GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 139

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Name the only mammal capable of true flight.
THE BAT
2 Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 1974 and 1975?
THINK BIG
3 Painter-sculptor Pablo Picasso was born in Spain but lived in which country?
FRANCE
4 The alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo comes from which Australian city?
PERTH
5 What is the name of the first stomach of a cow?
RUMEN
6 Mt Meharry is the highest peak in which Australian state?
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
7 In Greek legend, who was the lover of Leander?
HERO
8 According to a popular adage, you need to spend money to make what?
MONEY
9 Curricula is a plural of which word?
CURRICULUM
10 What is the monetary unit of South Korea?
THE WON
11 In which US city is the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund?
WASHINGTON
12 Which city hosted the first Olympic Games in the southern hemisphere?
MELBOURNE 1956
13 What is blennophobia?
FEAR OF SLIME
14 Who played the title role in the 1972 film The Candidate?
ROBERT REDFORD
15 Who is known as the father of medicine?
HIPPOCRATES
16 What are the Roman numerals for 11?
XI
17 What was the real first name of "Potsie" Weber (Anson Williams) in the television situation comedy series Happy Days?
WARREN
18 Ag is the chemical symbol for which element?
SILVER
19 Staccato, ball, forked and anvil are all types of what?
LIGHTNING
20 Who is the host of the Australian television game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation?
SHAUN MICALLEF
21 Who wrote the book The Graduate on which the 1967 film of the same name was based?
CHARLES WEBB
22 Initially promoted as a nerve and brain tonic, what did John Pemberton invent in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1886?
COCO COLA
23 In which year was the Sydney-Hobart yacht race first contested?
1945
24 Who won MasterChef Australia on July 25?
ADAM LIAW
25 Who wrote the play Look Back in Anger?
JOHN OSBORNE
26 What is the name of the god of thunder in Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold?
DONNER
27 Who is the coach of AFL team Fremantle?
MARK HARVEY
28 What is the French word for "brother"?
FRERE
29 Name the first planet discovered with a telescope.
URANUS
30 Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostate glands - true or false?
TRUE
31 Name the worker ant voiced by Jennifer Lopez in the 1998 animated film Antz.
AZTECA
32 What is the capital of Pakistan?
ISLAMABAD
33 The headquarters of vehicle manufacturer Toyota is in which country?
JAPAN
34 How many syllables are in the word "syllable"?
3
35 In which ocean are the Galapagos Islands?
PACIFIC OCEAN
36 Who played J.R. Ewing in the television series Dallas?
LARRY HAGMAN
37 What does uxorious mean?
FOOLISHLY FOND OF ONE'S WIFE
38 Who is the Prime Minister of Canada?
STEPHEN HARPER
39 What is a minbar?
THE HIGH PULPIT IN A MOSQUE
40 Which US film star was nicknamed the Sweater Girl?
LANA TURNER
41 Which diminutive US actor was born Joe Yule Jr in 1920?
MICKEY ROONEY
42 The port city of Alexandria is in which African country?
EGYPT
43 Which Australian city staged the Commonwealth Games (then the British Empire and Commonwealth Games) in 1962?
PERTH
44 On which island is the Japanese capital of Tokyo?
HONSHU
45 What is the number of the dreaded room in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell?
ROOM 101
46 How old is Queensland teenager Jessica Watson, the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world?
17
47 Which English poet-playwright coined the expression "bated breath"?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
48 What does the expression "lose one's marbles" mean?
TO GO CRAZY OR MAD
49 What is a taraire - a prickly herb with yellow flowers, a large New Zealand forest tree or a type of deer?
A LARGE NEW ZEALAND FOREST TREE
50 What is the profession of Sydney Carton in the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
LAWYER

[Footy Chick]

2 Think Big
8 Money
9 Curriculum
16 XI
17 Warren?
22 Coca Cola?
27 Mark Harvey
33 Japan
34 3
39 the fridge in your hotel room that full of overpriced alcohol
46 17
48 Go crazy

[FlyingHigh]

12/ Melbourne
20/ Sean McCallef
30/ True

[fish]

15 - Hypocrates

[FattyLumpkin]

4 Perth
18 silver
43 Perth

[Dirko]

1 Bats
10 Won

[NokturnL OdysseY]

26 - Donner

[Trader]

24. Adam
29. Uranus
31. Aztec
37. You love to your wife to the point that your mates would call you whipped.

[magpie in the 80's]

2 Think Big
8 Money
9 Curriculum
16 XI
17 Warren?
22 Coca Cola?
27 Mark Harvey
33 Japan
34 3
39 the fridge in your hotel room that full of overpriced alcohol
46 17
48 Go crazy

OTHERS CORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

12/ Melbourne
20/ Sean McCallef
30/ True

[magpie in the 80's]

15 - Hypocrates

[magpie in the 80's]

4 Perth
18 silver
43 Perth

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Bats
10 Won

[magpie in the 80's]

26 - Donner

[magpie in the 80's]

24. Adam
29. Uranus
31. Aztec
37. You love to your wife to the point that your mates would call you whipped.

[fish]

42 - Egypt

[Dogwatcher]

3) France
6) WA
19) lightning

[Dogwatcher]

25) John Osborne
28) frere

[Dogwatcher]

32) Islamabad
36) Larry Hagman

[Dogwatcher]

40) Lana Turner
41) Mickey Rooney
42) Egypt