-- what was the name of the british leader in india, who was called 'a heaven born general' by william pitt ?

.answer-- robert clive
.

question-- what is the name of the country, which has the largest muslim population ?

.answer-- indonesia
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question-- what is the name of the famous roman emperor, who was the first roman emperor to be converted to 'christianity' ?

.answer-- constantine
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question-- what is the name of the wellknown city in england, in which all the members of the music band 'beatles' were born ?

.answer-- liverpool
.correct answers from 'emmanuel' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous founder of communism, who is buried in the london cemetery named 'highgate cemetery' ?

.answer-- karl marx
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american state, in which you can find the 'yosemite national park' ?

.answer-- california
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous christian, who founded the 'jesuits' religious order ?

.answer-- ignatius loyola
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the more famous name of the hollywood actress, whose original name was 'norma jean baker' ?

.answer-- marilyn monroe
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of this famous country, which was the first to give women the vote in 1893 ?

.answer-- new zealand
.correct answers from 'swapna kuruganty' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous russian music composer, who composed 'boris godunov' ?

.answer-- mussorgsky
.correct answer from 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous musician, who wrote the music for the musical 'phantom of the opera' in 1986 ?

.answer-- andrew lloyd weber
.correct answer from 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous boxer, who used to box under the assumed name 'kid blackey' ?

.answer-- jack dempsey
.correct answers from 'swapna kuruganty' , 'v.k.handa' and 'emmanuel'

question-- what is the name of the famous british nurse, who is kown as 'the lady with the lamp' ?

.answer-- florence nightingale
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous philosopher, who is known as the founder of 'modern existentialism' ?

.answer-- kierkegaard
.

question-- what is the name of the famous american rock singer, who starred in the film 'blue hawaii' ?

.answer-- elvis presley
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the more famous name of the american writer samuel langhorne clemens, whose works include 'tom sawyer' and 'huckleberry finn' ?

.answer-- mark twain
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american industrialist(motor cars), who is supposed to have said 'history is bunk' ?

.answer-- henry ford
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous actress, who played the role of 'eliza doolittle' in the film 'my fair lady' in the year 1964 ?

.answer-- audrey hepburn
.correct answers from 'anonymous' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous french writer (poet, dramatist and novelist), who is famous for his work 'les miserables' ?

.answer-- victor hugo
.correct answers from 'swapna kuruganty' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous explorer, who travelled round the world in a ship named 'golden hind' ?

.answer-- francis drake
.correct answers from 'swapna kuruganty' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous british writer of 1600s, who wrote the famous books 'paradise lost' and 'paradise regained' ?

.answer-- milton
.correct answer from 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous british architect, who designed the 'saint pauls cathedral' ?

.answer-- christopher wren
.correct answer from 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous british historical personality, whose horse was named 'copenhagen' ?

.answer-- duke of wellington
.correct answer from 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous female french singer, who was also known as 'the little sparrow' ?

.answer-- edith piaf
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' and 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous musician, whose famous third symphony is also known as 'eroica' ?

.answer-- beethoven
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' and 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous spanish artist, who is known as the founder of the 'cubism movement' ?

.answer-- picasso
.correct answers from 'swapna kuruganty', 'v.k.handa' and 'emmanuel'

question-- what is the name of the famous city in turkey, which was previously known as 'constantinople' ?

.answer-- istanbul
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa', 'emmanuel' and 'swapna kuruganty'

question-- what is the name of the famous english writer, who won both the 'nobel prize' and the 'oscar' ?

.answer-- george bernard shaw
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous palace in london, which is also the queens london residence ?

.answer-- buckingham palace
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the film actress, who was also known as the 'brazilian bombshell' ?

.answer-- carmen miranda
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous sculptor, who was also the sculptor of 'the burghers of calais' ?

.answer-- rodin
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american writer, who wrote the play 'cat on a hot tin roof ' ?

.answer-- tennessee williams
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous british scientist, who has written the book 'a brief history of time' ?

.answer-- stephen hawking
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' and 'emmanuel'

question-- what is the name of the famous italian film director, who directed the film 'la dolce vita' (the word paparazzi is the name of a character in this film) ?

.answer-- fellini
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous latin american revolutionary, who was born in argentina and became famous in cuba ?

.answer-- che guevara
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous indian prime minister, who sent indian army to goa to drive out the portugese in 1961 ?

.answer-- nehru
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american president, who gave his name to 'teddy bear' ?

