<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081</id><updated>2009-12-29T03:56:46.285-08:00</updated><title type='text'>QUIZ CHAMPION</title><subtitle type='html'>"A genius is 
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Who directed this movie?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Raju Hilani&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.’8 ½’(eight and a half) was an oscar winning movie directed by Federico Fellini. A movie named ‘nine’ inspired by the former is awaiting the oscar nomination of the coming year.Who is the director of this movie?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Robe Marshell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. In the Jharkhand elections Madhu Koda’s wife Gita Koda won her seat from which constituency?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Jagannathpur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. ‘BASIC’ is the organization of which all countries?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Brazil, South Africa, India, China&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;READERS' QUESTION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SzLmUccGFMI/AAAAAAAAAME/R5FTybOmRaY/s1600-h/22.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418646540585931970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 51px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SzLmUccGFMI/AAAAAAAAAME/R5FTybOmRaY/s320/22.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;6. Brittany Murphy passed away 3 days ago. What is the name of her last committed movie? It is a psychological thriller.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-1948246630938115977?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/1948246630938115977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=1948246630938115977' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1948246630938115977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1948246630938115977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/12/current-affairs-quiz-december-2009-amir.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER 2009 &apos;AMIR KHAN&apos;,&apos;BRITTANY MURPHY&apos;,&apos;NINE&apos;,BASIC&apos;'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SzLmNY6dObI/AAAAAAAAAL8/T0j9GsglIUk/s72-c/00.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-8537675912014831967</id><published>2009-12-17T06:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T07:05:52.130-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APPOINTMENTS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MOVIE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TIME MAGAZINE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='POLITICS'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;1. Who is the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff of Srilanka? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Air Chief Marshal Roshan Gunathilake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;2. The CIA(Central Intelligence Agency) belongs to the United States of America. Who is the director of CIA? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Leon E Panatta &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;3. Top 20 movies in India were surveyed during the 40th International Film Festival in Goa. Which movie reached the pinnacle of movies and directed by whom?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Hrithik Katak’s ‘Megha Dhakka Tara’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SypH3NQpUBI/AAAAAAAAAL0/09evOLGNnHw/s1600-h/print.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416220515644297234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 59px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SypH3NQpUBI/AAAAAAAAAL0/09evOLGNnHw/s320/print.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;4. Time magazine unveiled the name of the ‘person of the year 2009’. Name him? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;5. What is the name of the Italian prime minister was assaulted recently? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Berlusconi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-8537675912014831967?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/8537675912014831967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=8537675912014831967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8537675912014831967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8537675912014831967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/12/current-affairs-quiz-december-2009_17.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER 2009'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SypH3NQpUBI/AAAAAAAAAL0/09evOLGNnHw/s72-c/print.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-8113882715015833731</id><published>2009-12-06T02:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T02:20:51.558-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JUDICIARY'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QUIZ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YOUTUBE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='POLITICS'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;1.Chairman of the United Liberation Front of Asom was brought to the Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Guwahati on Saturday. Name him? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Asom Arabinda Rajkhowa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;2. An assassination attempt occurred against the Hurriyath conference leader on Friday. Name him. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Fazal Haq Qureshi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;3. A 48-hour shutdown called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) demanding a separate state of Telangana in Andhra Pradesh crippled normal life. Who is the president of this party? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SxuExlDKpKI/AAAAAAAAALs/Xb8k8Cg-BVc/s1600-h/party.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412065364509631650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SxuExlDKpKI/AAAAAAAAALs/Xb8k8Cg-BVc/s320/party.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: K Chandrasekhar Rao&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;4. In a nod to efficiency, youtube on Thursday began testing a more lightweight version of its video player pages called what? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Feather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;5. Mount Everest recently hosted a cabinet meeting. To which country does this cabinet belong? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Nepal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;VISITORS' QUESTION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;6*. Who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Babri Masjid incident took place?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-8113882715015833731?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/8113882715015833731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=8113882715015833731' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8113882715015833731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8113882715015833731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/12/current-affairs-quiz-december-2009.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER 2009'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SxuExlDKpKI/AAAAAAAAALs/Xb8k8Cg-BVc/s72-c/party.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-7472093266693938852</id><published>2009-11-25T00:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-25T00:39:23.510-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PRESIDENT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WEDDING'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='POLITICS'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ NOVEMBER 2009,ANSWERS TO READERS QUESTIONS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Shilpa Shetty weds Raj Kundra. Wish them a happy married life. Which contestant hurled abuse at Shilpa in the Big Brother reality show that became a controversy in India? