1. The portrait of which Indian king finds a place in the NASA headquarters?
Answer: Tipu Sultan (He was the first king to use rocketry in warfare)
2. Which indispensable technology of today is named after a Viking king of the 9th century?
Answer: Bluetooth (named after Harold Bluetooth-2).
3. Who was the first cricketer to be given out by the third umpire?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar (against South Africa).
4. During the first gulf war when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, the then American President, George Bush Sr. invited other G7 countries to overthrow Saddam. Although not many came forward, many assured of providing financial assistance. This has given rise to a popular phrase in current affairs. What phrase?
Answer: Dollar diplomacy.
5. If you search for a particular term in Google and get only a single result, what is it called?
Answer: Google Whacking
6. In Harry Potter series, how do we popularly know Sirius Black?
Answer: Prisoner of Askaban
7. Marc Anderson, an American technopreneur created Mosaic, which was the first of its kind. Later, he went on to develop something big which was ultimately bought by Microsoft. What did Marc create and what was his second product?
Answer: The first browser (Mosaic) and he later created Netscape Navigator.
8. Craydon was the first of its kind built on the outskirts of London. What?
Answer: The first airport
9. What did Douglas Engelbart create which brought in a revolution in the field of personal computing?
Answer: The computer mouse
10. What was Bill Gates studying in Harvard when he along with Paul Allen dropped out from this prestigious university to lay the foundation stone of Microsoft?
Answer: Law
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