GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 43

[magpie in the 80's]

1. What bay does the Golden Gate Strait lead into?
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
2. How did Carole Lomabard die?
PLANE CRASH
3. What theory did John T Scopes teach, contrary to Tennessee law in 1925?
EVOLUTION
4. What beautiful youth pined for the love of his reflection?
NARCISSUS
5. What do frogs have in their mouth that toads don’t?
TEETH
6. What Sinatra hit did he ‘dooby dooby do’ in?
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
7. Who was the first British prime minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
8. How many zero’s are there in a British Billion?
TWELVE
9. What river is Gateshead on?
THE TYNE
10. Who wrote Catch 22?
JOSEPH HELLER
11. What sort of fruit is a Laxton's Superb?
APPLE
12. Bagpuss sits in whose shop window?
EMILY'S
13. In the rhyme about magpies, one is for sorrow; two is for joy, what are 6 for?
GOLD
14. Which Strait separates Sri Lanka from India?
PALK STRAIT
15. Who was obsessed with killing Moby Dick?
CAPTAIN AHAB
16. Glyndebaume Opera house is in which county?
SUSSEX
17. What appeared in the Times for the first time in Sept 1860?
WEATHER FORECASTS
18. What does vernal mean?
TO DO WITH SPRING
19. Who created the detective Phillip Marlowe?
RAYMOND CHANDLER
20. What was Billy the Kid's REAL name?
HENRY PATRICK MC CARTY
21. At the start of a game of draughts, how many squares are not covered by pieces?
FORTY
22. What are the international vehicle registration letters for Gibraltar?
GBZ
23. In the show ‘The Music Man’ how many cornets followed the trombones in the ‘big parade’?
110
24. On which river does Durham stand?
WEAR
25. What name is given to agriculture in a soiless environment?
HYDROPONICS
26. Who was the infamous resident of 10 Rillington Place?
JOHN CHRISTIE
27. Which Tennis Player has been sued by his own fan club?
JIMMY CONNERS
28. The Wattle is official symbol of which country?
AUSTRALIA
29. The term Vortage is used in which sport?
SKIING
30. The Dusenberg motor car comes from which country?
U.S.A.
31. Who was the founder of Singapore?
STAMFORD RAFFLES
32. What is the county town of Powys in Wales?
LLANDRINDOD WELLS
33. Who became the first secretary General of the UN in 1945?
TRYGVE LIE OF NORWAY
34. Egyptian Pharaohs carry 2 items to signify power, name either?
CROOK OR FLAIL
35. What is the hobby of a campanologist?
BELL RINGING
36. Who was the last Aztec ruler of Mexico?
MONTEZUMA II
37. Which Irish Dramatist wrote Juno and the Paycock?
SEAN O'CASEY
38. What was the real name of the Red Baron?
MANFRED VON RICHTHOFFEN
39. Who discovered the source of the river Nile?
JOHN HANNING SPEKE
40. Which scientist famous wrote his notes in a mirror to avoid detection?
LEONARDO DA VINCI
41. Morel shitake and oyster are types of which food?
MUSHROOMS
42. In 1974, which county was created out of parts of Durham and Yorkshire?
CLEVELAND
43. On which program did Peter Fenn use to appear as the shows organist?
SALE OF THE CENTURY
44. How was Burl Ivanhoe better known?
BURL IVES
45. Which building has the largest telephone switchboard in the world?
THE PENTAGON
46. Who was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London Mayor election?
SUSAN KRAMER
47. Hampton House in Belfast, 3 Northgate in Glasgow, India Buildings in Newport and Aragon Court in Peterborough, what is the connection between these addresses?
ALL OFFICES OF THE BRITISH PASSPORT AGENCY
48. Which tropical disease was named after a Nigerian village where it was first reported in the 1960s?
LHASSA
49. Who "got on his bike and looked for work"?
NORMAN TEBBITT'S FATHER
50. Which shipping forecast area has a name meaning literally end of the earth?
FINISTERRE

[Interceptor]

8. How many zero’s are there in a British Billion? 12
15. Who was obsessed with killing Moby Dick? Captain Ahab

[magpie in the 80's]

