General Knowledge Quiz

[SuspectUsual]

Go up in a hot air balloon.

Yep! Or more prosaically, he was the first Briton to fly. Your turn to cast off for the next question

 

[Peterthegreat]

And come down in one!

 

[DaleCooper]

Yep! Or more prosaically, he was the first Briton to fly. Your turn to cast off for the next question

Thank you.

Next question:

What is a crore?

 

[xotGD]

100,000

 

[Acathater]

Thank you.

Next question:

What is a crore?

100,00,000 in Indian counting

 

[DaleCooper]

100,000

100,00,000 in Indian counting

You're both on the right track but not quite there.

 

[Acathater]

is it 100,00,00,000 ie 1000,000,000 in European counting ?

 

[DaleCooper]

100,00,000 in Indian counting

I'm sorry I misread this because of the way you inserted the commas. You got the right number of zeros so that's correct, it's either 10,000,000 or 1,00,00,000 in Indian convention. Your turn...

 

[Acathater]

What is a lakh?

 

[Gloster]

A unit of Indian currency?

 

[Acathater]

A unit of Indian currency?

But how big?

 

[Purple Train]

But how big?

Ten thousand?

 

[Acathater]

Ten thousand?

no

 

[xotGD]

100,000

 

[Acathater]

100,000

correct
or as they'd write it, 1,00,000

your turn to educate us

 

[xotGD]

I knew either crore or lakh was 100,000, so lucky for me the second question was asked!

Sticking with India, Rajendra Prasad was the first Indian to do what?

 

[MotCO]

I knew either crore or lakh was 100,000, so lucky for me the second question was asked!

Sticking with India, Rajendra Prasad was the first Indian to do what?

Go into space?

 

[xotGD]

Go into space?

Something more down to earth (sorry!)

 

[Acathater]

Score a century?

 

[DaleCooper]

Win a VC

 

[xotGD]

Neither of those.

He was the first to take up a particular role.

 

[Trackman]

Prime Minister?

 

[xotGD]

Prime Minister?

No, but you are in the right area.

 

[Peterthegreat]

President?

 

[xotGD]

President?

Yes, he was India's first president, following independence. Your floor...

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Who is the oldest person to win an Oscar for best actor?

 

[D6130]

Jessica Tandy?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Jessica Tandy?

She is the oldest female to win best actress but the oldest of all is male.

 

[D6130]

Morgan Freeman?

 

[Donny Dave]

Anthony Hopkins?