Tuesday, 14 August 2012

[www.keralites.net] 17 Questions.

 

An interesting Q&A . Test your knowledge; don't be ashamed if you are unable to answer most of the questions...


Even if you answer five questions its great.


        
        1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?
        2. What is the expansion of
YAHOO?
        3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
        4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
        5. What is expansion of "ICICI
?"
        6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?
        7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at
Sialkot -
           
India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?
        8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems

           for two different countries?
        9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?
        10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
        11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
        12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
        13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?
        14. Which cricketer played for
South Africa before it was banned from
            international cricket
and later represented
Zimbabwe ?
        15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?
        16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by
            only one country (other than
Vatican )?
        17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

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HERE ARE THE ANSWERS

        Q1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?
        A1.
Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its acronym Ajax ..

        Q2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?
        A2. Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

        Q3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
        A3. ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports
        Q4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
        A4. Satellite Television Asian Region

        Q5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"
        A5. Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of
India

        Q6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?
        A6. A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a  normal dozen

        Q7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between
India and Pakistan at Sialkot
           -
India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?
        A7. That match was abandoned after people heard the news of Indira
            Gandhi being killed.

        Q8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?
        A8. Rabindranath Tagore
who wrote national anthem for two different
            countries one is Indian National anthem and another one is for
Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla)

        Q9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?
        A9. Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.

        Q10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
        A10. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.

        Q11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
        A11.
South Korea ..

        Q12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
        A12. Because 007 is the ISD code for
Russia (or the USSR , as it was
             known during the cold war)

        Q13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?
        A13. Geoffrey Boycott


        Q14. Which cricketer played for
South Africa before it was banned from             international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?
        A14.
John Traicos

        Q15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?
        A15.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and
             Abraham Lincoln


        Q16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by
            only one country (other than
Vatican )?
        A16.
Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..

        Q17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?
        A17. Polo

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