GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 80

[magpie in the 80's]

1. What Hebrew word is both a Greeting and a Farewell?
SHALOM
2. What is the International radio code for the letter 'Q'
QUEBEC
3. What Year did Stalin Die?
1953
4. Who was the Roman God of fertility?
VERTUMNUS
5. What type of animal is a Garganey?
DUCK
6. Which was Roger Moore's first James Bond Movie?
LIVE AND LET DIE
7. What is the nearest star to the Earth?
THE SUN
8. Rainfall is measured by what instrument?
PLUVIOMETER
9. Buddy Holly died in which year?
1959
10. Where can you find the 'Wailing Wall'?
JERUSALEM
11. What does a vintner produce?
WINE
12. Who was Sherlock Holmes' housemaid?
MRS. HUDSON
13. Which chemical element has the symbol 'Se'?
SELENIUM
14. Crocus Sativus is the Latin name for which spice?
SAFFRON
15. What are you playing if you play for the Ryder Cup?
GOLF
16. What organ is affected by 'encephalitis'?
BRAIN
17. Crazy Horse was who's right hand man?
SITTING BULL
18. All roads lead to..Where?
ROME
19. Who won the baseball world series in 2000?
NEW YORK YANKEES
20. Hydrophobia is a fear of what?
WATER
21. What is the actor Christopher Lee's middle name?
CARANDINI
22. Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?
NEIL ARMSTRONG
23. What nationality was Marie Curie?
POLISH
24. What is the name of the fault that threatens San Fransisco?
SAN ANDREAS
25. How many points are there on a Backgammon board?
24
26. What year was the first copy of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four' sold?
1949
27. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?
AMELIA EARHART
28. In the Movie '28 Days' Who was the character that Sandra Bullock Played?
GWEN CUMMINGS
29. Which Florida National Park is Bisected by 'Alligator Alley'?
EVERGLADES
30. Which bird is the symbol of Peace?
DOVE

[Hazbeen]

2. Quebec
4. Ceres
10. Jereuselem
15. Golf
17. Sitting Bull
18. Rome
20. Water
22. Neil Armstrong
24. San Andreas
30. Dove

[godoubleblues]

Q7 - alpha centauri
Q11 - wine

[redandblack]

27 Amy Johnson

29 Everglades

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Quebec
4. Ceres................INCORRECT
10. Jereuselem
15. Golf
17. Sitting Bull
18. Rome
20. Water
22. Neil Armstrong
24. San Andreas
30. Dove

OTHERS CORRECT HB

[magpie in the 80's]

Q7 - alpha centauri........INCORRECT
Q11 - wine..............CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

27 Amy Johnson........INCORRECT

29 Everglades............CORRECT

[Thiele]

8. Millimeters

[Interceptor]

7. What is the nearest star to the Earth? Proxima Centauri
13. Which chemical element has the symbol 'Se'? Selenium
16. What organ is affected by 'encephalitis'? brain?
23. What nationality was Marie Curie? French

[magpie in the 80's]

8. Millimeters

incorrect jt

[magpie in the 80's]

7. What is the nearest star to the Earth? Proxima Centauri incorrect
13. Which chemical element has the symbol 'Se'? Selenium
16. What organ is affected by 'encephalitis'? brain?
23. What nationality was Marie Curie? French incorrect

others correct inter

[JAS]

Q1 Shalom
Q7 The Sun
Q12 Mrs Hudson
Q14 Saffron

Regards
JAS

[A Mum]

8 - Rain Gauge
9 - 1959

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 Shalom
Q7 The Sun
Q12 Mrs Hudson
Q14 Saffron

Regards
JAS

correct jas

[magpie in the 80's]

8 - Rain Gauge ...........incorrect
9 - 1959..........correct

[A Mum]

8 - Rain Gauge ...........incorrect
9 - 1959..........correct

Damn...

I thought Rain Gauge might be too obvious !!

[magpie in the 80's]

8 - Rain Gauge ...........incorrect
9 - 1959..........correct

Damn...

I thought Rain Gauge might be too obvious !!

YES, YES IT IS MUM

[Hazbeen]

6. Live and Let Die

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Live and Let Die

CORRECT HB

[godoubleblues]

Q23 - Polish
Q25 - 24