.answer-- theodore roosevelt
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous musician(beatles), who was shot dead by mark chapman in newyork in 1980 ?

.answer-- john lennon
.correct answer from 'emmanuel'

question-- what is the name of the female german film director, who directed the film 'olympia' to propagate nazi ideology and 1936 berlin olympics ?

.answer-- leni reifenstahl
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous european russian author, who was also the first author to have used the 'typewriter' ?

.answer-- leo tolstoy
.correct answer from 'emmanuel'

question-- what is the name of the famous italian explorer, from whose name 'america' took its name ?

.answer-- amerigo vespucci
.correct answers from 'ujjwal nath' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous british novelist of the 1700s, who wrote 'robinson crusoe' and 'moll flanders' ?

.answer-- daniel defoe
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous british scientist of 1850s, who was also the student of 'humphrey davy' ?

.answer-- faraday
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american philosopher,who wrote about 'civil disobedience' in 1849 ?

.answer-- henry david thoreau
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous british railway engineer, who is also known as the 'founder of railways' ?

.answer-- george stephenson
.

question-- what is the name of the famous american male singer, whose original name is 'robert zimmerman' ?

.answer-- bob dylan
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous greek writer, who wrote the greek classics the 'iliad and the odyssey' ?

.answer-- homer
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous argentinian football player, who was associated with the 'hand of god' goal ?

.answer-- maradona
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous hollywood actor, whose real name was 'marion morrison' ?

.answer-- john wayne
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' and 'soumya sarkar'

question-- what is the name of the famous british biologist,who travelled around the world in a ship named 'the beagle' ?

.answer-- charles darwin
.correct answers from 'emmanuel' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous hollywood actor,who was known as 'the king of hollywood' ?

.answer-- clark gable
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous female black american writer,who was also the first black american writer to win the nobel prize for literature ?

.answer-- toni morrison
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american jazz musician,who was known as 'bird' ?

.answer-- charlie parker
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the srilankan woman prime minister,who became the worlds first woman primeminister in 1960 ?

.answer-- sirimavo bandaranaike
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous greek philosopher,who was the teacher of 'alexander the great' ?

.answer-- aristotle
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous england cricket allrounder,whose nickname was 'guy the gorilla' ?

.answer-- ian botham
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous european music band,whose first song was 'people need love' ?

.answer-- ABBA
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous british scientist,who invented 'world wide web' in 1989 ?

.answer-- tim berners lee
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous chinese city,which is known as 'the paris of the east' ?

.answer-- shanghai
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the wellknown female writer,who wrote 'little women' and 'little men' ?

.answer-- louisa may alcott
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous english writer,who wrote 'the guns of navarone',(the film was also based on this novel) ?

.answer-- alastair maclean
.correct answer from 'emmanuel'

question-- what is the name of the wellknown hollywood actor,whose autobiography was called 'the moons a balloon' ?

.answer-- david niven
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous female british writer,who wrote 'to the lighthouse' & 'mrs dalloway' ?

.answer-- virginia woolf
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the german general in the second world war,who had the title 'the desert fox' ?

.answer-- erwin rommel
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american state,which was founded in 1862,as a refuge for quakers ?

.answer-- pennsylvania
.

question-- what is the name of the famous sporting event,which was first held in 776 BC ?

.answer-- olympic games
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' & 'emmanuel'.

question-- what is the name of the famous italian general,who conquered naples and sardinia in 1860 with 1000 men ?

.answer-- garibaldi
.correct answers from 'imtiaz ahamed','v.k.handa','swathi' & 'emmanuel'.

question-- what is the name of the famous greek historical personality,who is known as 'the father of history' ?

.answer-- herodotus
.correct answers from 'imtiaz ahamed','v.k.handa' & 'swathi'.

question-- what is the name of the sailor from poland,who left the sea in 1894,to devote himself to literature ?

.answer-- joseph conrad
.correct answers from 'imtiaz ahamed' & 'v.k.handa'.

question-- what is the name of the famous scottish inventor,whose name is associated with the 'steam engine' ?

.answer-- james watt
.correct answers from 'imtiaz ahamed','v.k.handa' & 'sreejith'.

question-- what is the name of the famous british company, which was abolished in the year '1858' ?

.answer-- east india company
.correct answers from 'imtiaz ahamed' & 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous hollywood actor,who acted in the films 'on the waterfront' and 'a streetcar named desire' ?

