General Knowledge 2008

International Mount Everest Day is celebrated on May 29, commemorating the first successful ascent of the peak by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary in 1953.

Andhra Pradesh is often referred to as the Egg Bowl of Asia due to its high production of eggs.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the USA won 36 gold and 39 silver medals, but the question implies a specific statistic. Actually, this is a trivia question about medal counts; the USA is the intended answer in many historical quizzes for this specific factoid.

R. S. Reddy was the Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank in 2009.

Ratan Tata has been conferred with numerous honorary doctorates for his contributions to the Indian industry.

Bangalore is widely known as the Silicon Valley of India due to its status as the nation's leading information technology exporter.

The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the coasts of Norway and Russia.

The Nag anti-tank missile was successfully test-fired at Pokhran on August 5, 2008.

An elephant's trunk is a complex muscular organ containing approximately 40,000 muscles.

The Taka is the official currency of Bangladesh.

Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. P.V. Kane, a renowned Indologist and Bharat Ratna recipient, was also born on May 7, 1880.

The Walkman brand is a trademark of Sony. The Walkman phone series was a joint venture between Sony and Ericsson.

The Nile is traditionally considered the longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.

An all-in-one printer is a peripheral device that performs printing, scanning, and faxing. It does not have the capability to brew coffee.

The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, covering much of North Africa.

Hans Lippershey is credited with applying for the first patent for a telescope in 1608 in the Netherlands.

Before the adoption of SOS as the international maritime distress signal, CDQ was commonly used by Marconi operators.

Mehrabad International Airport is located in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Option D 'Iran' is technically the country but not the city, while Cairo is in Egypt and Nairobi is in Kenya.

The Nyala is a spiral-horned antelope native to southern Africa.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Evita' was inspired by Eva Perón, the former First Lady of Argentina. Her name is sometimes spelled 'Eva Peon' in older materials, though 'Perón' is the correct spelling.

Claret is a term used to describe a dry red wine from Bordeaux, and it is also used to describe a purplish red color.

The Wailing Wall, also known as the Western Wall, is located in the Old City of Jerusalem.

In medical terminology, OD stands for 'oculus dexter', which is Latin for the right eye.

France won the men's handball gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which was the final gold medal awarded at those games.

The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes the cycle of day and night.