GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 145
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:04 pm1 A person colloquially called a banana bender comes from which Australian state?
QUEENSLAND
2 Which city in Spain is famous for the annual "running of the bulls"?
PAPLONA
3 Name the cartoon character created as a female counterpart and girlfriend to Donald Duck.
DAISY DUCK
4 Red Grant is the villain in which James Bond film?
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
5 What colour was U.S. comedian Lucille Ball's hair?
RED
6 Which US airport has the code ORD?
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - CHICAGO
7 Which Australian won the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1964 and 1965?
ROY EMERSON
8 Into which ocean does the Loire, the longest river in France, flow?
ATLANTIC
9 How many sides has a pentagon?
FIVE
10 Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the US?
FRANCE
11 What is the name of Charlie Sheen's character in the TV comedy series Two and a Half Men?
CHARLIE HARPER
12 What do the letters in the yuppie acronym OINK stand for?
ONE INCOME NO KIDS
13 In golf, what is "missing the globe"?
FAILING TO HIT THE BALL / AIR SWING
14 What is the middle name of former South Australian premier John Bannon?
CHARLES
15 Name the large bottle of wine used mainly for display purposes and having a capacity of 16 normal bottles.
BALTHAZAR
16 Which mime artist played the character Bip?
MARCEL MARCEAU
17 Koo Wee Rup, Australia's asparagus-growing district, is in which state?
VICTORIA
18 How much money is "a pretty penny"?
CONSIDERED A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
19 Sir James Stirling was the first governor of which Australian state?
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
20 Which is the larger bed size – a compact double or a popular double?
POPULAR DOUBLE
21 What name is given to any animal without a backbone?
AN INVERTABRATE
22 Name the large stuffed cat of Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) in the television situation comedy series Laverne and Shirley.
BOO BOO KITTY
23 On which Japanese island is the port of Yokohama?
HONSHU
24 Who drove the Turbo Terrific vehicle in the cartoon series Wacky Races?
PETER PERFECT
25 In which year was the Tour de France cycling race first contested – 1903, 1913 or 1923?
1903
26 What does ulotrichous mean – having woolly hair, dead when born or capable of being dissolved?
HAVING WOOLY HAIR
27 From 1972-81, who was the fourth UN Secretary-General?
KURT WALDHEIM
28 Which planet is nearly the Earth's twin in terms of size and mass?
VENUS
29 In which country is the Tasman Glacier?
NEW ZEALAND
30 Which came first – Qantas or Air New Zealand?
QANTAS
31 Who was the Greek goddess of the moon?
SELENE
32 What is the name of Kevin Bacon's character in the 1984 film Footloose?
REM MCCORMACK
33 Prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude are known as the what virtues?
CARDINALS
34 What is the value of the green ball in snooker?
3 POINTS
35 In Thai cooking, what is khing?
GINGER
36 The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky promontory at the southern extremity of which continent?
AFRICA
37 What is the star sign of someone born on December 1?
SAGITTARIUS
38 By volume of water, Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in which continent?
SOUTH AMERICA
39 Which metallic element has the symbol Ti?
TITANIUM
40 Who wrote the book Oscar and Lucinda?
PETER CAREY
41 What kind of animal is a bichon frise?
A DOG
42 Which U.S. singer is nicknamed The Boss?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
43 What colour is the Mrs Peacock piece in the board game Cluedo?
BLUE
44 In ballet, what is a plie?
A POSITION IN WHICH KNEES ARE BENT AND BACKIS STRAIGHT
45 Through how many Australian states or territories does the Tropic of Capricorn pass?
THREE
46 What is polyphagia?
EXCESSIVE EATING
47 In which country was country singer Shania Twain born?
CANADA
48 Stadia is a plural of which word?
STADIUM
49 What is a tuque – a French sponge cake, a kind of knitted cap worn in Canada or a climbing plant with bluish-black berries?