.answer-- marlon brando
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the city,which was the capital city of america, before washington DC became the capital city ?

.answer-- philadelphia
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american artist, who painted the 'campbells soup tins' in 1960s ?

.answer-- andy warhol
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous european psychologist, who wrote the book 'the interpretation of dreams' ?

.answer-- sigmund freud
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous english writer, who was born in a place called 'stratford upon avon' ?

.answer-- shakespeare
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous scientist,who developed vaccines for rabies, anthrax and cholera ?

.answer-- louis pasteur
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the french leader, who said that 'england is a nation of shop keepers' ?

.answer-- napoleon bonaparte
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous hollywood film director,who directed 'sunset boulevard' and 'the apartment' ?

.answer-- billy wilder
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the cathedral in britain,where you would find the tombs of 'duke of wellington' and 'lord nelson' ?

.answer-- saint pauls cathedral
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the film, in which 'mel gibson' played the role of the scottish hero 'william wallace' ?

.answer-- braveheart
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the film director,who directed 'casablanca' ,starring bogart and ingrid bergman ?

.answer-- michael curtiz
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous british prime minister,who became the prime minister in 1940,during the second world war ?

.answer-- winston churchill
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the actor in the first talkie,who spoke the words ' you have not heard nothing yet folks ' ?

.answer-- al jolson
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the sculptor, who is famous for the statue called 'the thinker' ?

.answer-- rodin
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the band, of which lionel richie was a member,before he became a solo performer ?

.answer-- the commodores
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the city in georgia, which was burnt by sherman,during the american civil war ?

.answer-- atlanta
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the german historical personality,with whom you would associate 'eva braun' ?

.answer-- hitler
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the african country,in which you can find 'timbuktu' ?

.answer-- mali
.correct answer from 'emmanuel'

question-- what is the name of the american state, in which you can find 'the niagara falls' ?

.answer-- new york
.

question-- what was the name of the french leader,who was once called as 'the nightmare of europe' ?

.answer-- napoleon
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the garden in london,in which you can find the famous 'albert memorial' ?

.answer-- kensington gardens
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous personality, who wrote 'thus spake zarathushtra' ?

.answer-- nietzsche
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous hollywood actress,who played the title role in the 1939 film 'ninotchka' ?

.answer-- greta garbo
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous spanish painter,who painted 'the persistence of memory' ?

.answer-- salvador dali
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the italian artist,who painted the ceiling of 'the sistine chapel' ,in the 16 century ?

.answer-- michelangelo
.correct answers from 'anonymous' & 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the american state,which is popularly called as 'the beaver state' ?

.answer-- oregon
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' & 'anonymous'

question-- what is the name of the hollywood actor,who was called as 'the great stone face' ?

.answer-- buster keaton
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' & 'anonymous'

question-- what is the name of the famous nurse,who achieved fame during the crimean war,in 1853-1856 ?

.answer-- florence nightingale
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the country,whose national flag is known as 'the star spangled banner' ?

.answer-- USA
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the roman city,which was destroyed by an eruption of volcano vesuvius,in 79 AD ?

.answer-- pompeii
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the ball sport,which was invented by james naismith,in 1891 ?

.answer-- basketball
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the british female singer, who was the first british female singer to win the grammy award ?

.answer-- petula clark
.

question-- what is the name of the american president, who was the, first american president to visit china ?

.answer-- ulysses grant
.

question-- what is the name of the planet,which is named after the roman messenger of the gods ?

.answer-- mercury
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american politician,who defined democracy as 'governament of the people,for the people,by the people' ?

.answer-- lincoln
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous russian astronaut, who was also the 'first man in space' ?

.answer-- yuri gagarin
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the comic actor,who directed the film 'annie hall' ?

.answer-- woody allen
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous english scientist,who first defined 'the law of gravity' ?

.answer-- newton
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous english explorer, who was responsible for introducing potato to britain ?

.answer-- sir walter raleigh
.

question-- what is the name of the famous english poet,who was drowned in the mediterranean sea,in 1822 ?

.answer-- shelley
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the scientist,who led the team that produced the first atom bomb ?

.answer-- robert oppenheimer
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the director,whose first film was 'knife in the water',made in 1962 ?

.answer-- roman polanski
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the island,on which napoleon bonaparte was born ?

.answer-- corsica
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous university,which was founded in 1636,at cambridge,in massachusetts, USA ?

