HUGE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 24 FOR XMAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 India qualified for the Soccer World Cup in 1950 but were refused permission to take part; why? WERN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY IN BARE FEET
Q2 The word 'anserine' relates to which type of birds? GEESE
Q3 What year was Inheritance Tax introduced in the UK? 1986
Q4 What is the art of Japanese flower arranging called? IKEBANA
Q5 Which artist sculpted the lions at the foot of London's Nelson's Column? SIR EDWIN LANDEER
Q6 In 1983 which film did Barbra Streisand co-write, direct, produce and star in? YENTL
Q7 In electronics what does LED stand for? LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
Q8 Who was the first person to reach the South Pole? ROALD AMUNDSEN
Q9 If an object is hastate what shape is it? TRIANGULAR
Q10 What character did Beyonce Knowles play in the 2002 film Goldmember? FOXY CLEOPATRA
Q11 What is the name of the publishers run by women for women? VIRAGO
Q12 Who was the first person to have a blue plaque conferred on the house where he was born in Holly Street, Westminster, London? LORD BYRON
Q13 What US gangster's original name was Lester Gillis? BABY FACE NELSON
QQ14 What is the world's largest sea? SOUTH CHINA SEA
Q15 What year did TV Soap Eastenders begin? 1985
Q16 What is the first sign of the Zodiac? ARIES
Q17 Who is the Greek Goddess of Victory? NIKE
Q18 Who wrote the book Brave New World? ALDOUS HUXLEY
Q19 Which musician received the first gold disc, in 1941? GLENN MILLER
Q20 Which country had the first Women's Institute, in 1897? CANADA
Q21 On which part of the body would you wear a deer-stalker? THE HEAD
Q22 Which King was the target of the Rye House Plot? CHARLES II
Q23 Which type of beans are used to make baked beans? HARICOTT BEANS
Q24 What musical aid did trumpeter John Shore invent in 1711? TUNING FORK
Q25 What is the technical term for the collar bone? THE CLAVICLE
Q26 Which group achieved a UK number one chart position with the same song in the years 1975, 1976, 1991 and 1992? QUEEN WITH BOHEAMIAN RHAPSODY
Q27 Which twins were said to be the founders of Rome? ROMULUS AND REMUS
Q28 Adam's Needle is another name for which plant? THE YUCCA
Q29 Which prime minister took the UK into the EEC (as was then called)? EDWARD HEATH
Q30 What is a person who shoes horses called? FARRIER
Q31 Haldi is the Indian name for which spice? TUMERIC
Q32 What colour is the cabbage moth? BROWN
Q33 Dendrology is the scientific study of what? TREES
Q34 In which country is the Blarney Stone? IRELAND
Q35 How many miles per second does light travel? APPROX. 186,000 MILES PER SEC.
Q36 Which American artist was awarded damages of one farthing after John Ruskin's criticism of his work provoked a lawsuit? JAMES WHISTLER
Q37 What does a gricer take photographs of? TRAINS
Q38 Who played Mr White in the 1991 film Reservoir Dogs? HARVEY KEITEL
Q39 How long is Johnny Walker Black Label whisky matured for? 12 YEARS
Q40 Which designer was awarded a best fashion design Oscar in 1985? YVES ST. LAURENT
Q41 Who wrote the opera 'The Barber of Seville? ROSSINI
Q42 What is the capital of Finland? HELSINKI
Q43 Who was the last Aztec Emperor? MONTEZUMA
Q44 Which US organisation's headquarters is situated in Langley, Virginia? THE CIA
Q45 Who was the first chancellor of the 20th century united Germany? HELMUT KOHL
Q46 Madarosis is the absence or loss of which part of the body? EYE LASHES
Q47 Who played Candice Stowe in TV's Coronation Street? NIKKI SANDERSON
Q48In which sport would a niblick be used? GOLF
