GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 72
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:10 pm1. Who wrote 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
2. Sitting Bull was the leader of which tribe of North American Indians?
SIOUX
3. A horologist is an expert maker of ....?
TIME PIECES
4. What is a Rolex Oyster?
WATERPROOF WRIST WATCH
5. In what sport is the term 'slam dunk' used?
BASKETBALL
6. Of the following countries, how many are the correct official language: Austria - Austrian, Bulgaria - Bulgarian, Hungary - Hungarian, Norway - Norwegian?
THREE
7. What were the first names of the Wright brothers who made the world's first piloted flight in a power-driven, heavier than air machine?
WILBUR AND ORVILLE
8. In motorcar International identification letters: 'E' is Spain, 'D' is Germany, 'C' is Cuba, 'B' is Belgium. Which country is represented by 'A'?
AUSTRIA
9. What international paper size is 210 by 297 mm. or 8.27 by 11.69 inches?
A4
10. XCIX is the Roman numerals for which number?
99
11. Which animal has an offspring called a cub and its collective group is called a sleuth?
BEAR
12. Which two planets' atmospheres are mainly carbon dioxide?
VENUS AND MARS
13. Name the powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Island
ROOST
14. Which Marilyn Monroe film shares the same film title as a Marx Brothers film?
MONKEY BUSINESS
15. Name the rich sauce of egg yolks, butter and lemon juice usually served with fish?
HOLLANDAISE
16. Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby Dick, tells the story of Captain Ahab and his hunt for what type of whale that tore off his leg?
GREAT WHITE SPERM WHALE
17. In Australian Aborigine mythology, name the golden age when the first ancestors were created?
DREAMTIME
18. The foxtrot is a famous dance alternating long and short steps in quadruple time. It was named in 1914 in New York City after music writer...
HARRY FOX
19. How many of the following statements about Benjamin Franklin are true: He developed the lightning conductor, bought and ran the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper (1730's), invented bifocal spectacles (1784), vigorous anti-slavery campaigner.
ALL ARE TRUE
20. Predicting the future by examining the pattern made by loose tealeaves left at the bottom of a cup is called what?
TASSEOMANCY
21. How many players are there on a side in men's lacrosse?
10
22. Which metal acquired its name from the Swedish name for 'heavy stone'?
TUNGSTEN
23. On this country's flag, the orange stripe represents the Sahara in the north and the green stripe, the grasslands in the south. Between them, the white stripe represents the River Niger, with an orange circle for the sun?
NIGER
24. The 18th century French scientist Antoine Lavoisier developed the system for naming chemical compounds that is still in use today. How did he die?
GUILLOTINED
25. Where was Miguel de Cervantes when he began writing his classic novel 'Don Quixote'?
IN PRISON
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
2. Sitting Bull was the leader of which tribe of North American Indians?
SIOUX
3. A horologist is an expert maker of ....?
TIME PIECES
4. What is a Rolex Oyster?
WATERPROOF WRIST WATCH
5. In what sport is the term 'slam dunk' used?
BASKETBALL
6. Of the following countries, how many are the correct official language: Austria - Austrian, Bulgaria - Bulgarian, Hungary - Hungarian, Norway - Norwegian?
THREE
7. What were the first names of the Wright brothers who made the world's first piloted flight in a power-driven, heavier than air machine?
WILBUR AND ORVILLE
8. In motorcar International identification letters: 'E' is Spain, 'D' is Germany, 'C' is Cuba, 'B' is Belgium. Which country is represented by 'A'?
AUSTRIA
9. What international paper size is 210 by 297 mm. or 8.27 by 11.69 inches?
A4
10. XCIX is the Roman numerals for which number?
99
11. Which animal has an offspring called a cub and its collective group is called a sleuth?
BEAR
12. Which two planets' atmospheres are mainly carbon dioxide?
VENUS AND MARS
13. Name the powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Island
ROOST
14. Which Marilyn Monroe film shares the same film title as a Marx Brothers film?
MONKEY BUSINESS
15. Name the rich sauce of egg yolks, butter and lemon juice usually served with fish?
HOLLANDAISE
16. Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby Dick, tells the story of Captain Ahab and his hunt for what type of whale that tore off his leg?
GREAT WHITE SPERM WHALE
17. In Australian Aborigine mythology, name the golden age when the first ancestors were created?
DREAMTIME
18. The foxtrot is a famous dance alternating long and short steps in quadruple time. It was named in 1914 in New York City after music writer...
HARRY FOX
19. How many of the following statements about Benjamin Franklin are true: He developed the lightning conductor, bought and ran the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper (1730's), invented bifocal spectacles (1784), vigorous anti-slavery campaigner.
ALL ARE TRUE
20. Predicting the future by examining the pattern made by loose tealeaves left at the bottom of a cup is called what?
TASSEOMANCY
21. How many players are there on a side in men's lacrosse?
10
22. Which metal acquired its name from the Swedish name for 'heavy stone'?
TUNGSTEN
23. On this country's flag, the orange stripe represents the Sahara in the north and the green stripe, the grasslands in the south. Between them, the white stripe represents the River Niger, with an orange circle for the sun?
NIGER
24. The 18th century French scientist Antoine Lavoisier developed the system for naming chemical compounds that is still in use today. How did he die?
GUILLOTINED
25. Where was Miguel de Cervantes when he began writing his classic novel 'Don Quixote'?
IN PRISON
