General Knowledge

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE...

What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of  YAHOO ?

Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

 What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of ADIDAS?

ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports

 Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

 Satellite Television Asian Region

What is expansion of "ICICI?"

Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India

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

That match was abandoned after people heard

the news of Indira Gandhi being killed.

 Who is the only man to have written the National Anthem

for two different countries?

Rabindranath Tagore  who wrote  national anthem  for two different countries one is India's national anthem and another one is for Bangladesh (Amar Sonar Bangla).

How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known ?

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none  other Mother Teresa.

 Name the only other country to have got independence 
on 15th August?

South Korea

 Why was James Bond associated with the number 007?

Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR,

as it was known during the cold war).

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

Geoffrey Boycott

 Which cricketer played for South Africa before he was banned

from international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe?

John Traicos

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

only one country (other than Vatican)?

LESOTHO Surrounded from all sides by South Africa.

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

Polo

 From what four word expression does the word 
`goodbye` derived?

Goodbye comes from the expression: 'God be with you'.