Q49 The Capets were the rules of which European country? FRANCE
Q50 Who was the first woman editor of the Radio Times? SUE ROBINSON
Q51 What is a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more called? A PARAGON
Q52 What does RIBA stand for? ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS
Q53 A toponym is a name of what? A PLACE
Q54 How many books make up the Bible's Old Testament? 39
Q55 In what year was Joan of Arc burned at the stake? 1431
Q56 How many times did Nick Faldo win the Masters golf tournament? THREE
Q57 Who founded Playboy magazine in 1953? HUGH HEFNER
Q58 Which artist was married to Hortense Fiquet? PAUL CEZANNE
Q59 During which war was the Battle of Cold Harbour? AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Q60 Who plays Jim Morrison in the 1991 film 'The Doors'? VAL KILMER
Q61 In which country are the Churchill Falls? CANADA
Q62 'Angels on horseback' are what wrapped in bacon? OYSTERS
Q63 What traditionally symbolises a couple's sixth wedding anniversary? SUGAR
Q64 Which English Cathedral houses the Sleeping Children statue? LICHFIELD
Q65 What make and model of car was John F Kennedy in when assassinated in 1963? FORD LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
Q66 What is the name in John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever? TONY MANERO
Q67 What does a phullumenist collect? MATCHBOX LABELS
Q68 The Madhouse is a work by which artist? GOYA
Q69 What planet is nearest to the Sun? MERCURY
Q70 Who was the first Roman Emperor? AUGUSTUS CAESER
Q71 In which year was the first FIFA World Cup held? 1930
Q72 What is Canada's highest mountain? MOUNT LOGAN
Q73 Which vegetable is also known as an egg plant? AUBERGINE
Q74 In Greek mythology who persuaded her brother to kill their mother in revenge for the murder of their father? ELECTRA
Q75 What is a tree or shrub called that sheds its leaves annually? DECIDUOUS
Q76 The cities of Cairo in Egypt and Fez in Morroco are generally accepted to have the world's oldest of what type of institution? UNIVERSITY
Q77 In the natural world what is a Camberwell Beauty? A BUTTERFLY
Q78 What does a hagiographer write about? SAINTS
Q79 In which month is United Nations Day? OCTOBER
Q80 Which country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula was previously known as Aden? YEMIN
Q81 An Eskimo roll would be seen in which sport? KAYAKING
Q82 By which nickname was Edward Teach known? BLACKBEARD
Q83 Which is the largest Canary Island? TENERIFE
Q84 Where are the North Yolla Bolly mountains? CALIFORNIA U.S.A.
Q85 What is the male part of a flower called? THE STAMEN
Q86 How many teeth does an elephant have? 4
Q87 Which duo had a 1982 UK chart hit with Save Your Love? RENEE AND RENATO
Q88 What does a phyllophobic fear? LEAVES
Q89 Reynard is a nickname for which animal? THE FOX
Q90 In which country was tennis player John McEnroe born? GERMANY
Q91 What Central American country's name means 'many fish'? PANAMA
Q92 What spirit is used to make a daquari? RUM
Q93 Who wrote the novel The Boys From Brazil? IRA LEVIN
Q94 In which South American country is the Atacama desert? CHILE
Q95 What is an Aldis Lamp used for? SIGNALLING MORSE CODE
Q96 What country has the international car registration letters TR? TURKEY
Q97 Warsaw lies on which river? THE VISTULA
Q98 Which vitamin, considered by some experts to be a hormone, is activated in the human body by Sunshine? VITAMIN D
Q99 The tenge is the basic monetary unit of which country? KAZAKHSTAN
Q100 Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the River Amazon and Lake Victoria? THE EQUATOR

