GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 78
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:45 pm1. What is Bugs Bunny's nephew's name?
CLYDE
2. Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces"?
JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
3. Who is the main character in the movie "Braveheart"?
WILLAM WALLACE
4. What vitamin deficiency causes rickets?
VITAMIN D
5. In what type of restaurant might you order a falafel?
LEBANESE
6. All breeds of domestic rabbit are the same species as a wild rabbit from which continent?
EUROPE
7. What event occurred each year on April 1 in Medieval Europe?
NEW YEARS DAY
8. What was the name of the ship that took Charles Darwin on his famous voyage to the Galapagos Islands
HMS BEAGLE
9. Which actress, who later became a quasi-famous teen movie actress, was a cast member in the 1979-1980 season of the TV show "The Facts of Life"?
MOLLY RINGWALD
10. In which Canadian city would you find the Chateau Laurier?
OTTAWA
11. Which Boney M song tells the story of a trip to outer space?
NIGHT FLIGHT TO VENUS
12. What would you use if you wanted to purl a stitch?
KNITTING NEEDLES
13. What is the capital of Bangladesh?
DHAKA
14. What were French protestants in the 16th and 17th century known as?
HUGUENOTS
15. What are the largest monkeys in the world?
SAVANNAH BABOONS
16. What does the Latin term "pro bono" mean in English?
FOR GOOD
17. Who is the central character in "The Iliad?"
ACHILLES
18. Which English monarch ruled for only nine days in 1553?
LADY JANE GREY
19. Who, in Germanic mythology, lures little children to the land of death?
THE ERL KING
20. Which classical composer wrote what is commonly known as "Ode to Joy?"
BEETHOVEN
21. What was martial artist Bruce Lee's birth name?
LEE YUEN KIM
22. Who was the first scientist to observe bacteria through a lens?
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
23. What is a shawm?
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
24. Who was the star of the 1938 movie "The Adventures of Robin Hood?"
ERROL FLYNN
25. Who wrote "the proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains?"
KARL MARX
CLYDE
2. Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces"?
JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
3. Who is the main character in the movie "Braveheart"?
WILLAM WALLACE
4. What vitamin deficiency causes rickets?
VITAMIN D
5. In what type of restaurant might you order a falafel?
LEBANESE
6. All breeds of domestic rabbit are the same species as a wild rabbit from which continent?
EUROPE
7. What event occurred each year on April 1 in Medieval Europe?
NEW YEARS DAY
8. What was the name of the ship that took Charles Darwin on his famous voyage to the Galapagos Islands
HMS BEAGLE
9. Which actress, who later became a quasi-famous teen movie actress, was a cast member in the 1979-1980 season of the TV show "The Facts of Life"?
MOLLY RINGWALD
10. In which Canadian city would you find the Chateau Laurier?
OTTAWA
11. Which Boney M song tells the story of a trip to outer space?
NIGHT FLIGHT TO VENUS
12. What would you use if you wanted to purl a stitch?
KNITTING NEEDLES
13. What is the capital of Bangladesh?
DHAKA
14. What were French protestants in the 16th and 17th century known as?
HUGUENOTS
15. What are the largest monkeys in the world?
SAVANNAH BABOONS
16. What does the Latin term "pro bono" mean in English?
FOR GOOD
17. Who is the central character in "The Iliad?"
ACHILLES
18. Which English monarch ruled for only nine days in 1553?
LADY JANE GREY
19. Who, in Germanic mythology, lures little children to the land of death?
THE ERL KING
20. Which classical composer wrote what is commonly known as "Ode to Joy?"
BEETHOVEN
21. What was martial artist Bruce Lee's birth name?
LEE YUEN KIM
22. Who was the first scientist to observe bacteria through a lens?
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
23. What is a shawm?
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
24. Who was the star of the 1938 movie "The Adventures of Robin Hood?"
ERROL FLYNN
25. Who wrote "the proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains?"
KARL MARX
