general knowledge Online Quiz - 3645

The ancient port of Mallar-Pha corresponds to Mylapore in Chennai, where the Kapaleeswarar Temple tower once guided sailors to shore. Geological changes over millennia have caused the sea to recede, leaving the temple inland.

The Salt Satyagraha was a 240-mile protest march led by Gandhi from Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal village of Dandi in 1930, where he defied British salt laws by making salt from seawater.

With n people, each person shakes hands with n-1 others, giving n(n-1)/2 unique handshakes total. Solving n(n-1)/2=190 yields n=20, since 20x19=380.

The Hardy-Ramanujan number 1729 is famous as the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways: 1³ + 12³ = 1729 and 9³ + 10³ = 1729.

These lines are from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Sleeper," a Romantic work that personifies sleep as a gentle, heavenly gift.

The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny began on February 18, 1946, when sailors in Bombay revolted against British colonial rule, involving 78 ships and 20,000 sailors.

India's football team achieved its best Olympic performance at the 1956 Melbourne Games, finishing fourth with notable players like Neville D'Souza.

Algiers is both the capital and largest city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean coast. The other options are capitals of Albania (Tirane), Azerbaijan (Baku), and Afghanistan (Kabul).

Luanda is the capital and largest city of Angola, a country in Southern Africa. It has been the capital since Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan, Kabul is Afghanistan's capital, and Andorra la Vella is the capital of the microstate Andorra in Europe.

An Enemy of the People was written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Satyajit Ray's film Ganashatru (1989) adapted this play. The other listed writers worked in different genres and are unrelated.

The music for Satyajit Ray's debut film Pather Panchali (1955) was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, the celebrated sitar maestro. Ray himself directed the film but did not compose its score.

Saint John's is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda. The other options are capitals of other countries: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Yerevan (Armenia), and Canberra (Australia).

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina. Tirane (Albania), Baku (Azerbaijan), and Andorra la Vella (Andorra) are capitals of other nations.

Yerevan is the capital of Armenia. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan, not Armenia, while Kabul (Afghanistan) and Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda) are unrelated.

Canberra is the purpose-built capital of Australia; Sydney and Melbourne are larger but are not the capital. Tirane (Albania), Kabul (Afghanistan), and Andorra la Vella (Andorra) are capitals of other countries.

Vienna (Wien) is the capital of Austria. Tirane is the capital of Albania, Baku of Azerbaijan, and Kabul of Afghanistan, all of which are distractors listed alphabetically by country.

Chunibala Devi, an elderly amateur actress discovered by Satyajit Ray, played the role of Indir Thakrun, the old aunt, in Pather Panchali (1955). The other named actresses played different roles or appeared in other films.