Sobriquets; Nick names of Various places in the World

Sobriquet 'Sobriquet' is a French word means 'Nick Name', which is used in place of real name (as it is very popular) with out the need of explanation.Sobriquets are found in music, sports and politics.Some people use 'Soubriquet' instead of 'Sobriquet'. The modern French spelling is Sobriquet.Sobriquets of various Places in the World are given below. 1. Gift of Nile- Egypt 2. Lady of Snow- Canada 3. Land of Rising Sun- Japan 4. Land of Midnight Sun- Norway 5. Land of Morning Calm- Korea 6. Land of White Elephants- Thailand 7. Land of Thousand Lakes- Finland 8. Land of Thunderbolt- Bhutan 9. Land of Eternal Summer-Quito 10. Land of Golden Fleece- Australia 11. Land of Kangaroo- Australia 12. Land of Pyramids- Egypt 13. Land of Rainbow- Hawaii (U.S) 14. Land of Seven Seas- Arabia 15. Land of Maple Leaf- Canada 16. Land of Marbles- Italy 17. Land of Lilies- Canada 18. Land of Cakes- Scotland 19. Land of Humming Bird- Trinidad 20. Land of Golden Pagoda- Myanmar (Burma) 21. Land of Windmills- Netherlands 22. Land of the Canals- Netherlands 23. Land of Long White Cloud- New Zealand 24. Athens of the North- Edinburgh 25. Britain of South- New Zealand 26. Chocolate City- Washington D.C 27. City of Light- Paris 28. City of Dreaming Spires- Oxford 29. City of Golden Gate- Sanfrancisco, U.S.A 30. City of Brotherly Love- Philadelphia 31. City of Magnificent Buildings- Japan 32. Bayou City- Houston, Texas, USA 33. Quaker City- Philadelphia 34. City of Seven Hills- Rome 35. Sin City- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 36. White City- Belgrade 37. Empire City- New York 38. Forbidden City- Lhasa (Tibet)

39. Garden City- Chicago 40. Magic City- Miami, Florida 41. Garden of England- Kent, England 42. Granite City- Aberdeen, Scotland 43. Steel City- Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania 44. Saw Mill of Europe- Swedan 45. The Rock- Alcatraz Prison 46. The Smoke- London 47. The Twin Cities- Saint Paul and Minneapolis 48. The Windy City- Chicago 49. The Federal City- Washington DC 50. The Eternal City- Rome 51. The Britain of South- New Zealand 52. Cockpit of Europe- Belgium 53. Dragon Kingdom- Bhutan 54. Dark Continent- Africa 55. God's Own County- Yorkshire 56. Grand Old Party- Republican Party (U.S) 57. Great white way- Broadway, New York 58. Hogtown- Toronto 59. Holy Land- Palestine 60. Kashmir of Europe Switzerland 61. Paradise on the Earth- Seychelles 62. Pearl of the Danube- Budapest, Hungary 63. Perfidious Albion- Great Britain 64. Pillars of Hercules- Strait of Gibraltar 65. Post Box of the East Srilanka 66. The City by the Bay- San Francisco, California 67. The City of Magnificent Distances- Washington D.C 68. The City of Medicine- Durham, North Carolina 69. The City of Sky-scrapers- New York 70. The Herring Pond- Atlantic Ocean 71. The Island of Cloves- Zanzibar 72. The Isle of Spring- Jamaica 73. The Manchester of Japan- Osaka 74. The white man's grave- Guinea Coast 75. The World's loneliest Island- Tristan da Cunha 76. The Enchanted Island- Puerto Rico 77. The Emerald City- Seattle, Washington, USA 78. The Emerald Island- Ireland 79. The Gateway of Tears- Bab el Mendab 80. The key of Mediterranean- Gibralter 81. The key of the Pacific- Singapore 82. The port of five seas- Moscow 83. The queen of the Adriatic- Venice 84. The Manchester of Japan- Osaka 85. The Medical City of the World Viyanna

86. The mother-in-law of Europe- Denmark 87. The garden of England- Kent 88. The Great White North- Canada 89. The Hermit Kingdom- Korea 90. The Home of Cricket- Lord's Cricket Ground 91. The Island of Pearls- Beharin 92. The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street- The Bank of England 93. The Paris of the West- San Francisco (U.S.A) 94. The play ground of Europe- Switzerland 95. The sea of Mountains- British Columbia 96. The Sick man of Europe- Turkey 97. Power key of Europe- Balkans 98. Pearl of the Antilles- Cuba 99. Roof of the World- Pamirs (Central Asia) 100. Sugar bowl of the World- Cuba 101. Sorrow of China- Huang Ho river 102. Yellow River- Huang Ho 103. Venice of the North- Stockholm 104. World's Bread Basket- Prairies of North America

