GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO 107
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:10 pm1 Who made the first cross Channel flight in 1909?
LOUIS BLERIOT
2 From which type of animal does cashmere come?
A GOAT
3 Who led the Hamlin rats into the river Weser?
THE PIED PIPER
4 Which 2 countries merged to form Tanzania?
TANGANYIKA AND ZANZIBAR
5 Of what did the US 18th amendment ban the sale?
ALCOHOL
6 Who performed the first human heart transplant?
CHRISTIAN BARNARD
7 Which instrument does Jeff Beck play?
GUITAR
8 What do the spots on a die add up to?
21
9 Which is longest, a crotchet or a minim?
A MINIUM
10 Who flew into Le Bourget airport on May 21st 1927?
CHARLES LINDBURGH
11 If T is tango, what is Y?
YANKEE
12 What are Kohoutek and Hale Bopp?
COMETS
13 Into which sea does the river Jordan flow?
THE DEAD SEA
14 What was the name of King Arthur's magic sword?
EXCALIBUR
15 How were Charles and John Wesley related?
BROTHERS
16 Where was Elvis crying in 1965?
IN THE CHAPEL
17 What was Sri Lanka's former name?
CEYLON
18 In which sport was Jack Dempsey a World Champion?
BOXING
19 In which country would you find pandas in the wild?
CHINA
20 Which chief led the Sioux against General Custer?
SITTING BULL
21 Who could only play "Over the hills and far away?"
TOM THE PIPERS SON
22 Which traveller visited the kingdom of Brobdignag?
GULLIVER
23 Which is the last event in the decathlon?
1500M
24 Who had hits with "I am a Rock" and "The Boxer?"
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
25 What is a fedora?
A HAT
26 How many years are there in a millennium?
1000
27 How old is a quadragenarian?
40
28 Who wrote the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?"
TENNESSSEE WILLIAMS
29 What kind of fish is a hammerhead?
A SHARK
30 In the American Civil War, who opposed the Union?
THE CONFEDERATES
31 By what other name is the mountain lion or cougar known?
PUMA
32 What sort of creature is a water moccasin?
SNAKE
33 Which drink is advertised as "The real thing?"
COCA COLA
34 What would you be doing if you were wearing crampons?
CLIMBING
35 Who were "Standing in the shadow of love" in 1967?
THE FOUR TOPS
36 Who played the Fonz in TV's "Happy Days?"
HENRY WINKLER
37 Of which vegetable is the Savoy a variety?
CABBAGE
38 How many feet in a fathom?
6
39 What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
BELFAST
40 Who was the last king of Egypt?
FAROUK
LOUIS BLERIOT
2 From which type of animal does cashmere come?
A GOAT
3 Who led the Hamlin rats into the river Weser?
THE PIED PIPER
4 Which 2 countries merged to form Tanzania?
TANGANYIKA AND ZANZIBAR
5 Of what did the US 18th amendment ban the sale?
ALCOHOL
6 Who performed the first human heart transplant?
CHRISTIAN BARNARD
7 Which instrument does Jeff Beck play?
GUITAR
8 What do the spots on a die add up to?
21
9 Which is longest, a crotchet or a minim?
A MINIUM
10 Who flew into Le Bourget airport on May 21st 1927?
CHARLES LINDBURGH
11 If T is tango, what is Y?
YANKEE
12 What are Kohoutek and Hale Bopp?
COMETS
13 Into which sea does the river Jordan flow?
THE DEAD SEA
14 What was the name of King Arthur's magic sword?
EXCALIBUR
15 How were Charles and John Wesley related?
BROTHERS
16 Where was Elvis crying in 1965?
IN THE CHAPEL
17 What was Sri Lanka's former name?
CEYLON
18 In which sport was Jack Dempsey a World Champion?
BOXING
19 In which country would you find pandas in the wild?
CHINA
20 Which chief led the Sioux against General Custer?
SITTING BULL
21 Who could only play "Over the hills and far away?"
TOM THE PIPERS SON
22 Which traveller visited the kingdom of Brobdignag?
GULLIVER
23 Which is the last event in the decathlon?
1500M
24 Who had hits with "I am a Rock" and "The Boxer?"
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
25 What is a fedora?
A HAT
26 How many years are there in a millennium?
1000
27 How old is a quadragenarian?
40
28 Who wrote the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?"
TENNESSSEE WILLIAMS
29 What kind of fish is a hammerhead?
A SHARK
30 In the American Civil War, who opposed the Union?
THE CONFEDERATES
31 By what other name is the mountain lion or cougar known?
PUMA
32 What sort of creature is a water moccasin?
SNAKE
33 Which drink is advertised as "The real thing?"
COCA COLA
34 What would you be doing if you were wearing crampons?
CLIMBING
35 Who were "Standing in the shadow of love" in 1967?
THE FOUR TOPS
36 Who played the Fonz in TV's "Happy Days?"
HENRY WINKLER
37 Of which vegetable is the Savoy a variety?
CABBAGE
38 How many feet in a fathom?
6
39 What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
BELFAST
40 Who was the last king of Egypt?
FAROUK
