GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 46
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:18 pm1. Which American writer created Tarzan? EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
2. What is the art of decorative writing called? CALLIGRAPHY
3. In which part of the human body would you find the talus? ANKLE
4. In which European city is the International Court of Justice based? THE HAGUE
5. What type of weather is Brontophobia a fear of? THUNDER
6. Sandra Goodrich was better known what 1960's singer? SANDY SHAW
7. Which American artist died in a car crash in 1956? JACKSON POLLOCK
8. What type of flower is a ladies slipper? ORCHID
9. Which actor's real name was William Henry Pratt? BORIS KARLOFF
10. A natatorium is what type of amenity? SWIMMING POOL
11. Who was Henry VIII's fourth wife? ANNE OF CLEVES
12. What (as at August 2006) is the world's longest running children's TV programme? BLUE PETER
13. What was Elvis Presley's first record label? SUN RECORDS
14. Who designed London's Marble Arch? JOHN NASH
15. Which perfume was named for Coco Chanel's birthday? CHANEL NO.19
16. Whose autobiography is entitled Testing Times? GRAHAM GOOCH
17. What painful custom was outlawed in China in 1912? FOOT BINDING ON YOUNG GIRLS
18. Who was the second president of the USA? JOHN ADAMS
19. Who wrote the Ballad of Reading Gaol in 1898? OSCAR WILDE
20. Who was actor Tony Curtis' first wife? JANET LEIGH
21. What is the birthstone for February? AMETHYST
22. Who composed Peter and the Wolf? SERGEY PROKOFIEV
23. Actor Frank Gorshin played which character in the 1960's TV series Batman? THE RIDDLER
24. What is the name of Al Pacino's character in the 1983 film Scarface? TONY MONTANA
25. Who designed Princess Dianna's wedding dress? ELIZABETH EMMANUEL
26. If a floor or surface is marmoreal what is it made of? MARBLE
27. What does JPEG stand for? JOINT PHOTOGRAPHICS EXPERT GROUP
28. Who discovered Panama in 1503? CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
29. Which English city is the setting for TV's Inspector Morse? OXFORD
30. From which European country does Limburger cheese originate? BELGIUM
31. Andy Capp is the work of which cartoonist? REG SMYTHE
32. What does a cartographer draw? MAPS
33. Who is the Greek God of the Sea? POSEIDON
34. What type of creature is an alcid? BIRD
35. What is the wife of a Marquess? MARCHIONESS
36. In what state was Jimmy Carter governor before becoming president? GEORGIA
37. What is the usual anatomical name for a skull without a mandible? CRANIUM
38. What is a funambulist? TIGHT ROPE WALKER
39. Which bird is generally considered to have the best sense of smell? KIWI
40. Who invented the jet engine? FRANK WHITTLE
41. What type of fruit is a gean? CHERRY
42. What is the brightest star in the night sky? SIRIUS
43. What is the world's second largest sea? CARIBBEAN SEA
44. What is the name of silver in heraldry? ARGENT
45. Nephology is the study of what high subject? CLOUDS
46. In which year did Esther Rantzen launch Childline? 1986
47. Byssinosis is a disease affecting which part of the body? LUNGS
48. Which Mediterranean plant used in medicine and magic was said to shriek when pulled from the ground? MANDRAKE
49. Ursine relates to which large furred animals? BEARS
50. Cardiff in Wales is on which river? THE TAFF
2. What is the art of decorative writing called? CALLIGRAPHY
3. In which part of the human body would you find the talus? ANKLE
4. In which European city is the International Court of Justice based? THE HAGUE
5. What type of weather is Brontophobia a fear of? THUNDER
6. Sandra Goodrich was better known what 1960's singer? SANDY SHAW
7. Which American artist died in a car crash in 1956? JACKSON POLLOCK
8. What type of flower is a ladies slipper? ORCHID
9. Which actor's real name was William Henry Pratt? BORIS KARLOFF
10. A natatorium is what type of amenity? SWIMMING POOL
11. Who was Henry VIII's fourth wife? ANNE OF CLEVES
12. What (as at August 2006) is the world's longest running children's TV programme? BLUE PETER
13. What was Elvis Presley's first record label? SUN RECORDS
14. Who designed London's Marble Arch? JOHN NASH
15. Which perfume was named for Coco Chanel's birthday? CHANEL NO.19
16. Whose autobiography is entitled Testing Times? GRAHAM GOOCH
17. What painful custom was outlawed in China in 1912? FOOT BINDING ON YOUNG GIRLS
18. Who was the second president of the USA? JOHN ADAMS
19. Who wrote the Ballad of Reading Gaol in 1898? OSCAR WILDE
20. Who was actor Tony Curtis' first wife? JANET LEIGH
21. What is the birthstone for February? AMETHYST
22. Who composed Peter and the Wolf? SERGEY PROKOFIEV
23. Actor Frank Gorshin played which character in the 1960's TV series Batman? THE RIDDLER
24. What is the name of Al Pacino's character in the 1983 film Scarface? TONY MONTANA
25. Who designed Princess Dianna's wedding dress? ELIZABETH EMMANUEL
26. If a floor or surface is marmoreal what is it made of? MARBLE
27. What does JPEG stand for? JOINT PHOTOGRAPHICS EXPERT GROUP
28. Who discovered Panama in 1503? CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
29. Which English city is the setting for TV's Inspector Morse? OXFORD
30. From which European country does Limburger cheese originate? BELGIUM
31. Andy Capp is the work of which cartoonist? REG SMYTHE
32. What does a cartographer draw? MAPS
33. Who is the Greek God of the Sea? POSEIDON
34. What type of creature is an alcid? BIRD
35. What is the wife of a Marquess? MARCHIONESS
36. In what state was Jimmy Carter governor before becoming president? GEORGIA
37. What is the usual anatomical name for a skull without a mandible? CRANIUM
38. What is a funambulist? TIGHT ROPE WALKER
39. Which bird is generally considered to have the best sense of smell? KIWI
40. Who invented the jet engine? FRANK WHITTLE
41. What type of fruit is a gean? CHERRY
42. What is the brightest star in the night sky? SIRIUS
43. What is the world's second largest sea? CARIBBEAN SEA
44. What is the name of silver in heraldry? ARGENT
45. Nephology is the study of what high subject? CLOUDS
46. In which year did Esther Rantzen launch Childline? 1986
47. Byssinosis is a disease affecting which part of the body? LUNGS
48. Which Mediterranean plant used in medicine and magic was said to shriek when pulled from the ground? MANDRAKE
49. Ursine relates to which large furred animals? BEARS
50. Cardiff in Wales is on which river? THE TAFF
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