GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 122

[magpie in the 80's]

1 When did TV compere Graham Kennedy die?
25TH MAY 2005
2 In which U.S. city is the headquarters of Coca-Cola?
ATLANTA
3 In which European city is the Eiffel Tower?
PARIS
4 Which Shakespeare character has the most lines?
HAMLET
5 Who wrote the book Black Beauty?
ANNA SEWELL
6 Which is the oldest university in the U.S.?
HARVARD
7 Palk Strait lies between which two Asian countries?
INDIA AND SRI LANKA
8 What is gamophobia?
FEAR OF MARRIAGE
9 What is Australia's floral emblem?
GOLDEN WATTLE
10 What does pulchritudinous mean?
BEAUTIFUL
11 Mimas is a moon of which planet?
SATURN
12 What is the plural of oasis?
OASES
13 Which was the first Australian capital city to receive natural gas?
BRISBANE
14 Which country is Africa's only producer of mercury – Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, or Gabon ?
ALGERIA
15 Lock 1 on the River Murray was completed near which South Australian town in 1922?
BLANCHETOWN
16 Who created Peter Rabbit?
BEATRIX POTTER
17 What are the Roman numerals for 17?
XVII
18 What was U.S. inventor Thomas Edison's middle name?
ALMA
19 Into which sea does the River Nile flow?
MEDITERRANEAN
20 Who wrote the play Brighton Beach Memoirs?
NEIL SIMON
21 What nationality is tennis champion Roger Federer?
SWISS
22 The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country?
ISRAEL
23 Who won the 1994 Best Actor Academy Award for his title role performance in Forrest Gump?
TOM HANKS
24 Who was inaugurated as US president on January 20, 1993?
BILL CLINTON
25 In Greek mythology, who was the messenger of the gods?
HERMES
26 The kangaroo paw is the floral emblem of which Australian state?
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
27 Who is the German Chancellor?
ANGELA MERKEL
28 What is the chief ore of aluminium?
BAUXITE
29 What colour is the blood of Star Trek's Mr Spock?
GREEN
30 What is the Latin word for friend?
AMICUS
31 What is bibliomania?
AN ENTHUSIAM OF COLLECTING AND READING RARE BOOKS
32 Kristina Keneally is the premier of which Australian state?
NEW SOUTH WALES
33 In the television situation comedy series The Dick Van Dyke Show, which character had a pet cat called Mr Henderson?
SALLY ROGERS
34 What is Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's middle name – Ethel, Eileen or Eva?
EILEEN
35 Who directed the 1993 film Schindler's List?
STEVEN SPEIBERG
36 Who composed Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
37 Which horse won the 2006 Melbourne Cup?
DELTA BLUES
38 What is the name of moisture deposited by condensation of water vapour on exposed objects especially during calm, cloudless nights?
DEW
39 Almost every modern piano has how many keys?
88
40 In cricket, what is a maiden over?
AN OVER WHERE NO RUNS ARE SCORED
41 The paintings of which artist include The Cricketers, Sofala and The Drover's Wife?
SIR RUSSELL DRYSDALE
42 What is Australia's largest city?
SYDNEY
43 In which year was John Howard first elected prime minister of Australia?
1996
44 Iberia is which country's national airline?
SPAINS
45 Which country is scheduled to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games?
RUSSIA
46 A pug is what kind of animal?
A DOG
47 What is the capital of Fiji?
SUVA
48 Who sang the 1987 hit Bad?
MICHAEL JACKSON
49 Which character uses the deadly chemical Smilex in the 1989 film Batman?
THE JOKER
50 Which former tennis champion was born in Queensland on August 9, 1938?
ROD LAVER

[Interceptor]

