GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 79
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:03 pm1. 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
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
