GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 50

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1 After Carruthers, Rose and Famechon, who was Australia's fourth world boxing champion? ROCKY MATTIOIL
2 What is an ocarina whose size and shape resembles a goose egg? WIND MUSIC INSTRUMENT
3 In which American city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885? CHICAGO
4 What is the Christian name of Webster, who published a dictionary still used today ? NOAH
5 Outside of the Presidency, what is the highest American political office? PRESIDENT OF U.S. SENATE
6 Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali LARRY HOLMES
7 Which Australian state is host to the town of Gundagai? HEW SOUTH WALES
8 On what date to Americans celebrate their Independence Day? 4TH OF JULY
9 Who starred in the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird? GREGORY PECK
10 Which modern language gives us the term finito ? ITALIAN
11 Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? MICHAELANGELO
12 Which Australian city did host the 2001 Goodwill Games? BRISBANE
13 The prefix gastro refers to which bodily organ? THE STOMACH
14 If you are celebrating your Diamond Anniversary, how many years have you been married ? 60
15 Boxers often suffer from a condition in which their ears are misshaped..what is this called? CAULIFLOWER EAR
16 Who wrote the famous poem Daffodils? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
17 In what decade of this century was it decided US Presidents would be restricted to two terms? 1950'S
18 What was the given name of Stalin's daughter who defected to the US in 1967? SVETLANA
19 Name the South African surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant operation. DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD
20 The revolutionary newspaper, Pravda was first published in 1912...but WHERE? RUSSIA
21 What the the first ship to reach Titanic after the disaster? THE DARPATHIA
22 Where in the US did the dance , the Charleston originate? CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
23 Which American author wrote the novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? ANITA LOOS
24 Who piloted the US aircraft shot down byt he USSR in 1960 ? FRANCIS GARY POWERS
25 Where were the 1960 Summer Olympics held? ROME
26 In what year was the Rainbow Warrior sunk in New Zealand waters? 1985
27 Who became the first Overlord Of England and Wales? EGBERT OF WESSEX
28 Which animal is likely to suffer from the disease, heaves ? A HORSE
29 Who wrote The Happy Prince? OSCAR WILDE
30 For what sport is a harrier bred?? A HUNTING DOG
31 Where in Australia is Palm Valley ? NORTHERN TERRITORY
32 What breed of farm animal is a Polwarth? SHEEP
33 Who named Manly Cove , situated in Sydney Harbour? GOVERNOR ARTHUR PHILLIP
34 Name the main ore of iron. HERMATITE
35 What is the study of heredity called? GENEOLOGY
36 Rose Hill was the original name of Australia's second settlement ...what is it called now?? PARRAMATTA
37 What term is used to describe fertile land being 'rested' for a season? FALLOW
38 Who is the patron saint of children ? SAINT NICHOLAS
39 Who did Amin overthrow in 1971? MILTON OBOTE
40 What ancient unit of measurement is suppposedly the distance from the elbow to the tip of the index finger? THE CUBIT
41 Which was the second James Bond novel to be made into a movie? FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
42 Can you name two countries to have declared independence from Britain? HONG KONG AND INDIA
43 What is the official language of Egypt? ARABIC
44 On which continent is Vincon Massif the highest peak? ANTARTICIA
45 Do polar bears eat penguins? Y or N and why? NO BECAUSE POLAR BEARS ARE ARTIC AND PENGUINS ARE MAINLY ANTARTIC
46 In which country would you find Tabasco? MEXICO
47 What is the more common name for the tympanic membrane ? EAR DRUM
48 Name the street that is home to British journalism. FLEET STREET
49 What was H.G. Wells' first novel? THE TIME MACHINE
50 Which Australian city was host to the nations's first steam train.and its first electric train? MELBOURNE

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

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