Amp up your GK

How fast can you answer these questions?

1. Who is the founder of Amazon?

2. Which scientist famed for his theory of gravity was born on Christmas Day 1642?

3. To which bird family does the kookaburra belong?

4. An actinometer measures the intensity of what?

5. Which was the occupation or job of the following famous people: Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh?

6. Can you name the country from where Parmesan cheese comes?

7. Which bird is the universal symbol of Peace?

8. Who is the author of “God of Small Things”?

9. What is the driver of a Train called?

10. What are constellations?

11. What is the process called through which plants make food?

12. Which place is known as the “Land of White Elephants”?

13. Which state in India is known as “God’s Own Country”?

14. Who discovered electricity?

15. Global warming is caused by the excess of which type of gas?

ANSWERS: 1. Jeff Bezos 2. Isaac Newton 3. Kingfisher 4. Radiation 5. Painting 6. Italy 7. Dove 8. Arundhati Roy 9. Locopilot 10. Group of stars 11. Photosynthesis 12. Thailand 13. Kerala 14. Benjamin Franklin 15. Carbon dioxide