GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79

[magpie in the 80's]

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

[Footy Chick]

2. Muppets

3. sextet

4. Bono

7. Aaron

12. Bull

19. 7

22. Titanic

28. Bread

29. Nevada

30. ...

[magpie in the 80's]

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

ALL OTHERS CORRECT FC

[redandblack]

10 Donovan

11 Shells

24 Anno Domino

[Footy Chick]

- - - 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...

[magpie in the 80's]

10 Donovan..........correct

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

24 Anno Domino........close enough domini

[magpie in the 80's]

- - - 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...

correct FC

[Interceptor]

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?

[JAS]

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

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

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?

CORRECT INTER

[magpie in the 80's]

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

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[JAS]

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

Regards
JAS

[Kahuna]

14/ Fast Eddie Felson
26/ Stand by Your Man?

[prowling panther]

Q5 comedo

[magpie in the 80's]

14/ Fast Eddie Felson
26/ Stand by Your Man?

CORRECT K

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5 comedo

CORRECT SP

[NokturnL OdysseY]

8 - Barry Levinson
25 - Jurassic

[magpie in the 80's]

8 - Barry Levinson
25 - Jurassic

CORRECT N.O.

[RustyCage]

27 - Dallas Cowboys?

[Booney]

Q7 - Wrong it is Aron not Aaron.