ചില ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് കൌതുകങ്ങള്‍

• ഇംഗ്ലീഷില്‍ ഏറ്റവും കൂടുതല്‍ വാക്കുകള്‍ ആരംഭിക്കുന്നത് എസ് (s) എന്ന അക്ഷരത്തില്‍ ആണ്
• ജെ (j), ഐ (i) എന്നീ അക്ഷരങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് മുകളിലുള്ള കുത്തിനെ സൂപ്പര്‍ സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റ് ഡോട്ട് എന്നാണ് അറിയപ്പെടുന്നത്
• LISTEN എന്ന ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് വാക്കിലും SILENT വാക്കിലും ഒരേ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അക്ഷരങ്ങളാണ് ഉള്ളത്
• ഇംഗ്ലീഷില്‍ ഏറ്റവും ചെറിയ പൂര്‍ണ്ണ വാചകം "I AM" ആണ്
• ഇംഗ്ലീഷില്‍ സാധാരണ ഉപയോഗത്തിലുള്ള ഏറ്റവും നീളം കൂടിയ, അക്ഷരങ്ങള്‍ ആവര്‍ത്തിച്ചു വരാത്ത വാക്ക് "UNCOPYRIGHTABLE" ആണ്
• ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അക്ഷര മാലയിലെ എല്ലാ അക്ഷരങ്ങളും ഉപയോഗിച്ച് എഴുതാന്‍ കഴിയുന്ന ഒരു വാചകം ആണ് " THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG"
• ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അക്ഷരമാലയിലെ "M.T"എന്നീ രണ്ടു അക്ഷരങ്ങളില്‍ അവസാനിക്കുന്ന ഒരേ ഒരു വാക്ക് "DREAMT" ആണ്
• ഒരു യഥാര്‍ത്ഥ വവ്വെല്‍ ഉപയോഗിക്കാതെ എഴുതാന്‍ കഴിയുന്ന ഏറ്റവും നീളം കൂടിയ വാക്ക് "RHYTHM"
• ഒരു നിരയില്‍ മൂന്നു ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അക്ഷരങ്ങള്‍ ആവര്‍ത്തിച്ചു വരുന്ന വാക്കാണ്‌ "BOOKKEEPER"
• A എന്ന അക്ഷരത്തില്‍ തുടങ്ങി A എന്ന അക്ഷരത്തില്‍ പേര് അവസാനിക്കാത്ത ഒരു രാജ്യമാണ് "AFGHANISTAN"

പൊതു വിജ്ഞാനം

• സ്വര്‍ഗ വാതില്‍ തുറക്കുന്ന സമയം എം . ടി . വാസുദേവന്‍‌ നായരുടെ കൃതി ആണ്
• സി . വി . രാമന്‍ പിള്ളയെ കേരള സ്കോട്ട് എന്ന പേരിലാണ് അറിയപെടുന്നത്
• വളപട്ടണം ആണ് കേരളത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും ചെറിയ ഗ്രാമ പഞ്ചായത്ത്
• കേരളത്തിലെ ആദ്യത്തെ വനിതാ പോലീസ് സ്റ്റേഷന്‍ കോഴിക്കോടാണ് സ്ഥാപിതമായത്
• വാസ്കോ ഡി ഗാമയുടെ കപ്പലിന്‍റെ പേര് സാന്‍ ഗബ്രിയേല്‍ എന്നാണ്
• അര്‍ജുന അവാര്‍ഡ്‌ നേടിയ ആദ്യ വനിത കെ . സി . ഏലിയാമ്മ ആണ്
• ആദ്യമായി ഭരത് അവാര്‍ഡ്‌ നേടിയ മലയാള സിനിമ താരം പി . ജെ . ആന്‍റണി ആണ്
• പെരുമ്പടവം ശ്രീധരന്‍ ആണ് ഒരു സങ്കീര്‍ത്തനം പോലെ എന്ന കൃതി രചിച്ചത്
• തിരുവിതാംകൂര്‍ കൊച്ചിയുടെ ആദ്യത്തെ മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി ടി .കെ . നാരായണ പിള്ള ആണ്
• മാതൃഭൂമി പത്രത്തിന്‍റെ ആദ്യ എഡിറ്റര്‍ കെ . പി കേശവ മേനോന്‍ ആണ്

INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE

1. How many legs do Butterflies have?                                                                                               Ans: Six
2. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?                                                                               Ans: Michelangelo
3. Which City is known as City of Lights?                                                                                          Ans: Paris
4. Which country has Blue Mosque?                                                                                                   Ans: Turkey
5. What is the commonest symbol of flags of countries?                                                                     Ans: Star
6. Bullfighting is the national game of which country?                                                                       Ans: Spain
7. How many edges do a cube have?                                                                                                   Ans: 12
8. Which country introduced first paper currency?                                                                           Ans: China
9. Which planet is known as twin of earth?                                                                                         Ans: Venus
10. which country has a bible on its flag?                                                                                       Ans: Dominican Republic                                                                                             

General Knowledge About Kerala

1. Which place is known as 'Birds village in Kerala'?                                                                         Ans: Nooranad
2. Who wrote the novel 'Agnisakshi'?                                                                                                  Ans: Lalithambika Antharjanam
3. Who is the first Keralite to get a 'Magsaysay' award?                                                                     Ans: Varghese Kurien
4. Which is the first Malayalam film to get a Silver medal from President in 1954?                         Ans: Neelakuyil
5. Which is the first Malayalam daily?                                                                                                Ans: Rajyasamacharam
6.  Which is the first novel in Malayalam?                                                                                          Ans: Kundelatha
7. Which is the hottest place in Kerala?                                                                                               Ans: Punalur
8. Wagaman Hill Station is situated in which district?                                                                        Ans: Idukki
9. How many times Gandhiji  visited Kerala?                                                                                     Ans: Five (5)
10. In which year Vasco Da Gama arrived Kerala?                                                                               Ans: 1498

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INDIA

1. AMRITSAR IS KNOWN AS "CITY OF GOLDEN TEMPLE"
2. SAROJINI NAIDU IS KNOWN AS "NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA"
3. AL-HILAL NEWS PAPER WAS ESTABLISHED BY "MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZAD"
4. NEW DELHI IS THE FIRST HOST CITY OF "ASIAN GAMES''
5. BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY OCCURRED AT "UNION CARBIDE INDIA LIMITED" PESTICIDE PLANT
6. SAROJINI NAIDU WAS THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN TO BECOME A "GOVERNOR" 
7.  INDIAN SANSKRIT POET KALIDASA IS KNOWN AS "INDIAN SHAKESPEARE"
8.   DADASAHEB PHALKE IS KNOWN AS "THE FATHER OF INDIAN CINEMA"
9. JAIPUR IS KNOWN AS "THE PINK CITY OF INDIA"
10. "ANDRA PRADESH" IS THE FIRST INDIAN STATE TO BE FORMED ON LUINGISTIC BASIS

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. FIRST US PRESIDENT WHO RESIGN FROM OFFICE -- RICHARD NIXON
2. LUANDA IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF WHICH COUNTRY -- ANGOLA
3. CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA WRITTEN BY WHOM -- GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
4. WHO INTRODUCED ENGLISH EDUCATION IN INDIA -- WILLIAM BENTINCK
5. WHO IS KNOWN AS FATHER OF HOMEOPATHY -- SAMUEL HAHNEMANN
6. NICOSIA IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH COUNTRY -- CYPRUS
7. WHO INVENTED ELECTRIC LAMP -- THOMAS ALVA EDISON
8. ATOMIC NUMBER OF GOLD IS -- 79
9. GIR FOREST IS LOCATED IN WHICH INDIAN STATE -- GUJARAT
10. INDIA AND PAKISTAN BORDER LINE IS CALLED -- RADCLIFFE LINE 

