GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 16

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. Who would use a metronome? MUSICIAN
Q2. What colour lies between red and yellow in the visible spectrum? ORANGE
Q3. What is a young swan called? CYGNET
Q4. What sort of scan builds up a three-dimensional 'map' of a patient's body as the X-rays pass through their body using a circular scanning machine? CAT SCAN
Q5. Dr. Crippen murdered his wife and tried to escape to Canada with his mistress in 1910. What was Crippen's first name? HAWLEY
Q6. Which of the following isn't a desert plant?
A) Joshua tree B) Prickly pear C) Saguaro D) Baobab tree D) BAOBARB TREE
Q7. Which ocean was formerly known as El Mar de Sur? PACIFIC
Q8. A movie is a long strip of thousands of still photographs projected so fast that they appear to the eye to make moving pictures. How many frames are used a second to make this animation?
A) 16 B) 12 C) 24 D) 32 A) 24
Q9. Which sign of the zodiac is the only one that doesn't feature an animal or person? LIBRA
Q10. How many of the following were Scottish inventors: David Brewster (kaleidoscope), James Watt (condensing steam engine), Charles Macintosh (waterproof macintosh) and John Logie Baird (television)?
A) None of them B) All were C) One D) Two B)ALL OF THEM
Q11. Who wrote 'Beau Geste'? P.C. WREN
Q12. How long would an astronaut's footprints last for on the moon?
A) Longer than a month B) A day C) Less than an hour D) A week A) LONGER THAN A MONTH
Q13. Name the author of 'The Prince and the Pauper'. MARK TWAIN
Q14. Where did Napoleon Bonaparte die? ST. HELENA
Q15. Which is the sixth letter in the Greek Alphabet: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, ... ? ZETA
Q16. The volcano on the uninhabited island of Krakatoa, between Java and Sumatra, erupted in 1883 sending tidal waves to neighbouring islands. How many lives did this claim?
A) 36,000 B) 12 C) none D) 120 A) 36,000
Q17. The first ever 'assembly line' of workers were used to build which car? MODEL T FORD
Q18. According to legend, which Greek hero killed the half-man and half-bull monster called the Minotaur? THESEUS
Q19. The 'Jahre Viking' is the world's biggest "what" ? SHIP
Q20. In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Tenzing Norgay, climbed Everest. What nationality, in 1975, was the first woman to climb Everest? JAPANESE
Q21. How did Polish-born scientist Marie Curie die? LEUKAEMIA
Q22. The first of its type was introduced in 1930 and called 'Baffle Ball'. What became an instant hit selling 50,000 of these? PINBALL MACHINE
Q23. Old Faithful, a geyser in Yellowstone National Park USA, has erupted roughly every "?" minutes for the last eighty years?
A) 76 B) 36 C) 16 D) 6 A) 76
Q24. What motor powered Clive Sinclair's electrically powered three-wheel vehicle, the C5? WASHING MACHINE
Q25. Name the mechanical model of the solar system in which the planets can be moved at the correct relative velocities
around the sun? ORRERY

[Dirko]

3./Cygnet
4./Cat Scan
9./Libra
19./Biggest ship in the world (was she has been renamed to the Knock Nevis according to my missus !)

[magpie in the 80's]

3./Cygnet
4./Cat Scan
9./Libra
19./Biggest ship in the world (was she has been renamed to the Knock Nevis according to my missus !)

Q3,4,9 ARE CORRECT
Q19 THE MISSUS IS.............................................................................................................CORRECT

[Dirko]

3./Cygnet
4./Cat Scan
9./Libra
19./Biggest ship in the world (was she has been renamed to the Knock Nevis according to my missus !)

Q3,4,9 ARE CORRECT
Q19 THE MISSUS IS.............................................................................................................CORRECT

She used to work for a shipping line and now works as a Customs Broker down at Port Adelaide so she knows her ships !!

