First Pakistani to win Pulitzer Prize? Adrees Latif
Pulitzer Prize founded in? 1917
The Parliament of Pakistan: A History of Institution-Building and (Un)Democratic Practices author? Mahboob Hussain
Zambia was formerly called? Northern Rhodesia
Supreme Court building in Islamabad designed by? Japanese architect (Kenzo Tange)
Player who played cricket for both India and Pakistan? Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Arachnophobia is fear of? Spiders
Country with no words in national anthem? Spain
Country with longest national anthem? Greece (also Uruguay — by duration; Greece by number of verses)
Country with shortest national anthem? Japan
Country with no national anthem? Cyprus (uses Greek and Turkish anthems instead)
Countries with two national anthems? New Zealand and Denmark
Atlas Mountains are in? Morocco (also Algeria and Tunisia)
Women first competed in Olympic Games in? 1900
First commercial cellphone service started in 1984 in? Chicago (USA)
Train to Pakistan author? Khushwant Singh
North Korea first tested nuclear weapons in? 2006
Shahid Beheshti Port is in? Iran
OPCW deals with? Chemical weapons
Ufa is a city in? Russia
Article 51 of UN Charter deals with? Right to self-defence
City named Shahjahanabad? Delhi
Modern globalization origins credited to? Bretton Woods Conference
Isthmus is? Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
Duckworth–Lewis method introduced after 1992 Cricket World Cup by? Both A & B (Frank Duckworth & Tony Lewis)
Keeping of birds is called? Aviculture
First cloned animal? Sheep (Dolly)
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is in? Delhi
World’s 5th largest country (by area)? Brazil
“The Desert Fox” was? Gen. Erwin Rommel
Bo-Kaap is a historic area in? South Africa
Number of NATO members? 30 (as of 2020; now 32 in 2024)
Vincent van Gogh was a? Painter
Chop shot in table tennis is? Backhand
Stick used to hit golf ball? Club
Bathsheba Beach is in? Barbados
Continent known as the Dark Continent? Africa
First Secretary-General of Pakistan? Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
Smallest republic in the world? Nauru
Father of Slave dynasty? Qutb al-Din Aibak
Spratly Islands are disputed between China and? All of these (Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan)
“Folketing” is parliament of? Denmark
Canton is a city in? China (modern name: Guangzhou)
Benghazi is a city in? Libya
A Farewell to Arms author? Ernest Hemingway
KGB was the national security agency of? Soviet Union
Chronometer measures? Time
Who discovered the heliocentric solar system? Nicolaus Copernicus
Capital of Tajikistan? Dushanbe
Old name of squash? Rackets
Hantavirus transmitted how? All of the above
Animals spreading hantavirus? All of the above (rodents, especially deer mice)
Higher risk of severe COVID-19? II and III (60+ years old; underlying medical conditions)
First European to land on Indian subcontinent? Vasco da Gama
Capital of Cyprus? Nicosia
Capital of Comoros? Moroni