GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO.120
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:31 pm1 In which country did merino sheep originate?
SPAIN
2 How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
3 Who composed the opera La Traviata?
GIUSEPPE VERDI
4 What is the national airline of Finland?
FINNAIR
5 What is the name of the home or burrow of a badger?
A SETT
6 In which 1972 Barbra Streisand film are there two car chases through San Francisco?
WHATS UP DOC
7 In the first verse of the 1962 hit I've Been Everywhere, which NSW city follows Seymour?
LISMORE
8 What is alopecia?
LOSS OF HAIR
9 To which animal does ovine refer?
A SHEEP
10 What was the first Carry On film in colour?
CARRY ON CRUISING
11 In traditional Scottish marriage custom, what is a tocher?
A BRIDES DOWRY
12 What is a tombowler?
A VERY LARGE MARBLE
13 What is the Italian name for Venice?
VENEZIA
14 Who was the director of the 2006 Adelaide Festival?
BRETT SHEEHY
15 What is the third book of the Old Testament?
LEVITICUS
16 Which airport has the three-letter code LAX?
LOS ANGELES
17 What is a young goose called?
A GOSLING
18 Who won the television series Big Brother in 2006?
JAMIE BROOKSBY
19 Name the Ugly Stepsisters in the Disney animated film Cinderella.
ANASTASIA - DRIZELLA
20 Name the title characters of the book The Three Musketeers.
ARAMIS - ATHOS - PORTHOS
21 Name the two colours on the UN flag.
BLUE AND WHITE
22 Who wrote The Bonfire of the Vanities?
TOM WOLFE
23 What is the official burger of the AFL?
HUNGRY JACKS WOPPER
24 Which of Walt Disney's Seven Dwarfs wears glasses?
DOC
25 Who was the Roman god of the sea?
NEPTUNE
26 The African country of Chad is landlocked – true or false?
TRUE
27 How did Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, die in 1542?
SHE WAS BEHEADED
28 What does a helixophile collect?
CORKSCREWS
29 Name the Russian village that is the setting for the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
ANATVEKA
30 What is the 11th letter of the alphabet?
K
31 What does the expression "strike paydirt" mean?
TO BE SUCCESSFUL..USUALLY WITH MONEY
32 What kind of creature is a gecko?
LIZARD
33 Colloquially, what is a watering hole?
HOTEL OR BAR
34 What does the musical direction da capo mean?
FROM THE BEGINNING
35 What is the capital of Denmark?
COPENHAGEN
36 What is the largest inland body of water in the world?
CASPAIN SEA
37 Who recorded the title song from the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball?
TOM JONES
38 By what name is Andrew Gunsberg better known to television viewers?
ANDREW G
39 Name the book by U.S. author Margaret Landon that was the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I.
ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
40 In Gulliver's Travels, what is Laputa?
AN ISLAND OR ROCK
41 Rhodes scholars attend which British university?
OXFORD
42 In which country are women called geishas trained to entertain men with singing, dancing and conversation?
JAPAN
43 Which former UN secretary-general later became president of Austria?
KURT WALDHEIM
44 What was television compere Graham Kennedy's middle name?
CYRIL
45 What is the most common collective noun for a group of elephants?
A HERD
46 What is an angel-on-horseback?
OYSTERS WRAPPED IN BACON
47 Name the book which begins: "Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery."
THE DA VINCI CODE
48 What is the Land of the Rising Sun?
JAPAN
49 In space travel, what do the letters LEM stand for?
LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE
50 Who played the role of Gigi?
LESLIE CARON
SPAIN
2 How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
3 Who composed the opera La Traviata?
GIUSEPPE VERDI
4 What is the national airline of Finland?
FINNAIR
5 What is the name of the home or burrow of a badger?
A SETT
6 In which 1972 Barbra Streisand film are there two car chases through San Francisco?
WHATS UP DOC
7 In the first verse of the 1962 hit I've Been Everywhere, which NSW city follows Seymour?
LISMORE
8 What is alopecia?
LOSS OF HAIR
9 To which animal does ovine refer?
A SHEEP
10 What was the first Carry On film in colour?
CARRY ON CRUISING
11 In traditional Scottish marriage custom, what is a tocher?
A BRIDES DOWRY
12 What is a tombowler?
A VERY LARGE MARBLE
13 What is the Italian name for Venice?
VENEZIA
14 Who was the director of the 2006 Adelaide Festival?
BRETT SHEEHY
15 What is the third book of the Old Testament?
LEVITICUS
16 Which airport has the three-letter code LAX?
LOS ANGELES
17 What is a young goose called?
A GOSLING
18 Who won the television series Big Brother in 2006?
JAMIE BROOKSBY
19 Name the Ugly Stepsisters in the Disney animated film Cinderella.
ANASTASIA - DRIZELLA
20 Name the title characters of the book The Three Musketeers.
ARAMIS - ATHOS - PORTHOS
21 Name the two colours on the UN flag.
BLUE AND WHITE
22 Who wrote The Bonfire of the Vanities?
TOM WOLFE
23 What is the official burger of the AFL?
HUNGRY JACKS WOPPER
24 Which of Walt Disney's Seven Dwarfs wears glasses?
DOC
25 Who was the Roman god of the sea?
NEPTUNE
26 The African country of Chad is landlocked – true or false?
TRUE
27 How did Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, die in 1542?
SHE WAS BEHEADED
28 What does a helixophile collect?
CORKSCREWS
29 Name the Russian village that is the setting for the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
ANATVEKA
30 What is the 11th letter of the alphabet?
K
31 What does the expression "strike paydirt" mean?
TO BE SUCCESSFUL..USUALLY WITH MONEY
32 What kind of creature is a gecko?
LIZARD
33 Colloquially, what is a watering hole?
HOTEL OR BAR
34 What does the musical direction da capo mean?
FROM THE BEGINNING
35 What is the capital of Denmark?
COPENHAGEN
36 What is the largest inland body of water in the world?
CASPAIN SEA
37 Who recorded the title song from the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball?
TOM JONES
38 By what name is Andrew Gunsberg better known to television viewers?
ANDREW G
39 Name the book by U.S. author Margaret Landon that was the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I.
ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
40 In Gulliver's Travels, what is Laputa?
AN ISLAND OR ROCK
41 Rhodes scholars attend which British university?
OXFORD
42 In which country are women called geishas trained to entertain men with singing, dancing and conversation?
JAPAN
43 Which former UN secretary-general later became president of Austria?
KURT WALDHEIM
44 What was television compere Graham Kennedy's middle name?
CYRIL
45 What is the most common collective noun for a group of elephants?
A HERD
46 What is an angel-on-horseback?
OYSTERS WRAPPED IN BACON
47 Name the book which begins: "Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery."
THE DA VINCI CODE
48 What is the Land of the Rising Sun?
JAPAN
49 In space travel, what do the letters LEM stand for?
LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE
50 Who played the role of Gigi?
LESLIE CARON
