GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 36

[magpie in the 80's]

8 questions to answer

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. In cooking, what is bernaise? A TYPE OF SAUCE
Q2. Who was the only President of the U.S. who remained a bachelor? JAMES BUCHANAN
Q3. Which of the following colors is not represented as a 'Room' in the White House?
A) The Red Room B) The Rose Room C) The Blue Room D) The Green Room
Q4. What does the 'P.T.' stand for in famous showman P.T. Barnum's name? PHINEAS TAYLOR
Q5. Banquo and Fleance were characters in which Shakespearean tragedy? MACBETH
Q6. Benjamin Franklin titled his collection of famous proverbs and sayings as what? RICHARDS
Q7. The inventor John Logie Baird hailed from which country? SCOTLAND
Q8. What is the name of William Faulkner's fictional county that is prevalent in many of his works? YOKNAPATAWPHA
Q9. What was the name of the river in Italy that Julius Caesar crossed in 49 B.C., which caused the citizens of Rome to fear that he was going to attack and impose his dictatorship after his conquest of Gaul? THE RUBICON
Q10. What was the name of the old, wise cat in the musical 'Cats' (adapted from a poem by T.S. Eliot)? OLD DEVTERONOMY
Q11. Who are 'dead' in contemporary English playwright Tom Stoppard's famous 1966 play? ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN
Q12. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, what is the longest duration time that someone has kept a Lifesaver mouth in his or her mouth before it dissolved (not kidding!)? A LITTLR OVER 4 HOURS
Q13. What is a cygnet? A YOUNG SWAN
Q14. Uriah Heep is a rather creepy character in which Charles Dickens novel? DAVID COPPERFIELD
Q15. What is Bill Gates' wife's first name? MELINDA
Q16. Everyone knows that the bald eagle is the national bird of the U.S. But before anyone suggested the eagle, which bird did Benjamin Franklin propose as the national bird and symbol of the USA? THE WILD TURKEY
Q17. Hemoglobin carries and absorbs what in the human bloodstream? OXYGEN
Q18. A common nickname for New Orleans is the '____________ City'. CRESCENT CITY
Q19. Who said 'Do not judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him'? DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
Q20. Which tennis tournament is played on a natural grass court? WIMBLEDON
Q21. Who played the King of France's daughter in Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Henry V'? EMMA THOMPSON
Q22. The dogfish is actually a species of what type of fish? SHARK
Q23. Who played the male main character ('Jim Gardner') in the TV mini series adaptation of Stephen King's science fiction horror novel 'The Tommyknockers'? JIMMY SMITS
Q24. How did the famous poet Sylvia Plath die? COMMITED SUICIDE
Q25. According to the old song, what should you tie around the old oak tree? A YELLOW RIBBON

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

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