General Knowledge--

1) Who is the first President of the United States of America?
-George Washington

2) Who was born on August 15, 1769?
-Napoleon Bonaparte

3) Which city was previously known as Salisbury?
-Harare

4) Who is the author of “A streetcar named desire”?
-Tennessee Williams

5) Which film is in Aramaic and Latin?
-The Passion of the Christ

6) Who won Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship in 1977?
-Bjorn Borg

7) Who won the Olympic Gold Medal for hockey in 1980?
-India
8)What name was taken by Cardinal Joseph Sarto when he became pope?
-Pius X

9) How many metres is one mile?
-1609.344

10) What are vertebrates that live both under water and on land called?
-Amphibians

10) What does Yugoslavia mean?
-The land of the Southern Slavs

11) Which state of USA was once part of Russia?
-Alaska

12) What did the Greeks call the present day Amu River in Iran?
-Oxus

13) Which language is written in five scripts?
-Konkani

14) Which British monarch in 20th century was not crowned?
-Edward VIII

15) Who was told “Beware the Ides of March.”?
-Julius Caesar

16) Which country’s postal stamps have the name Helvetia?
  -Switzerland

17) Yen is the currency of which country?
-Japan

18) Which is the national flower of Australia?
-Golden Wattle

19) What is the number of squares on a chess board?
 -64

20) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?

-Simla

21) The name of which city was changed to Petrograd and Leningrad?
-St. Petersburg