2 In which U.S. city is the headquarters of Coca-Cola? Atlanta
3 In which European city is the Eiffel Tower? Paris
9 What is Australia's floral emblem? Wattle
17 What are the Roman numerals for 17? XVII
21 What nationality is tennis champion Roger Federer? Swiss
22 The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country? Israel
23 Who won the 1994 Best Actor Academy Award for his title role performance in Forrest Gump? Tom Hanks
24 Who was inaugurated as US president on January 20, 1993? Bill Clinton
25 In Greek mythology, who was the messenger of the gods? Mercury?
28 What is the chief ore of aluminium? Alumina
29 What colour is the blood of Star Trek's Mr Spock? Green
32 Kristina Keneally is the premier of which Australian state? NSW
38 What is the name of moisture deposited by condensation of water vapour on exposed objects especially during calm, cloudless nights? dew
40 In cricket, what is a maiden over? no runs scored
42 What is Australia's largest city? Sydney
49 Which character uses the deadly chemical Smilex in the 1989 film Batman? The Joker

[magpie in the 80's]

2 In which U.S. city is the headquarters of Coca-Cola? Atlanta
3 In which European city is the Eiffel Tower? Paris
9 What is Australia's floral emblem? Wattle
17 What are the Roman numerals for 17? XVII
21 What nationality is tennis champion Roger Federer? Swiss
22 The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country? Israel
23 Who won the 1994 Best Actor Academy Award for his title role performance in Forrest Gump? Tom Hanks
24 Who was inaugurated as US president on January 20, 1993? Bill Clinton
25 In Greek mythology, who was the messenger of the gods? Mercury? INCORRECT
28 What is the chief ore of aluminium? Alumina INCORRECT
29 What colour is the blood of Star Trek's Mr Spock? Green
32 Kristina Keneally is the premier of which Australian state? NSW
38 What is the name of moisture deposited by condensation of water vapour on exposed objects especially during calm, cloudless nights? dew
40 In cricket, what is a maiden over? no runs scored
42 What is Australia's largest city? Sydney
49 Which character uses the deadly chemical Smilex in the 1989 film Batman? The Joker

All others correct Inter

[grant j]

1. 25th May 2005
16. Beatrix Potter
35. Steven Spielberg
41. Pro Hart
47. Suva
48. Michael Jackson

[magpie in the 80's]

1. 25th May 2005
16. Beatrix Potter
35. Steven Spielberg
41. Pro Hart INCORRECT
47. Suva
48. Michael Jackson

All others correct grantj

[Kahuna]

5/ Anna Sewell
12/ Oases
13/ Adelaide
15/ Blanchetown
18/ Alma
19/ Mediteranean
25/ Mercury
27/ Angela Merkel
28/ Bauxite
31/ Compulsive reading?
34/ She looks like an Eileen
39/ 88
44/ Spain
46/ Dog

[magpie in the 80's]

5/ Anna Sewell
12/ Oases
13/ Adelaide INCORRECT
15/ Blanchetown
18/ Alma
19/ Mediteranean
25/ Mercury INCORRECT
27/ Angela Merkel
28/ Bauxite
31/ Compulsive reading? CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE RIGHT
34/ She looks like an Eileen
39/ 88
44/ Spain
46/ Dog

All others correct K

[LMA]

37. Delta Blues

[fish]

6- Yale
11 - Neptune
14 - Algeria
26 - Western Australia
30 - Ami
31 - Addicted to libraries
37 - Might and Power
41 - Charles Bannon

[magpie in the 80's]

37. Delta Blues

CORRECT LMA

[magpie in the 80's]

6- Yale
11 - Neptune
14 - Algeria
26 - Western Australia
30 - Ami CLOSE ENOUGH
31 - Addicted to libraries NOT QUITE RIGHT
37 - Might and Power
41 - Charles Bannon

The remainder are correct FISH

[Thiele]

Welcome back MAgs

43. 1996

[magpie in the 80's]

Welcome back MAgs

43. 1996

CORRECT JT AND THANKYOU

[FattyLumpkin]

50: Rod Laver

& welcome back Mags

[old moz]

13---brisbane
25---hermes [or mercury ]
41----russell drysdale

[fish]

11 - Jupiter

[magpie in the 80's]

50: Rod Laver

& welcome back Mags

and thankyou FL

[magpie in the 80's]

13---brisbane
25---hermes [or mercury ]
41----russell drysdale

all correct OM

[magpie in the 80's]

11 - Jupiter

incorrect fish

[Thiele]

45. Russia