GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 91
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:32 pm1. Which actor played James Bond in the movie Octopussy?
ROGER MOORE
2. What was the name of Tintins dog?
SNOWY
3. What is the name of the light sensitive part of the eye?
RETINA
4. What birthstone covers the month of January?
GARNET
5. What is the name of Japanese pilots who performed suicide mission from the air in WW2?
KAMIKAZE
6. Alopecia is the loss of what?
HAIR
7. Sulphur was once known as what kind of stone?
BRIMSTONE
8. What was the full name of baseball player Babe Ruth?
GEORGE HERMAN RUTH
9. What is the Latin name for the common weed Dandelion?
TARAXACUM OFFICINALE
10. In what year was the Great Fire of London?
1666
11. What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet?
EPSILON
12. Who directed the 1987 movie 'Empire of the Sun'?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
13. What was the name of Dick Dastardly's dog?
MUTTLEY
14. What acid forms in muscles during excercise?
LACTIC
15. What does the word Karate mean?
EMPTY HAND
16. What is the maximum break possible in Snooker?
147
17. What is 'Marge Simpsons' Maiden Name?
BOUVIER
18. Clark Kent reports for which newspaper?
THE DAILY PLANET
19. What is 90 in Roman Numerals?
XC
20. In which sport would you use a 'foil'?
FENCING
21. What Color is Chlorophyll?
GREEN
22. How many players are there in a Polo team?
4
23. Beethoven initially dedicated his 'Eroica Symphony' to which historical figure?
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
24. In what year was the first test tube baby born?
1978
25. What year saw the downfall of the Berlin Wall?
1989
26. How many points do you get for a conversion in Rugby Union?
2
27. Which fever is caused by the bacterium 'Salmonella Typhi'?
TYPHOID
28. Who changed his name to Yusef Islam?
CAT STEVENS
29. How many hours are there in a week?
168
30. Who wrote the book 'War and Peace'?
LEO TOLSTOY
31. In the Bible who murdered Abel?
CAIN
32. Who directed the 1992 movie 'Hook'?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
33. In golf how many strokes under par is an eagle?
2
34. Which breed of Goat do we get mohair from?
ANGORA
35. Which is the only even Prime Number?
2
36. What is the Cube Root of 27?
3
37. Mars was the Roman god of what?
WAR
38. How many legs does a lobster have?
8
39. What instrument would you use to measure Humidity?
HYGROMETER
40. In which year was CND launched?
1958
ROGER MOORE
2. What was the name of Tintins dog?
SNOWY
3. What is the name of the light sensitive part of the eye?
RETINA
4. What birthstone covers the month of January?
GARNET
5. What is the name of Japanese pilots who performed suicide mission from the air in WW2?
KAMIKAZE
6. Alopecia is the loss of what?
HAIR
7. Sulphur was once known as what kind of stone?
BRIMSTONE
8. What was the full name of baseball player Babe Ruth?
GEORGE HERMAN RUTH
9. What is the Latin name for the common weed Dandelion?
TARAXACUM OFFICINALE
10. In what year was the Great Fire of London?
1666
11. What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet?
EPSILON
12. Who directed the 1987 movie 'Empire of the Sun'?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
13. What was the name of Dick Dastardly's dog?
MUTTLEY
14. What acid forms in muscles during excercise?
LACTIC
15. What does the word Karate mean?
EMPTY HAND
16. What is the maximum break possible in Snooker?
147
17. What is 'Marge Simpsons' Maiden Name?
BOUVIER
18. Clark Kent reports for which newspaper?
THE DAILY PLANET
19. What is 90 in Roman Numerals?
XC
20. In which sport would you use a 'foil'?
FENCING
21. What Color is Chlorophyll?
GREEN
22. How many players are there in a Polo team?
4
23. Beethoven initially dedicated his 'Eroica Symphony' to which historical figure?
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
24. In what year was the first test tube baby born?
1978
25. What year saw the downfall of the Berlin Wall?
1989
26. How many points do you get for a conversion in Rugby Union?
2
27. Which fever is caused by the bacterium 'Salmonella Typhi'?
TYPHOID
28. Who changed his name to Yusef Islam?
CAT STEVENS
29. How many hours are there in a week?
168
30. Who wrote the book 'War and Peace'?
LEO TOLSTOY
31. In the Bible who murdered Abel?
CAIN
32. Who directed the 1992 movie 'Hook'?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
33. In golf how many strokes under par is an eagle?
2
34. Which breed of Goat do we get mohair from?
ANGORA
35. Which is the only even Prime Number?
2
36. What is the Cube Root of 27?
3
37. Mars was the Roman god of what?
WAR
38. How many legs does a lobster have?
8
39. What instrument would you use to measure Humidity?
HYGROMETER
40. In which year was CND launched?
1958
