GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 86

[magpie in the 80's]

1. How many voyages did Sinbad make?
7
2. What is the Chinese art of paper folding called?
ORIGAMI
3. Which American singer had a wooden heart?
ELVIS PRESLEY
4. How many cars lined up to win the 'Wacky Races'?
11
5. Who was the 16th president of the United States?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
6. What gas did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?
OXYGEN
7. Who wrote the Count of Monte Cristo?
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
8. What fluid surrounds an unborn baby?
AMNIOTIC
9. What nationality was the first woman to climb Everest?
JAPANESE
10. Who is M's Secretary?
MISS MONEYPENNY
11. What animal represents the zodiacal sign Capricorn?
GOAT
12. Which part of your body would you find Rods and Cones?
EYES
13. Which Carbon is used to date ancient objects?
CARBON 14
14. Who won the 1986 World Cup?
ARGENTINA
15. What year was Streptomycin discovered?
1943
16. What do you call somebody who sells cloth and cloth goods?
DRAPER
17. Who was the character Tom Cruise played in Movie Top Gun?
MAVERICK
18. Io is the satellite of which planet of our Solar System?
JUPITER
19. If you were born on the 6th of June, which sign of the zodiac are you?
GEMINI
20. What is the only Human bone that does not connect to any other?
HYOID
21. Which Golfer originated the Masters Tournament?
BOBBY JONES
22. Which City do Brummies come from?
BIRMINGHAM
23. What was the name of Charles Darwin's survey ship?
BEAGLE
24. Which City would you find the 'Arch of Hadrian'?
ATHENS
25. Who was the famous Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie?
HERCULE POIROT
26. How many Bits in a Byte
8
27. What metal must be present in an Amalgam?
MERCURY
28. Who was the painter famous for his Water Lilies?
MONET
29. Which character made 'The Ring' in J.R.R.Tolkein's books?
SAURON
30. Which actor played the lead role in the movie 'Little Big Man'?
DUSTIN HOFFMAN

[Interceptor]

12. Which part of your body would you find Rods and Cones? eyes
13. Which Carbon is used to date ancient objects? Carbon 14
18. Io is the satellite of which planet of our Solar System? Jupiter
26. How many Bits in a Byte 8
27. What metal must be present in an Amalgam? mercury?

[FattyLumpkin]

3. elvis
6 oxygen
8 amniotic
10. Moneypenny
17 Maverick
20. the one in the ear
22. birmingham (uk)
23 Beagle
28. That french chap - also did Les Nymphes - it'll come to me as soon as i hit submit!!

[FattyLumpkin]

1. 7 ?
25. hercules poirot
30. john wayne?

[JAS]

Q2 Origami
Q7 Alexander Dumas
Q11 Goat
Q16 Draper
Q19 Gemini

Regards
JAS

[Hazbeen]

28. Monet?

[magpie in the 80's]

28. Monet?

CORRECT HB

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 Origami
Q7 Alexander Dumas
Q11 Goat
Q16 Draper
Q19 Gemini

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1. 7 ?
25. hercules poirot
30. john wayne?.........INCORRECT

OTHER 2 CORRECT FL

[magpie in the 80's]

3. elvis
6 oxygen
8 amniotic
10. Moneypenny
17 Maverick
20. the one in the ear.............INCORRECT
22. birmingham (uk)
23 Beagle
28. That french chap - also did Les Nymphes - it'll come to me as soon as i hit submit!!....I'LL WAIT THEN

OTHERS CORRECT FL

[magpie in the 80's]

12. Which part of your body would you find Rods and Cones? eyes
13. Which Carbon is used to date ancient objects? Carbon 14
18. Io is the satellite of which planet of our Solar System? Jupiter
26. How many Bits in a Byte 8
27. What metal must be present in an Amalgam? mercury?

ALL CORRECT INTER

[FattyLumpkin]

4. Have to do this the hard way & with a lot of help....

In no partic order.

1. Boulder Mobile
2. Creepy Coupe
3. Prof Pat Pending
4. Peter Perfect
5. Penelope Pitstop
6. The red Baron ??
7. The Anthill Mob
8. Arkansas Chuggabug(?)
9. Dick Dastardly

a late entry: The Army tank guys

jump in with the others folks!

[FattyLumpkin]

14. '86 - was that the "hand of god" WC ?? Or was it Italy??

Heads it was - Argentina

[devilsadvocate]

Dammit FL!! beat me to it!

14. Argentina
20. Ribs
24. Athens

[magpie in the 80's]

14. '86 - was that the "hand of god" WC ?? Or was it Italy??

Heads it was - Argentina

correct fl

[magpie in the 80's]

Dammit FL!! beat me to it!

14. Argentina
20. Ribs............incorrect
24. Athens

other 2 correct DA

[magpie in the 80's]

4. Have to do this the hard way & with a lot of help....

In no partic order.

1. Boulder Mobile
2. Creepy Coupe
3. Prof Pat Pending
4. Peter Perfect
5. Penelope Pitstop
6. The red Baron ??....actually was called Red Max in the Crimson Haybailer
7. The Anthill Mob
8. Arkansas Chuggabug(?)
9. Dick Dastardly

a late entry: The Army tank guys.....actually called Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly in the Army Surplus Special 06 (the Surplus Six)

jump in with the others folks!

just the one missing folks

[magpie in the 80's]

still some questions to answer here quizzeres

[FattyLumpkin]

4. That would make it 11 then

who was the last?

[Footy Chick]

9. australian - if its the woman Im thinking of...