General Knowledge Question and Answer-26-08-2014

General Knowledge Question and Answer-26-08-2014

Questions:

1. Which south African black Leader was released in 1989 after 26 years in prison?
2. What signal does a flag relay when it is flown upside down?
3. Why is the 'Spectacled bear' of south America so named?
4. What was the population of the entire Mongol nation that conquered all of northern Asia and china in the thirteenth century?
5. How far can a skunk spray its bitter smiling mist?
6. What is the Asian part of Turkey known as?
7. What are mermaids purses found on the beach?
8. Which nuclear disaster took place in 1986 in the erstwhile USSR?
9. Which compound's name originated from a gum taken from plants growing near the temple of ammon ?
10. Which City of water is built on thirteen islands?

Answers:

1. Nelson Mandela.
2. Distress signal.
3. It has Whitish circles around the eyes.
4. About one million people.
5.  Ten Feet.
6. Anatolia or Asia Minor.
7. Egg cases of dogfish.
8. The Chernobyl Disaster.
9. Ammonia (Greek ammoniakon).
10. Stockholm.