A KIND OF KNITTED CAP WORN IN CANADA
50 In which year did Tiger Woods win the US Masters golf tournament for the first time?
1997
QUEENSLAND
2 Which city in Spain is famous for the annual "running of the bulls"?
PAPLONA
3 Name the cartoon character created as a female counterpart and girlfriend to Donald Duck.
DAISY DUCK
4 Red Grant is the villain in which James Bond film?
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
5 What colour was U.S. comedian Lucille Ball's hair?
RED
6 Which US airport has the code ORD?
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - CHICAGO
7 Which Australian won the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1964 and 1965?
ROY EMERSON
8 Into which ocean does the Loire, the longest river in France, flow?
ATLANTIC
9 How many sides has a pentagon?
FIVE
10 Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the US?
FRANCE
11 What is the name of Charlie Sheen's character in the TV comedy series Two and a Half Men?
CHARLIE HARPER
12 What do the letters in the yuppie acronym OINK stand for?
ONE INCOME NO KIDS
13 In golf, what is "missing the globe"?
FAILING TO HIT THE BALL / AIR SWING
14 What is the middle name of former South Australian premier John Bannon?
CHARLES
15 Name the large bottle of wine used mainly for display purposes and having a capacity of 16 normal bottles.
BALTHAZAR
16 Which mime artist played the character Bip?
MARCEL MARCEAU
17 Koo Wee Rup, Australia's asparagus-growing district, is in which state?
VICTORIA
18 How much money is "a pretty penny"?
CONSIDERED A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
19 Sir James Stirling was the first governor of which Australian state?
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
20 Which is the larger bed size – a compact double or a popular double?
POPULAR DOUBLE
21 What name is given to any animal without a backbone?
AN INVERTABRATE
22 Name the large stuffed cat of Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) in the television situation comedy series Laverne and Shirley.
BOO BOO KITTY
23 On which Japanese island is the port of Yokohama?
HONSHU
24 Who drove the Turbo Terrific vehicle in the cartoon series Wacky Races?
PETER PERFECT
25 In which year was the Tour de France cycling race first contested – 1903, 1913 or 1923?
1903
26 What does ulotrichous mean – having woolly hair, dead when born or capable of being dissolved?
HAVING WOOLY HAIR
27 From 1972-81, who was the fourth UN Secretary-General?
KURT WALDHEIM
28 Which planet is nearly the Earth's twin in terms of size and mass?
VENUS
29 In which country is the Tasman Glacier?
NEW ZEALAND
30 Which came first – Qantas or Air New Zealand?
QANTAS
31 Who was the Greek goddess of the moon?
SELENE
32 What is the name of Kevin Bacon's character in the 1984 film Footloose?
REM MCCORMACK
33 Prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude are known as the what virtues?
CARDINALS
34 What is the value of the green ball in snooker?
3 POINTS
35 In Thai cooking, what is khing?
GINGER
36 The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky promontory at the southern extremity of which continent?
AFRICA
37 What is the star sign of someone born on December 1?
SAGITTARIUS
38 By volume of water, Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in which continent?
SOUTH AMERICA
39 Which metallic element has the symbol Ti?
TITANIUM
40 Who wrote the book Oscar and Lucinda?
PETER CAREY
41 What kind of animal is a bichon frise?
A DOG
42 Which U.S. singer is nicknamed The Boss?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
43 What colour is the Mrs Peacock piece in the board game Cluedo?
BLUE
44 In ballet, what is a plie?
A POSITION IN WHICH KNEES ARE BENT AND BACKIS STRAIGHT
45 Through how many Australian states or territories does the Tropic of Capricorn pass?
THREE
46 What is polyphagia?
EXCESSIVE EATING
47 In which country was country singer Shania Twain born?
CANADA
48 Stadia is a plural of which word?
STADIUM
49 What is a tuque – a French sponge cake, a kind of knitted cap worn in Canada or a climbing plant with bluish-black berries?
A KIND OF KNITTED CAP WORN IN CANADA
50 In which year did Tiger Woods win the US Masters golf tournament for the first time?
1997
