GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:03 pm

1. The layer beneath the Earth's crust is called the what?
MANTLE
2. What characters did Jim Henson create?
MUPPETS
3. A group of six musicians is known as what?
SEXTET
4. By what name is singer Paul Hewson better known?
BONO / U2
5. What is the medical name for a blackhead?
COMEDO
6. How many Grams make a dekagram?
10
7. What was Elvis Presley's middle name?
AARON
8. Who directed the 1988 film 'Rain Man' starring Dustin Hoffman?
BARRY LEVINSON
9. What do Fletchers make?
ARROWS
10. The song Mellow Yellow was sung by who?
DONOVAN
11. What gas is CH4
METHANE
12. Which animal symbolizes the zodiacal sign Taurus?
BULL
13. What does a Conchologist collect?
SHELLS
14. What was the character played by Paul Newman in 'The Hustler'
FAST EDDIE FELSON
15. What year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
1919
16. Who owned the Manor Farm in the book 'Animal Farm'?
MR. JONES
17. Who wrote the opera Lakme?
DELIBES
18. What is the name of the priest who anoints Solomon as king in the Bibles First book of Kings?
ZADOCK
19. How many sides does an hexagon have?
6
20. Which mountain was sacred to Apollo and the Muses?
PARNASSUS
21. In the TV programme 'The Dukes of Hazzard' who played Daisy Duke?
CATHERINE BACH
22. What ship did John Jacob Astor die on?
TITANIC
23. In Astronomy Polaris is also known as what?
THE POLE STAR / NORTH STAR
24. AD is an abbreviation of which Latin phrase?
ANNO DOMINI
25. What period immediately precedes the Triassic Period?
JURASSIC
26. What is the title of Tammy Wynette's autobiography?
STAND BY YOUR MAN
27. Who Won the American Superbowl in 1977?
OAKLAND RAIDERS
28. What type of food is Greek 'Pita'?
BREAD
29. Which is America's Gambling State?
NEVADA
30. What is the Morse Code for the letter 'O'?
DASH DASH DASH
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby Footy Chick » Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:41 pm

2. Muppets

3. sextet

4. Bono

7. Aaron

12. Bull

19. 7

22. Titanic

28. Bread

29. Nevada

30. ...
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:16 pm

Footy Chick wrote:2. Muppets

3. sextet

4. Bono

7. Aaron

12. Bull

19. 7......CLOSE 6

22. Titanic

28. Bread

29. Nevada

30. ....NOT DOT DOT DOT

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby redandblack » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:28 pm

10 Donovan

11 Shells

24 Anno Domino
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby Footy Chick » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:45 pm

- - - then, I knew it was one of the two... geez, i'd be crap in a moment of emergency, I'd be sending OSO's... :lol:
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:48 pm

redandblack wrote:10 Donovan..........correct

11 Shells...........think you mean Q13

24 Anno Domino........close enough domini
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:49 pm

Footy Chick wrote:- - - then, I knew it was one of the two... geez, i'd be crap in a moment of emergency, I'd be sending OSO's... :lol:

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby Interceptor » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:37 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:1. The layer beneath the Earth's crust is called the what? mantle
6. How many Grams make a dekagram? 10
11. What gas is CH4 methane
23. In Astronomy Polaris is also known as what? the North Star
29. Which is America's Gambling State? Nevada?
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby JAS » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:37 pm

Q9 Arrows...as in bows and arrows
Q23 We call it the Pole Star

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:08 pm

Interceptor wrote:1. The layer beneath the Earth's crust is called the what? mantle
6. How many Grams make a dekagram? 10
11. What gas is CH4 methane
23. In Astronomy Polaris is also known as what? the North Star
29. Which is America's Gambling State? Nevada?

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:08 pm

JAS wrote:Q9 Arrows...as in bows and arrows
Q23 We call it the Pole Star

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby JAS » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:53 am

Q25 I'll go for the one everyone's heard of haha...Jurassic

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby Kahuna » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:48 am

14/ Fast Eddie Felson
26/ Stand by Your Man?
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby prowling panther » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:48 am

Q5 comedo
I wish my remembering was as good as my forgetting
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:17 am

Kahuna wrote:14/ Fast Eddie Felson
26/ Stand by Your Man?

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:17 am

subpol wrote:Q5 comedo

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby NokturnL OdysseY » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:38 am

8 - Barry Levinson
25 - Jurassic
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:03 pm

NokturnL OdysseY wrote:8 - Barry Levinson
25 - Jurassic

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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby RustyCage » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:43 am

27 - Dallas Cowboys?
I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run
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Re: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

Postby Booney » Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:38 am

Q7 - Wrong it is Aron not Aaron.
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