GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 39
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:04 pm1. Of the twelve signs of the Zodiac which one is known as 'The Archer'? SAITTARIUS
2. Which author created Sherlock Holmes? SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
3. Goulash is the national dish of which country? HUNGARY
4. Name the author of 'Ivanhoe'. SIR WALTER SCOTT
5. Who had a cat called Dinah? ALICE IN WONDERLAND
6. What is the capital of Pakistan? ISLAMABAD
7. Uriah Heep appears in which Dicken's novel? DAVID COPPERFIELD
8. Which ship was not associated with Captain James Cook?
A) Discovery B) Terra Nova C) Endeavour D) Resolution B) TERRA NOVA
9. Which sea was known as 'Mare Nostrum' (our sea) to the Romans? THE MEDITERRANEAN
10. Name the 1959 novel by William Burroughs. NAKED LUNCH
11. God gave Moses the 'Ten Commandments' on Mount ___. MT. SINAI
12. Dodge City is located in which American State? KANSAS
13. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on how many small islands which are connected by about 50 bridges? 14
14. What type of creature has a variety called Medusa? JELLYFISH
15. What was the nationality of Dennis Gabor who invented holograms in 1948 and received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1971? HUNGARIAN
16. Name the 1925 play by Noel Coward. HAY FEVER
17. Name the largest sea in the world. SOUTH CHINA SEA
18. What does a tegestologist collect? BEER MATS
19. What does an ocularist make? FALSE EYES
20. The Stanley Cup, introduced in 1893, was named after Lord Stanley, then Governor General of Canada. In which sport is this the most prestigious trophy? ICE HOCKEY
21. Which explorer discovered the island of Jamaica? CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
22. Through which country does the River Mania flow? MADAGASCAR
23. When the Athenian army defeated the invading Persians, who ran 26 miles to Athens to announce the victory? PHEIDIPPIDES
24. What does a fusilatelist collect? TELEPHONE CARDS
25. Name a play, a small village and a brand of cigar with the same name? HAMLET
2. Which author created Sherlock Holmes? SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
3. Goulash is the national dish of which country? HUNGARY
4. Name the author of 'Ivanhoe'. SIR WALTER SCOTT
5. Who had a cat called Dinah? ALICE IN WONDERLAND
6. What is the capital of Pakistan? ISLAMABAD
7. Uriah Heep appears in which Dicken's novel? DAVID COPPERFIELD
8. Which ship was not associated with Captain James Cook?
A) Discovery B) Terra Nova C) Endeavour D) Resolution B) TERRA NOVA
9. Which sea was known as 'Mare Nostrum' (our sea) to the Romans? THE MEDITERRANEAN
10. Name the 1959 novel by William Burroughs. NAKED LUNCH
11. God gave Moses the 'Ten Commandments' on Mount ___. MT. SINAI
12. Dodge City is located in which American State? KANSAS
13. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on how many small islands which are connected by about 50 bridges? 14
14. What type of creature has a variety called Medusa? JELLYFISH
15. What was the nationality of Dennis Gabor who invented holograms in 1948 and received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1971? HUNGARIAN
16. Name the 1925 play by Noel Coward. HAY FEVER
17. Name the largest sea in the world. SOUTH CHINA SEA
18. What does a tegestologist collect? BEER MATS
19. What does an ocularist make? FALSE EYES
20. The Stanley Cup, introduced in 1893, was named after Lord Stanley, then Governor General of Canada. In which sport is this the most prestigious trophy? ICE HOCKEY
21. Which explorer discovered the island of Jamaica? CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
22. Through which country does the River Mania flow? MADAGASCAR
23. When the Athenian army defeated the invading Persians, who ran 26 miles to Athens to announce the victory? PHEIDIPPIDES
24. What does a fusilatelist collect? TELEPHONE CARDS
25. Name a play, a small village and a brand of cigar with the same name? HAMLET
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