Which of these was an independent monarchy ???

  This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Question 

Which of these US states was formerly an independent monarchy  ??

1.  New Jersey 

2. Hawaii 

3.  Alaska 

4.  California 

Answer 

When this question appeared on TV screen, contestant had already eliminated New Jersey and California as they are already inside USA.

But HAWAII and ALASKA  are not  !!!

They are outside USA as we see on world map  .

But he didn't know the correct answer between two.

He opted for lifeline   50 - 50.

There were Hawaii and California left.....

Then he chose Hawaii and it was correct.....

HAWAII was the kingdom of Hawaii, independent monarchy from 1795 to 1893.

In 1898, USA annexed it.

It became 50 th United State in 1959.

What seperates US and Russia ??

 This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

 Question 

Which of these seperates Russia from US ??

1.  Drake passage 

2.  Ligurian sea

3.   Bering Strait 

4.  Lake Volta

Answer 

By hearing the question, I thought US is far west and Russia is far east.

How they could be near ??

Then I realised Earth is round .....

I was talking about US and Russia as  we see in world Atlas.

But in reality, both US and Russia are quite near   !!!

US and Russia are seperated by 

          BERING STRAIT  

Its a small sea channel between 

       Alaska, USA on east side

      Chukotka, Russia  on west side.

Its only 82 km wide in its narrowest point  !!!

So, technically US and Russia are only 4km apart   !!!!

But there is a 21 hour time difference between them.

From which letter, more countries in the world exist ??

  This question I came across when ai was browsing internet.

Question 

Starting with which letter, countries are more in the world  ???

Answer 

Countries starting with 's' are more in number. 

There are totally 26 countries starting with 's'   -------

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and Grenadines 

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe 

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles 

Sierra Leona 

Singapore 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa 

South Korea 

South Sudan 

Spain

Sri Lanka

Suriname 

Sudan 

Swaziland 

Sweden

Switzerland 

Syria

Which country ??

 This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Question 

In which country, UN memorial cemetery is located  ??

1.  Vietnam 

2.  South Korea

3.  Lebanon 

4.  Democratic Republic of Congo 

Answer 

Correct answer   SOUTH KOREA  !!!

UN cemetery is in Busan ,  South Korea.

It was made in 1951 for soldiers who died in Korean war between 1950 and 1953.

About 2,300 soldiers from 11 countries are buried here  !!!

Countries with highest number of vegetarians

  Here are the top vegetarian countries   ----

1.   India

                    38% of population are vegetarians 

2.  Mexico 

                   19%  of population are vegetarians.

3.  Brazil 

                  14% of population are vegetarians 

4.  Israel 

                   13% of population are vegetarians 

5.  Taiwan 

                   12%  of population are vegetarians 

6.   Australia 

                  12%  of population are vegetarians 

7.  Argentina 

                     12%  of population are vegetarians