Trivia–Test your knowledge

Trivia: Even if you answer five questions its great!!!!!!.

        
        

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?
       

2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?
        

3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
        

4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
      

5. What is expansion of “ICICI?”

        

6. What does “baker’s dozen” signify?
       

7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot –

           India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?
      

 8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems 

           for two different countries?
      

 9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?

        

10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

       

11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
       

12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
       

13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?
       

14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from
            international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?
       

 15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?

      

 16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by 

            only one country (other than Vatican )?
      

 17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

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HERE ARE THE ANSWERS
        Q1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?
        A1. Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its 
            acronym Ajax ..
   Q2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?
        A2. Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle.
   Q3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
        A3. ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports.

    Q4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
        A4. Satellite Television Asian Region.
    Q5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"
        A5. Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India.
    Q6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?
        A6. A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a 
            normal dozen.

    Q7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot 
           - India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

        A7. That match was abandoned after people heard the news of Indira 
         Gandhi’s assassination.
    Q8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two 
            different countries?
        A8. Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different 
            countries one is Indian National anthem and another one is for 
            Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla).
     Q9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?
        A9. Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.
    Q10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
        A10. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.
    Q11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
        A11. South Korea ..
    Q12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
        A12. Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , as it was
             known during the cold war).

    Q13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?
        A13. Geoffrey Boycott.

    Q14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from 
            international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?
        A14. John Traicos.
   Q15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?
                A15. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and 
             Abraham Lincoln

   Q16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by 
            only one country (other than Vatican )?
        A16. Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..
   Q17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?
        A17. Polo.