Monday, May 16, 2011

HOLLYWOOD MOVIES QUIZ MAY 2011 - PART (1)

1. Which world famous entertainment company was founded by Jack,  Harry, Albert and Sam?

2. Angelina Jolie is the goodwill ambassador of which wing of UN?


3. For which movie the British dirctor Richard Attenborough won his academy award for best director?

4. Identify the movie from which this snapshot is taken?


5. In which movie Will Smith plays the prime character Robert Nevile?

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ MAY 2011 SECOND EDITION | Al-qaeda | fastest super computer | microsoft | Tagore

1. What is the meaning of the word 'Al-Qaeda'?

2. Maria Shriver has announced her separation from a famous   
American after 25 years of marriage. Name him?

Split apart

3. Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Who is the CEO of
Skype?

4. Who won the Jawaharlal Nehru award 2011?

DIRECT ANSWER

5. Which country released a postal stamp to honour Rabindranath
Tagore on the occasion of his 150th birthday anniversary
celebrations on May 7?

The poet par excellence

6. What does the word 'bhalobasha' mean in Bengali?

7. Manuel Sagovia and Isidro Velazquez are the only persons in the
world who have Ayapaneco. But they refuse to use that. What am I
talking about?

8. Which self-taught seismologist predicted an earth quake in Rome
on May 11 that according to him would shatter more than 2000 years
worth of monumental architecture including colosseum?

Hot spot of Europe

9. Who is America's first recipient of a full face transplant?

10. ISRO unveiled a super computer with the kudos of becoming
India's fastest in terms of theoretical peak performance of 220
TeraFLOPs. Name it:

NEW CHIEF MINISTERS

West Bengal - Mamata Banerjee
Tamilnadu - Jayalalithaa
Kerala - Oommen Chandy
Assam - Tharun Gogoi

Thursday, May 5, 2011

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ MAY 2011 FIRST EDITION | OSAMA BIN LADEN | ANTI-VIRUS INVENTOR | INFOSYS | BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

1. It was a nerve biting commando operation that led to the
    end of the world's most feared terrorist, Osama Bin Laden.
    US President Barak Obama was stone-faced and Joe Biden
   was fingering his rosary beads when they witnessed the
   operation in Pakistan.










   What was the code name used by the
   US officials for Osama Bin Laden?


2. Which title is adorned by Kate Middleton after being married
   to Prince Charles?




3. Which fictional character created a furore by renouncing his U.S
    citizenship after being caught in the middle of a diplomatic
   row between the U.S and Iran?


4. Which Russian software mogul's son was abducted and later
   freed as a result of an operation recently? He invented a famous
   anti-virus software.


5.On 7th of May we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of which
   renowned Indian?


6. What is the unit of radiation limit (exposure to  uclear radiation)?

Fukushima plant

7. Who is the newly elected chairman of Infosys?




8. Which renowned writer drew flak by comparing Peru's
    presidential candidates to cancer and AIDS?


9. Which adept filmmaker was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke
     award 2011?


10. What is the peculiarity of the place Arecibo in Puerto Rico?

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