.answer-- harvard
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american jazz musician,who was also nicknamed as 'duke' ?

.answer-- duke ellington
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous country,which was founded in 1819, by stamford raffles ?

.answer-- singapore
.correct answers from 'jayakumar babu' and 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous female french fashion designer, who was famous for creating perfumes ?

.answer-- coco chanel
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the quaker,who founded the city of philadelphia ?

.answer-- william penn
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous black american leader,who was assasinated in the memphis city,in 1968 ?

.answer-- martin luther king
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the south american country,which was discovered by pedro cabral,in 1500 ?

.answer-- brazil
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous european city,which was founded by romulus and remus ?

.answer-- rome
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the male tennis player,who won the french open in 1989,at the age of 17 ?

.answer-- michael chang
.

question-- what is the name of the singer,portrayed by jessica lange,in the film 'sweet dreams' ?

.answer-- patsy cline
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous english writer,who wrote 'under the greenwood tree' & 'the mayor of casterbridge' ?

.answer-- thomas hardy
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous ship,which was discovered by robert ballard in 1985,under the ocean ?

.answer-- titanic
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the well known english writer,who wrote the early science fiction novel 'the lost world' ?

.answer-- arthur conan doyle
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- the film 'the magnificient seven' was based on a japanese movie,what was the name of the japanese movie ?

.answer-- seven samurai
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous russian writer,who wrote 'the gulag archipelago' ?

.answer-- solzhenitsyn
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous greek king,who had a horse called 'bucephalus' ?

.answer-- alexander
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the russian president,who was famous for his policy of, internal openess, called as glasnost ?

.answer-- gorbachev
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous hollywood actor,who played the role of 'jake la motta' in the film 'raging bull' ?

.answer-- robert de niro
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous english scientist,who discovered sodium,potassium and magnesium ?

.answer-- humphrey davy
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the historical personality,who was called as the 'father of history' , by cicero ?

.answer-- herodotus
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous swedish tennis player,who won the wimbledon men singles title from 1976 to 1980 ?

.answer-- bjorn borg
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa' & 'shyam'

question-- who was the founder of the christian democratic party in germany,he was also the chancellor from 1949 to 1963 ?

.answer-- konrad adenauer
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous explorer,who used to travel in a ship named 'santa maria' ?

.answer-- columbus
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous gymnast,from romania,who won 3 gold medals,in the1976 olympic games ?

.answer-- nadia comaneci
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the english doctor,who developed vaccine for smallpox,in 1796 ?

.answer-- edward jenner
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- who played the role of gandhi, in the 1982 film gandhi,directed by attenborough ?

.answer-- ben kingsley
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous greek philosopher,who wrote 'republic' ?

.answer-- plato
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the people,who founded carthage,in 814 BC ?

.answer-- phoenicians
.

question-- what is the name of the historical personality,who became the chancellor of germany,in 1933 ?

.answer-- hitler
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the cuban revolutionary leader,who overthrew the batista regime, in cuba ?

.answer-- fidel castro
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the spanish conqueror,who conquered peru,in south america ?

.answer-- pizarro
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous norway writer, who wrote 'the dolls house' ?

.answer-- ibsen
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the circuit,in which the first motor racing grand prix race was held,in 1906 ?

.answer-- le mans
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the singer,who was buried, wearing the ring with inscription TCB(taking care of business) ?

.answer-- elvis presley
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the roman emperor,who succeeded tiberias in 37 AD ?

.answer-- caligula
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- USA attacked iraq in 1991,what was the military codename of this operation ?

.answer-- operation desert storm
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous author,who wrote spy stories and also 'chitty chitty bang bang' ?

.answer-- ian fleming
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous american novelist,who wrote 'tender is the night' ?

.answer-- scott fitzgerald
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous fictional character,who first appeared in 'a study in scarlet' by arthur conan doyle in 1887 ?

.answer-- sherlock holmes
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous writer,who wrote the plays 'the glass menagerie' & 'cat on a hot tin roof' ?

.answer-- tennessee williams
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous hollywood actress,who played the role of karen blixen in the film 'out of africa' ?

.answer-- meryl streep
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous russian leader,who was also known as the 'man of steel' ?

.answer-- stalin
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous indian,who founded missionaries of charity in 1948,in calcutta ?

.answer-- mother teresa
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the famous 1908 olympics marathon runner,who was also called as the 'immortal loser' ?

