GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 111

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What is a sous-chef?
HEAD CHEFS SECOND IN CHARGE
2 Which building opened in Sydney in 1973, 10 years late and 1400 per cent over budget?
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
3 Which AFL player was named “Crow of the Decade’” in July, 2000?
MARK RICCIUTO
4 What does the expression “lead up the garden path” mean?
TO MISLEAD
5 What is a moko?
A MAORI FACIAL OR BODY TATTOO
6 Who plays Dame Edna Everage?
BARRY HUMPHRIES
7 Who hosted the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this year?
HUGH JACKMAN
8 The Maritime Provinces are part of which North American country?
CANADA
9 Who recorded I Will Follow Him in 1963?
LITTLE PEGGY MARCH
10 In a mosque, what is the minbar?
THE HIGH PULPIT
11 What is a demitasse?
A SMALL CUP FOR SEVING BLACK COFFEE
12 In which year was the word “cocktail’” invented - 1706, 1806 or 1906?
1806
13 Which English romantic poet lived from 1795 to 1821?
JOHN KEATS
14 The Northern Territory was part of which state until 1911?
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
15 What is a hissy fit?
TANTRUM
16 Into which sea does the River Rhone flow?
MEDTERRANEAN
17 Whose first novel was Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History?
JOHN STEINBECKS
18 The artificial island Palm Jumeira is a development of which Persian Gulf city?
DUBAI
19 Wither Hills wines come from which country?
NEW ZEALAND
20 What covers more than two-thirds of the world’s surface?
WATER
21 What colour were U.S. actor Marilyn Monroe’s eyes?
BLUE
22 Who plays Ted Taylor in the Australian television series Packed To the Rafters?
MICHAEL CATON
23 What is America’s Mile High City?
DENVER
24 What does pulchritudinous mean?
BEAUTIFUL
25 Iceland permits hunters to take how many reindeer a year - 30, 300 or 3000?
300
26 What colour is the second O in the Google logo?
YELLOW
27 Which soft drink was created by John Pemberton in the U.S. in 1886?
COCA COLA
28 ORF is the public broadcaster in which European country?
AUSTRIA
29 What is the national flower of the U.S.?
THE ROSE
30 What does the musical direction fortissimo mean?
VERY LOUDLY
31 What is the Land of the Long White Cloud?
NEW ZEALAND
32 Which make of car is advertised as “The Power of Dreams?”
HONDA
34 In the film The Wrestler, what is the nickname of Randy Robinson (Mickey Rourke)?
THE RAM
35. The jacaranda is a deciduous tree - true or false?
TRUE
36 What is cerography?
THE ART OF ENGRAVING ON WAX
37 What is advertised as Australia’s “island of inspiration”?
TASMANIA
38 What sport did John Raper play?
RUGBY LEAGUE
39. Which Australian Test cricketer is nicknamed “Pup”?
MICHAEL CATON
40 What does the expression “put the cat among the pigeons” mean?
TO CAUSE A DISTURBANCE
41 In skiing, what is a mogul?
A MOUND ON A SKI RUN
42 Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of which country?
CANADA
43 Foci is a plural of which word?
FOCUS
44 What is a zorb - one of a series of holes or channels in the lower structure of a ship which allows liquids to flow to the pumps, a giant transparent plastic ball into which riders climb to roll downhill, or a golf club with a short head?
A GIANT TRANSPARENT BALL
45 Who is the UN Secretary-General?
BAN KI-MOON
46 In which European city does the International Criminal Court sit?
THE HAGUE
47 Who was the inaugural winner of the Australian version of So You Think You Can Dance on Channel 10 in 2008?
JACK CHAMBERS
48 The Prix Goncourt is an annual literary award in which country?
FRANCE
49 Who won the 1992 Brownlow Medal?
SCOTT WYND
50 Flying Pigeon is a brand of what in China?
BICYCLE

[Hazbeen]

1. Second in charge
2. Opera House
6. Barry Humphries
14. SA
20. Water
22. Michael Caton
31. NZ
38. Rugby League
39. Michael Clarke
46. the Hague

[old moz]

9--peggy march
23---denver
27--coke [ coca-cola ]

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Second in charge
2. Opera House
6. Barry Humphries
14. SA
20. Water
22. Michael Caton
31. NZ
38. Rugby League
39. Michael Clarke
46. the Hague

CORRECT HB

[magpie in the 80's]

9--peggy march
23---denver
27--coke [ coca-cola ]

CORRECT OM

[godoubleblues]

Q26 - yellow

[magpie in the 80's]

Q26 - yellow

GDB

[FlyingHigh]

