The Questions Asked in August

Round :13

Question: The dishonest businessmen of “Wonderland” area compelling the farmers to cultivate tobacco for their own interest. As a result, the rice production was decreasing and the people of that area were facing food crisis. Finding no other alternative, the farmers become rebellious. To save the farmers from suppression, Mr. Dream united the poor people and formed a volunteer force selecting members from them.

Question.. Which sector of economy was dependent and what characteristics of rebellion mentioned in the story?

Answer: indigo revolt in Bengal, about 1859.

Round : 14

Question: Name the place of this picture. This ancient site was named after its location. hints : is not exist anymore.(photo)

Answer:  Buddhas of Bamiyan.

Round :15

Question: 1) Which one is elelement of photosynthesis?

A)Oxygen    B) Hydrogen  C) Carbon di oxide D) Nitrogen.

2) Which one is liquid gas solution?

A) Coca-Cola   B) Water vapour  C) Lemon juice  D) Sarbet

3) Which food is rich in vitamin?

A) Cabbage   B) Guava  C) Mango  D) Apple.

Answer:

1) Carbon di oxide

2) Coca-Cola  

3) Guava

Round :16

QuestionWhich part of the web address(URL) known as Path.

here is web address(URL):

http://www.myenglishclub.com/profiles/blogs/let-s-play-jeopardy-again?xg_source=activity

Answer: profiles/blogs/let-s-play-jeopardy-again

Round :17

Question.What type of dish is made from pasta filled with a savoury filling and boiled to cook?

Answer: ravioli.

Round :18

Question: This song (1976) is 'bout summertime, foolin' around and the true example of "We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?".

Answer: Night Movies.

Round :19

Question..Which famous drink is taken as a shot and is accompanied by a citrus fruit and salt?

Answer: tequila.

ROUND 20

Question: the charecter/personage of a very famous American movie who always said "Gentlemen! Big smile, B_I_G   S_M_I_L_E!" after destroing houses, shooting aquariums or just aiming his gun at bad guys taking them by surprise. I know, you need some explanations. That character was a cop, he was a good, but a little crazy guy.

Answer: Martin Riggs (The Lethal Wapon starring by Mel Gibson) 

Round :21

Question: Hull City allegedly approached which former Chelsea footballer, who once managed both West Ham United and Watford to become their new boss?

Answer: Gianfranco Zola

ROUND 22.

Question: What principle idea gave the beginning to any digital electronic devices like calculators, computers, etc.

Answer: binary code.

Round :23

Question:- What is a famous brand that was said to be founded by the owners when he made it from a waffle iron?

Answer: NIKE.

Round: 24

Question:- The holder of the compromised computer is insensitive about the system, that the system or computer is being controlled by outsider... the computer is known as ????

Answer: Zombie

Round 25

Question: It is a technology usually used in games, in which the view of reality is modified by a computer.... What is the name of Technology?

Answer: Augmented reality

Round 26.

Question: What is the name of this Ukrainian national musical instrument? (photo)

Answer: kobza

Round 27.

Question: In modern European, American countries, in Australia and many others the color of mouring is black. But, in the Middle Ages, the French queen whose husband died had to wear the clothes of the different color till the end of her life. What was the color of her clothes?

Answer: white.

Round 28.

Question: Those events date back to the end of the 11th- the beginning of the 12th centuries. One Russian princess, to be exact Kiev princess as there was no Russia that time, got married to one French king. Some later, they both got disappointed in that marriage and she got a lover who was a very noble French prince. The question is: who were those three people? You should name them.

Answer: Anna Yaroslavovna, the Princess of Kiev; Henty, the First, her first husband; Prince de Conde, her lover.

Round :29

Question.. Whom the Asian cricket player first joined up with Sussex, but unluckily after just two matches, he encountered remarkable wound? I want you to write his and his country name and if possible , upload his picture here, too…

Answer: Mostafizur Rahman from Bangladesh

Round :30

Question:   He was a very good swimmer and had super human diving ability! Could breath under water for a long time. Raw fish was his favorite. He had a lung along with a set of shark gills. Yes,  a character of a popular science fiction. But, question is who was the girl he adored?

