Winter Olympics Host Cities

The Winter Olympics started for the sporting events that can be practiced only in the respective geographical conditions. The list of host cities of Winter Olympic Games is given below.

Year, City and Country

1924 - Chamonix (France)
1928 - St. Moritz (Switzerland)
1932 - Lake Placid, New York (USA)
1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
1948 - St. Moritz (Switzerland)
1952 - Oslo (Norway)
1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy)
1960 - Squaw Valley, California (USA)
1964 - Innsbruck (Austria)
1968 - Grenoble (France)
1972 - Sapporo (Japan)
1976 - Innsbruck (Austria)
1980 - Lake Placid, New York (USA)
1984 - Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1988 - Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
1992 - Albertville (France)
1994 - Lillehammer (Norway)
1998 - Nagano (Japan)
2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)
2006 - Turin (Italy)
2010 - Vancouver (Canada)
2014 - Sochi (Russia)
2018 - Pyeongchang (South Korea)

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Olympic Games host cities

The Olympics is the world's largest multisports event. Its history traces to the ancient Olympic games started BC 776 in Greece. The modern Olympics was started in 1896. Here is given the list of hosts of the modern Olympic Games till date.

Year, City and Country

1896 – Athens (Greece)
1900 – Paris (France)
1904 – Saint Louis (USA)
1908 – London (Britain)
1912 – Stockholm (Sweden)
1920 – Antwerp (Belgium)
1924 – Paris (France)
1928 – Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1932 – Los Angeles (USA)
1936 – Berlin (Germany)
1948 – London (Britain)
1952 – Helsinki (Finland)
1956 – Melbourne (Australia)
1960 – Rome (Italy)
1964 – Tokyo (Japan)
1968 – Mexico City (Mexico)
1972 – Munich (Germany)
1976 – Montreal (Canada)
1980 – Moscow (USSR)
1984 – Los Angeles (USA)
1988 – Seoul (South Korea)
1992 – Barcelona (Spain)
1996 – Atlanta (USA)
2000 – Sydney (Australia)
2004 – Athens (Greece)
2008 – Beijing (China)
2012 – London (Britain)

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Geographical Sobriquets / Nicknames

Many places are nicknamed owing to something special to that place. Here is the list of sobriquets/nicknames of various places across the globe.

Nickname : Place

Holy City : Jerusalem
Forbidden City : Lhasa
Dark Continent : Africa
Gift of Nile : Egypt
City of the Golden Temple : Amritsar
City of Palaces : Kolkata
Cockpit of Europe : Belgium
Blue Mountains : Nilgiri Hills
City of Magnificent Distances : Washington
Granite City : Aberdeen
Herring Pond : Atlantic Ocean
Land of the Kangaroo : Australia
Land of Maple Leaf : Canada
Land of Cakes : Scotland
Land of Golden Fleece : Australia
Island of Pearls : Bahrain
White City : Belgrade
Land of Lilies : Canada
Windy City : Chicago
Sugar Bowl of the World : Cuba
Land of Thousand Lakes : Finland
Pillars of Hercules : Gibraltar
Emerald Island : Ireland
Land of the Rising Sun : Japan
Land of the Midnight Sun : Norway
Hermit Kingdom : Korea
Port of Five Seas : Moscow
Land of Canals : Netherlands
Land of Windmills : Netherlands
Empire City : New York
City of Dreaming Spires : Oxford
City of Brotherly Love : Philadelphia
City of Seven Hills : Rome
City of the Golden Gate : San Francisco
Venice of the North : Stockholm
Venice of the East : Alappuzha
Land of Thunderbolt : Bhutan
Pearl of the Antilles : Cuba
Sorrow of Bengal : River Damodar RiverSorrow of China : River Hwang Ho
Gateway of India : Mumbai
Spice Garden of India : Kerala
World’s Bread Basket : Prairies of North America
World’s Loneliest Island : Tristan da Cunha
Land of the White Elephant : Thailand
Land of Thousand Elephants : Laos
Sick Man of Europe : Turkey
Queen of the Adriatic : Venice
Island of Cloves : Zanzibar
Roof of the World : The Pamirs
Rose Pink City : Jaipur
Gate of Tears : Strait of Bab-el Mandeb

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General Knowledge Quiz 1

Here are some General Knowledge questions and answers useful for competitions and examinations and of course, for a little fun ! Here we go !

1. Where can you find the Sea of Tranquility ?
2. Who directed the famous film The Godfather ?
3. By what name is the boundary line that separates India and China known as ?
4. Who invented the pendulum clock ?
5. What is Vexilology a study of ?
6. Which animal has the shortest gestation period ?
7. Which river is known as Sorrow of China ?
8. What are the ingredients of Pancha Loha ?
9. How is the International Bank for Re-construction and Development better known as ?
10. Which was the first Asian city to host the Olympics ?
11. Who is known as Nature Poet ?
12. Which element in periodic table is named after the Greek word for Sun ?
13. What does the abbreviation ATM stand for ?
14. Where are the headquarters of World Water Council situated ?
15. Who is the architect of Taajmahal ?

