Monday, April 02, 2012

General Knowledge Questions 040

1. Yes Madam, Sir, is nonfiction feature film which has been produced by Australian film maker, Megan Doneman. On whose life is this movie based upon? He/ She had been awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1994 and a UN Medal in 2004.

    Answer: Kiran Bedi

2. What is being displayed in the below picture (edited)?


    
    Answer: This is the last menu of the last meal served to first-class passengers on board the Titanic which has fetched 76,000 pounds at an auction held recently. The original photo below.





3. What is the significance of the Google doodle below?


    Answer: It is to mark the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day in 2011.

4. Identify this Google Product.


    Answer: Gmail Tap (https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html - It's a prank played by Google on the occasion of April Fool's Day)

5. Hirsz, Aaron, Szmul, Itzhak are better known as?

     Answer: Warner Bros. (Harry was born "Hirsz," Albert was "Aaron," Sam was "Szmul," and Jack was "Itzhak." Their original surname is also unknown.)

5 comments:

  1. Awesome resource. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.I would like to read you another informative post very soon.

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  2. Could have done a little research before putting up answers.
    "four founding Warner brothers (born Wonskolaser [pron. WON Sko La' Ser] or Wonsal)"
    from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.#1903.E2.80.9325:_Founding
    Nice blog btw :) Thanks.

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    1. Well we actually came across it but there are many sources which actually disagree with that statement so we let it be. And sometimes even Wiki can't be completely trusted as they are editable by anybody.

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