GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 141

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18 - English

[magpie in the 80's]

18 - English

[Media Park]

34- Black (there's a childrens book on my floor, and the giraffe has a black tongue)

[magpie in the 80's]

34- Black (there's a childrens book on my floor, and the giraffe has a black tongue)

might be in a children's book but not the correct answer MP

[fish]

18 - Whatever they speak in Syria: Farsi?

[magpie in the 80's]

18 - Whatever they speak in Syria: Farsi?

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[sherminator]

7. A Scottish egg dish. I think it is basically scrambled eggs!
18. Lebanese??
23. Au Poivre ... 'with pepper' ie Steak au Poivre = Pepper Steak
36. Scrabble?
37. North Sea

[magpie in the 80's]

7. A Scottish egg dish. I think it is basically scrambled eggs!
18. Lebanese??
23. Au Poivre ... 'with pepper' ie Steak au Poivre = Pepper Steak
36. Scrabble?
37. North Sea

others correct sherm

[magpie in the 80's]

1 The zodiac sign Capricorn is symbolised by which animal?
GOAT
2 Which planet is more than twice as heavy as all of the other planets put together?
JUPITER
3 Which professional wrestler ended his career as the Masked Executioner in 1977?
KILLER KOWALSKI
4 What is a karanga - A) a Maori ceremonial chant of welcome, B) a small rectangular block of sugar or C) an article of artistic worth?
A MAORI CEREMONIAL CHANT OF WELCOME
5 What in the US is the City of Brotherly Love?
PHILIDELPHIA
6 Which month has the least number of days?
FEBRUARY
7 What is Scotch woodcock?
SCRMABLED EGGS SERVED WITH ANCHOVIES
8 Who recorded the 1966 hit These Boots Are Made for Walkin'?
NANCY SINATRA
9 Who is the federal Education Minister?
PETER GARRETT
10 What does the expression "rain on someone's parade" mean?
TO SPOIL SOMEONE'S HOPES OR ILLUSIONS
11 Which nursery rhyme character "sat on a wall" and "had a great fall"?
HUMPTY DUMPTY
12 Which company makes the Forester SUV (sports utility vehicle)?
SUBARU
13 What is the 24th letter of the English alphabet?
X
14 In which country did the Boxer Rebellion take place?
CHINA
15 What is the Latin word for sea?
MARE
16 Who wrote the 1981 book Gorky Park?
MARTIN CRUZ SMITH
17 Name the US singer who said: "I don't know anything about music - in my line you don't have to".
ELVIS PRESLEY
18 What is the official language of Lebanon?
ARABIC
19 Nuclei is a plural of which word?
NUCLEUS
20 In Greek mythology, who was the queen of the underworld?
PERSEPHONE
21 In which country was gunpowder invented?
CHINA
22 How old is author and Advertiser columnist Max Fatchen?
90
23 In cookery, what do the French words "au poivre" mean?
WITH PEPPER
24 Mt Bogong is the highest peak in which Australian state?
VICTORIA
25 What is the shape of an oviform object?
EGG SHAPED
26 The line "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" comes from which poem by John Keats?
ODE TO AUTUMN
27 What is Australia's national flower?
GOLDEN WATTLE
28 What is a passepied?
AN OLD FRENCH DANCE
29 Who played the title character in the 1955 film Marty?
ERNEST BORGNINE
30 What is the American term for a nappy?
A DAIPER
31 Which river flows through the Hungarian capital of Budapest?
DANUBE
32 To which actor is Australian model Miranda Kerr married?
ORLANDO BLOOM
33 Polenta, a dish of maize, flour and water, comes from which country?
ITALY
34 What colour is a giraffe's tongue?
BLUE
35 What is the study of rocks called?
PETROLOGY
36 Which board game was called Alfapet when it was introduced in Sweden in 1954?
SCRABBLE
37 Into which sea does England's River Thames flow?
NORTH SEA
38 For what did the letters in the former international airline BOAC stand?
BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION
39 Who played the tailor Pippo Popolino in the 1954 film Casanova's Big Night?
BOB HOPE
40 Name the sadistic slave owner in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
SIMON LEGREE
41 Name the dynasty which ruled China from 1368 to 1644
MING
42 Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand?
JOHN KEY
43 What is the capital of Cuba?
HAVANA
44 What colour are emu eggs?
GREEN
45 Name the hurricane which devastated the US city of New Orleans in August 2005
KATRINA
46 In which ocean are the Marshall Islands?
PACIFIC OCEAN
47 What is the square of 12?
144
48 Which school is the setting of the musical Grease?
RYDALL HIGH SCHOOL
49 What name is given to a score of 111 in cricket?
NELSON
50 Who wrote the play Entertaining Mr Sloane?
JOE ORTON

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE

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