Answer: Gutiere.

Round : 31

Category: Cuisine!

Score: 300.

Question: The components of any meals.

Answer: ingredients.

Round 32.

Question: Once upon a time there lived a young guy of the royal descent. After one episode in his life he became alike Achilles. Later on, he got into the abyss of intrigues, both women's and men's and was killed at the order of his sovereign. Perhaps, you already know who  that guy was. My question is: the name of the composer  of the opera which name is the same as the name of the movie about that man.

Answer: Richard Wagner, “The ring of Nibelungs”.

Round 33

Question: Around 1542 explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered this island. It's believed he's buried there too.

Answer: Cataline Island.

Round 34.

Question: a very special mammal breeding with eggs but feeding cubs with milk. You have to tell me on which coin of which country can you see that strange mammal?

Answer: 20 cent coin. Australia.

ROUND 35.

Question: the bird which voice is heard from the distance of about 2 miles when he is looking for a partner to have kids with.

Answer: Kiwi, an Australian parrot.

Round 36.

Question: What band did become famous due to taking part in the Olimpic ceremony in 2000?

Answer: Savage Garden.

Round 37

Question. The British actor, never went School after his age of 15, won International Emmy award for best actor, and died in 2014. ....Who was the actor and which year he won the International Emmy award??

Answer: Bob Hoskins" who won Emmy award 2009

Round 38

Question: what is the name of this beach and where it is located?

Answer: Panjin Red Beach, China

Round: 39

Question: Which animal's group known as raft, and They use plants to secure their group bonding?

Answer: otters

ROUND 40.

Question: In the university town where I work is a hospital. Its name is Shenn's Memorial Hopital. So, you should tell me what the words Shenn's Memorial mean.

Answer: the hospital was named Shenn’s Memorial in the memory of Dr. Shenn (after his death) who worked there and made a lot for the development of the hospital and medicine in general

ROUND 41.

Question: That man was Alexander's the Great friend. According to different sources Alexander had three best friends who followed him in all his expeditions. Using modern language, he made them all the commanders of some troops. Who was a commander of his cavalry?

Answer: Philotas, a commander of the Companion cavalry; Leontiskos, the general commander.

Round 42.

Question: What was first introduced to the USA for the benefit of farmers but then it became such a pest?

Answer: kudzu.

Round 43.

Question: What is the name of the words that sound the same but have different spelling?

Answer: homophones.

Round 44.

Question: What is the name of such a nozzle? (picture)

Answer: a spay jet or a divergent nozzle.

Round 45.

Question: It was a very fine fabric of south-Asian region. It is said it could pass through a needle. This kind of cloth was adored by the high class society in home and abroad! Though there is a sad story behind it and this fabric was named after another country! Many travelers described  it in their books.

 My Question is....where this fabric was woven and What  is the name of the book of Marco polo where he described about it? 

Answer: muslin fabric.

Round :46.

Question: The great English scientist achieved only basic education from a local school until age 13, his parents was very poor, in his later life had experienced a mental disorder and after his death, many things named in his honor….. Who was the scientist?

Answer: Michael Faraday

Round 47 

Question : Name this kind of cloud (picture)

Answer: Undulatus Asperatus.

Round 48 

Question:"I’ve Had the Time of my Life" is a song from which movie?

Answer: Dirty Dancing

Round 49

Question: Who was the tennis player ranked the world no. 1 in singles for a total of seventy-two(72) weeks and reached the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments, winning three of them?

Answer: Stefan Edberg, Sweden.

Round 50
Question: Vihara or bihar....is a bhuddist architechture. There are many viharas in asia. Question is....why viharas were erected and actually what were viharas?

Answer: they were Budhist temples or monasteries, first universities.

ROUND 51.

Question: Now, we can't do without a device invented by the scientist of the Scottish origion as a result of his investigations reached due to working with the deaf. You should tell me the name of that scientist and the device I mean.

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell, telephone.

Round 52
Question : In the reception lobby the base of NASA's sounding rocket programme there is a painting depicted a battle scene with a few rockets flying in the background.
Who is the leader of soldiers on the side that launching the rockets?

