GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO.133
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:57 pm1 What breed of dog is associated with the Queen?
CORGI
2 What is the oldest Australian city?
SYDNEY
3 Which country's flag features a green cedar tree?
LEBANON
4 What is the capital of California?
SACRAMENTO
5 In which South American country was singer Shakira born?
COLOMBIA
6 Is 19 a prime number?
YES
7 In which European city is Dauphine University?
PARIS
8 Who played the title role in the television western-drama series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman?
JANE SEYMOUR
9 In which month is the Kentucky Derby run annually in the US?
MAY
10 Which US baseball player was nicknamed the Georgia Peach?
TY COBB
11 What is the most important element added to iron to make steel?
CARBON
12 What is the middle name of Australian cricketer Shane Warne?
KEITH
13 Who was the 42nd US president?
BILL CLINTON
14 After hydrogen, what is the second lightest gas?
HELIUM
15 Who wrote the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?
TOM STOPPARD
16 In heraldry, what creature is called a herisson?
HEDGEHOG
17 What is the Italian singular of scampi?
SCAMPO
18 Who is the odd one out - Cher, Burt Reynolds, Bruce Willis, Harry Belafonte, Rod Steiger or Alan Alda?
ALAN ALDA
19 How many points is the blue ball worth in a game of snooker?
5
20 In which hemisphere is the Tropic of Capricorn?
SOUTHERN
21 What colour is produced by mixing red and yellow?
ORANGE
22 Which Scottish actor was the 10th Doctor Who?
DAVID TENNANT
23 Who is/was the coach of AFL team Port Adelaide?
MARK WILLIAMS
24 What does the musical direction lentissimo mean?
VERY SLOWLY
25 Cinnabar is the principal ore of which element?
MERCURY
26 Which acid is also known as oil of vitriol?
SULFURIC ACID
27 What does a vintner sell?
WINE
28 In which building do cardinals meet to elect a new pope?
SISTINE CHAPEL
29 Who directed the 1972 film The Godfather?
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
30 What kind of leaf is on the Canadian flag?
MAPLE
31 Pistol Pete is the nickname of which former tennis champion?
PETE SAMPRAS
32 Hubei is a province of which country?
CHINA
33 Which country hosted soccer's World Cup in 1998?
FRANCE
34 What does the colloquial "oo-roo" mean?
GOODBYE / FAREWELL
35 What breed of animal is a merino?
A SHEEP
36 Who said "No gentleman ever takes exercise"?
OSCAR WILDE
37 What is halitosis?
BAD BREATH
38 How many pints are in a quart?
2
39 Which city was scheduled to host the cancelled 1940 Olympic Games?
TOKYO
40 Who wrote the book The Ipcress File?
LEW DEIGHTON
41 Which book by English author Thomas Hardy was subtitled A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented?
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
42 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is which country's president?
IRAN'S
43 Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I of England?
ANNE BOLEYN
44 What is the largest moon in the solar system?
GANYMEDE
45 The Egyptian god Apis took the form of which animal?
A BULL
46 "Bonjour" means "hello" in which language?
FRENCH
47 What is a languette - a small lobster, a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes or a country dance for couples in triple time?
A THIN PLATE FASTENED TO THE MOUTH OF AN CERTAIN ORGAN PIPE
48 How many times did Swedish player Bjorn Borg win the men's singles title at Wimbledon?
5
49 What is the only chess piece that cannot move backwards?
THE PAWN
50 What is the capital of Poland?
WARSAW
CORGI
2 What is the oldest Australian city?
SYDNEY
3 Which country's flag features a green cedar tree?
LEBANON
4 What is the capital of California?
SACRAMENTO
5 In which South American country was singer Shakira born?
COLOMBIA
6 Is 19 a prime number?
YES
7 In which European city is Dauphine University?
PARIS
8 Who played the title role in the television western-drama series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman?
JANE SEYMOUR
9 In which month is the Kentucky Derby run annually in the US?
MAY
10 Which US baseball player was nicknamed the Georgia Peach?
TY COBB
11 What is the most important element added to iron to make steel?
CARBON
12 What is the middle name of Australian cricketer Shane Warne?
KEITH
13 Who was the 42nd US president?
BILL CLINTON
14 After hydrogen, what is the second lightest gas?
HELIUM
15 Who wrote the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?
TOM STOPPARD
16 In heraldry, what creature is called a herisson?
HEDGEHOG
17 What is the Italian singular of scampi?
SCAMPO
18 Who is the odd one out - Cher, Burt Reynolds, Bruce Willis, Harry Belafonte, Rod Steiger or Alan Alda?
ALAN ALDA
19 How many points is the blue ball worth in a game of snooker?
5
20 In which hemisphere is the Tropic of Capricorn?
SOUTHERN
21 What colour is produced by mixing red and yellow?
ORANGE
22 Which Scottish actor was the 10th Doctor Who?
DAVID TENNANT
23 Who is/was the coach of AFL team Port Adelaide?
MARK WILLIAMS
24 What does the musical direction lentissimo mean?
VERY SLOWLY
25 Cinnabar is the principal ore of which element?
MERCURY
26 Which acid is also known as oil of vitriol?
SULFURIC ACID
27 What does a vintner sell?
WINE
28 In which building do cardinals meet to elect a new pope?
SISTINE CHAPEL
29 Who directed the 1972 film The Godfather?
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
30 What kind of leaf is on the Canadian flag?
MAPLE
31 Pistol Pete is the nickname of which former tennis champion?
PETE SAMPRAS
32 Hubei is a province of which country?
CHINA
33 Which country hosted soccer's World Cup in 1998?
FRANCE
34 What does the colloquial "oo-roo" mean?
GOODBYE / FAREWELL
35 What breed of animal is a merino?
A SHEEP
36 Who said "No gentleman ever takes exercise"?
OSCAR WILDE
37 What is halitosis?
BAD BREATH
38 How many pints are in a quart?
2
39 Which city was scheduled to host the cancelled 1940 Olympic Games?
TOKYO
40 Who wrote the book The Ipcress File?
LEW DEIGHTON
41 Which book by English author Thomas Hardy was subtitled A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented?
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
42 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is which country's president?
IRAN'S
43 Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I of England?
ANNE BOLEYN
44 What is the largest moon in the solar system?
GANYMEDE
45 The Egyptian god Apis took the form of which animal?
A BULL
46 "Bonjour" means "hello" in which language?
FRENCH
47 What is a languette - a small lobster, a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes or a country dance for couples in triple time?
A THIN PLATE FASTENED TO THE MOUTH OF AN CERTAIN ORGAN PIPE
48 How many times did Swedish player Bjorn Borg win the men's singles title at Wimbledon?
5
49 What is the only chess piece that cannot move backwards?
THE PAWN
50 What is the capital of Poland?
WARSAW
CA