GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 53
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:05 pm1 For what crime is Vincent Perrugia best remembered? HE STOLE THE MONA LISA
2 Which Florentine woman was mother to 3 kings of France, and wife to another? CATHERINE DE MEDICI
3 Who was the 3rd man on the moon? CHARLES CONRAD
4 Who designed Queen Elizabeth II's wedding dress? NORMAN HARTNELL
5 What was the name of Homer Simpson's Bowling team? PIN PALS
6 Which 1970's hit movie was based on a poem by James Dickey? DELIVERANCE
7 Which famous musician & singer was born McKinley Morganfield? MUDDY WATERS
8 Who was the last person to be executed in the Tower of London? JOSEF JAKOBS
9 In what film would you have seen a sword fight on the Cliffs of Insanity? THE PRINCESS BRIDE
10 What is the world's largest bird of prey? CALIFORNIAN CONDOR
11 What is the collective name for a large number of islands? ARCHIPELAGO
12 Near which Israeli city would you find the Mount Of Olives? JERUSALEM
13 What colour are the towers of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge? RED
14 What does an ocularist make? ARTIFICIAL EYES
15 How many years of marraige are celebrated by a Golden Wedding Anniversary? 50
16 Which Hindu God is depicted with the head of an elephant? GANESHA
17 By what short name were the Secret State Police of Nazi Germany known? GESTAPO
18 Musican Bo Didley is famous for playing which instrument? GUITAR
19 Which acress began life as Doris Kapellhoff? DORIS DAY
20 What name is given to the punctuation mark with a dot directly above a comma? SEMI COLON
21 What country produces Rioja wines? SPAIN
22 Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare's King Lear? CORDELIA
23 Who wrote the story The Old Man And The Sea? ERNEST HEMINGWAY
24 Who discovered Oxygen in 1774? JOSEPH PRIESTLY IN 1774 PUBLISHED HIS FINDINGS BUT OXYGEN WAS DISCOVERED IN 72 BY CARLE SCHEELE WHO DID NOT PUBLISH HIS FINDINGS UNTIL MUCH LATER
25 The Queensberry Rules are standard rules of which sport? BOXING
26 How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? 248
27 What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds? THE CORE
28 Which perfume house launched the 'Joy' perfume in 1930? PATOUS
29 What is it that makes soda water fizz? CARBON DIOXIDE
30 What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent? POLIO
31 Name the actor grandfather of Drew Barrymore. JOHN BARRYMORE
32 Neroli is an essential oil distilled from the flowers of which fruit? ORANGE
33 Which comedian once said, "A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand"? BILLY CONNOLLY
34 Complete this proverb: A growing youth has a ......? WOLF IN HIS BELLY
35 Who is the Roman God of the sea? NEPTUNE
36 Who portrayed Kevin Arnold in the television series, The Wonder Years? FRED SAVAGE
37 An ennead is a group or set of how many? NINE
38 Complete this proverb: Facts are .............. STUBBERN THINGS
39 Who portrayed Melanie Wilks in the film, Gone With The Wind? OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
40 Name the Australian artist who painted "The Rabbiters" SIR RUSSELL DRYSDALE
41 In the famous 'White Horse' FA Cup final of 1923, what was the name of the White Horse? BILLY
42 Which is the largest of the Trucial states? ABU-DHABI
43 Whose last words were 'The rest is silence'? HAMLET'S
44 What was double-headed for Russia & Austria, but single-headed for Germany? IMPERIAL EAGLE
45 An orchidectomy is the surgical removal of what? TESTICLES
46 Lexicology is the study of what? WORDS
47 Which explorer gave Natal its name on Christmas Day 1497? VASCO DE GAMA
48 Who invented the steam engine? THOMAS NEWCOMEN (1712)
49 Who played the Riddler in the 1995 film Batman Forever? JIM CARREY
50 In which sport are Bonspiel and Crampit common terms? CURLING
2 Which Florentine woman was mother to 3 kings of France, and wife to another? CATHERINE DE MEDICI
3 Who was the 3rd man on the moon? CHARLES CONRAD
4 Who designed Queen Elizabeth II's wedding dress? NORMAN HARTNELL
5 What was the name of Homer Simpson's Bowling team? PIN PALS
6 Which 1970's hit movie was based on a poem by James Dickey? DELIVERANCE
7 Which famous musician & singer was born McKinley Morganfield? MUDDY WATERS
8 Who was the last person to be executed in the Tower of London? JOSEF JAKOBS
9 In what film would you have seen a sword fight on the Cliffs of Insanity? THE PRINCESS BRIDE
10 What is the world's largest bird of prey? CALIFORNIAN CONDOR
11 What is the collective name for a large number of islands? ARCHIPELAGO
12 Near which Israeli city would you find the Mount Of Olives? JERUSALEM
13 What colour are the towers of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge? RED
14 What does an ocularist make? ARTIFICIAL EYES
15 How many years of marraige are celebrated by a Golden Wedding Anniversary? 50
16 Which Hindu God is depicted with the head of an elephant? GANESHA
17 By what short name were the Secret State Police of Nazi Germany known? GESTAPO
18 Musican Bo Didley is famous for playing which instrument? GUITAR
19 Which acress began life as Doris Kapellhoff? DORIS DAY
20 What name is given to the punctuation mark with a dot directly above a comma? SEMI COLON
21 What country produces Rioja wines? SPAIN
22 Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare's King Lear? CORDELIA
23 Who wrote the story The Old Man And The Sea? ERNEST HEMINGWAY
24 Who discovered Oxygen in 1774? JOSEPH PRIESTLY IN 1774 PUBLISHED HIS FINDINGS BUT OXYGEN WAS DISCOVERED IN 72 BY CARLE SCHEELE WHO DID NOT PUBLISH HIS FINDINGS UNTIL MUCH LATER
25 The Queensberry Rules are standard rules of which sport? BOXING
26 How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? 248
27 What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds? THE CORE
28 Which perfume house launched the 'Joy' perfume in 1930? PATOUS
29 What is it that makes soda water fizz? CARBON DIOXIDE
30 What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent? POLIO
31 Name the actor grandfather of Drew Barrymore. JOHN BARRYMORE
32 Neroli is an essential oil distilled from the flowers of which fruit? ORANGE
33 Which comedian once said, "A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand"? BILLY CONNOLLY
34 Complete this proverb: A growing youth has a ......? WOLF IN HIS BELLY
35 Who is the Roman God of the sea? NEPTUNE
36 Who portrayed Kevin Arnold in the television series, The Wonder Years? FRED SAVAGE
37 An ennead is a group or set of how many? NINE
38 Complete this proverb: Facts are .............. STUBBERN THINGS
39 Who portrayed Melanie Wilks in the film, Gone With The Wind? OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
40 Name the Australian artist who painted "The Rabbiters" SIR RUSSELL DRYSDALE
41 In the famous 'White Horse' FA Cup final of 1923, what was the name of the White Horse? BILLY
42 Which is the largest of the Trucial states? ABU-DHABI
43 Whose last words were 'The rest is silence'? HAMLET'S
44 What was double-headed for Russia & Austria, but single-headed for Germany? IMPERIAL EAGLE
45 An orchidectomy is the surgical removal of what? TESTICLES
46 Lexicology is the study of what? WORDS
47 Which explorer gave Natal its name on Christmas Day 1497? VASCO DE GAMA
48 Who invented the steam engine? THOMAS NEWCOMEN (1712)
49 Who played the Riddler in the 1995 film Batman Forever? JIM CARREY
50 In which sport are Bonspiel and Crampit common terms? CURLING
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