Answer:  Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu.

Round 53.

Question: What game originated in Spain is very popular in Florida and Latin America?

Answer: jai alai.

Round  54.

Question: how many stripes are there on the American flag and what they symbolize?

Answer: 13, first colonies

Round 55
Question: Which was the ancient name of Dhaka?

Answer: Jahangir Nagar

Round 56 

Question : There are four movies about Indiana Jones, it was in 1980's and the last one was in late 1990's. After that there were several movies which have similarities with Indiana such as the story and adventure.

my question --> name two characters in two movies that almost similar with Indiana Jones movie,. hints, a female and a male.

Answer: Robert Langdon (The DA Vinci Code) and Lara Croft.

Round 57.

Question: One French queen delivered the twins. One of them was taken away from her and spent the best years of his life unknown and jailed. The other became one of the most famous kings of France. You should tell me the full names of those three characters.

Answer:  Anne d'Autriche (Anne of Austria), the wife of Louis XIII; Louis XIV Bourbon, the king of France; his twin brother Phillip Bourbon.

ROUND 58.

Question: One of the most famous English legends is about King Arthur and the knights of the round table. So, my question is: how many knights  usually sat at the table, why it was round and who was the first to suggest the idea of the round table?

Answer: the idea of the round table was first suggested by Arthur’s wife, Guinevere. Contrary to rectangular tables, where the host/king was always at the head, at the round table all seemed to be equal. It may be considered as one of the first manifestations of democracy.

Round 59.

Question: It is a plant. It is edible. Some people use it as cooking fuel. It is a source of natural fiber. To get the fiber people should cut the plant and put it in a certain situation. Question is...what is the name of that plant and where they should be place to get fiber.

Answer: jute, drying in the sun.

Round 60.

Question: What event of the 18th century, seemed to be just an economic problem that time, caused irreversible changes of the world policy and geography and led to the creation of the state/ country that exists till now?

Answer: Boston Tea Party. May 1773.

Round 61.

Question: the negative characteristic/property of different granulated bulk materials.

Answer: blocking property.

Round 62.

Question: What is the name of the individual that sought an asylum because of certain leak documents, and what is the name of the country that he is resisting the arrest of?

Answer: Person: Julian Assange; country: Ecuador.

ROUND 63.

Question: What has a head and a tail, but no body? What is inside the box?

Answer: a coin.

Round 64.

Question: In the box is something we have or not. We can't buy it, but we can sell it if we have it. If we have it, we can do whatever we like with it, in particular, we can cut it or not. What is in the box?

Answer: a lock of human hair.

Round 65.
Question: In the box is something, you can eat without planting, water is the main component, amazingly, when the water itself touches it then its dies. What is in the box?

 Answer: salt

Round 66.

Question: It is a meat dish. First, we cut meat (mutton or pork) into rather small cubes, approximately 3x3x3 cm. We also slice onions, put everything in a bowl, add mayonnaise, salt, pepper, mix up and leave in the fridge for night. Then, we string cubes of meat, onions and some other vegetables like small tomatoes, slices of an egg plant, sweet pepper on such special long sharp metal things looking like epees and grill them at very low open flame rinsing with wine all the time. So, you should tell me the name of this dish and its origin as well as  the name of those metal things.

Answer: shish kebab, Turkic, skewers.

Round :67.

Question: when it is summer season in India, what is the season in Chile?

Answer: winter.

Round 68

Question: For many centuries this British unit of lenth had depended on the English king's sizes (his height, body-built) until the standard was imposed. What is the name of this unit?

Answer: yard.

Round 69

Question: What is the wave and its category based on the medium that if it is with large enough energy can cause an earthquake?

Answer: mechanic(al) wave.

Round 70.

Question: It is neither some foodstuff nor a beverage, but we take it in from time to time. What is in the box?

Answer: a pill/pills.

Round 71.

Question:Many people got this bad habit being young, but many of them didn't. But those who still have it need a thing sitting in the box to keep their houses/offices clean. What is in the box?

Answer: an ashtray.

Round 72.
Question : What is the name of J J Tolkien's friend who wrote books with similar theme with him?

Answer: Clive Staples Lewis.

