GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 105

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which character did Joan Collins play in Dynasty?
ALEXIS
2 Which country has the oldest Airforce?
UNITED KINGDOM
3 Which English castle was badly damaged by fire in 1992?
WINDSOR
4 Which famous landmark is in Pisa?
THE LEANING TOWER
5 Which famous liner sank in Hong Kong harbour?
QUEEN ELIZABETH
6 Which French word indicates that a wine is dry?
BRUT
7 Which gas has the symbol He?
HELIUM
8 Which is Japan's highest mountain?
MT. FUJI
9 Which is our body's largest organ?
THE SKIN
10 Which is the largest of the Balearic Islands?
MAJORCA
11 Which is the largest of the continents?
ASIA
12 Which is the world's best selling book?
THE BIBLE
13 Which is the world's longest railway line?
TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY
14 Which island was Napoleon exiled to after Waterloo?
ST.HELENA
15 Where in the body would you find a hammer and anvil?
THE EAR
16 Which Italian navigator discovered America?
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
17 Which leader's final battle was at Waterloo?
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
18 Which line of latitude runs through Ecuador?
THE EQUATOR
19 Which musical involved mountain climbing?
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
20 Which musical is set in the American West?
OKLAHOMA
21 Which ocean is the setting for a musical?
SOUTH PACIFIC
22 Which of Jesus' disciples were previously fishermen?
PETER AND ANDREW
23 Which organisation did Robert Baden Powell found?
BOY SCOUTS
24 Which part of the eye gives it colour?
THE IRIS
25 Which pole is in the arctic circle?
NORTH
26 Which queen gave her name to Hong Kong's capital?
QUEEN VICTORIA
27 Which racehorse was named after a Russian dancer?
NIJINSKY
28 What sort of creature is a yellowhammer?
A BIRD
29 Which religious mother won a Nobel Peace Prize?
MOTHER THERESA
30 Which rules govern the sport of boxing?
QUEENSBURY RULES
31 Where would you find the Rialto Bridge?
VENICE
32 Which animals might gather in a clowder?
CATS
33 Which singer is nicknamed The Boss?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
34 Which soap produced the spin-off Knots Landing?
DALLAS
35 Which sportsman lit the 1996 Summer Olympic flame?
MUHAMMED ALI
36 Which synthetic fibre came into use in 1938?
NYLON
37 Which US state was bought from Russia?
ALASKA
38 Which Venetian bridge leads to prison?
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
39 Who "Just Called to say I Love You?"
STEVIE WONDER
40 Who achieved powered flight in 1903?
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

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4: Leaning Tower?

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7: Helium

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8: Mt Fuji

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9: Skin

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15: Ear?

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19: The Sound Of Music

[brod]

12 Bible
13 Trans Siberian
18 Equator
29 Theresa
30 Queensbury
33 Bruce Springsteen
35 Muhammed Ali
37 Alaska

[FlyingHigh]

6/ Sec
23/ Boy Scouts
25/ North
39/ Stevie Wonder

[Jimmy_041]

5. Queen Elizabeth I

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2 Belgian?

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3 Windsor

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36 - Nylon

[magpie in the 80's]

4: Leaning Tower?

correct wyc

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7: Helium

correct wyc

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8: Mt Fuji

correct wyc

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9: Skin

correct wyc

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15: Ear?

correct wyc

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19: The Sound Of Music

correct wyc

[magpie in the 80's]

12 Bible
13 Trans Siberian
18 Equator
29 Theresa
30 Queensbury
33 Bruce Springsteen
35 Muhammed Ali
37 Alaska

all correct brod