GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 85

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Who was the boy star of 'Home Alone'?
MACAULAY CULKIN
2. How many pawns are there in a game of chess?
16
3. What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
4. What language did those in ancient Rome speak?
LATIN
5. What instrument is used to examine the ear?
OTOSCOPE
6. The film 'Brief Encounter' was adapted from which Noel Coward Play?
STILL LIFE
7. What is the name of Michael Jacksons chimpanzee?
BUBBLES
8. Who was the first woman to walk in space?
SVETLANA SAVITSKAYA
9. What single letter is used as the chemical symbol of Tungsten?
W
10. What is the capital of Japan?
TOKYO
11. What colour are wild Budgerigars?
GREEN
12. The musical instruction adagissimo means what?
VERY SLOW
13. The largest portion of Yellowstone National Park is in which American State?
WYOMING
14. Which country won the Football World Cup in 1962
BRAZIL
15. Who was known as the father of medicine?
HIPPOCRATES
16. In Walt Disneys film Peter Pan, Which hand of Hook's was a hook?
LEFT
17. Who was the 24th American President?
GROVER CLEVELAND
18. In Morse Code, How is the letter H defined?
DOT DOT DOT DOT
19. What is Austria's National flower?
EDELWEISS
20. What day did Solomon Grundy get married?
WEDNESDAY
21. Which State of the United States has the longest coastline?
ALASKA
22. Which color moves first in a game of chess?
WHITE
23. Who was known as the 'mad monk'?
RASPUTIN
24. Who crossed the Niagra Falls in 1855 on a tightrope?
CHARLES BLONDIN
25. Norma Jean Baker was famously known as who?
MARILYN MONROE
26. Which god of love was the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares.
EROS
27. Which actor played the part of Ed in the TV series Lou Grant?
EDWARD ANSER
28. Which of Charles Dickens books was the only one with a female narrator?
BLEAK HOUSE
29. Which is the worlds largest continent?
ASIA
30. What year did Barbra Streisand star in the film 'Funny Girl'?
1968

[A Mum]

1) Macaulay Culkin
3) 1912
10) Tokyo
25) Marilyn Monroe

[Interceptor]

2. How many pawns are there in a game of chess? 16
7. What is the name of Michael Jacksons chimpanzee? Bubbles
9. What single letter is used as the chemical symbol of Tungsten? W
23. Who was known as the 'mad monk'? Rasputin

[FlyingHigh]

29/ Asia

[redandblack]

4 latin

13 Wyoming

19 Edelweiss

21 Alaska

22 White

24 Blondin

29 Ed Asner

[godoubleblues]

Q18 - 4 dits or dots

[magpie in the 80's]

Q18 - 4 dits or dots

correct gdb

[magpie in the 80's]

4 latin

13 Wyoming

19 Edelweiss

21 Alaska

22 White

24 Blondin

27 Ed Asner

correct rab

[magpie in the 80's]

29/ Asia

correct fh

[magpie in the 80's]

1) Macaulay Culkin
3) 1912
10) Tokyo
25) Marilyn Monroe

correct mum

[magpie in the 80's]

2. How many pawns are there in a game of chess? 16
7. What is the name of Michael Jacksons chimpanzee? Bubbles
9. What single letter is used as the chemical symbol of Tungsten? W
23. Who was known as the 'mad monk'? Rasputin

correct inter

[Kahuna]

11/ Green
26/ Cupid

[magpie in the 80's]

11/ Green.........CORRECT
26/ Cupid...........INCORRECT

[Ingall]

Q5 - finger

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5 - finger

haha but incorrect mr. enforcer

[Kahuna]

26/ Cupid...........INCORRECT

26/ Eros,then?

[magpie in the 80's]

26/ Cupid...........INCORRECT

26/ Eros,then?

CORRECT K

[Blacky]

no 8 Svetlana Savitskaya

[Blacky]

17 William McKinley

[magpie in the 80's]

no 8 Svetlana Savitskaya

correct blacky