General Knowledge; The largest and smallest, fastest and slowest, highest and deepest in the World
Fastest Animal in the World- Cheetah Tallest animal in the World- Giraffe Largest Archipelago in the World- Indonesia Largets Bay in the World- The Bay of Bengal (1,300,000 square miles) Fastest bird in the World- Swift Largest Bird in the World- Ostrich Smallest Bird in the World- Humming Bird Largest sea bird in the World- Albatross Tallest Building in the World- Burj Khalifa, Dubai (U.A.E) Longest Bridge (Railway) in the World- Huey P.Long Bridge, Louisiana (U.S.A.) Tallest Fountain in the World - Fountain Hills, Arizona Largest Gulf in the World - Gulf of Mexico Longest Irrigation Canal in the World- The Kalakumsky Canal Longest Canal in the World- Suez Canal Highest Capital in the World- La Paz (Bolivia) Biggest City in area in the World- Mount Isa (Australia) Largest Populated City in the World- Tokyo World's Costliest City- Tokyo Highest City in the World- Van Chuan (China) Largest Continent- Asia (17,212,2000 square miles) Smallest Continent- Australia (312,2000 square miles) Longest Corridor in the World- Rameshwaram Temple (India) Biggest Country in the World- Russia

Smallest Country in the World- Vatican City Largest Creature- Blue Whale Country with largest population- China Largest Democracy in the World - India Longest Day - June 21 Shortest Day - December 22 Largest Delta in the World- Sunderban (Bangladesh and India) Largest Desert in the World- Sahara (Africa) Largest Desert in Asia- Gobi Largest Desert in India- Thar Highest Dam in the World- Hoover Dam (U.S.A.) Largest Dam in the World- Grand Coulee Dam (U.S.A.) Longest River Dam in the World- Hirakud Dam, India Largest Diamond in the World- The Cullinan The World's Highest Gravity Dam- Rogunskaya (Tadzhikistan) Fastest Dog in the World- Persian greyhound Largest Dome in the World- Astrodome,Situated in Housten (U.S.A.) Largest Epic in the World- Mahabharata Biggest Flower in the World- Rafflesia (Java) Lightest Gas - Hydrogen Largest Island in the World- Greenland (839,999 square miles) Largest Sea in the World- Mediterranean Sea (1,144,800 square miles) Larget Lagoon in the World- Lagoa dos Patos (Brazil) Deepest Lake in the World- Baikal (Siberia-5,315 feet) Largest Artificial Lake - Lake Mead (Boulder Dam) Highest Lake in the World- Titicaca (Bolivia) Largest Fresh Water Lake in the World- Superior (US-Canada, 31,820 square miles) Largest Salt water Lake in the World- Caspian Lowest Lake in the World- The Dead Sea (Israel-Jordan) Largest Library in the World- United States Library of Congress (Washington D.C.) Lightest Metal in the World - Lithium Tallest Minaret in the World - Qutub Minar, Delhi (India) Highest Mountain Peak in the World- Everest (Nepal,8850 meter ) Highest Mountain Range inthe World- Himalayas Longest Mountain Range in the World- Andes (South America-5,000 miles) Largest Museum in the World- British Museum, London Deepest Ocean in the World - Pacific Ocean (Average depth 13,215 feet) Largest Ocean in the World- Pacific Ocean (60,060,700 square miles) Smallest Ocean in the World- (Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles) Biggest Palace in the World- Vatican (Italy) Largest Palace in the World - Imperial Palace (China) Biggest Park in the World- Yellow Stone National Park (U.S.A.) Largest Park in the World- Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada) Largest Peninsula in the World- Arabia (1,250,000 square miles) Coldest Place in the World- Verkhoyansk (Siberia) Driest Place in the World- Iqique (In Atacama Desert, Chile)