Knoweledge about Philippines

1. Which is the only Christian country in Asia? -- Philippines
2. Which is the current capital city of Philippines? -- Manila
3. How many weather seasons are there in Philippines? -- Two (Wet and Dry season)
4. Where did Philippines got the country name? -- Honor of the Spain King Philip II
5. Which country is known as the "Text Capital of the World" because of the large volume of sending SMS -- Philippines
6. Which Filipino inventor introduced Karaoke the Sing Along System? : Roberto Del Rosario
7. Who are the Filipino beauties won the miss universe beauty contest in 1969 and 1973? -- Gloria Diaz and Margie Moran
8. Which Filipino scientist has been acclaimed for being the inventor of Fluorescent Lamp? -- Agapito Flores
9. Filipino doctor Abilardo Aguilar is associated with what medical discovery?  -- Antibiotic "Erythromycin"
10. Which is the only country in the world whose flag is hoisted upside down when the country is at war? -- Philippines

Dedicating this post to my dear friend and colleague Mr. Enrico Samonte

INTERESTING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. WHAT WOULD A NIDOLOGIST BE INTERESTED IN -- BIRDS NESTS
2. IN A GYNOCRACY WHO RULES -- WOMEN
3. WHICH COUNTRIES PARLIAMENT IS CALLED THE STORTING -- NORWAY
4. WHICH COMPANY DEVELOPED THE LASER PRINTER -- CANNON
5. POK TA POK STARTED IN MEXICO - WHAT MODERN SPORT -- BASKETBALL
6. IN WHICH CITY WOULD YOU FIND THE BLUE MOSQUE -- ISTANBUL
7. A MYOLOGIST  STUDIES WHAT -- MUSCLES
8. WHICH IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA -- SUDAN
9. WHAT FOOD ITEM IN FRENCH LITERALLY MEANS TWICE-COOKED -- BISCUIT
10. WHAT DO WE CALL WHAT THE JAPANESE CALL OSHOGATSU -- NEW YEAR

INTERESTING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. JENNY VON WESTPHALEN WAS MARRIED TO WHO -- KARL MAX
2. WHAT NATIONALITY ARE THE MOST IMMIGRANTS TO USA -- MEXICAN
3. WHAT COLOR IS OCTOPUS BLOOD -- BLUE
4. WHAT FRUIT DID EVE GIVE TO ADAM IN BIBLE -- FIG 
5. WHICH IS THE ONLY BIRD THAT CAN SMELL -- EMUS
6. IN WHAT COUNTRY DID RED ONIONS ORIGINATE -- ITALY
7. A PADDLING IS A GROUP OF WHICH ANIMAL -- DUCKS
8. WHAT DID A CHANDLER DO -- MAKE CANDLES
9. WHAT SORT OF ANIMAL IS A FENNEC -- DESERT FOX
10. WHAT FOOD ITEM DID PYTHAGORAS ADVISE HIS FOLLOWERS TO AVOID -- BEANS

INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE

1. GOSSIMA IS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF WHAT GAME -- TABLE TENNIS
2. WHAT IS STEGANOGRAPHY -- INVISIBLE INK WRITING
3. A FELL-MONGER DEALS IN WHAT ITEM -- ANIMAL SKIN
4. WHAT IS THE COMMONEST SYMBOL ON FLAGS OF THE WORLD -- STAR
5. WHAT DOES A POLYTHEISTIC PERSON BELIEVE -- MANY GODS
6. USA HAS MOST AIRPORTS WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE SECOND MOST -- BRAZIL
7. IN 1829 WALTER HUNT INVENTED WHAT COMMON ITEM -- SAFETY PIN
8. FREDRICK SANGER DISCOVERED WHICH MEDICAL LIFE SAVER -- INSULIN
9. DMITRI MENDELEEV IS CREATED WHAT -- PERIODIC TABLE
10. IN WHICH CITY IS THE WORLDS OLDEST MUSEUM -- OXFORD 

