GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 33
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:45 pmQ1. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1995? BRAVEHEART
Q2. What is the name of the volcano that erupted in 1991 which is considered one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the 20th century? MOUNT PINATUBO
Q3. What American University is nicknamed the Sycamores? INDIANA STATE
Q4. Who was the only British Monarch from the House of Saxe-Coburg? EDWARD VII
Q5. What does an Ampere(A) measure? CURRENT
Q6. What two countries does the mountain K2 lie within? CHINA AND PAKISTAN
Q7. Who was the first Presidential First Lady to designate the China Room in the White House? MRS. WOODROW WILSON
Q8. What Comet is the Leonid Meteor shower caused by? TEMMPLE-TUTTLE
Q9. Who was the artist that did the painting called 'Waterlilies'? CLAUDE MONET
Q10. What U.S. battleship sunk more combat tonnage than any other U.S. battleship in World War II.? U.S.S. WASHINGTON
Q11. In Greek mythology who was the father of Zeus? CRONUS
Q12. Collectively what are the first five Books of the Bible called? PENTATEUCH
Q13. In 1902 what did Mary Anderson invent? WIND SHIELD WIPERS
Q14. What controls the up-down orientation of an airplane? PITCH
Q15. Who was the longest reigning British Monarch? QUEEN VICTORIA
Q16. Hans and Zacharias Janssen, Johannes Kepler and Ernst Ruska are all names attached to the invention process for what scientific instrument? MICROSCOPE
Q17. What is the term for Jewish dietary laws? KASHRUT
Q18. This successor to Austrian Emperor Charles VI reigned during both the War of the Austrian Succession and the 7-years war. Which ruler are we discussing here? MARIA THERESA
Q19. What is the term for the symbol of the eye of Horus? UDJAT
Q20. Which of these is not the name of a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico?
A) Ponce B) Culebra C) Vieques D) Mona A) PONCE
Q21. At the beginning or ending of a book you will find a page that lists a book's vital information, i.e. title, author, publisher's name and address, LOC call number, etc. etc. What is this inscription called? [ COLOPHON
Q22. The name of Tom Wolfe's hit 1988 book 'Bonfire of the Vanities' was drawn from real life events involving what historical figure? SAVONAROLA
Q23. Your pancreas secrets a hormone called insulin that helps to control the level of glucose in your blood stream. The pancreas also produces another hormone that has the opposite effect, that is to increase the concentration of glucose in the blood. What is this hormone, antagonistic to insulin, called? GLUCAGON
Q24. Ayers Rock in Australia is the world's largest free standing monolith. The Aboriginal Australians have a different name for the rock, Uluru. What does the name 'Uluru' mean in the Aboriginal language? GIANT PEBBLE
Q25. What sort of creature is a 'quahog'? A CLAM
Q2. What is the name of the volcano that erupted in 1991 which is considered one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the 20th century? MOUNT PINATUBO
Q3. What American University is nicknamed the Sycamores? INDIANA STATE
Q4. Who was the only British Monarch from the House of Saxe-Coburg? EDWARD VII
Q5. What does an Ampere(A) measure? CURRENT
Q6. What two countries does the mountain K2 lie within? CHINA AND PAKISTAN
Q7. Who was the first Presidential First Lady to designate the China Room in the White House? MRS. WOODROW WILSON
Q8. What Comet is the Leonid Meteor shower caused by? TEMMPLE-TUTTLE
Q9. Who was the artist that did the painting called 'Waterlilies'? CLAUDE MONET
Q10. What U.S. battleship sunk more combat tonnage than any other U.S. battleship in World War II.? U.S.S. WASHINGTON
Q11. In Greek mythology who was the father of Zeus? CRONUS
Q12. Collectively what are the first five Books of the Bible called? PENTATEUCH
Q13. In 1902 what did Mary Anderson invent? WIND SHIELD WIPERS
Q14. What controls the up-down orientation of an airplane? PITCH
Q15. Who was the longest reigning British Monarch? QUEEN VICTORIA
Q16. Hans and Zacharias Janssen, Johannes Kepler and Ernst Ruska are all names attached to the invention process for what scientific instrument? MICROSCOPE
Q17. What is the term for Jewish dietary laws? KASHRUT
Q18. This successor to Austrian Emperor Charles VI reigned during both the War of the Austrian Succession and the 7-years war. Which ruler are we discussing here? MARIA THERESA
Q19. What is the term for the symbol of the eye of Horus? UDJAT
Q20. Which of these is not the name of a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico?
A) Ponce B) Culebra C) Vieques D) Mona A) PONCE
Q21. At the beginning or ending of a book you will find a page that lists a book's vital information, i.e. title, author, publisher's name and address, LOC call number, etc. etc. What is this inscription called? [ COLOPHON
Q22. The name of Tom Wolfe's hit 1988 book 'Bonfire of the Vanities' was drawn from real life events involving what historical figure? SAVONAROLA
Q23. Your pancreas secrets a hormone called insulin that helps to control the level of glucose in your blood stream. The pancreas also produces another hormone that has the opposite effect, that is to increase the concentration of glucose in the blood. What is this hormone, antagonistic to insulin, called? GLUCAGON
Q24. Ayers Rock in Australia is the world's largest free standing monolith. The Aboriginal Australians have a different name for the rock, Uluru. What does the name 'Uluru' mean in the Aboriginal language? GIANT PEBBLE
Q25. What sort of creature is a 'quahog'? A CLAM
