GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 108
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:11 pm1 Which U.S. jazz trumpeter was nicknamed Satchmo?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
2 The national flag of Nepal has how many sides?
5
3 The Cinecitta film studios are in which European city?
ROME
4 In which year was the Cuban missile crisis?
1962
5 In finance, what does "add alpha" mean?
TO ADD VALUE TO A TRANSACTION WITHOUT INCREASING RISK
6 Who defeated Australian player Jelena Dokic in a quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne on January 27?
DINARA SAFIN
7 Which is America's Lone Star State?
TEXAS
8 Who wrote the book Jane Eyre?
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
9 Broadway, a street famous for its theatres, is in which American city?
NEW YOK
10 Who was the U.S. vice-president from 1993-2001?
AL GORE
11 Eland, the largest species of antelope, is native of which continent?
AFRICA
12 Who is Premier of Queensland?
ANNA BLIGH
13 On which date is St Patrick's Day celebrated annually in honour of the patron saint of Ireland?
MARCH 17TH
14 The orca is also known as what kind of whale?
KILLER
15 Who is the lead singer of The Rolling Stones?
MICK JAGGER
16 Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide suburb – OOODNRW.
NORWOOD
17 Point Danger, site of the first laser beam lighthouse in the world, is in which Australian state?
NEW SOUTH WALES
18 Name the Norwegian artist who painted The Scream.
EDVARD MUNCH
19 Which is the brightest planet?
VENUS
20 What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
HARARE
21 In which 1968 film did U.S. comedian Groucho Marx play God?
SKIDOO
22 Name the U.S. Secretary of State.
HILLARY CLINTON
23 For how many years did biblical patriarch Methuselah live?
969 YEARS
24 Which Australian prime minister pledged "no child will be living in poverty by 1990"?
BOB HAWKE
25 What is a Roman nose?
A NOSE HAVING A PROMINANT UPPER PART
26 What does the expression "cut the mustard" mean?
TO BE ADEQUATE ( FOR SOME SPECIFIED TASK)
27 In which year did Greg Anderson (Port Adelaide) win the Magarey Medal?
1986
28 Who was the first American to fly in space?
ALAN SHEPARD IN 1961
29 What are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell?
UNIVERSITIES IN THE USA
30 What is the highest mountain in the Northern Territory?
MOUNT ZEIL
31 Name the two daughters of Michelle and U.S. President Barack Obama.
MALIA AND SASHA
32 Which budget airline will launch its second Australian base in Adelaide on March 1?
TIGER AIRWAYS
33 John Lenders is the treasurer of which Australian state?
VICTORIA
34 What are said to speak louder than words?
ACTIONS
35 Torres Strait is between Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and the southern coast of which country?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
36 In the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, how old is the title character when Humbert Humbert first meets her?
12
37 What is a poker face?
AN EXPRESSIONLESS FACE
38 Who was the first person to climb the Matterhorn?
EDWARD WHYMPER
39 In which British city is the Victoria and Albert Museum?
LONDON
40 The routine of which English comedian included a monologue about a woman named Sonia Snell who found herself stuck to a newly painted toilet seat in a railway station lavatory?
ARTHUR ACKEY
41 Complete the title of this popular song first heard in 1922 – I'll Build a Stairway to ...
PARADISE
42 Who composed the music for Song of Australia?
CARL LINGER
43 What is Adelaide's palindromic beachside suburb?
GLENELG
44 Who is Australia's Foreign Minister?
STEPHEN SMITH
45 What does the expression "leave someone holding the baby" mean?
TO ABANDON SOMEONE WITH A PROBLEM NOT RIGHTLY THEIRS
46 In which year were the Olympic Games held in Melbourne?
1956
47 Name the founder of the Mormon Church.
JOSEPH SMITH
48 What is the word for T in the phonetic alphabet?
TANGO
49 What is the simplest compound of hydrogen and oxygen?
WATER
50 February contains how many days in a leap year?
29
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
2 The national flag of Nepal has how many sides?
5
3 The Cinecitta film studios are in which European city?
ROME
4 In which year was the Cuban missile crisis?
1962
5 In finance, what does "add alpha" mean?
TO ADD VALUE TO A TRANSACTION WITHOUT INCREASING RISK
6 Who defeated Australian player Jelena Dokic in a quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne on January 27?
