GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO.114
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:23 pm1 Who wrote the book Gone With the Wind?
MARGARET MITCHELL
2 In which Australian series did Kylie Minogue make her first TV appearance as a young Dutch girl called Carla?
THE SULLIVANS
3 Who rode the 1951 Melbourne Cup winner Delta?
NEVILLE SELLWOOD
4 In which suburb is the Burnside Village Shopping Centre?
GLENSIDE
5 How many days are in the last four months of the year?
122
6 What was the profession of Mike Brady (Robert Reed) in the television situation comedy series The Brady Bunch?
AN ARCHITECT
7 How many vowels are in the word abracadabra?
5
8 What is the capital of Afghanistan?
KABUL
9 At the height of his fame, which U.S. singer performed a moonwalk routine as part of his concerts?
MICHAEL JACKSON
10 A quatrain is a verse of how many lines?
4
11 What does trichoid mean?
HAIR LIKE
12 Who compered the 1960s Australian television game show Say When?
JIMMY HANNAN
13 After hydrogen, what is the second-most abundant element in the universe?
HELIUM
14 The Teatro Farnese, which opened to the public in Parma, Italy, in 1628, was the world’s first purpose-built what?
OPERA HOUSE
15 Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot?
SAMUEL BECKETT
16 In which year was the first Holden car manufactured in Australia?
1948
17 How many times was Henry VIII of England married?
6
18 What is the atomic number of zinc?
30
19 Which Scandinavian capital was formerly called Christiania?
OSLO
20 Who was the Roman goddess of wisdom?
MINERVA
21 What is a cheongsam?
CHINESE STYLED DRESS
22 The grave of U.S. president John F. Kennedy is in which cemetery?
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETRY
23 What does the expression “like a rat up a drainpipe” mean?
WITH GREAT SPEED OR ENTHUSIASM
24 In golf, what name is given to a score of one stroke under par on a hole?
A BIRDIE
25 What is bombay duck?
A DRIED FISH
26 What was the name of Hugh Grant’s character in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral?
CHARLES
27 The sudden and complete withdrawal of narcotics as a treatment of drug addiction is what turkey?
COLD
28 In which U.S. state does former president George W. Bush (2001-09) live?
TEXAS
29 Name the pet cat of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series of books.
CROOKSHANKS
30 How many horns does a black rhinoceros have?
2
31 What does a cartographer produce?
MAPS
32 What kind of creature is the title character in the 1972 film Ben?
A RAT
33 Which is the longest of Shakespeare's plays?
HAMLET
34 What was the theme song of British-born U.S. comedian-actor Bob Hope?
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
35 In which European country is the autonomous community of Andalusia?
SPAIN
36 What does “in the pink” mean?
IN GOOD HEALTH
37 What is ochlophobia?
FEAR OF CROWDS
38 Who played former boxer Terry Malloy in the 1954 film On the Waterfront?
MARLON BRANDO
39 “Maintain the right” is the motto of which country's federal police force?
CANADA'S
40 Scorpions are immune to their own poison – true or false?
TRUE
41 Proverbially, a stitch in time saves how many?
9
42 In which Spanish city is the Prado an art museum?
MADRID
43 What is the French name for Switzerland?
SUISSE
44 What name was originally given to Tasmania by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1642?
VAN DIEMENS LAND
45 Waterside worker Eddie Carbone is a character in which play by U.S. dramatist Arthur Miller?
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
46 What is America's Crescent City?
NEW ORLEANS
47 What is tasseography?
THE ART OF READING TEA LEAVES
48 What is the name for the European currency launched on January 1, 1999?
EURO
49 Name the pet cat of Vincent Benedict (Danny DeVito) in the 1988 film Twins.
JULIUS
50 What is the capital of Alaska?
JUNEAU
MARGARET MITCHELL
2 In which Australian series did Kylie Minogue make her first TV appearance as a young Dutch girl called Carla?
THE SULLIVANS
3 Who rode the 1951 Melbourne Cup winner Delta?
NEVILLE SELLWOOD
4 In which suburb is the Burnside Village Shopping Centre?
GLENSIDE
5 How many days are in the last four months of the year?
122
6 What was the profession of Mike Brady (Robert Reed) in the television situation comedy series The Brady Bunch?
AN ARCHITECT
7 How many vowels are in the word abracadabra?
5
8 What is the capital of Afghanistan?
KABUL
9 At the height of his fame, which U.S. singer performed a moonwalk routine as part of his concerts?
MICHAEL JACKSON
10 A quatrain is a verse of how many lines?
4
11 What does trichoid mean?
HAIR LIKE
12 Who compered the 1960s Australian television game show Say When?
JIMMY HANNAN
13 After hydrogen, what is the second-most abundant element in the universe?
HELIUM
14 The Teatro Farnese, which opened to the public in Parma, Italy, in 1628, was the world’s first purpose-built what?
OPERA HOUSE
15 Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot?
SAMUEL BECKETT
16 In which year was the first Holden car manufactured in Australia?
1948
17 How many times was Henry VIII of England married?
6
18 What is the atomic number of zinc?
30
19 Which Scandinavian capital was formerly called Christiania?
OSLO
20 Who was the Roman goddess of wisdom?
MINERVA
21 What is a cheongsam?
CHINESE STYLED DRESS
22 The grave of U.S. president John F. Kennedy is in which cemetery?
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETRY
23 What does the expression “like a rat up a drainpipe” mean?
WITH GREAT SPEED OR ENTHUSIASM
24 In golf, what name is given to a score of one stroke under par on a hole?
A BIRDIE
25 What is bombay duck?
A DRIED FISH
26 What was the name of Hugh Grant’s character in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral?
CHARLES
27 The sudden and complete withdrawal of narcotics as a treatment of drug addiction is what turkey?
COLD
28 In which U.S. state does former president George W. Bush (2001-09) live?
TEXAS
29 Name the pet cat of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series of books.
CROOKSHANKS
30 How many horns does a black rhinoceros have?
2
31 What does a cartographer produce?
MAPS
32 What kind of creature is the title character in the 1972 film Ben?
A RAT
33 Which is the longest of Shakespeare's plays?
HAMLET
34 What was the theme song of British-born U.S. comedian-actor Bob Hope?
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
35 In which European country is the autonomous community of Andalusia?
SPAIN
36 What does “in the pink” mean?
IN GOOD HEALTH
37 What is ochlophobia?
FEAR OF CROWDS
38 Who played former boxer Terry Malloy in the 1954 film On the Waterfront?
MARLON BRANDO
39 “Maintain the right” is the motto of which country's federal police force?
CANADA'S
40 Scorpions are immune to their own poison – true or false?
TRUE
41 Proverbially, a stitch in time saves how many?
9
42 In which Spanish city is the Prado an art museum?
MADRID
43 What is the French name for Switzerland?
SUISSE
44 What name was originally given to Tasmania by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1642?
VAN DIEMENS LAND
45 Waterside worker Eddie Carbone is a character in which play by U.S. dramatist Arthur Miller?
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
46 What is America's Crescent City?
NEW ORLEANS
47 What is tasseography?
THE ART OF READING TEA LEAVES
48 What is the name for the European currency launched on January 1, 1999?
EURO
49 Name the pet cat of Vincent Benedict (Danny DeVito) in the 1988 film Twins.
JULIUS
50 What is the capital of Alaska?
JUNEAU
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