GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 144
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:37 am1 When did TV compere Graham Kennedy die?
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?
THE 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, Gabon or Algeria?
ALGERIA
15 Lock 1 on the River Murray was completed near which South Australian town in 1922?
BLANCHTOWN
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?
ALVA
19 Into which sea does the River Nile flow?
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
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?
AMICOS
31 What is bibliomania?
A COLLECTOR OF RARE OR VALUABLE 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 Prime Minister Julia Gillard's middle name – Ethel, Eileen or Eva?
EILEEN
35 Who directed the 1993 film Schindler's List?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
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?
NO RUNS 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?
SPAIN'S
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
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?
THE 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, Gabon or Algeria?
ALGERIA
15 Lock 1 on the River Murray was completed near which South Australian town in 1922?
BLANCHTOWN
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?
ALVA
19 Into which sea does the River Nile flow?
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
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?
AMICOS
31 What is bibliomania?
A COLLECTOR OF RARE OR VALUABLE 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 Prime Minister Julia Gillard's middle name – Ethel, Eileen or Eva?
EILEEN
35 Who directed the 1993 film Schindler's List?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
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?
NO RUNS 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?
SPAIN'S
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
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