GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 113
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:11 pm1 Which Australian city is centred on Lake Burley Griffin?
CANBERRA
2 What does lickety-split mean?
AT GREAT OR RAPID SPEED
3 What is the title of Irish rock band U2’s new album?
NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
4 What does “a fortiori” mean?
FOR A STILL STRONGER ANSWER. EVEN MORE CERTAIN
5 What is polydipsia?
EXCESSIVE THIRST
6 Which transport facility in South Australia has the postcode 5950?
ADELAIDE AIRPORT
7 Who played widower Steve Douglas in the TV situation comedy series My Three Sons?
FRED MACMURRAY
8 Whose real parents were Jor-El and Lara?
SUPERMANS
9 How many sides has an icosagon?
20
10 What was the email name of Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) in the film You’ve Got Mail?
NY152
11 How many days are in the first four months of 2009?
120
12 Which Australian vaudevillian was famous for his portrayal of the clown Mo?
ROY RENE
13 Who compered the 1960s Australian television program It Could Be You?
TOMMY HANLON JR.
14 Encephalitis is a viral inflammation of what part of the human body?
THE BRAIN
15 Who is the SA Treasurer?
KEVIN FOLEY
16 In which state was the first water fluoridation in Australia introduced in 1953?
TASMANIA
17 On which bay is the SA town of Robe?
GUICHEN
18 In cards, what is a long suit?
THE SUIT IN A HAND WHICH HAS THE MOST CARDS
19 What does pluvious mean?
RAINY
20 What is the capital of Uganda?
KAMPALA
21 Pate de foie gras is a paste made with the livers of which specially fattened birds?
GEESE
22 Proverbially, who does an apple a day keep away?
THE DOCTOR
23 What is the Italian name for Florence?
FIRENZE
24 Name Adelaide’s Lord Mayor.
MICHAEL HARBISON
25 Vectis was the Latin name for which island off the southern coast of England?
ISLE OF WIGHT
26 Cape Guardaful is at the eastern extremity of which continent?
AFRICA (IN SOMALIA)
27 What is the Roman numeral for 50?
L
28 Complete this old advertising slogan – “If it’s safe in water, it’s safe in...”
LUX
29 Name the pet dog of the title character in the comic strip Dennis the Menace.
RUFF
30 Who compered the Australian radio and television program Pick-A-Box?
BOB DYER
31 What does the expression “cook someone’s goose” mean?
TO FRUSTRATE OR RUIN SOMEONES HOPES
32 Portugal is almost exclusively which religion?
CATHOLIC
33 Ben Cousins plays for which AFL team?
RICHMOND
34 Who wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover?
D.H. LAWRENCE
35 Which U.S. president lived from 1911 to 2004?
RONALD REAGAN
36 What does the musical direction allegro mean?
IN RAPID TEMPO
37 Who wrote the narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)?
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
38 The height of a horse is measured in what?
HANDS
39 Name the Everett family rooster in the 1970s television situation comedy series Nanny and the Professor.
SEBASTIAN
40 Name the exceedingly useful alloy of copper and zinc.
BRASS
41 Yarralumla, the official residence of the Governor-General, is in which city?
CANBERRA
42 Who is Australia’s cricket captain?
RICKY PONTING
43 For which country is DK the international vehicle registration?
DENMARK
44 Fantasyland is a subdivision of which amusement park in California?
DISNEYLAND
45 In which year was the Uniting Church formed in Australia with membership from the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches?
1977
46 Which playing card is known as the curse of Scotland?
NINE OF DIAMONDS
47 What kind of clothing are long johns?
A PAIR OF LONG UNDERPANTS
48 Which country has the most mobile phones?
CHINA
49 What does “piccolo” mean in Italian?
SMALL
50 Who is the patron saint of children?
SAINT NICHOLAS
CANBERRA
2 What does lickety-split mean?
AT GREAT OR RAPID SPEED
3 What is the title of Irish rock band U2’s new album?
NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
4 What does “a fortiori” mean?
FOR A STILL STRONGER ANSWER. EVEN MORE CERTAIN
5 What is polydipsia?
EXCESSIVE THIRST
6 Which transport facility in South Australia has the postcode 5950?
ADELAIDE AIRPORT
7 Who played widower Steve Douglas in the TV situation comedy series My Three Sons?
FRED MACMURRAY
8 Whose real parents were Jor-El and Lara?
SUPERMANS
9 How many sides has an icosagon?
20
10 What was the email name of Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) in the film You’ve Got Mail?
NY152
11 How many days are in the first four months of 2009?
120
12 Which Australian vaudevillian was famous for his portrayal of the clown Mo?
ROY RENE
13 Who compered the 1960s Australian television program It Could Be You?
TOMMY HANLON JR.
14 Encephalitis is a viral inflammation of what part of the human body?
THE BRAIN
15 Who is the SA Treasurer?
KEVIN FOLEY
16 In which state was the first water fluoridation in Australia introduced in 1953?
TASMANIA
17 On which bay is the SA town of Robe?
GUICHEN
18 In cards, what is a long suit?
THE SUIT IN A HAND WHICH HAS THE MOST CARDS
19 What does pluvious mean?
RAINY
20 What is the capital of Uganda?
KAMPALA
21 Pate de foie gras is a paste made with the livers of which specially fattened birds?
GEESE
22 Proverbially, who does an apple a day keep away?
THE DOCTOR
23 What is the Italian name for Florence?
FIRENZE
24 Name Adelaide’s Lord Mayor.
MICHAEL HARBISON
25 Vectis was the Latin name for which island off the southern coast of England?
ISLE OF WIGHT
26 Cape Guardaful is at the eastern extremity of which continent?
AFRICA (IN SOMALIA)
27 What is the Roman numeral for 50?
L
28 Complete this old advertising slogan – “If it’s safe in water, it’s safe in...”
LUX
29 Name the pet dog of the title character in the comic strip Dennis the Menace.
RUFF
30 Who compered the Australian radio and television program Pick-A-Box?
BOB DYER
31 What does the expression “cook someone’s goose” mean?
TO FRUSTRATE OR RUIN SOMEONES HOPES
32 Portugal is almost exclusively which religion?
CATHOLIC
33 Ben Cousins plays for which AFL team?
RICHMOND
34 Who wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover?
D.H. LAWRENCE
35 Which U.S. president lived from 1911 to 2004?
RONALD REAGAN
36 What does the musical direction allegro mean?
IN RAPID TEMPO
37 Who wrote the narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)?
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
38 The height of a horse is measured in what?
HANDS
39 Name the Everett family rooster in the 1970s television situation comedy series Nanny and the Professor.
SEBASTIAN
40 Name the exceedingly useful alloy of copper and zinc.
BRASS
41 Yarralumla, the official residence of the Governor-General, is in which city?
CANBERRA
42 Who is Australia’s cricket captain?
RICKY PONTING
43 For which country is DK the international vehicle registration?
DENMARK
44 Fantasyland is a subdivision of which amusement park in California?
DISNEYLAND
45 In which year was the Uniting Church formed in Australia with membership from the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches?
1977
46 Which playing card is known as the curse of Scotland?
NINE OF DIAMONDS
47 What kind of clothing are long johns?
A PAIR OF LONG UNDERPANTS
48 Which country has the most mobile phones?
CHINA
49 What does “piccolo” mean in Italian?
SMALL
50 Who is the patron saint of children?
SAINT NICHOLAS