Answers

1. Moon
2. Francis Ford Coppola
3. Mc Mahon Line
4. Christiaan Huygens
5. Flags
6. Opposum (12 days)
7. Huang Ho
8. Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead and Iron
9. World Bank
10. Tokyo, in 1964
11. William Wordsworth
12. Helium, from Helious
13. Automated Teller Machine
14. Marseille, France
15. Ustad Isa

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Man Booker Prize winners

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded to the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. It is one of the most prestigious literature honors.

Year, Person, Work, Country

1969 P H Newby Something to Answer For UK
1970 Bernice Rubens The Elected Member UK
1971 V S Naipaul In a Free State UK/Trinidad and Tobago
1972 John Berger G UK
1973 J G Farrell The Siege of Krishnapur UK
1974 Nadine Gordimer The Conservationist South Africa
Stanley Middleton Holiday UK
1975 Ruth Prawer Jhabwala Heat and Dust UK
1976 David Storey Saville UK
1977 Paul Scott Staying On UK
1978 Iris Murdoch The Sea, The Sea Ireland
1979 Penelope Fitzgerald Offshore UK
1980 William Golding Rites of Passage UK
1981 Salman Rushdie Midnight's Children UK
1982 Thomas Keneally Schindler's Ark Australia
1983 J M Coetzee Life & Times of Michael K South Africa
1984 Anita Brookner Hotel du Lac UK
1985 Keri Hulme The Bone People New Zealand
1986 Kingsley Amis The Old Devils UK
1987 Penelope Lively Moon Tiger UK
1988 Peter Carey Oscar and Lucinda Australia
1989 Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day UK/Japan
1990 A S Byatt Possession UK
1991 Ben Okri The Famished Road Nigeria
1992 Michael Ondaatje The English Patient Canada/Sri Lanka
Barry Unsworth Sacred Hunger UK
1993 Roddy Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Ireland
1994 James Kelman How Late It Was, How Late UK
1995 Pat Barker The Ghost Road UK
1996 Graham Swift Last Orders UK
1997 Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things India
1998 Ian McEwan Amsterdam UK
1999 J M Coetzee Disgrace South Africa
2000 Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin Canada
2001 Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang Australia
2002 Yann Martel Life of Pi Canada
2003 DBC Pierre Vernon God Little Australia
2004 Alan Hollinghurst The Line of Beauty UK
2005 John Banville The Sea Ireland
2006 Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss India
2007 Anne Enright The Gathering Ireland
2008 Aravind Adiga The White Tiger India
2009 Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall UK
2010 Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question UK
2011 Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending UK

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Oscar Winning Movies

Year Film Director

1928 Wings William A Wellman
1929 The Broadway Melody Harry Beaumont
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone
1931 Cimarron Wesley Ruggles
1932 Grand Hotel Edmund Goulding
1933 Cavalcade Frank Lloyd
1934 It Happened One Night Frank Capra
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Frank Lloyd
1936 The Great Ziegfeld Robert Z Leonard
1937 The Life of Emile Zola William Dieterle
1938 You Can't Take It With You Frank Capra
1939 Gone With The Wind Victor Fleming
1940 Rebecca Alfred Hitchcock
1941 How Green Was My Valley John Ford
1942 Mrs. Miniver William Wyler
1943 Casablanca Michael Curtiz
1944 Going My Way Leo McCarey
1945 The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler
1947 Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan
1948 Hamlet Laurence Olivier
1949 All the King's Men Robert Rossen
1950 All About Eve Joseph L Mankiewicz
1951 An American In Paris Vincente Minnelli
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B DeMille
1953 From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann
1954 On The Waterfront Elia Kazan
1955 Marty Delbert Mann
1956 Around the World in 80 Days Michael Anderson
1957 The Bridge On The River Kwai David Lean
1958 Gigi Vincente Minnelli
1959 Ben-Hur William Wyler
1960 The Apartment Billy Wilder
1961 West Side Story Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
1962 Lawrence of Arabia David Lean
1963 Tom Jones Tony Richardson
1964 My Fair Lady George Cukor
1965 The Sound of Music Robert Wise
1966 A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann
1967 In the Heat of the Night Norman Jewison
1968 Oliver! Carol Reed
1969 Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger
1970 Patton Franklin J Schaffner
1971 The French Connection William Friedkin
1972 The Godfather Francis Ford Coppola
1973 The Sting George Roy Hill
1974 The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola
1975 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Milos Forman
1976 Rocky John G Avildsen
1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen
1978 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton
1980 Ordinary People Robert Redford
1981 Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson
1982 Gandhi Richard Attenborough
1983 Terms of Endearment James L Brooks
1984 Amadeus Milos Forman
1985 Out of Africa Sydney Pollack
1986 Platoon Oliver Stone
1987 The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci
1988 Rain Man Barry Levinson
1989 Driving Miss Daisy Bruce Beresford
1990 Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme
1992 Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
1993 Schindler's List Steven Spielberg
1994 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis
1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson
1996 The English Patient Anthony Minghella
1997 Titanic James Cameron
1998 Shakespeare in Love John Madden
1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes
2000 Gladiator Ridley Scott
2001 A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard
2002 Chicago Rob Marshall
2003 The Lord of the Rings: TheReturn of the King Peter Jackson
2004 Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood
2005 Crash Paul Haggis
2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese
2007 No Country For Old Men Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
2009 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
2010 The King's Speech Tom Hooper

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