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Jade Goody&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Who is the Sarsanghachalak of RSS? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Mohan BHagawat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Who is the president of Romania? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Traian Basescu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;answers to the READERS' QUESTIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*5. This famous person was born on November 12. He took charge as the leader of BNHS when the British left India. Name him and what does BNHS stand for?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANS:: Salim Ali- BNHS=Bombay Natural History Society&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*6. In 1999, at Budapest the world science congress was organized. The idea of World Science day took its birth there. Which day in November is honoured with this idea? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANS:November 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-7472093266693938852?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/7472093266693938852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=7472093266693938852' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/7472093266693938852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/7472093266693938852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/11/current-affairs-quiz-november.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ NOVEMBER 2009,ANSWERS TO READERS QUESTIONS'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-1806815122219571428</id><published>2009-11-22T22:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T22:15:40.752-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JUDICIARY'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SURVEY'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RELIGION'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OSAMA BIN LADEN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CORRUPTION'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PRIME MINISTER'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OBAMA'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ AND UPDATES NOVEMBER 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.The Transparency International Organization conducted a survey in 180 countries to find out the least corrupted beurocracy. Which country was the least corrupted according to their survey? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Newzealand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Who is the first accused in the Sheikh Mujib-ur Rahman Murder case whose verdict is about to declare,34 years after the incident?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Syed Farooq Rahman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Who is the present prime minister of Bangladesh? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Sheikh Hazina &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;*4. The first submarine cabinet meeting in the world was conducted by the Maldives to convey the necessity of curbing the aftermaths of global warming. Who is the president of Maldives?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Which is the native place of Father Damien who was canonized recently by Pope Benedict XVI? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Belgium&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. The book ‘Growing up Bin Laden’ is written by whom? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Osama Bin Laden’s wife Navja and his son Umar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;*7.The white house used not to celebrate this Indian festival in their East room of historic importance. This year during the presidency of Obama this festival was celebrated with gaiety. Which is that festival?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;try the starred questions and give your answer as a comment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-1806815122219571428?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/1806815122219571428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=1806815122219571428' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1806815122219571428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1806815122219571428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/11/current-affairs-quiz-and-updates.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ AND UPDATES NOVEMBER 2009'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-3267889211740486867</id><published>2009-11-19T21:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T21:53:25.778-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FOOTBALL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CRICKET'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='INDEPENDENCE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JAWAHARLAL NEHRU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DOCUMENTARY'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SCIENCE'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ NOVEMBER 2009--try to solve the STARRED QUESTIONS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.Which cricketer holds the record of “the highest score by any ODI captain against Australia”?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: M S Dhoni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Who produced the documentary movie ‘Inconvenient Truth’?&lt;br /&gt;ans: Al Gore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. The book ‘Towards a Socialist Order’ was written by which Indian prime minister? Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.Who won the first Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: U Thant-&lt;br /&gt;He is the first General Secretary of United Nations Organization fron Asia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;*5&lt;/span&gt;. This famous person was born on November 12. He took charge as the leader of BNHS when the British left India. Name him and what does BNHS stand for?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;*6&lt;/span&gt;. In 1999, at Budapest the world science congress was organized. The idea of World Science day took its birth there. Which day in November is honoured with this idea? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. This famous freedom fighter was born on November 11. He was the first Educational Minister of Independent India. Who is he?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. The national football team goalkeeper of Germany committed suicide by leaping onto a train. Name that person.&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Robert Enke&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TRY THE STARRED QUESTIONS AND WRITE YOUR ANSWER AS A COMMENT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;WANT TO GET QUESTIONS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS EXCLUSIVELY IN SPORTS &amp;amp; GAMES? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"&gt;INTRODUCING THE NEW SPORTS &amp;amp; GAMES QUIZBLOG.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sportsgamesquiz.blogspot.com/"&gt;CLICK HERE TO GO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-3267889211740486867?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/3267889211740486867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=3267889211740486867' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/3267889211740486867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/3267889211740486867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/11/current-affairs-quiz-november-2009-try.