[GWW]

Whos Hugh

[magpie in the 80's]

Whos Hugh

Actually GWW i was on the phone to my nephew while posting this and his name is HUGH

[JAS]

Q7 Light emiting diode (I think)
Q8 Amundsen
Q16 Aries
Q17 Nike
Q21 Head...it's Sherlock Holmes hat
Q23 Harricot
Q27 Romulus and Remus
Q30 Farrier
Q33 I know dendrochronology is dating wood through tree rings so is it studying tree rings.
Q34 Ireland
Q44 The CIA
Q48 Golf


Phew...pause for more tea

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q7 Light emiting diode (I think)
Q8 Amundsen
Q16 Aries
Q17 Nike
Q21 Head...it's Sherlock Holmes hat
Q23 Harricot
Q27 Romulus and Remus
Q30 Farrier
Q33 I know dendrochronology is dating wood through tree rings so is it studying tree rings.
Q34 Ireland
Q44 The CIA
Q48 Golf


Phew...pause for more tea

Regards
JAS

all correct jas

[Hazbeen]

1. Wanted to play bare foot
6. Yentl
10. Foxy Cleopatra
25. Scaffoid
26. the Righteous Brothers
30. Farrier
34. Ireland
44. CIA
57. Hugh Heffner
60. Val Kilmer
62. Asparagus spears
75. Deciduous
81. Kayaking
85. Stamen
90. USA
92. Bacardi

[GWW]

Whos Hugh

Actually GWW i was on the phone to my nephew while posting this and his name is HUGH

Hehe.

29 Major

42 Helsinski

57 Hugh Hefner

69 Mercury

87 Rene and Renato

90 West Germany

[JAS]

Q62 Oysters
Q70 Augustus (here we go again )
Q73 Aubergine
Q78 Saints
Q82 Blackbeard...I think or 'that bloody pirate'
Q89 Fox

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Wanted to play bare foot
6. Yentl
10. Foxy Cleopatra
25. Scaffoid...........INCORRECT
26. the Righteous Brothers...........INCORRECT
30. Farrier
34. Ireland
44. CIA
57. Hugh Heffner
60. Val Kilmer
62. Asparagus spears.....INCORRECT
75. Deciduous
81. Kayaking
85. Stamen
90. USA.....INCORRECT
92. Bacardi

ALL OTHERS CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

Whos Hugh

Actually GWW i was on the phone to my nephew while posting this and his name is HUGH

Hehe.

29 Major......INCORRECT

42 Helsinski

57 Hugh Hefner

69 Mercury

87 Rene and Renato

90 West Germany

ALL OTHERS CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

Q62 Oysters
Q70 Augustus (here we go again )
Q73 Aubergine
Q78 Saints
Q82 Blackbeard...I think or 'that bloody pirate'
Q89 Fox

Regards
JAS

ALL CORRECT JAS

[godoubleblues]

Q13 - Baby Face Nelson
Q18 - Aldous Huxley
Q25 - clavicle
Q38 - Harvey Keitel
Q66 - Tony Manero
Q79 - october
Q83 - Tenerife
Q95 - signalling using morse code visually

[Interceptor]

Q35 How many miles per second does light travel? 186,000
Q98 Which vitamin, considered by some experts to be a hormone, is activated in the human body by Sunshine? D

[Leaping Lindner]

5 - Is Sobieski. He's actually a distant relative of some sort!
26 - Is Bohemian Rhapsody

[Footy Chick]

25. Clavicle
40. Versace
100. Piranahs

[godoubleblues]

Q31 - tumeric
Q37 - trains
Q52 - Royal Institute of British Architects
Q53 - a place
Q77 - butterfly

[Stumps]

25- Clavicle?
32- White?
97- Vlatva?

[westcoastpanther]

13 - George 'Baby Face' Nelson

[Kahuna]

18/Aldous Huxley
43/Montezuma
65/Ford Lincoln
76/Library
95/ Signalling
100/Equator

[magpie in the 80's]

Q13 - Baby Face Nelson
Q18 - Aldous Huxley
Q25 - clavicle
Q38 - Harvey Keitel
Q66 - Tony Manero
Q79 - october
Q83 - Tenerife
Q95 - signalling using morse code visually

ALL CORRECT GDB