[Plunge Penguin]

1) A music conductor/musician, generally. To help keep time.

2) Orange

[magpie in the 80's]

1) A music conductor/musician, generally. To help keep time.

2) Orange

both correct PP

[Interceptor]

Q8. A movie is a long strip of thousands of still photographs projected so fast that they appear to the eye to make moving pictures. How many frames are used a second to make this animation?
A) 16 B) 12 C) 24 D) 32
Q16. The volcano on the uninhabited island of Krakatoa, between Java and Sumatra, erupted in 1883 sending tidal waves to neighbouring islands. How many lives did this claim?
A) 36,000 B) 12 C) none D) 120
Q17. The first ever 'assembly line' of workers were used to build which car? Model T Ford
Q21. How did Polish-born scientist Marie Curie die? cancer

[magpie in the 80's]

Q8. A movie is a long strip of thousands of still photographs projected so fast that they appear to the eye to make moving pictures. How many frames are used a second to make this animation?
A) 16 B) 12 C) 24 D) 32
Q16. The volcano on the uninhabited island of Krakatoa, between Java and Sumatra, erupted in 1883 sending tidal waves to neighbouring islands. How many lives did this claim?
A) 36,000 B) 12 C) none D) 120
Q17. The first ever 'assembly line' of workers were used to build which car? Model T Ford
Q21. How did Polish-born scientist Marie Curie die? cancer

ALL CORRECT EXCEPT Q21

[JAS]

Q5 Hawley Harvey
Q6 D) Baobab tree
Q7 would be 'sea of the south' so I'll guess Pacific
Q10 B) All of them...(at least by birth)
Q13 haha had to read it in school...Mark Twain
Q14 St Helena (at last, 3 months on Acsension Island weren't wasted )
Q18 Theseus
Q25 Orrery

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

:D

Q5 Hawley Harvey
Q6 D) Baobab tree
Q7 would be 'sea of the south' so I'll guess Pacific
Q10 B) All of them...(at least by birth)
Q13 haha had to read it in school...Mark Twain
Q14 St Helena (at last, 3 months on Acsension Island weren't wasted )
Q18 Theseus
Q25 Orrery

Regards
JAS

good morning JAS and all answers CORRECT

[godoubleblues]

Q11 - PC Wren
Q15 - zeta

[magpie in the 80's]

Q11 - PC Wren
Q15 - zeta

BOTH CORRECT GDB

[JAS]

Good morning to you too sunshine

Q23 Would have guessed it was about once an hour so I'll say A) 76 minutes.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Good morning to you too sunshine

Q23 Would have guessed it was about once an hour so I'll say A) 76 minutes.

Regards
JAS

CORRECT AGAIN JAS.
musta got out on the right side of the bed today

[locky801]

Q21. How did Polish-born scientist Marie Curie die?

Marie Curie died as a result of leukemia caused by the action of radiation.

[magpie in the 80's]

Q21. How did Polish-born scientist Marie Curie die?

Marie Curie died as a result of leukemia caused by the action of radiation.

correct

[locky801]

Q22. The first of its type was introduced in 1930 and called 'Baffle Ball'. What became an instant hit selling 50,000 of these?



Ahhh know this one cause I have da machine


A22 Pinball

[magpie in the 80's]

Q22. The first of its type was introduced in 1930 and called 'Baffle Ball'. What became an instant hit selling 50,000 of these?



Ahhh know this one cause I have da machine


A22 Pinball

CORRECT

[locky801]

Q12. How long would an astronaut's footprints last for on the moon?
A) Longer than a month B) A day C) Less than an hour D) A week



Very interesting question, perhaps an E answer of no known time should have been added, have checked google and related sites and answers vary from a day to 100 years

I will take a punt and say D (a week)

[locky801]

Q20. In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Tenzing Norgay, climbed Everest. What nationality, in 1975, was the first woman to climb Everest?


A20 Japanese