1. Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, this lady was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. To which Indian city did she dedicate over forty years of her life tending to the needs of the poor, sick, orphaned and dying?

The correct answer was Kolkata

Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. After her death on September 5, 1997 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta".

2. The Financial Times named this business tycoon, born in Rajasthan, the 2006 Person of the Year. Who is this Indian businessman?

The correct answer was Lakshmi Mittal

Lakshmi Mittal is a London-based Indian billionaire industrialist and resides in Kensington, London. He is the fifth richest person in the world and the richest Indian as of 2007.

The Financial Times named Mittal its 2006 Person of the Year.In May 2007, he was named one of the "100 most influential people" by Time magazine.

3. This Grandmaster was the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000. He is ranked no.1 in the April 2007 FIDE rankings. Who is this chess player?

The correct answer was Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. In the April 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Anand was ranked first in the world for the first time. He is only the sixth person to head the rating list since its inception in 1970, along with Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov.

4. Author of "The Argumentative Indian", this Indian Economist is noted for his work in welfare economics. Who is he?

The correct answer was Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen was born in Santiniketan, West Bengal. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in welfare economics. In 1999, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. He is a trustee of the Economists for Peace and Security and currently teaches at Harvard University

5)Homi J. Bhabha was an Indian nuclear physicist, considered to be the father of India's nuclear weapons program. With the help of J.R.D. Tata, he established the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. How did he die?

The correct answer was Air crash

Homi Bhabha represented India in International Atomic Energy Forums and as President of the United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, in Geneva in 1955.He died in an air crash in 1966. There are numerous conspiracy theories and his death still remains a mystery.

Q) Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician, considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all times. G.H. Hardy discovered him. In which year did he die?

The correct answer was 1920

Srinivasa Ramanujan has made substantial contributions to mathematics in the areas of analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions. He compiled over 3500 results. He died at the young age of 32.

Q) Shahrukh Khan is a noted Indian actor. He is an actor, producer and a television host. Which production company did he set up?

The correct answer was Dreamz Unlimited

Shahrukh Khan was born in Delhi and started his career in television. He is popularly known as "The King Khan of Bollywood" and has won numerous awards.

Q) Only one of Cleopatra's children survived and led a normal life (all the others were killed). Which one was it?

The correct answer was Cleopatra Selene

Caesarion was murdered trying while trying to flee to India in the wake of his mother's and Anthony's suicide. The twins and Ptolemy Philadelphus were living with Antony's fourth wife, Octavia, when both boys disappeared. Cleopatra Selene survived to marry King Juba of Mauritania and had two children, Ptolemy and Drusilla.

Q)How old was Cleopatra when she died?

The correct answer was 39

When Antony heard the inaccurate news that Cleopatra was dead, he committed suicide. It is said he died in the arms of the truly alive Cleopatra. Cleopatra later killed herself by allowing a deadly snake, said to be an Egyptian asp, to bite her.

Q)Because there were two Cleopatras in the family, both girls were given "second names". What is the famous Cleopatra's second name?

The correct answer was Philopator

Tryphaena and Cleopatra were the only ones in the family to have second names (not including their mother) Strangely enough, though Tryphaena was born first, she is not generally known as Cleopatra.

Q)What was the name of Helen Keller's teacher?

The correct answer was Annie Sullivan

Born Johanna Mansfield Sullivan she also had problems with vision and was a graduate of Perkins Institute for the Blind. It was Perkins Institute that recommended her to teach Helen. Helen always referred to her as 'Teacher'.

Q) In what year was Helen Keller born?

The correct answer was 1880

Her actual date of birth was June 27, 188

Q)How old was Helen Keller when she died?

The correct answer was 87

After a series of small strokes, Helen retired from public life in 1961 and died on June 1, 1968. In her life she traveled the world, was a public speaker and a published author. Quite the accomplishments for anyone. Helen Keller showed the world, no matter the obstacle, you can go around it, over it, under it, or right through it. I think she did all four. What an amazing woman!

Q)Akbar was one of the greatest kings of India. Akbar fought the famous Second Battle of Panipat against which ruler?

The correct answer was Hem Chandra/Hemu

Akbar (who was then 14 years old) defeated Hem Chandra Vikramaditya(Hemu) with the assistance of Bairam Khan in the Second Battle of Panipat, which took place in 1556 in Panipat, Haryana.

Q)The most famous and influential scientist in the 20th Century was Albert Einstein. He was born in 1879 in which German city?

The correct answer was Ulm

He was born on 14th March, 1879 at 135 Bahnhofstrasse, which was later destroyed by Allied bombing in 1944.

Q)Albert Einstein was educated in Munich and then Pavia, Italy. But in 1901 he claimed citizenship of which country?

The correct answer was Switzerland

He entered Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology, on his second attempt and studied to become a physics and maths teacher.