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ NOVEMBER 2009--try to solve the STARRED QUESTIONS'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-5844959676829419045</id><published>2009-10-26T03:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T03:53:49.231-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='QUIZ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IDENTIFY THE MASTER QUIZ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='POLITICS'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ LATEST WHO'S WHO</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;1. Reserve Bank Governor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Dr.D.Subbarao&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;2.Bhupindar Singh Hooda &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:CM Arunachal Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;3.Lee Hsien Loong is currently the Prime Minister of Singapore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;4.Lee Myung-Bak-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:South Africa president&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.Australian prime minister &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Kevin Rudd&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;6. Prime Minister of Thailand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Abhisit Vejjajiva&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;7. Japan's Prime Minister &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Yukio Hatoyama&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;8. Zimbabwean Prime Minister &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Morgan Tsvangirai&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;9. Argentine President&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Ms Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;10. Palestinian Prime Minister &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Salam Fayyad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;11. Brazilian President &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά:Lula da Silva&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;12. Prime Minister Trinidad and Tobago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ά: Patrick Manning &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/marquee&gt;*STARRED QUESTION OF PREVIOUS QUIZ (IDENTIFY THE PERSON)*&lt;/MARQUEE&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Dorji Khandu&lt;br /&gt;=CM Arunachal Pradesh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-5844959676829419045?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/5844959676829419045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=5844959676829419045' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/5844959676829419045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/5844959676829419045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/10/current-affairs-quiz-latest-whos-who.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ LATEST WHO&apos;S WHO'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-397800793325581557</id><published>2009-10-25T03:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T03:47:47.908-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt; 1.Who is the newly elected chairman of ISRO? Which post was he holding?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans: K.Radhakrishnan, He was the chairman of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;2.A website has its name WWITV excluding the prefix and extensions. What is abbreviated in them? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;ANS: World Wide Internet Television&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;3.Who is set to take over as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Ashok Chavan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;4.Which famous cricketer’s wife died here at Chennai on her way to Singapore? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Wasim Akram’s wife Huma Akram&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;5.Melinda is the part of a renowned foundation with her husband. Identify the person. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Bill Gates&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;6.Queen’s batten relay is associated with which ceremony? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Commonwealth Games&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"&gt;*REAEDERS' QUESTION*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;IDENTIFY THIS PERSONALITY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SuQr2TOpMPI/AAAAAAAAAKg/0GKTkQArpRM/s1600-h/0ddd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396486465371320562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 73px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SuQr2TOpMPI/AAAAAAAAAKg/0GKTkQArpRM/s320/0ddd.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;Want to get quiz on any topic?&lt;br /&gt;Just mail me &lt;a href="mailto:crimethiller@gmail.com"&gt;crimethiller@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; with the topic&lt;br /&gt;or comment down.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-397800793325581557?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/397800793325581557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=397800793325581557' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/397800793325581557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/397800793325581557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/10/current-affairs-quiz-october-2009.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER 2009'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SuQr2TOpMPI/AAAAAAAAAKg/0GKTkQArpRM/s72-c/0ddd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-303642851286385661</id><published>2009-10-11T00:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T00:28:08.827-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER (plenty of awards...october rocks for G.K collectors)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;1.Who bagged the Man Booker Prize for the current year and for which book? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: Hilary Mantle for ‘Wolf Hall’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;2.IPI award for excellence in journalism was awarded to which lady? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: Bidisha Ghoshal, The Week(Mumbai)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;3.This person was the chairman of National Knowledge Commission. Now he holds the post of advisor to PM (IT,communication, basic facilities etc.). Name this person(with white foolscap HAIR and black bulgan) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;ans: Sam Pitroda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;4.Who is the first Israeli woman to get a Nobel prize? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;ANS: Ada Yonath , &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;She is the fourth woman in the world to get a nobel prize for Chemistry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;5.Which marine being is chosen as the National Aquatic Animal of India? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: Dolphin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;6.Who was the awarded the Nobel prize for literature 2009? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: Hertha Mueller&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/StGHh8nkKqI/AAAAAAAAAKY/EEXp7XjR1rk/s1600-h/09.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391239246216702626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/StGHh8nkKqI/AAAAAAAAAKY/EEXp7XjR1rk/s320/09.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;ATTEMPT THIS QUESTION. iF u aRE a rEGULAR gOOGLE vISTOR u wILL dEFINITELY cRACK iT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;The logos of Google are relevant and fantastic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;Hats off to Mr.Dennis Google....