3/ Mark Riccutio
33/ Honda
40/ Do something to upset the expected situation
43/ Focus
49/ Scott Wynd

[Footy Chick]

3 Roo?
4 to mislead
7 Hugh Jackman?
15 Tantrum
21 Brown
30 Very strong
37 Tassie
49 Scott Wynd?

[magpie in the 80's]

3/ Mark Riccutio
32/ Honda
40/ Do something to upset the expected situation
43/ Focus
49/ Scott Wynd

FH

[magpie in the 80's]

3 Roo?
4 to mislead
7 Hugh Jackman?
15 Tantrum
21 Brown
30 Very strong
37 Tassie
49 Scott Wynd?

ALL OTHERS CORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What is a sous-chef?
HEAD CHEFS SECOND IN CHARGE
2 Which building opened in Sydney in 1973, 10 years late and 1400 per cent over budget?
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
3 Which AFL player was named “Crow of the Decade’” in July, 2000?
MARK RICCIUTO
4 What does the expression “lead up the garden path” mean?
TO MISLEAD
5 What is a moko?
A MAORI FACIAL OR BODY TATTOO
6 Who plays Dame Edna Everage?
BARRY HUMPHRIES
7 Who hosted the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this year?
HUGH JACKMAN
8 The Maritime Provinces are part of which North American country?
CANADA
9 Who recorded I Will Follow Him in 1963?
LITTLE PEGGY MARCH
10 In a mosque, what is the minbar?
THE HIGH PULPIT
11 What is a demitasse?
A SMALL CUP FOR SEVING BLACK COFFEE
12 In which year was the word “cocktail’” invented - 1706, 1806 or 1906?
1806
13 Which English romantic poet lived from 1795 to 1821?
JOHN KEATS
14 The Northern Territory was part of which state until 1911?
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
15 What is a hissy fit?
TANTRUM
16 Into which sea does the River Rhone flow?
MEDTERRANEAN
17 Whose first novel was Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History?
JOHN STEINBECKS
18 The artificial island Palm Jumeira is a development of which Persian Gulf city?
DUBAI
19 Wither Hills wines come from which country?
NEW ZEALAND
20 What covers more than two-thirds of the world’s surface?
WATER
21 What colour were U.S. actor Marilyn Monroe’s eyes?
BLUE
22 Who plays Ted Taylor in the Australian television series Packed To the Rafters?
MICHAEL CATON
23 What is America’s Mile High City?
DENVER
24 What does pulchritudinous mean?
BEAUTIFUL
25 Iceland permits hunters to take how many reindeer a year - 30, 300 or 3000?
300
26 What colour is the second O in the Google logo?
YELLOW
27 Which soft drink was created by John Pemberton in the U.S. in 1886?
COCA COLA
28 ORF is the public broadcaster in which European country?
AUSTRIA
29 What is the national flower of the U.S.?
THE ROSE
30 What does the musical direction fortissimo mean?
VERY LOUDLY
31 What is the Land of the Long White Cloud?
NEW ZEALAND
32 Which make of car is advertised as “The Power of Dreams?”
HONDA
34 In the film The Wrestler, what is the nickname of Randy Robinson (Mickey Rourke)?
THE RAM
35. The jacaranda is a deciduous tree - true or false?
TRUE
36 What is cerography?
THE ART OF ENGRAVING ON WAX
37 What is advertised as Australia’s “island of inspiration”?
TASMANIA
38 What sport did John Raper play?
RUGBY LEAGUE
39. Which Australian Test cricketer is nicknamed “Pup”?
MICHAEL CATON
40 What does the expression “put the cat among the pigeons” mean?
TO CAUSE A DISTURBANCE
41 In skiing, what is a mogul?
A MOUND ON A SKI RUN
42 Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of which country?
CANADA
43 Foci is a plural of which word?
FOCUS
44 What is a zorb - one of a series of holes or channels in the lower structure of a ship which allows liquids to flow to the pumps, a giant transparent plastic ball into which riders climb to roll downhill, or a golf club with a short head?
A GIANT TRANSPARENT BALL
45 Who is the UN Secretary-General?
BAN KI-MOON
46 In which European city does the International Criminal Court sit?
THE HAGUE
47 Who was the inaugural winner of the Australian version of So You Think You Can Dance on Channel 10 in 2008?
JACK CHAMBERS
48 The Prix Goncourt is an annual literary award in which country?
FRANCE
49 Who won the 1992 Brownlow Medal?
SCOTT WYND
50 Flying Pigeon is a brand of what in China?
BICYCLE

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

END OF QUIZ