Which type of infection is tuberculosis?
- (A) Fungal
- (B) Viral
- (C) Bacterial
- (D) Parasitic
- (C) Bacterial
TB is an infection caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It mostly attacks the lungs (that’s called pulmonary TB), but it can move through your blood and harm other body parts like your kidneys, spine, and brain. Since it’s a bacterial thing, doctors usually treat it with a mix of antibiotics for quite a few months.
Who discovered X-Rays?
- (A) Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
- (B) Max Von Laue
- (C) Max Planck
- (D) Marie Curie
- (A) Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
On Nov 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen found X-rays. He was looking into cathode rays with a vacuum tube when he saw a dim glow from a fluorescent screen close by, even though it was covered with heavy black cardboard. He figured this meant there was a fresh, invisible kind of radiation causing it, so he called them X-rays since X is what you call something you don’t know in math. Because of this huge find, he got the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
One mile is equal to how many kilometers?
- (A) 1.725
- (B) 1.108
- (C) 1.609
- (D) 1.475
- (C) 1.609
A mile is about 1.609 kilometers. This is based on the international standard, where a mile equals 1,609.34 meters. Kilometers are used all over the world to measure distance. So, 1 mile = About 1.609 kilometers
Entomology deals with:
- (A) Plants
- (B) Animals
- (C) Chemicals
- (D) Insects
- (D) Insects
Entomology is just the study of insects, bugs, the things that are part of the Arthropoda group. It’s a section of zoology that looks at what type of bugs there are, how they live and grow, and how they act. It also looks at how they act around us and nature.
Which of the following helicopters were used by the Americans in Osama’s operation?
- (A) Cobra
- (B) Apache
- (C) Black Hawk
- (D) Puma
- (C) Black Hawk
On May 2, 2011, the U.S. Navy SEALs flew into Abbottabad, Pakistan, for Operation Neptune Spear using special stealth Black Hawk helicopters. These were top-secret versions with noise-reducing tech and radar-evading surfaces to keep the mission under wraps. One of the helicopters crashed when landing. U.S. forces destroyed it to keep its classified tech secret, but the tail section stayed mostly whole, and the media went wild trying to figure out what it was.
Raymond Davis claimed immunity from criminal proceedings on the plea of:
- (A) Being an International Spy
- (B) Being a Technician
- (C) Alibi
- (D) Being a Diplomat
- (D) Being a Diplomat
In 2011, this American contractor, Raymond Davis, who worked for the CIA, got busted in Lahore, Pakistan for shooting and killing two guys. He said he had diplomatic immunity because he worked for the US Embassy there. Basically, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations says diplomats can’t be prosecuted in the country where they’re stationed, so that’s what he was banking on.
Which of the following female mosquito is the cause of Dengue Fever?
- (A) Anophilies
- (B) Barinoies
- (C) Janomi
- (D) Aedes Aehypteis
- (D) Aedes Aehypteis
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is how the Dengue Fever virus mainly spreads. Only the female mosquitoes bite people because they need the protein from our blood to make eggs. A female mosquito bites someone with the dengue virus. The virus then copies itself inside the mosquito and moves to its saliva glands. Later, when that mosquito bites someone else, it injects the virus with its saliva, infecting the new person.These mosquitoes are easy to spot because of the white stripes on their legs and a lyre design on their body.
Anna Hazare is:
- (A) Mountain Range
- (B) A town in KPK
- (C) A rebel of Nepal
- (D) An activist
- (D) An activist
Anna Hazare (Kisan Baburao Hazare), is a famous Indian social activist. People know him for leading movements to fight corruption in India, like the 2011 hunger strike to push for the Jan Lokpal Bill.
Which was the 8th Secretary-General of UNO?
- (A) Kofi Annan
- (B) Francis Joseph
- (C) Ban Ki-moon
- (D) Robert Gates
- (C) Ban Ki-moon
Name the author of novel series “Harry Potter”?
- (A) Robin Clark
- (B) John Smith
- (C) Earnest Hemingway
- (D) J.K. Rowling
- (D) J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling, a British writer, is the one who penned the seven Harry Potter fantasy books. They’re about a young wizard and his buddies at Hogwarts. The books first came out between 1997 and 2007 and have sold over 600 million copies around the world, making them the best-selling series ever.