GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 27

[magpie in the 80's]

Admit to looking these up

Q11 Now Poland but was part of Russia when he was born.
Q15 Should have stuck to cars...Charles Rolls

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JAS

BOTH CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. What were the first names of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the novel 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson? HENRY AND EDWARD
Q2. An auction in which the price is lowered by stages until a buyer is found is called a ______ auction? DUTCH
Q3. Which is the only city in the world to lie in two continents? ISTANBUL
Q4. What was the name of the Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth and water? EMPEDOCLES
Q5. What was the nationality of wax modeller Madame Marie Tussaud who was born Marie Grosholtz? FRENCH
Q6. 'Infectious mononucleosis' is an acute infectious disease characterized by fever, sore throat, swollen and painful lymph nodes and abnormal lymphocytes in the blood. How is it better known? GLANDULAR FEVER
Q7. What do you call a match of three games of 'bridge' or 'whist'? A RUBBER
Q8. Whose plays were divided into four groups: historical, comedies, tragedies and romances? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Q9. What was the real name of Jesse Owens the US black athlete and winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: James_____ Owens? CLEVELAND
Q10. In the 'Arabian Nights' what was the job of Ali Baba? WOODCUTTER
Q11. What was the nationality of Dr. Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof who invented the international language of Esperanto? POLISH
Q12. Name the ancient capital of the Inca empire from 1200 until it fell to the Spanish in 1533? CUZCO
Q13. What was the real first name of US Jazz and Blues pianist Fats Waller? THOMAS
Q14. Which English author wrote the novel 'A High Wind in Jamaica (1929)? RICHARD HUGHES
Q15. Who was the first to fly nonstop across the English Channel and back in 1910, dying shortly afterwards in an aircrash near Bournemouth.? CHARLES STEWART ROLLS
Q16. The island of 'Sado' is located near to which country? JAPAN
Q17. Which fruit derives its name from the Greek meaning 'finger'? DATE
Q18. Which is the longest river in the Russian Federation? LENA
Q19. What is the name of the tree native to Central America which has red and yellow feathery flowers and feathery-like leaves whose leaflets close at the approach of rain? RAINTREE
Q20. A kimono is a long-sleeved wrap around robe tied with a broad sash. What does 'kimono' mean? CLOTHING
Q21. Gambrinus is the legendary Flemish king who was said to have invented _________ ? BEER
Q22. What is Japan's national team sport? BASEBALL
Q23. How did Pierre Curie, the French physicist who worked with his wife Marie on radioactivity, die in Paris? RUN OVER AND KILLED BY A CAR
Q24. Which painter was a favourite of Queen Victoria and was friendly with the novelists Charles Dickens (1812-70) and William Thackeray (1811-63)? SIR EDWIN LANDSEER
Q25. Howard Robard Hughes was a US multimillionaire recluse who built aircraft, produced movies such as 'Hell's Angels' (1930) and designed Jane Russell's bra. How many of his final years did he spend a total recluse? 10 YEARS

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

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