July 2012 GK Digest

(01) Alphabetically arranged, which would be the first and last U.S. Senate?

(02) What type of animal was “Lonesome George”, considered the last of its kind, who died recently?

(03) Which country creating the world’s largest marine reserve, covering 3.1 million sq.km of ocean?

(04) Which famous strait connects the black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?

(05) Which alternate two-word term is used for the day of the year with the longest period of daylight?

(06) Which flower gets its name from the Persian for turban?

(07) Name the popular actor, who played Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter films, to have been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II recently

(08) Which Palnet’s moons are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope?

(09) What does a Geiger Counter measure?

(10) Alkanes are made up of the atoms of which two elements?

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