GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 110
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:40 pm1 What is Superman's home planet?
KRYPTON
2 Which is the largest ocean?
PACIFIC
3 What is misogyny?
HATRED OF WOMEN
4 Which U.S. country singer was nicknamed the Man in Black?
JOHNNY CASH
5 By what name was British soldier T.E. Lawrence better known?
LAWRENCE OF ARAGIA
6 What is the capital of Wales?
CARDIFF
7 Which country won soccer's 2002 World Cup?
BRAZIL
8 How many degrees are in each interior angle of an equilateral triangle?
60
9 How many keys are on a standard piano?
88
10 In which year was iced tea first created – 1908, 1928 or 1948?
1908
11 What is a windscreen called in the U.S.?
WINDSHIELD
12 Something used to divert attention is what colour herring?
RED
13 Name the character played by U.S. actor James Dean in the 1956 film Giant.
JETT RINK
14 Which make of vehicle means "I am rolling" in Latin?
VOLVO
15 In which country was paper invented?
CHINA
16 Who was the Maid of Orleans?
JOAN OF ARC
17 Proverbially, what makes the heart grow fonder?
ABSENCE
18 What kind of animal is the cartoon character Babar?
AN ELEPHANT
19 What are Oxford bags?
VERY WIDE TROUSERS
20 In which year were the first Winter Olympic Games held?
1924 IN FRANCE
21 Sir Julius Chan is a former prime minister of which country?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
22 Great Sandy Island is another name for which island off the coast of Queensland?
FRASER ISLAND
23 What is "cold comfort"?
ALMOST NO CONSOLATION
24 Name the territory ruled by a duke or duchess.
A DUCHY
25 What is char siew?
CHINESE STYLE ROAST PORK
26 To make a hard decision is to bite the what?
BULLET
27 Bip was the most famous character of which French mime?
MARCEL MARCEAU
28 In which U.S. city is O'Hare International Airport?
CHICAGO
29 What is the word for H in the phonetic alphabet?
HOTEL
30 Who was the chief god of Scandinavian mythology?
ODIN
31 Where in Switzerland did the World Economic Forum meet recently?
DAVOS
32 What is the penultimate letter of the English alphabet?
Y
33 What nationality is tennis player Roger Federer?
SWISS
34 What is eau de vie?
BRANDY
35 In which year did Jamie Brooksby win Big Brother on Channel 10?
2006
36 What is malarky?
NONSENSE - MEANINGLESS TALK
37 What is amaxophobia?
FEAR OF RIDING IN A CAR
38 Which unit of power is equal to 1000 watts?
A KILOWATT
39 Tzatziki, a dip made from yoghurt, chopped cucumber and garlic, comes from which country?
GREECE
40 Champers is a colloquial word for what kind of alcoholic drink?
CHAMPAGNE
41 What is the length of a U.S. presidential term?
4 YEARS
42 What do the letters in the television transmission system PAL stand for?
PHASE ALTERNATE LINE
43 What is the third and lowest division of the small intestine?
ILEUM
44 What does an orologist study?
MOUNTAINS
45 U.S. actor Marilyn Monroe is mentioned in Billy Joel's 1989 hit We Didn't Start the Fire – true or false.
TRUE
46 Which planet was thought for many years to have artificially made canals on its surface?
MARS
47 From which language does the word smorgasbord come?
SWEDISH
48 Which Australian prime minister was nicknamed Pig Iron Bob?
SIR ROBERT MENZIES
49 The New York boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn are on which island?
LONG ISLAND
50 Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system, is a moon of which planet?
JUPITER
KRYPTON
2 Which is the largest ocean?
PACIFIC
3 What is misogyny?
HATRED OF WOMEN
4 Which U.S. country singer was nicknamed the Man in Black?
JOHNNY CASH
5 By what name was British soldier T.E. Lawrence better known?
LAWRENCE OF ARAGIA
6 What is the capital of Wales?
CARDIFF
7 Which country won soccer's 2002 World Cup?
BRAZIL
8 How many degrees are in each interior angle of an equilateral triangle?
60
9 How many keys are on a standard piano?
88
10 In which year was iced tea first created – 1908, 1928 or 1948?
1908
11 What is a windscreen called in the U.S.?
WINDSHIELD
12 Something used to divert attention is what colour herring?
RED
13 Name the character played by U.S. actor James Dean in the 1956 film Giant.
JETT RINK
14 Which make of vehicle means "I am rolling" in Latin?
VOLVO
15 In which country was paper invented?
CHINA
16 Who was the Maid of Orleans?
JOAN OF ARC
17 Proverbially, what makes the heart grow fonder?
ABSENCE
18 What kind of animal is the cartoon character Babar?
AN ELEPHANT
19 What are Oxford bags?
VERY WIDE TROUSERS
20 In which year were the first Winter Olympic Games held?
1924 IN FRANCE
21 Sir Julius Chan is a former prime minister of which country?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
22 Great Sandy Island is another name for which island off the coast of Queensland?
FRASER ISLAND
23 What is "cold comfort"?
ALMOST NO CONSOLATION
24 Name the territory ruled by a duke or duchess.
A DUCHY
25 What is char siew?
CHINESE STYLE ROAST PORK
26 To make a hard decision is to bite the what?
BULLET
27 Bip was the most famous character of which French mime?
MARCEL MARCEAU
28 In which U.S. city is O'Hare International Airport?
CHICAGO
29 What is the word for H in the phonetic alphabet?
HOTEL
30 Who was the chief god of Scandinavian mythology?
ODIN
31 Where in Switzerland did the World Economic Forum meet recently?
DAVOS
32 What is the penultimate letter of the English alphabet?
Y
33 What nationality is tennis player Roger Federer?
SWISS
34 What is eau de vie?
BRANDY
35 In which year did Jamie Brooksby win Big Brother on Channel 10?
2006
36 What is malarky?
NONSENSE - MEANINGLESS TALK
37 What is amaxophobia?
FEAR OF RIDING IN A CAR
38 Which unit of power is equal to 1000 watts?
A KILOWATT
39 Tzatziki, a dip made from yoghurt, chopped cucumber and garlic, comes from which country?
GREECE
40 Champers is a colloquial word for what kind of alcoholic drink?
CHAMPAGNE
41 What is the length of a U.S. presidential term?
4 YEARS
42 What do the letters in the television transmission system PAL stand for?
PHASE ALTERNATE LINE
43 What is the third and lowest division of the small intestine?
ILEUM
44 What does an orologist study?
MOUNTAINS
45 U.S. actor Marilyn Monroe is mentioned in Billy Joel's 1989 hit We Didn't Start the Fire – true or false.
TRUE
46 Which planet was thought for many years to have artificially made canals on its surface?
MARS
47 From which language does the word smorgasbord come?
SWEDISH
48 Which Australian prime minister was nicknamed Pig Iron Bob?
SIR ROBERT MENZIES
49 The New York boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn are on which island?
LONG ISLAND
50 Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system, is a moon of which planet?
JUPITER