INDIA - STATE SYMBOLS OF BIHAR

INDIA - STATE SYMBOLS OF ASSAM

INDIA - STATE SYMBOLS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. FIDE IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF WHICH GAME? Ans:CHESS
2. WHAT WAS AUGUSTE BARTHOLDIS MOST FAMOUSE WORK IN 1886? Ans:STATUE OF LIBERTY
3. THE SOLDIERS SONG IS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF WHICH COUNTRY?Ans:IRELAND
4. WHOSE MOTTO IS "NATION SHALL SPEAK PEACE UNTO NATION"? Ans:BBC
5. WHO WROTE THE NOVEL "THE PIRANHAS"? Ans: HAROLD ROBINS
6. WHICH PLANET IS NEAREST IN SIZE TO EARTH? Ans:VENUS
7. WHO IS KNOWN AS ASIA'S NELSON MANDELA? Ans: ANG SAN SOOCHI
8. THE FIRST COUNTRY TO ISSUE PAPER CURRENCY? Ans: CHINA
9. WHO IS KNOWN AS WIZARD OF MENLOPARK? Ans:EDISON
10. WHO IS KNOWN AS MILKMAN OF INDIA? Ans:VARGHESE KURIAN

PLACES AND NICKNAMES (SOBRIQUETS)

• LAND OF MIDNIGHT SUN ---------- NORWAY
• CITY OF GOLDEN TEMPLE ---------- AMRITSAR 
• LAND OF FIVE RIVERS ----------- PUNJAB
• GIFT OF THE NILE ----------- EGYPT
• LAND OF THE RISING SUN --------- JAPAN
• KEY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ----- GIBRALTAR
• DARK CONTINENT ---------- AFRICA
• CITY OF SKYSCRAPERS --------- NEW YORK
• PLAY GROUND OF EUROPE ------- SWITZERLAND
• LAND OF KANGAROOS -------- AUSTRALIA
• CITY OF LIGHTS -------- PARIS
• LAND OF THOUSAND LAKES ------- FINLAND
• HOLY LAND -------- PALESTINE
• EMERALD ISLAND --------- IRELAND
• LAND OF WHITE ELEPHANTS ------ THAILAND
• LAND OF LILIES ---------- CANADA
• GARDEN CITY OF INDIA ------- BANGALORE

Great Indian Personalities And Their Nicknames

• Andhra Kesari ---------- Tanguturi Prakasam
• Bapuji ---------- Mahathma Gandhi
• Chachaji -------- Jawaharlal Nehru
• Deenabandhu --------- C.F Andrews
• Deshbandhu --------- C.R Das
• E M S ---------- E M Sankaran Namboodiripad
• Frontier Gandhi ---------- Khan Abdul Gaffhar Khan
• Gurudev ---------- Rabindranath Tagore
• Gurudevan ---------- Sree Narayana Guru
• Iron Man Of India ---------- Vallabhbhai Patel
• Kerala Panini ---------- A.R. Raja Raja Varma
• Kerala Gandhi ---------- K. Kelappan
• Lion Of Punjab ---------- Lala Lajpat Rai
• Lokmanya ---------- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Mother Of Poor ---------- Mother Teresa
• Nightingale Of India ---------- Sarojini Naidu
• Priyadarshini ---------- Indira Gandhi
• Sher -E-Kashmir ---------- Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah 

INDIA - STATE SYMBOLS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

BOOKS AND WRITERS

• A PASSAGE TO INDIA          ;     E.M FORSTER
• ARMS AND THE MAN          ;     GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
• CHITRA                                   ;     RABINDRA NATH TAGORE
• COMMUNIST MANIFESTO ;     KARL MARX AND ENGELS
• CRIME AND PUNISHMENT;     FEODAR DOSTOEVSKY
• DAS KAPITAL                       ;     KARL MARX
• DAVID COPPERFIELD        ;     CHARLES DICKENS
• FAREWELL TO ARMS        ;     ERNEST HEMINGWAY
• GATHERING STORM          ;     WINSTON CHURCHILL
• GREAT EXPECTATIONS    ;    CHARLES DICKENS