DINARA SAFIN
7 Which is America's Lone Star State?
TEXAS
8 Who wrote the book Jane Eyre?
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
9 Broadway, a street famous for its theatres, is in which American city?
NEW YOK
10 Who was the U.S. vice-president from 1993-2001?
AL GORE
11 Eland, the largest species of antelope, is native of which continent?
AFRICA
12 Who is Premier of Queensland?
ANNA BLIGH
13 On which date is St Patrick's Day celebrated annually in honour of the patron saint of Ireland?
MARCH 17TH
14 The orca is also known as what kind of whale?
KILLER
15 Who is the lead singer of The Rolling Stones?
MICK JAGGER
16 Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide suburb – OOODNRW.
NORWOOD
17 Point Danger, site of the first laser beam lighthouse in the world, is in which Australian state?
NEW SOUTH WALES
18 Name the Norwegian artist who painted The Scream.
EDVARD MUNCH
19 Which is the brightest planet?
VENUS
20 What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
HARARE
21 In which 1968 film did U.S. comedian Groucho Marx play God?
SKIDOO
22 Name the U.S. Secretary of State.
HILLARY CLINTON
23 For how many years did biblical patriarch Methuselah live?
969 YEARS
24 Which Australian prime minister pledged "no child will be living in poverty by 1990"?
BOB HAWKE
25 What is a Roman nose?
A NOSE HAVING A PROMINANT UPPER PART
26 What does the expression "cut the mustard" mean?
TO BE ADEQUATE ( FOR SOME SPECIFIED TASK)
27 In which year did Greg Anderson (Port Adelaide) win the Magarey Medal?
1986
28 Who was the first American to fly in space?
ALAN SHEPARD IN 1961
29 What are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell?
UNIVERSITIES IN THE USA
30 What is the highest mountain in the Northern Territory?
MOUNT ZEIL
31 Name the two daughters of Michelle and U.S. President Barack Obama.
MALIA AND SASHA
32 Which budget airline will launch its second Australian base in Adelaide on March 1?
TIGER AIRWAYS
33 John Lenders is the treasurer of which Australian state?
VICTORIA
34 What are said to speak louder than words?
ACTIONS
35 Torres Strait is between Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and the southern coast of which country?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
36 In the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, how old is the title character when Humbert Humbert first meets her?
12
37 What is a poker face?
AN EXPRESSIONLESS FACE
38 Who was the first person to climb the Matterhorn?
EDWARD WHYMPER
39 In which British city is the Victoria and Albert Museum?
LONDON
40 The routine of which English comedian included a monologue about a woman named Sonia Snell who found herself stuck to a newly painted toilet seat in a railway station lavatory?
ARTHUR ACKEY
41 Complete the title of this popular song first heard in 1922 – I'll Build a Stairway to ...
PARADISE
42 Who composed the music for Song of Australia?
CARL LINGER
43 What is Adelaide's palindromic beachside suburb?
GLENELG
44 Who is Australia's Foreign Minister?
STEPHEN SMITH
45 What does the expression "leave someone holding the baby" mean?
TO ABANDON SOMEONE WITH A PROBLEM NOT RIGHTLY THEIRS
46 In which year were the Olympic Games held in Melbourne?
1956
47 Name the founder of the Mormon Church.
JOSEPH SMITH
48 What is the word for T in the phonetic alphabet?
TANGO
49 What is the simplest compound of hydrogen and oxygen?
WATER
50 February contains how many days in a leap year?
29
