GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 71
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:43 pm1 Whom did Margaret Thatcher replace as leader of the Tory party?
EDWARD HEATH
2 Who hit a golf shot on the moon?
ALAN SHEPPARD
3 Which dog show was first held in Islington in 1891?
CRUFTS
4 In which 'ology' were Freud and Jung active?
PSYCHOLOGY
5 What acid gives nettles their sting?
FORMIC
6 Who was the last Briton to win the men's singles at Wimbledon?
FRED PARRY
7 On which peninsula is the city of Sevastopol situated?
CRIMEA
8 Which rock guitarist prophetically said 'When you're dead you're made for life'?"
JIMI HENDRIX
9 In which country is Puccini's 'Turandot' set?
CHINA
10 Which country did 'Kaiser Bill' rule?
GERMANY
11 What colour of ballet shoes did Hans Christian Andersen write about?
RED
12 What was Mrs Gaskell's first name?
ELIZABETH
13 Which British newspaper is nicknamed 'The Thunderer'?
THE TIMES
14 What according to Scott McKenzie did you wear in your hair in San Francisco?
FLOWERS
15 After 1928 women over what age were given the vote in the uk?
21
16 Three names - which poetess had a dog named Flush?
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
17 Which 'ology' is concerned with the human skin?
DERMATOLOGY
18 What type of acid is H2SO4?
SULPHURIC
19 Finish and browning are used in which building trade?
PLASTERING
20 Who wrote the 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'?
EDWARD GIBBON
EDWARD HEATH
2 Who hit a golf shot on the moon?
ALAN SHEPPARD
3 Which dog show was first held in Islington in 1891?
CRUFTS
4 In which 'ology' were Freud and Jung active?
PSYCHOLOGY
5 What acid gives nettles their sting?
FORMIC
6 Who was the last Briton to win the men's singles at Wimbledon?
FRED PARRY
7 On which peninsula is the city of Sevastopol situated?
CRIMEA
8 Which rock guitarist prophetically said 'When you're dead you're made for life'?"
JIMI HENDRIX
9 In which country is Puccini's 'Turandot' set?
CHINA
10 Which country did 'Kaiser Bill' rule?
GERMANY
11 What colour of ballet shoes did Hans Christian Andersen write about?
RED
12 What was Mrs Gaskell's first name?
ELIZABETH
13 Which British newspaper is nicknamed 'The Thunderer'?
THE TIMES
14 What according to Scott McKenzie did you wear in your hair in San Francisco?
FLOWERS
15 After 1928 women over what age were given the vote in the uk?
21
16 Three names - which poetess had a dog named Flush?
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
17 Which 'ology' is concerned with the human skin?
DERMATOLOGY
18 What type of acid is H2SO4?
SULPHURIC
19 Finish and browning are used in which building trade?
PLASTERING
20 Who wrote the 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'?
EDWARD GIBBON