Q)Albert Einstein Then became Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin (1914-33). During this time he published his General Theory of Relativity, in which year?

The correct answer was 1916

It was publicly verified in 1919; he was later awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the photo-electric effect.

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This Confederate general was described by Winston Churchill as being "one of the noblest Americans who ever lived." Who was it?

Your Answer: Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee is considered one the finest generals that has ever lived. His command of the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 to 1865 was characterised by aggressiveness, uncanny intuition of his opponent's intentions, and tactical brilliance.

Q) I am a sixteenth-century scientist and inventor, but was better known for my politics and literary endeavors. One day, while I was out collecting snow to test the possibility of using it for freezing (and thus preserving) meat, I caught a cold. This developed into pneumonia, of which I ultimately died. Who am I?

The correct answer was Francis Bacon

While Bacon is credited with having written certain of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, he was also well ahead of his time as a scientist.

Q)The illegitimate son of a notary and a peasant girl, this Italian artist was described as "striking and handsome". As well as being a very strong and muscular athlete, he was a brilliant scientist, engineer and inventor. Who was this all-round genius?

The correct answer was Leonardo da Vinci

A kind and generous man, Leonardo would provide all his friends with food and shelter. A confirmed vegetarian, he was also an animal lover and would buy caged birds in order to release them. In 1516 he was given an annual allowance by Francis I, together with the use of a château near Ambroise, where he died in the king's arms three years later.

Q)An epileptic, and the youngest of twenty children, this English artist and writer was mainly raised by his elder sister, Anne. Traveling widely in Italy and Greece he published his sketches in a series of travel books. Later, befriending his patron's grandchildren,

he entertained them by writing amusing verse. Enough clues, who is he?

The correct answer was Edward Lear

Born in London in 1812, and educated at home by Anne, who was 21 years his senior, Edward's first artistic income was from his bird illustrations at the age of 15. Although much admired during his lifetime for his artistic works, Lear is probably best now remembered for his nonsense verse and limericks. He did, however, exhibit at the Royal Academy and give drawing lessons to Queen Victoria.

Q) Joseph McCarthy was key figure in the witch hunts that plagued American politics during the middle part of the twentieth century. What state did he represent in the U.S. Senate?

The correct answer was Wisconsin

 Q)The legendary Davy Crockett served a few terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before his heroic effort at the Alamo. What state did he represent in Congress?The correct answer was Tennessee

Q) Maradona followed up one of the most controversial goals of all time with one of the greatest of all time. Taking the ball inside his own half the Argentinean captain dribbled his way past five Englishmen, before slotting the ball past which English keeper?

The correct answer was Peter Shilton

Regarded as one of, if not the greatest goal of World Cup history, Maradona took the ball in his own half danced past English players Reid, Beardsley, Wilkins, Fenwick and Butcher before slotting the ball past goalkeeper Peter Shilton. English manager Bobby Robson said, “"Today he scored one of the most beautiful goals you'll ever see. It's marvelous that every now and then the world produces a player like Maradona. I didn't like his second goal, but I admire it."

Q)The Nobel Prize for Physics in 2007 was jointly awarded to two men for separate studies on the same phenomenon. What are the names of these two men?

The correct answer was Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg

The prize was awarded for different studies conducted by both men into the phenomenon known as Giant Magneto resistance (or GMR for short). This is an entirely new physical effect in which very weak magnetic changes are the cause of very significant changes in electrical resistance in one of these GMR circuits. This technology is now used as standard in many computers to read information from hard disks.

(Q)Who invented the catchphrase: 'All for one, and one for all'?

The correct answer was Alexander Dumas

Alexander Dumas senior is the author of 'The Three Musketeers'.

Q)Russia was (loosely) described as 'an enigma wrapped in a riddle' by which man?

The correct answer was Churchill

 Q)A biography of which screen legend was entitled 'More Than A Woman' - a tribute to her incredible career and extraordinary life?

The correct answer was Bette Davis

Q)Books about which U.S. president were entitled 'Arrogance of Power' and 'Abuse of Power'?

The correct answer was Richard Nixon

Q)Probably the greatest of Greek orators, he delivered the famous Philippic addresses, warning Athens of the skill and dangers of Philip of Macedon

The correct answer was Demosthenes

Q)A great Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician who, among other things, constructed the first astronomical telescope, discovered mountains on the moon and that the Milky Way consisted of myriads of stars.

The correct answer was Galileo Galilee

Imprisoned by the Inquisition for teachings 'dangerous to the faith'

Q)The great Greek mathematician and inventor, famous for many things including the discovery of the

facts concerning the displacement of liquids, supposedly prompting the cry 'Eureka!'

The correct answer was Archimedes

Supposedly streaked though the streets of Syracuse when he had made his discovery.