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;"&gt;On what occasion google introduced this logo?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-303642851286385661?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/303642851286385661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=303642851286385661' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/303642851286385661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/303642851286385661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/10/current-affairs-quiz-october-plenty-of.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER (plenty of awards...october rocks for G.K collectors)'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/StGHh8nkKqI/AAAAAAAAAKY/EEXp7XjR1rk/s72-c/09.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-3208969224345451403</id><published>2009-10-08T23:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T23:20:25.508-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GANDHIJI'/><title type='text'>MAHATMA GANDHI QUIZ -a tribute to the great "GANDHIJI"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;1. The prime minister of which country has decided to write a book on Gandhi? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Britain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;2.Who many days did Gandhi spend in prison? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ANS:2338&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;3.Gandhi had to witness the death of two dearest companions while he was in prisoned in Aga Khan Palace. Who were they? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Mahadev Desai ans Kasturba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;4.“Do or Die” was the slogan for which movement? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Quit India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;5.Which were the ‘words’ in consideration for the 1942 movement before Quit was coined? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Get out and Retreat , Because of the disrespect in the word ‘get out’ it was rejected by Gandhi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;6.Gandhi went to South Africa in order to appear in court as an advocate in favour of a company. Name it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans: Dada Abdullah and company&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;7.Who compelled Gandhi in having the non-vegetarian food? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Shek Methab&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;8.Porbander was named as Sudamapuri in remembrance to which character in the Hindu epic? Ans: Kuchelan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;9.“Gandhi is the lightning of truth to India given by the God”. Who said this? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Rabindranath Tagore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;10.Gandhi was forced out of the train for traveling in first class compartment. This is the incident of racial discrimination that Gandhi had to face in South Africa. What is the name of the railway station after which this incident was named? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Maritsberg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;11.The person who assisted Gandhi in Champaran Sathyagraha later became the president of India. Name him &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans:Dr. Rajendra Prasad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;12.What is the name of the newspaper published by Gandhi in South Africa? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans:Indian Opinion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;13.Gandhi began an Ashram in South Africa as a tribute to a renowned writer. What was its name? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Tolstoy Farm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;14.Who gave Gandhi the idea of Charka as a symbol of the struggle for Independence? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Gangabahan Majumdar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;15.How did Mountbatten describe Gandhi? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: On man peace brigade&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;16.The first biography of Gandhi in any Indian language was in Malayalam. Name the author? Ans: Ramakrishnapillai&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;17.Where was Gandhi when India was declared Independent? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ans: Navakhali&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;18.Dandi yathra began from which location?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans: Sabarmathi Ashram, Ahmedabad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;19.On which day Gandhi was assassinated?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Friday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;20.Who was the Grand Father of Gandhi and in what name he is known?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Uttam Chand Gandhi, known as Otha Gandhi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-3208969224345451403?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/3208969224345451403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=3208969224345451403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/3208969224345451403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/3208969224345451403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/10/mahatma-gandhi-quiz-tribute-to-great.html' title='MAHATMA GANDHI QUIZ -a tribute to the great &quot;GANDHIJI&quot;'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-1809659443440717726</id><published>2009-10-07T04:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T04:15:12.819-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS OCTOER 2009 WITH A SALUTE TO THE FATHER OF MY NATION "Mahatma Gandhi"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Ssx3Mvc0VyI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/UlXy2PzF5Ck/s1600-h/gandhi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389813914835113762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 111px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Ssx3Mvc0VyI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/UlXy2PzF5Ck/s320/gandhi.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;1.How are Charles Kao, Willard Boyle &amp;amp; George Smith famous in current affairs? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: They won the nobel prize for physics 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;2.Which country became the runners-up in the champions trophy 2009 and who were the winners? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: New Zealand ans Australia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;3.Which organization introduced a new stamp of Gandhiji in remembrance to his birthday on 2nd October? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: UNO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;3.Dan Brown’s new book gets mixed reactions. The reactions range from loud praise to angry criticism. Name this book? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: The lost symbol&lt;br /&gt;Other books from Dan Brown&lt;br /&gt;Digital Fortress&lt;br /&gt;Deception Point&lt;br /&gt;Angels and Demons&lt;br /&gt;Da Vinci Code&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;4.Which is the only state in South India that does not have Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalas?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;ans: Tamil Nadu, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;This is a current affair because this fact was repeated by Kapil Sibel during his visit to Tamil Nadu. He requested Karunanidhi to look into this scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;*5.Which top class institute’s technical fest and arts fest are known as ‘Shaastra’ and ‘Saarang’ respectively?