SPORTS TERMS AND ASSOCIATED GAMES

CHECKMATE  ----------  CHESS
CORNER KICK  --------- FOOTBALL

CREASE  ----------------- CRICKET

CUE ------------------------ BILLIARDS

DEUCE ------------------- TENNIS

GOOGLY ---------------- CRICKET

JOCKEY ----------------- HORSE RACING

LBW ---------------------- CRICKET

MALLET ----------------- POLO

BUNTING --------------- BASEBALL

INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE

• WHAT IS THE GERMAN WORD FOR POISON -- GIFT
• THE MILK OF WHICH ANIMAL WILL NOT CURDLE -- CAMEL
• WHICH COUNTRY HAS A BIBLE ON ITS FLAG -- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• WHICH PLANT HAS FLOWERS BUT NO LEAVES -- CACTUS
• WHEN IS WORLD SPARROW DAY OBSERVED -- 20 MARCH
• IN JAPAN WHAT IS SHOGI -- JAPANESE CHESS
• SPACE BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND INDEX FINGER IS -- PURLICUE
• WHAT WE CALL FOR THE TWO HOLES IN NOSE -- NOSTRILS
• HOW MANY HEART DOES AN OCTOPUS HAVE --  THREE (3)
• WHAT IS THE FIRST JAMES BOND FILM -- DR NO 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

• UAE WAS FORMED IN WHICH YEAR -- 1971
• APOLLO THE GREEK GOD OF WHAT -- THE LIGHT AND SUN
• LIGHT YEAR IS MEASURES WHAT -- DISTANCE
• WHICH IS THE SHORTEST NATIONAL HIGHWAY IN INDIA -- NH 47A
• DIET IS THE JOINT PARLIAMENT OF WHICH COUNTRY -- JAPAN
• POONA IS THE OLD NAME OF WHICH GAME -- BADMINTON
• WHICH IS THE HIGHEST WATER FALLS IN INDIA -- JOG FALLS,KARNATAKA
• WHICH FAMOUS PERSON INVENTED THE CAT FLAP -- ISSAC NEWTON
• WHAT DOES A DROSOMETER MEASURE -- DEW
• SAPONIFICATION IS THE PROCESS OF MAKING WHAT PRODUCT -- SOAP 

ABBREVIATIONS (BASED ON INDIA AND COMMON TO THE WORLD )

• A/c-----ACCOUNT
• ADB-----ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
• AICC-----ALL INDIA CONGRESS COMMITTEE
• AIDS-----ACQUIRED IMMUNO DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
• AIIMS-----ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
• ASEAN-----ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS
• BA-----BACHELOR OF ARTS
• BBC-----BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
• CA-----CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
• CAG-----COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL
• CBI-----CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
• CIA-----CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (USA)
• CPI-----COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA 
• CPI (M)-----COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)
• DNA-----DI-OXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID
• ECG-----ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
• FBI-----FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (USA)
• FRCS-----FELLOW OF ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
• GATE-----GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING
• GATT-----GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - ANIMAL

1. AFRICAN DONKEY WITH BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES IS CALLED -- ZEBRA
2. THE FISH WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE KING OF FISHES IS THE -- SHARK
3. BUTTERFLIES COME UNDER THE FAMILY --LEPIDOPTERA
4. THE ANIMAL KNOWN AS THE RIVER HORSE IS THE -- HIPPOPOTAMUS
5. THE SMALLEST BIRD IN THE WORLD IS -- HUMMING BIRD
6. STUDY OF ANIMAL LIFE IS CALLED -- ZOOLOGY
7. PINK COLOUR DOLPHINS ARE SEEN IN -- AMAZONE RIVER
8. AN OCTOPUS BLOOD COLOUR IS -- BLUE
9. WHAT SORT OF ANIMAL IS A FENNEC -- DESERT FOX
10.  WHAT WOULD A NIDOLOGIST BE INTERESTED IN -- BIRDS NEST