GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 41

[magpie in the 80's]

1. The toe of Italy's boot, which appears to be kicking Sicily, is made up of what region? CALABRIA
2. Which of these early church fathers was the biographer of Roman emperor Constantine the Great?
A) Boethius B) Plotinus C) Eusebius D) Macrobius C) EUSEBIUS
3. Ben Jonson said of this man's work, when told that he had boasted of never correcting a single line, 'Would he had blotted out a thousand.' To whom was Jonson referring? SHAKESPEARE
4. By what name did John Milton call the capital of hell in his 'Paradise Lost'? PANDERMONIUM
5. Whose house in Coyoacan, Mexico was opened up as a museum in 1958? FRIDA KAHLO
6. The Latin name for which order of insects means 'scaly wings'? BUTTERFLIES
7. Which was the first Celine Dion hit to reach number 1 on the billboard dance chart? MISLED
8. The Greek term for the Jewish dispersion from the holy land is 'diaspora', but what is the Hebrew term which means 'exile'? GALUT
9. Which name of myth links Sophocles, Stravinsky and Freud? OEDIPUS
10. Anthropologists: Which of the following anthropologists would best be classified as a 'structural anthropologist'?
A) Michel Foucault B) Bronislav Malinowsky C) Pierre Bourdeau D) Claude Levi-Strauss
11. Which of the following countries is considered to be a 'perforated' state?
A) Angola B) Mongolia C) India D) South Africa D) SOUTH AFRICA
12. During which Roman emperor's reign was citizenship offered to all subjects of the empire? CARACALLA
13. We all know that Michelangelo was the painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The walls of the Sistine Chapel were also painted by a number of Renaissance masters, including all but which of the following?
A) Perugino B) Ghirlandaio C) Leonardo D) Botticelli C) LEONARDO
14. 'Xibalba' was the underworld (hell) in the myth system of which of the following ancient cultures?
A) Sumerian B) Mayan C) Chinese D) Khmer B) MAYAN
15. The 'click languages' associated with the Bushmen of Southern Africa are part of which language family? KHOISAN
16. What is the term for the men who summon Muslims to prayer in the cities of the Islamic world? MUEZZIN
17. The first enzyme to be discovered was diastase, but which French chemist made this fortunate discovery? ANSELME PAYEN
18. What is the term for a plant that grows upon another plant but does not act as a parasite? EPIPHYTE
19. Which part of the ear derives its name from the Latin word for 'wing'? PINNA
20. During which geological period of the Palaeozoic Era did the first vertebrates begin to appear? ORDOVICIAN
21. In a Slovak car licence plate, which two letters indicate Bratislava? BA
22. The extinct 'aurochs' is the ancestor of what modern domesticated farm animal? COW
23. Which of the following languages is most closely related to English in terms of language origins?
A) Turkish B) Finnish C) Hindi D) Hebrew C) HINDI
24. Who was the oldest poet to be appointed poet laureate of England? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
25. Chandigarh, the joint capital of the Haryana and Punjab states of India, was laid out by what world famous architect in the 1950s? LE CORBUSIER
26. Which of these is a figure of the Islamic belief system that corresponds with the Christian Satan?
A) Beelzebub B) Iblis C) Pazuzu D) Yama B) IBLIS
27. What Hindu bathing festival is held every 12 years on the banks of the Godavari River? PUSHKARAM
28. One of the members of the Surrealist art movement was also the most well-known artist ever to come out of Cuba, but who? WILFREDO LAM
29. The words 'physiology' and 'pathology' were introduced in the medical sciences by which of the following individuals?
A) Jean Helmont B) Visalius C) Jean Fernel D) William Harvey C) JEAN FERNEL
30. Which of these chemical elements was named for a city in Asia Minor (now Turkey)?
A) Niobium B) Promethium C) Phosphorous D) Magnesium D) MAGNESIUM

[JAS]

Q4 Pandemonium
Q5 Can never remember her name...the artist portrayed on film by Salma Hyack.
Q9 Don't know about Stravinsky but the other two would be that mummy's boy Oedipus
11. Taking 'perforated' litterally I'll say D) South Africa because it's 'perforated' by Lesotho
16. Muezzin
23 C) Hindi

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q4 Pandemonium
Q5 Can never remember her name...the artist portrayed on film by Salma Hyack.
Q9 Don't know about Stravinsky but the other two would be that mummy's boy Oedipus
11. Taking 'perforated' litterally I'll say D) South Africa because it's 'perforated' by Lesotho
16. Muezzin
23 C) Hindi

Regards
JAS

ALL CORRECT JAS

[grant j]

q1 calabria
q3 shakespeare
q5 frida kahlo ( thanks for hint Jas )
q19 pinna
q21 BA or BL
q22 cow
q24 wordsworth
q26 iblis
q30 magnesium