Round 73.

Question: It is not general knowledge, but some plants manufacturing very peaceful  products may be easily transformed into the military plants manufacturing weapons. So, my question is: what kind of a plant producing something for agriculture can be almost immediately transformed into a military plant manufacturing the most necessary product for war or any military actions. Your answer should contain two terms: a kind of a plant and the name of the product it can produce at war times.

Answer: a nitrogen fertilizer plant, gunpowder.

Round 74.

QuestionIT has been raised and used for human needs for many centuries.  But even at the beginnig of the 20th century IT was gathered manually, by hand and the people gathering IT became allergic to IT althouth if IT is processed  IT can't cause allergy at all and is even recommended to be used by allergic people. What is IT?

Answer: cotton wool.

Round 75.

Question: It is both, I mean, vegetable and fruit. Some people like to have it as vegetable but we usually have it as fruit. And, people around the world like to have it. What is it?

Answer: banana

Round 76.

Question:  a bright character of British novels, who always relied on his common sense and the deductive method. He liked to smoke a pipe and play the violin. What is his name?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes.

Round 77.

Question: Pyramids were made in ancient Egypt. Why were they erected?

Answer: they were erected as tombs to protect Pharaohs’ mummies.

Round 78.

Question:  What Number should replace the question mark?

Answer: 17.

Round 79.

Question: This world famous hard drink was firstly produced by monks many centuries ago at the times of crusades. The main purpose was to use it as anticeptic and pain reliever. But since then, it became the most popular drink and monks also get addicted to it although their religion (as well as others) didn't approve of drinking. What is the name of the beverage?

Answer: Scotch whiskey

Round 80.

Question: How to call (how we call) the number of vibrations executed by a vibrating body in one second?

Answer: frequency.

Round 81.

Question:  To ask my question, I should give you some more information. I have already asked you about King Arthur and the knights of his round table. According to the legend, King Arthur founded his town/city named Camelot. It was located on the island named Avalon. During many centuries this story was considered to be a legend as there is no such an island. But in late 80s' of the 20th century archeologists found the remaindins of some ancient town on the bottom of the North Sea, very close to Wales where King Art is supposed to have lived. Besides, they foud a sword that looked like the famous Escalibur. So, my question is: If that island excisted, what made it disapper?

Answer: Climate change. It was a glacial island and it just melted.

Round :82

Question It was an American 3D computer-animated film about two sisters, both were princesses, but one had powers and compelled to keep her powers a secret from her sister. This film had won two Academy Awards, one award for the most popular song, you just have to tell the first lyric of the song and the film name.

Answer:  Animation Frozen and the song Let it go

Round 83.

Question: In the box is some electronic stuff. It is very small. But at the begging of electronic era the functions of this thing were performed by a few big cabins stuffed with boards. What is in the box?

Answer: a chip.

Round 84

Question: What does this sign mean? ( a picture).

Answer: corrosion.

Round: 85.

Summary: In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 95 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 28 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 33 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 17 people have guessed two fruits correctly.

Question:How many people have guessed three fruits correctly, and how many people have guessed four fruits correctly?

Answer: 17

Round: 86.

In the black box there is a thing, we like to have (eat) it with rice.if we deduct  last part of its name I mean if we exclude its name a bit, it remains another thing who we adore...what is it?

Answer: catfish

Round 87.

Question: In one famous American TV series a group of medical doctors got in a plane crash. Most of them survived, but there died two people who were in love with each other although it was hard for them to live together and they quarelled all the time. You should tell me the name of the series and the names of these two characters.

Answer: Grey's Anatomy, Mark Sloan and Lexie Grey.

Round 88.

Question: In the black box there is a thing. It has 8 legs and 16 knees. What is it?

Answer: a spider.

Round 89.

Question: In the box is a thing we use to take care of our pets, but some pets consider it as a toy and like to play with it or ask us to use it as intended.

Answer: a brush.

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  •  All the question is all together, whenever want can read and increase knowledge.It's a very pleasant and amusing way to expand our general knowledge.

    Dear Peppo,Congrats again for winning as the best questioner.

  • Hey this has become a pocket size Q/A book!

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