8. How many zero’s are there in a British Billion? 12
15. Who was obsessed with killing Moby Dick? Captain Ahab

BOTH CORRECT

[brod]

41. Mushroom
28. Australia

[magpie in the 80's]

41. Mushroom
28. Australia

BOTH CORRECT

[JAS]

Q2 Plane crash
Q4 Narcissus
Q6 Strangers in the Night
Q12 Been a while but I think it was Emily
Q17 Times crossword
Q26 Don't know his christian name but it was the serial killer Christie
Q35 Bell ringing
Q38 Haha same birthday again don't know christian names Baron von Richthoffen
Q47 Passport Offices I think
Q48 Ebola

Sorry FC...waited half an hour and couldn't resist any longer

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 Plane crash
Q4 Narcissus
Q6 Strangers in the Night
Q12 Been a while but I think it was Emily
Q17 Times crossword........................INCORRECT
Q26 Don't know his christian name but it was the serial killer Christie
Q35 Bell ringing
Q38 Haha same birthday again don't know christian names Baron von Richthoffen
Q47 Passport Offices I think
Q48 Ebola............................INCORRECT

Sorry FC...waited half an hour and couldn't resist any longer

Regards
JAS

ALL OTHERS CORRECT JAS

[JAS]

Q10 Joseph Heller
Q13 Gold
Q16 Very posh opera gig so I'll try Gloucestershire
Q17 Cartoon
Q18 I'll start with Spring
Q40 Does Da Vinci count as a scientist...he used mirror writing
Q48 Don't make me fetch down my book on the CDC virus hunters (bloody good book btw)...Lassa Fever.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q10 Joseph Heller
Q13 Gold
Q16 Very posh opera gig so I'll try Gloucestershire........................INCORRECT
Q17 Cartoon..........................................................................INCORRECT
Q18 I'll start with Spring
Q40 Does Da Vinci count as a scientist...he used mirror writing
Q48 Don't make me fetch down my book on the CDC virus hunters (bloody good book btw)...Lassa Fever.

Regards
JAS

ALL OTHERS CORRECT

[JAS]

Q16 Dorset
Q17 Photograph
Q44 Is it the lovely Burl 'Ugly Bug Ball' Ives

Regards
JAS

[Kahuna]

1/ San Francisco Bay
3/ Evolution
5/ Teeth
17/ Horoscope
20/ William Bonney
23/ 104
25/ Hydroponics
31/ Raffles
33/ U Thant
36/ Montezuma
39/ Livingstone
45/ The Pentagon

[FattyLumpkin]

Bugger - Kahuna beat me with 3 & 25.

17. I'll guess - the weather (or advertisements)

[magpie in the 80's]

1/ San Francisco Bay
3/ Evolution
5/ Teeth
17/ Horoscope................INCORRECT
20/ William Bonney...........INCORRECT
23/ 104..........................INCORRECT
25/ Hydroponics
31/ Raffles
33/ U Thant.....................INCORRECT
36/ Montezuma
39/ Livingstone.................INCORRECT
45/ The Pentagon

ALL OTHERS CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

Bugger - Kahuna beat me with 3 & 25.

17. I'll guess - the weather (or advertisements)

CORRECT

[FattyLumpkin]

45 Pentagon

[magpie in the 80's]

45 Pentagon

KAHUNA BEAT YOU TO THIS AS WELL

[JAS]

Q16 Dorset
Q17 Photograph
Q44 Is it the lovely Burl 'Ugly Bug Ball' Ives

Regards
JAS

Weren't those ones good enough grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Q42 Is that Humberside

Regards
JAS

[Kahuna]

20/ William Bonney...........INCORRECT

How about with a middle initial,"H'!!!!!

[magpie in the 80's]

Q16 Dorset
Q17 Photograph
Q44 Is it the lovely Burl 'Ugly Bug Ball' Ives..................CORRECT

Regards
JAS

Weren't those ones good enough grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Q42 Is that Humberside

Regards
JAS

ALL OTHERS INCORRECT

[JAS]

Q16 Surrey
Q42 Tyne and Wear (think it's a county)

Regards
JAS