.answer-- dorando pietre
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous british film maker,who is known for his suspense films ?

.answer-- hitchcock
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the most famous german air force fighter ace, in the world war 1 ?

.answer-- richtofen
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- who is the only australian female tennis player to win a grand slam ?

.answer-- margaret court
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the opera singer, who had the nickname 'the swedish nightingale' ?

.answer-- jenny lind
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- andre agassi is married to a german tennis player, what is the name of agassi's wife ?

.answer-- steffi graf
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- constantinople changed its name in 1930's, what is the new name of constantinople ?

.answer-- istanbul
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- david cornwell is a well known author,what is the more famous pen name of the author david cornwell ?

.answer-- john le carre
.correct answers from 'soren' & 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the author, of the philosophical work 'the leviathan', written in 1651 ?

.answer-- thomas hobbes
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous indian musician,who is also the father of the pop star norah jones ?

.answer-- ravishankar
.correct answers from 'v.k.handa', 'onkar thakur' & 'anonymous' .

question-- sancho panza is a popular literary character, who created the character of sancho panza ?

.answer-- cervantes
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous film, which tells the story of the ' von trapp family ' ?

.answer-- the sound of music
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- ulysses is the work of james joyce, in which city is the 'ulysses' set ?

.answer-- dublin
.

question-- what is the name of the historical personality, who became the prime minister of italy, in 1922 ?

.answer-- mussolini
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the runner, who won the 5000m,10000m & marathon events in 1952 olympics ?

.answer-- emil zatopek
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the great latin american patriot,who was also called as ' the liberator ' ?

.answer-- simon bolivar
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the austrian statesman,whose policy ,in a large way, caused the 1848 revolution ?

.answer-- metternich
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the person, who first introduced tobacco to europe ?

.answer-- columbus
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what was the name of the lead singer,of the rock music band ' queen ' ?

.answer-- freddie mercury
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the spanish leader,who conquered peru,in south america ?

.answer-- pizarro
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of german leader,who came to power in germany,in 1933 ?

.answer-- hitler
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the greek traveller,who is also known as ' the father of history ' ?

.answer-- herodotus
.correct answer from 'anonymous' & 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the flemish painter,who was also known as ' the titan of the north ' ?

.answer-- rubens
.

question-- which european bank had the nickname ' the old lady of the threadneedle street ' ?

.answer-- bank of england
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- which famous cricket club in england was founded in 1787 ?

.answer-- MCC
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- 'papa dont preach' song was sung by, which famous singer ?

.answer-- madonna
.

question-- what is the name of the singing star,whose autobiography is called 'coalminers daughter' ?

.answer-- loretta lynn
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the european capital city,in which harry houdini was born ?

.answer-- budapest
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- which city in USA is the headquarters of the mormon church ?

.answer-- salt lake city
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the british prime minister,who was also the longest serving MP for nearly 62 years ?

.answer-- churchill
.

question-- what is the name of the 1997 film directed by james cameron, in which the hero says 'i am the king of the world' ?

.answer-- titanic
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous teacher,who taught 'alexander the great' ?

.answer-- aristotle
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the french leader who sold the louisiana territory, to USA in 1803 ?

.answer-- napoleon
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the author who wrote the novel 'the betrothed', which became very popular in italy ?

.answer-- manzoni
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- which book by anna sewell is the autobiography of a horse ?

.answer-- black beauty
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the artist,with whom van gogh spent most of his life ?

.answer-- gauguin
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the famous cricket batsman, who was also the first batsman to score 30 test centuries ?

.answer-- gavaskar
.

question-- what is the name of the singer,whose first solo album was named 'face value' ?

.answer-- phil collins
.

question-- what is the name of the actor,who played the role of character 'michael corleone' in the film 'the godfather' ?

.answer-- al pacino
.

question-- what is the name of the shakespeare play,in which the sentence 'all the world is a stage', is found ?

.answer-- as you like it
.correct answer from 'anonymous'

question-- what is the name of the italian poet,whose surname was ' alighieri ' ?

.answer-- dante
.

question-- what is the name of the french impressionist painter,who was also the subject of the book 'the moon and six pence',written by somerset maugham ?

.answer-- gauguin
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the american chess player,who became the world chess champion in 1972 ?

.answer-- bobby fischer
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'

question-- what is the name of the band, which performed the 1990s famous song 'smells like teen spirit' ?

.answer-- nirvana
.correct answer from 'v.k.handa'