Hottest Place in the World- Azizia (Libya, Africa) Rainiest Place in the World- Mausinram (near Cherapunji, Meghalaya, India) Biggest Planet in the World- Jupiter Brightest Planet in the World- Venus Smallest Planet in the World- Mercury Highest Plateau in the World- Pamir (Tibet) Longest Platform in the World- Kharagpur, W. Bengal (India) Largest Platform in the World- Grand Central Terminal, (Ely. Station)New York (USA) Longest Railway in the World- Trans-Siberian railway Largest Railway Station in the World- Grand Central Terminal, Chicago (U.S.A.) Longest River in the World- Nile (Africa-6,825 km) Largest River in the World- Amazon (South America- Basin of 2,500,000 square miles) Shortest River in the World- The Roe (Montana, US) Largest Sea-bird in the World- Albatross Brightest Star - Sirius Tallest Statue in the World- Statue of the Motherland, Volgagrad (Russia) Biggest Telescope in the World - Mt. Palomar (USA) Largest Temple in the World - Angkorwat in Kampuchea Largest Telescope Radio in the World- New Mexico (U.S.A.) Longest Railway Tunnel in the World- Tanna (Japan) Longest Road Tunnel in the World- Mont Blanc Tunnel (Between France and Italy) Deepest Underwater Trench in the World- Marina Trench, southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, 36,198 feet below ocean surface) Highest Volcano in the World- Ojos Del Salado (Andes, Ecuador) Largest Volcano in the World- Manuna Lea (Hawai) Most Active Volcano in the World- Maunaloa (Hawaii - U.S.A.) Longest Wall in the World- Great Wall of China Highest Waterfall in the World- Angel (Venezuela-3,212 feet high) Widest Waterfall in the World - Khone Falls (Laos) World's lowest Water Body- Dead Sea Largest Zoo in the World- Kruger National Park (South Africa)

GK; Selected 50 questions with answers

1."swaraj is my birthright", Who said it? Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2.Who was the founder of 'Young India',weekly journel? Gandhiji (1919) 3.Who is the father of Modern medicine? Hippocrates 4.Father of modern chemistry? Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier 5.Who is the founder of homeopathy? Samuel Hahnemann 6.Which gas is known as laughing gas?

Nitrous oxide 7.who invented gravity? Sir Isaac Newton 8.What is the most common blood group? O positive 9.What is the Least Common blood group? AB negative 10.who is known as the "father of modern genetics"? Gregor Mendel 11.who is known as the "father of Biology"? Aristotle 12.Which is the largest gland in human body? Liver 13.Which is the acid present in vinegar? Acetic acid 14.Which is the lightest metal in the periodic table? Lithium 15.Who was the First Indian Scientist to Win Nobel Prize? C.V.Raman 16.The disease associated with deficiency of vitamin c Scurvy 17.What acid is present in lemons? Citric acid 18.What is the chemical name of marble? Calcium carbonate 19.Solar energy is the energy from? Sun 20.The study of plants is called? Botany 21.Which unit used to measure the flow of electricity? Ampere (A) 22.Which unit used to measure electrical power Watt (W) 23.Which unit used to measure energy? Joules (J) 24.Who discovered plant has life? Jagadish Chandra Bose 25.Vitamin soluble in water? Vitamin C 26.The deapth of sea is measured by Sonar 27.Which equipment is used to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy? Dynamo (Generator) 28.Hetatitis affect which partorgan) of the human body? Liver 29.Who discovered the Sun is the center of Solar system?

Copernicus 30. "Eureka...Eureka"- Who said it? Archimedes 31.The gas commonly used in home refrigerator for cooling purpose is? Amonia 32.The metal which is used as bulb filament is? Tanguston 33.'Leelawati' is a book related to? Mathematics 34.Who is the father of White revolution in India? Dr Verghese Kurien 35.Who is the father of Green revolution in India? M.S. Swaminathan 36.The period of the first Five Year Plan in India? 1951-1956 37.Which is the biggest flower in the World? Rafflesia 38.Statue of Liberty is situated in? USA 39.Which is the tallest grass in the World? Bamboo 40.Which is the largest animal in the World? Giraffe 41.Which is the longest bone in humanbody? Femur 42.Which scale is used to measure the hardness of minerals? Mohs 43.Which blood group is universal donor? O 44.The unit which is used to measure the intensity of Sound? Decibel 45.Which is the national animal of India? Tiger 46.What is the national tree of India? Banyan Tree 47.What is the national fruit of India? Mango 47.The largest sea animal is? Blue Whale 49.Which is the smallest bird? Humming Bird 50.Which is the largest bird? Ostrich