GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 138
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:03 pm1 On what date each year does the Sydney to Hobart yacht race commence?
DECEMBER 26TH
2 What were US showman PT Barnum's given names?
PHINEAS TAYLOR
3 What nationality is tennis player Justine Henin?
BELGIAN
4 Which AFL player was sacked by the Western Bulldogs on July 21?
JASON AKERMANIS
5 Who wrote the play Private Lives?
NOEL COWARD
6 Who became emperor of Japan in 1926?
HIROHITO
7 US actor Tom Cruise has how many sisters?
3
8 Who composed the opera Tosca?
GIACOMO PUCCINI
9 What is bardolatry?
EXCESSIVE ADULATION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
10 In which country is the northernmost point In South America?
COLOMBIA
11 In which country is the city of Mecca?
SAUDI ARABIA
12 How did British prime minister Spencer Perceval die in 1812?
ASSASSINATED
13 On what day of the week did September begin this year?
WEDNESDAY
14 What is the capital of South Korea?
SEOUL
15 The adjective "hircine" refers to which animal?
A GOAT
16 Who is US Secretary of State?
HILLARY CLINTON
17 What does bimanual mean?
REQUIRING THE USE OF BOTH HANDS
18 What instrument does Indian musician Ravi Shankar play?
THE SITAR
19 In which country is the weekly magazine Stern published?
GERMANY
20 What is a fata morgana?
A MIRAGE
21 How many times was US author Norman Mailer married?
6
22 Who played the title role in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
MAGGIE SMITH
23 Which US actor was nicknamed the Man of a Thousand Faces?
LON CHANEY
24 Who was the first prime minister of Singapore?
LEE KUAN YEW
25 In which US city is the headquarters of McDonald's?
CHICAGO
26 What does the expression "put on the back burner" mean?
PUT ASIDE FOR THE TIME BEING
27 Who is the member for the federal electorate of Griffith in Queensland?
KEVIN RUDD
28 How many stars are on the Australian flag?
SIX
29 How old was Mozart when he died?
35
30 What does mucid mean?
MOULDY / MUSTY
31 In which Australian capital city is the suburb of Woollahra?
SYDNEY
32 Who wrote the play As You Like It?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
33 The Ebro is the longest river in which European country?
SPAIN
34 Name the five colours of the interlocking rings on the Olympic flag.
BLUE - BLACK - RED - YELLOW - GREEN
35 What was a cornemuse - a large-headed nail used for decorating doors, an ancient instrument resembling the bagpipes, or a woman's dressing gown?
AN ANCIENT INSTRUMENT RESEMBLING THE BAGPIPES
36 The song Getting to Know You comes from which stage and film musical?
THE KING AND I
37 How many Oscar nominations did the film Forrest Gump receive?
13
38 Who was Robin Hood's sweetheart?
MAID MARIAN
39 The husbands of which US film star include Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher and Richard Burton?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
40 Who played Michael Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather?
AL PACINO
41 On which date was the federal election held?
21.08.10
42 Which country is the world's biggest polluter?
CHINA
43 What is the German name for Germany?
DEUTSCHLAND
44 What was the title of the Beatles' first feature film?
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
45 What did David Warren, who died in Melbourne on July 19, invent?
BLACKBOX FLIGHT RECOREDER
46 Xe is the symbol of which rare gaseous element?
XENON
47 Name the biblical patriarch who according to tradition lived 969 years.
METHUSELAH
48 Messieurs is the plural of which word?
MONSIEUR
49 What is glossitis?
INFLAMMATION OF THE TOUNGE
50 How many pockets are on a standard pool table?
SIX
DECEMBER 26TH
2 What were US showman PT Barnum's given names?
PHINEAS TAYLOR
3 What nationality is tennis player Justine Henin?
BELGIAN
4 Which AFL player was sacked by the Western Bulldogs on July 21?
JASON AKERMANIS
5 Who wrote the play Private Lives?
NOEL COWARD
6 Who became emperor of Japan in 1926?
HIROHITO
7 US actor Tom Cruise has how many sisters?
3
8 Who composed the opera Tosca?
GIACOMO PUCCINI
9 What is bardolatry?
EXCESSIVE ADULATION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
10 In which country is the northernmost point In South America?
COLOMBIA
11 In which country is the city of Mecca?
SAUDI ARABIA
12 How did British prime minister Spencer Perceval die in 1812?
ASSASSINATED
13 On what day of the week did September begin this year?
WEDNESDAY
14 What is the capital of South Korea?
SEOUL
15 The adjective "hircine" refers to which animal?
A GOAT
16 Who is US Secretary of State?
HILLARY CLINTON
17 What does bimanual mean?
REQUIRING THE USE OF BOTH HANDS
18 What instrument does Indian musician Ravi Shankar play?
THE SITAR
19 In which country is the weekly magazine Stern published?
GERMANY
20 What is a fata morgana?
A MIRAGE
21 How many times was US author Norman Mailer married?
6
22 Who played the title role in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
MAGGIE SMITH
23 Which US actor was nicknamed the Man of a Thousand Faces?
LON CHANEY
24 Who was the first prime minister of Singapore?
LEE KUAN YEW
25 In which US city is the headquarters of McDonald's?
CHICAGO
26 What does the expression "put on the back burner" mean?
PUT ASIDE FOR THE TIME BEING
27 Who is the member for the federal electorate of Griffith in Queensland?
KEVIN RUDD
28 How many stars are on the Australian flag?
SIX
29 How old was Mozart when he died?
35
30 What does mucid mean?
MOULDY / MUSTY
31 In which Australian capital city is the suburb of Woollahra?
SYDNEY
32 Who wrote the play As You Like It?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
33 The Ebro is the longest river in which European country?
SPAIN
34 Name the five colours of the interlocking rings on the Olympic flag.
BLUE - BLACK - RED - YELLOW - GREEN
35 What was a cornemuse - a large-headed nail used for decorating doors, an ancient instrument resembling the bagpipes, or a woman's dressing gown?
AN ANCIENT INSTRUMENT RESEMBLING THE BAGPIPES
36 The song Getting to Know You comes from which stage and film musical?
THE KING AND I
37 How many Oscar nominations did the film Forrest Gump receive?
13
38 Who was Robin Hood's sweetheart?
MAID MARIAN
39 The husbands of which US film star include Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher and Richard Burton?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
40 Who played Michael Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather?
AL PACINO
41 On which date was the federal election held?
21.08.10
42 Which country is the world's biggest polluter?
CHINA
43 What is the German name for Germany?
DEUTSCHLAND
44 What was the title of the Beatles' first feature film?
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
45 What did David Warren, who died in Melbourne on July 19, invent?
BLACKBOX FLIGHT RECOREDER
46 Xe is the symbol of which rare gaseous element?
XENON
47 Name the biblical patriarch who according to tradition lived 969 years.
METHUSELAH
48 Messieurs is the plural of which word?
MONSIEUR
49 What is glossitis?
INFLAMMATION OF THE TOUNGE
50 How many pockets are on a standard pool table?
SIX
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