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;answer to previous question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;Byalalu is the place in Karnataka where the Rf antenna for the reception of signals from Chandrayaan was established.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-1809659443440717726?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/1809659443440717726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=1809659443440717726' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1809659443440717726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1809659443440717726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/10/current-affairs-octoer-2009-with-salute.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS OCTOER 2009 WITH A SALUTE TO THE FATHER OF MY NATION &quot;Mahatma Gandhi&quot;'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Ssx3Mvc0VyI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/UlXy2PzF5Ck/s72-c/gandhi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-7012762554786267652</id><published>2009-09-25T08:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T08:12:39.355-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER  2009 AND ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS QUIZ</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;1. Who is the currently elected Anglo-Indian representative of Lok Sabha ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;ans: Charles Dias&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;2.Which experimental equipment in Chandrayaan-1 gave the evidence for the presence of water molecules in moon? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: M3(moon mineralogy mapper)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;3.In the volcanic lava excavated from moon 46 ppm water content was found out. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;What does ppm stand for? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: Parts per Million&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;4. Ramesh Kumar bagged a bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championship(free style) after 42 years. Who was his predecessor to achieve a silver medal in the same 42 years ago? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: Viswambhar Singh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;5.Who is elected as the new president of Indian Newspaper Society? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;Ans: Venkataram Reddy&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;answer to previous &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/09/current-affairs-quiz-september-2009.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;quiz &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;*1.The person in which status is referred to as ‘First Civil Servant In The World’? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;ans: UNO general secretary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;*2. Shreya Ghoshal won the national award 2007 for the best female singer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Which state was she born in?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;ans: She was born in Rajastan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-7012762554786267652?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/7012762554786267652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=7012762554786267652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/7012762554786267652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/7012762554786267652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/09/current-affairs-september-2009-and.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER  2009 AND ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS QUIZ'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-3718497912864757815</id><published>2009-09-24T05:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T05:22:03.285-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2009- 3RD EDITION</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.From which station was the Oceansat-2 launched on 23rd September?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Ans: Satish Dhavan Space Centre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.Which ground station receives the signals from Oceansat-2? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) Banglore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.Soudi Arabia opened the first mixed gender university in the country. It is named as KAUST. What is its expansion? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: King Abdulla University of Science and Technology&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.Shashi Tharoor made a contraversal ‘tweet’ last week. Who is the founder of this social community, microblogging network which is also called the ‘SMS in internet? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Jack Dorsey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*5.World / India / Karnataka / Ramanagaram, 5 km from center, Coordinates: 12°44'41"N 77°18'42"E. Byalalu . What is the importance of this location?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;GIVE THE ANSWER TO STARRED QUESTION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-3718497912864757815?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/3718497912864757815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=3718497912864757815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/3718497912864757815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/3718497912864757815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/09/current-affairs-quiz-september-2009-3rd.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2009- 3RD EDITION'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-2719140981758616549</id><published>2009-09-23T08:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T09:02:10.566-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2009 WITH LATEST UPDATES AND ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS QUIZ</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Who is the new chairperson of the children’s film society of India?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Nanditha Das&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.Leon wrote the biography “The man who fed the world” about which famous Nobel laureate? Ans: Norman Borlaug &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.Who is the director of the film ‘Kancheevaram’ which won the national award 2007 for the best film? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Priyadarsan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.Who is the author of the book ‘ In the line of fire: A Memoir’ ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; ans: Parvez Musharaf&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. The newly released movie in Tamil ‘unnaippol oruvan’ is remade from which Bollywood movie?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: ‘A Wednesday’&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;ANSWERS TO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/09/current-affairs-quiz-september-2009-and.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;QUIZ ON SEPTEMBER 18,2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*6.What do H and N stand for in the H1N1 virus? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;H-Hemaglutinin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;N-Neuraminidase&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*7. C.B.I recently decided to terminate a case of theft of the memorial materials and a prize due to lack of evidence. Which is that case and related to which famous personality? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ans: Rabindranath Tagore. His nobel medal and some memorial collections were stolen from Culcutta years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try these&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*1.The person in which status is referred to as ‘First Civil Servant In The World’? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*2. Shreya Ghoshal won the national award 2007 for the best female singer. Which state was she born in?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-2719140981758616549?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/2719140981758616549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=2719140981758616549' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/2719140981758616549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/2719140981758616549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/09/current-affairs-quiz-september-2009.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2009 WITH LATEST UPDATES AND ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS QUIZ'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-6440462461751353727</id><published>2009-09-18T07:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T07:52:03.221-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2009 and AUGUST review</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. September 15 is observed as Engineer’s day in memory of which famous Indian?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Dr.M.Viswesharayya&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Pakistan’s cricket star had a love affair with Benazir Bhutto whilst she was in London. Who wrote the biography of Imran which revealed this ‘gossip’? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Chistopher Stanford&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Who is known as the “lion Of Senet” in the US, who passed away on August 26?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ans: Edward Kennedy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. The renowned American novelist Elmor Kelton was 83 years old when he slipped off to death recently. Which is his first work? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Hot Iron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.Forbes magazine declared the list of the strongest women in the world. Who holds the position in the crest?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Angela Marchel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*6.What do H and N stand for in the H1N1 virus? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*7. C.B.I recently decided to terminate a case of theft of the memorial materials and a prize due to lack of evidence. Which is that case and related to which famous personality?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-6440462461751353727?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/6440462461751353727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=6440462461751353727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/6440462461751353727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/6440462461751353727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/09/current-affairs-quiz-september-2009-and.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2009 and AUGUST review'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-5484999465858118474</id><published>2009-08-31T03:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T03:35:22.078-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS "STAR OF AUGUST"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SpumN2GUjzI/AAAAAAAAAKI/HOWB30dvLhk/s1600-h/6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376073336987356978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SpumN2GUjzI/AAAAAAAAAKI/HOWB30dvLhk/s320/6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;INTRODUCED Bhuvan WHICH IS A GREAT LANDMARK AMONG THE &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ACHIEVEMENTS OF ISRO.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SpujoN-SKdI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/_P0H09gj0S8/s1600-h/1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376070491537811922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 67px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SpujoN-SKdI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/_P0H09gj0S8/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;SWINE FLU WAS A HEADLINE IN THE NEWSPAPERS LAST MONTH WITH A RED ALERT FROM W.H.O DECLARING IT A GLOBAL DISEASE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SpujngOW7_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/zRlBkfcAhbQ/s1600-h/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376070479257202674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SpujngOW7_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/zRlBkfcAhbQ/s320/0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JASWANT,ONE OF THE SENIOR POLITICIANS OF BJP, HAD TO QUIT THE PARTY FOR HIS NEW BOOK WHICH HAS A SOFT CORNER TO JINNAH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Spujn1DJ6wI/AAAAAAAAAJw/NrlgPzUQFa8/s1600-h/4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376070484847356674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Spujn1DJ6wI/AAAAAAAAAJw/NrlgPzUQFa8/s320/4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHARUKH KHAN ONE OF THE FAMOUS BOLLYWOOD STARS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WAS RIDICULED AT AMERICA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 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Who was crowned the Miss Universe 2009 title?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;ans: Stefania Fernandes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;2. How is August 22 observed?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;ans: World Folklore Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;ANSWERS TO STARRED QUESTIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-rajiv-gandhi-66th.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUIZ 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*4. GREANPEACE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-must-know-information.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUIZ 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*5. Syed Sibty Razi ,governor of Arunachal Pradesh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*6. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*7. Charles Darwin's birthday anniversary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-4763182066213357857?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/4763182066213357857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=4763182066213357857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/4763182066213357857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/4763182066213357857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-quiz-answers-to.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ- ANSWERS TO PREVIOUS QUIZS'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-6737933799977141945</id><published>2009-08-21T00:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T01:19:04.316-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS (Rajiv Gandhi 66th birthday anniversary)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;1.Who is the famous filmmaker of USA who passed away this month?&lt;br /&gt;He is commended for the screenplay of “Home Alone”.&lt;br /&gt;Ans: John Hughes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Who is the present governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana?&lt;br /&gt;He is an Indian-American to be elected as the youngest governor of the nation.&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Bobby Jindal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;3. Which placed is renowned as the grave-yard of Rajiv Gandhi?