GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 150

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1 What is a "Dear John letter"?
A BREAKUP LETTER
2 Which flower derives its name from the Greek for "rose tree"?
RHODODENDRON
3 What is the capital of Sudan?
KHARTOUM
4 Which animal symbolises the star sign Capricorn?
THE GOAT
5 What is an erythrocyte more commonly called?
A RED BLOOD CELL
6 What is the longest river entirely in England?
THE THAMES
7 In which country are the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis?
IRAN
8 In which continent is the Atacama Desert?
SOUTH AMERICA
9 What are the Roman numerals for 47?
XLVII
10 What was the surname of the title character, played by Ernest Borgnine, in the 1955 film Marty?
PILLETTI
11 Captain Edward Cuttle is a character in which book by English author Charles Dickens?
DOMBEY AND SON
12 How many acres are in a square mile?
640
13 In which American state is the city of Detroit?
MICHIGAN
14 Who wrote the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
15 What does the Latin expression "tempus fugit" mean?
TIME FLIES
16 What was the subtitle of the 1985 film Police Academy 2?
THERE FIRST ASSIGNMENT
17 What is a sudarium - a cloth for wiping the face, a small basin for serving sugar at the table or a soft murmuring sound?
A CLOTH FOR WIPING THE FACE
18 A quatrain is a poem of how many lines?
4
19 In 1978, Louise Brown became the world's first what?
TEST TUBE BABY
20 Who composed the song White Christmas?
IRVING BERLIN
21 In which Australian state is Cape York Peninsula?
QUEENSLAND
22 Who composed the opera Fidelio?
LUDWIG BEETHOVEN
23 Which two European countries have shores on the Bay of Biscay?
FRANCE AND SPAIN
24 In which year did India achieve independence from Britain?
1947
25 On which part of the body would an armoured knight wear a greave?
THE LEG (ARMOUR FROM THE KNEE TO THE ANKLE)
26 Who played Detective Dave Starsky in the television series Starsky and Hutch?
PAUL MICHAEL GLASER
27 Name the Indian companion of The Lone Ranger.
TONTO
28 Which word is used in two-way radio communication to transmit the letter O?
OSCAR
29 Helen of Troy was taken from which king of Sparta?
MENELAUS
30 What is the highest mountain in Britain?
BEN NEVIS
31 What is the more common name for nacre?
MOTHER OF PEARL
32 What colour is the mineral malachite?
GREEN
33 In astronomy, what is a red dwarf?
A TYPE OF SMALL STAR
34 Ingvar Kamprad is the founder of which chain of furniture stores?
IKEA
35 Who was the Roman god of war?
MARS
36 What is the most populated city in Switzerland?
ZURICH
37 Name the teddy bear of the title character in the comic strip Garfield.
POOKY
38 Who wrote the book Silas Marner?
GEORGE ELLIOT
39 Which salt lake between Israel and Jordan is the lowest point on the Earth's surface?
THE DEAD SEA
40 Bennelong Point in Sydney is the site of which famous building?
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
41 In which month is Mother's Day observed in Australia?
MAY
42 What is mal de mer?
SEASICKNESS
43 In which country did the sport of orienteering originate?
SWEDEN
44 Edgbaston cricket ground is in which English city?
BIRMINGHAM
45 What was the Great War?
WORLD WAR ONE
46 Released in 1957, what was Elvis Presley's second feature film?
LOVING YOU
47 Which US actor was nicknamed the Sweater Girl?
LANA TURNER
48 The song Good Morning Starshine comes from which rock musical?
HAIR
49 In which Australian state is Deakin University?
VICTORIA
50 On which river is the South Australian town of Berri?
MURRAY

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE

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