[magpie in the 80's]

q1 calabria
q3 shakespeare
q5 frida kahlo ( thanks for hint Jas )
q19 pinna
q20 BA or BL........Q21
q22 cow
q24 wordsworth
q26 iblis
q30 magnesium

all correct

[JAS]

Q15 I've heard of Xhosa but don't know if that is one of the languages or the name for all of them

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q15 I've heard of Xhosa but don't know if that is one of the languages or the name for all of them

Regards
JAS

INCORRECT JAS

[Footy Chick]

28. SAlvadore Dali?

[magpie in the 80's]

28. SAlvadore Dali?

INCORRECT FC

[Kahuna]

18/ Symbiotic

[redandblack]

10 Levi-Strauss

[magpie in the 80's]

18/ Symbiotic

incorrect

[magpie in the 80's]

10 Levi-Strauss

correct

[magpie in the 80's]

STILL 15Q TO GO HERE

[JAS]

STILL 15Q TO GO HERE

Calm down...it only started yesterday and some of us need our beauty sleep more than others ...0745 and armed with a fresh cuppa so here goes.

Q13 Fairly sure that he and Da Vinci hated each other so unlikely to work on the same project...I'll go C) Leonado
Q20 Bit further back than my interest goes but the only 'periods' I've heard of other than Jurasic are Cambrian and Devonian.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

STILL 15Q TO GO HERE

Calm down...it only started yesterday and some of us need our beauty sleep more than others ...0745 and armed with a fresh cuppa so here goes.

Q13 Fairly sure that he and Da Vinci hated each other so unlikely to work on the same project...I'll go C) Leonado...CORRECT
Q20 Bit further back than my interest goes but the only 'periods' I've heard of other than Jurasic are Cambrian and Devonian....INCORRECT BUT CLOSE ON THE LAST GUESS

Regards
JAS

JUST GETTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER THANKYOU

GO AND HAVE A GO AT THE MOVIE STARS WHO AM I

[JAS]

STILL 15Q TO GO HERE

Calm down...it only started yesterday and some of us need our beauty sleep more than others ...0745 and armed with a fresh cuppa so here goes.

Q13 Fairly sure that he and Da Vinci hated each other so unlikely to work on the same project...I'll go C) Leonado...CORRECT
Q20 Bit further back than my interest goes but the only 'periods' I've heard of other than Jurasic are Cambrian and Devonian....INCORRECT BUT CLOSE ON THE LAST GUESS

Regards
JAS

JUST GETTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER THANKYOU

GO AND HAVE A GO AT THE MOVIE STARS WHO AM I

Q20 Not a bloody clue now...are you being cryptic and hinting at geographically 'close'...was there a Cornwallian, Somersetian or Dorsetian period

Off to the Movie Stars quiz for a break

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

STILL 15Q TO GO HERE

Calm down...it only started yesterday and some of us need our beauty sleep more than others ...0745 and armed with a fresh cuppa so here goes.

Q13 Fairly sure that he and Da Vinci hated each other so unlikely to work on the same project...I'll go C) Leonado...CORRECT
Q20 Bit further back than my interest goes but the only 'periods' I've heard of other than Jurasic are Cambrian and Devonian....INCORRECT BUT CLOSE ON THE LAST GUESS

Regards
JAS

JUST GETTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER THANKYOU

GO AND HAVE A GO AT THE MOVIE STARS WHO AM I

Q20 Not a bloody clue now...are you being cryptic and hinting at geographically 'close'...was there a Cornwallian, Somersetian or Dorsetian period

Off to the Movie Stars quiz for a break

Regards
JAS

FILL IN THE MISSING WORD JAS
During the .(..............) Epoch, all life was still confined to the sea. In addition to the first vertebrates, coral reefs also began to appear during this Epoch

[JAS]

Calm down...it only started yesterday and some of us need our beauty sleep more than others ...0745 and armed with a fresh cuppa so here goes.

Q13 Fairly sure that he and Da Vinci hated each other so unlikely to work on the same project...I'll go C) Leonado...CORRECT
Q20 Bit further back than my interest goes but the only 'periods' I've heard of other than Jurasic are Cambrian and Devonian....INCORRECT BUT CLOSE ON THE LAST GUESS

Regards
JAS

JUST GETTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER THANKYOU

GO AND HAVE A GO AT THE MOVIE STARS WHO AM I

Q20 Not a bloody clue now...are you being cryptic and hinting at geographically 'close'...was there a Cornwallian, Somersetian or Dorsetian period

Off to the Movie Stars quiz for a break

Regards
JAS

FILL IN THE MISSING WORD JAS
During the .(..............) Epoch, all life was still confined to the sea. In addition to the first vertebrates, coral reefs also began to appear during this Epoch

You're 'aving a laugh...

Is there a palaeontologist in the house ?

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

what more do you want other than the answer