Interesting Facts

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in??????

Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its acronym
Ajax.

2. What is the expansion of YAHOO

Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle.

3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS
ADIDAS- Always Do I Dream About Sports

"ADIDAS" is All Day I Dream About Sports.

4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

Satellite Television Asian Region.

5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India".

6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?

A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a normal
dozen.

7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot-
India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

That match was abandoned after the ppl heard the news of indira gandhi
being killed..?

8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two
different countries?

Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different
countries one is our 's National anthem and another one is for
Bangladesh-(Amar Sonar Bangla).

9. From what four word ex-pression does the word `goodbye` derive?

Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.

10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.

11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th??

South Korea.

12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007???

'cause 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR, as it was known
during the cold war) ??

13. who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

Geoffrey Boycott.

14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from
international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe?

John Traicos.

15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham
Lincoln.

16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only
one country (other than Vatican)?

Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa.

17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed

Polo is not allowed to be played in Southpaw fashion.