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans: Veerbhumi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;*4. Identify this emblem.To which organisation does it belong?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/So5YEoLL8ZI/AAAAAAAAAJg/MwTpAVwmdJk/s1600-h/io.GIF"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372328242026639762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/So5YEoLL8ZI/AAAAAAAAAJg/MwTpAVwmdJk/s320/io.GIF" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/So5XYycBUuI/AAAAAAAAAJY/wSIhYwCTLvE/s1600-h/greenpeacef.GIF"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I expect its answer form the readers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-6737933799977141945?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/6737933799977141945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=6737933799977141945' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/6737933799977141945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/6737933799977141945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-rajiv-gandhi-66th.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS (Rajiv Gandhi 66th birthday anniversary)'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/So5YEoLL8ZI/AAAAAAAAAJg/MwTpAVwmdJk/s72-c/io.GIF' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-8823516117313623063</id><published>2009-08-19T04:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T04:33:22.114-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS - "MUST KNOW" INFORMATION</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. In which country did the disease H1N1 influenza (swine flu) outbreak?&lt;br /&gt; Ans: Mexico&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.Swine flu is the informal name for the disease caused by H1N1 influenza A virus.&lt;br /&gt;  What is H2N2 influenza called?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Asian flu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.Book controversy is not new to Jaswant Singh.&lt;br /&gt;  In the previous book he alleged that there was a mole in the Prime Minister's Office in the nineties during the tenure of PV Narasimha Rao of the Congress who leaked information to American sources. Name the book.&lt;br /&gt;Ans: "A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India in 2006"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Who is the present finance secretary of India?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Ashok Chawla&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhlchZBsI/AAAAAAAAAJI/Z93oVYde6wE/s1600-h/2009081952120701.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371635013997102786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhlchZBsI/AAAAAAAAAJI/Z93oVYde6wE/s320/2009081952120701.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;*5.Identify this personality (below)who was recently accused for corruption but rubbished the allegations against him. What is his official status?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhvVN3DbI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/56Im7mCFXpw/s1600-h/mr.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371635183834828210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhvVN3DbI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/56Im7mCFXpw/s320/mr.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*6.       Who was awarded Philadelphia's 2009 Liberty Medal for artistic and humanitarian achievements?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*7. On whose birthday google introduces this logo on the home page?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhYx5vk4I/AAAAAAAAAJA/J81SrJN_k-w/s1600-h/ggg.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371634796398089090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhYx5vk4I/AAAAAAAAAJA/J81SrJN_k-w/s320/ggg.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;I EXPECT THE ANSWERS OF THE STARRED QUESTIONS FROM THE READERS&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhvVN3DbI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/56Im7mCFXpw/s1600-h/mr.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-8823516117313623063?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/8823516117313623063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=8823516117313623063' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8823516117313623063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8823516117313623063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-must-know-information.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS - &quot;MUST KNOW&quot; INFORMATION'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SovhlchZBsI/AAAAAAAAAJI/Z93oVYde6wE/s72-c/2009081952120701.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-1468370532823067324</id><published>2009-08-18T01:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T01:39:48.812-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST(3RD EDITION)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Which is the new book written by the BJP party senior Jaswant Singh that secured profuse attention of media and party cofrares for blaming Nehru of the partition of India?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANS: 'Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence'  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.Usain Bolt is an athlete who often make amendments in 100 m race records.&lt;br /&gt;What is the new timing he has set?&lt;br /&gt;ANS: 9.58sec&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. The leader of opposition of Rajasthan Vasundhara raje Sindhia is the sister of which Gwalior ruler?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANS: Madhavraj Sindhia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Charles Coventry is recorded the highest ODI individual innings score getter in parallel with whom?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Saeed Anwar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*5. Which is web tool launched by Indian Space Research Organization last week which has soon obtained the nick name "Google Earth Killer"?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"&gt;GIVE ITS ANSWER AS A COMMENT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-1468370532823067324?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/1468370532823067324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=1468370532823067324' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1468370532823067324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/1468370532823067324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-august3rd-edition.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST(3RD EDITION)'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-8917254504893073945</id><published>2009-08-10T06:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T06:24:08.210-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ august</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;1. What is the name given to the typhoon that wrecks destruction in Taiwan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans: Typhoon Morakot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;2.Who is the present FIFA president?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans: Sepp Blatter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;3.Who is the "man of the match" in the test match between Australia and England?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;ans: Marques North&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;4.Where is this statue that has close resemblence to Jackson located?&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368322936178737586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SoAdRJKEAbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/pbNhwI0rDLs/s200/4877064.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ans: Chicago Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;**5. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SoAef_z8TKI/AAAAAAAAAI4/tytkus3ljOc/s1600-h/105372_matdddter.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368324290879704226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SoAef_z8TKI/AAAAAAAAAI4/tytkus3ljOc/s200/105372_matdddter.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;GOOGLE EARTH has admitted that it has made few mistakes by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;adding some parts of a state in India to another country's territory.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Which is the state and to which country its parts were joined?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;try this and get me your answer as a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-8917254504893073945?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/8917254504893073945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=8917254504893073945' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8917254504893073945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/8917254504893073945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-quiz-august.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ august'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/SoAdRJKEAbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/pbNhwI0rDLs/s72-c/4877064.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-7367795727454893137</id><published>2009-08-07T23:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T23:42:17.479-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;1.Who is the national security advisor of India?&lt;br /&gt;Ans: M K narayanan&lt;br /&gt;2. Who is the youngest minister in centre ?&lt;br /&gt;ans: Agatha Sangma&lt;br /&gt;Who is the cricket coach of Pakistan?&lt;br /&gt;ans: Intikhab Alam&lt;br /&gt;4.Which is the largest private bank in India&lt;br /&gt;Ans:ICICI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;*5. IDENTIFY THIS EMBLEM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Sn0dw00yhNI/AAAAAAAAAIo/842TsIRKBNc/s1600-h/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367479055546483922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Sn0dw00yhNI/AAAAAAAAAIo/842TsIRKBNc/s200/0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I EXPECT ITS ANSWER FROM THE READERS.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-7367795727454893137?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/7367795727454893137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=7367795727454893137' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/7367795727454893137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/7367795727454893137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/current-affairs-quiz.html' title='CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVFmlnzYuUU/Sn0dw00yhNI/AAAAAAAAAIo/842TsIRKBNc/s72-c/0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-2705084539354537087</id><published>2009-08-05T00:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T00:39:21.677-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"64th ANNIVERSARY HIROSHIMA DAY AUG:6 "QUIZ</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 . What is the name of the pilot who took off the flight for dropping the Atom Bomb?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Paul.W.Tibbets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. What was name of the bomb?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Little boy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. What was the name of the aeroplane?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Enola Gay&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. What is the name of the people who suffer the aftermaths of atom bomb?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Hibakusha&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Who was the president of america at that time?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: Harry S Truman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. Why was it called Enola Gay?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: It was named after Tibbet's mother.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. Which was the explosive element used in little boy?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: uranium-235&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8. In which year the Hiroshima Peace memorial was made a part of UNESCO world heritage site?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ans: 1996&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;9. &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;___________&lt;/span&gt;  was only two years old when the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. At the age of 11, she was diagnosed with Leukemia...........Who is that little girl?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;ans: Sadako Sasaki&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;10. Who wrote the book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;in memory of the little girl?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;ans: Eleanor Coerr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fWoNDxjOksM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fWoNDxjOksM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/68148252070619081-2705084539354537087?l=quizchampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/feeds/2705084539354537087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=68148252070619081&amp;postID=2705084539354537087' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/2705084539354537087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/68148252070619081/posts/default/2705084539354537087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quizchampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/64th-anniversary-hiroshima-day-aug6.html' title='&quot;64th ANNIVERSARY HIROSHIMA DAY AUG:6 &quot;QUIZ'/><author><name>SARATH.G</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02620551722534111143</uri><email>crimethriller@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09167327370749936056'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148252070619081.post-2266730616129768268</id><published>2009-08-03T23:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T00:06:15.672-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GENERAL KNOWLEDGE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G.K'/><title type='text'>CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ for AUGUST</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;1.Rakhi Sawant got engaged to Elesh Parujanwala, whom she chose from among 16 bachelors of a reality show. What is the name of the show  through which channel it is broadcasted?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;ans: ‘Rakhi ka Swayamwar,’ NDTV imagine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;2.Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the attack on Mumbai, has been allowed to remain free by the Pakistan court. He is the chief of which terrorist group?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;ans: Jamaat-ud-Dawa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;3.Who is the present Union health minister of India?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;ans: Ghulam Nabi Azad &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;4. The recent controversy in the field of cricket is regarding the hesitation of Indian cricketers to accede to the WADA signatory. What does WADA stand for?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;ans: World Anti-Doping Agency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;5. "ULCA Slang"(University of California,Los Angels) is a slang lexicon released every four year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;This dictionary contains slang words used by the students there. 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