Wednesday, December 11, 2013

D Unit Exam General Knowledge

No Questions Quiz 5
1 Kevin Kline won best supporting actor Oscar which 1988 film A Fish Called Wanda
2 Kipros in Greek Kibris in Turkish what is it in English Cyprus
3 What is the main ingredient of the Indian dish dahl Lentils
4 An anti-tussed is used to treat what Coughs
5 Ball is 38 millimetres in diameter weighs 2.5 grams what sport Table Tennis
6 In the UK the Clerk of the Closet is the Queens official what Chaplin
7 A burning oil lamp is the symbol of which organisation Gideons
8 The Comstock load is a silver deposit in what US state Nevada
9 What TV show takes place in Sunnydale Buffy the Vampire
Slayer
10 In 2001 one active UK warship named after an Englishman who Sir Winston Churchill
11 Walloons speak what language French in Belgium
12 In Gustav Holsts planets suite which planet is the magician Uranus
13 What UK gentleman's club first in 1891 to admit lady members Reform club
14 Ab Ovo Latin for the very beginning but what's it literally mean From the egg
15 Who was the last Emperor of France Napoleon III
16 Andy Green first broke the sound barrier on land in what car Thrust SSC
17 Names from jobs - Baker Cook obvious what was a Pallistair Fence maker
18 The Seven Pillars of Wisdom comes from where Proverbs in Bible
19 Name Glen Millers signature tune Moonlight Serenade
20 Josephine Hull best supporting actress Oscar which 1950 film Harvey
21 Which word links a type of bread and a cut of precious stone Baguette
22 What country does China have its longest land border with Mongolia
23 Astronomer Fred Hoyle coined which phrase The Big Bang
24 The first US copyrighted film showed what in 1894 A man sneezing
25 What do the four quarters of a hot cross bun symbolise Moon phases
26 Palm, Olive, Cyprus and Cedar what is the biblical link Woods cross made
27 Intelligents Report a quarterly magazine in US which subject UFO organisation
28 Paludism is an old name for which disease Malaria
29 What was the worlds first patented synthetic food in 1869 Margarine
30 Polish sprinter Ewa Klobukowska first do what at Kiev in 1967 Fail sex test was
disqualified
31 Who owns The Oval cricket ground Prince Charles
32 Who might use ruddle or what is it Shepherds dye
marking sheep
33 What organisation recently banned in Russia as paramilitary Salvation Army
34 Whose song did the Beatles sing on first TV appearance 1962 Roy Orbison Dream
Baby
35 What's unusual about portrait Duke of Monmouth in Nat Gallery Its not him
36 Harry S Truman and Gerald Ford what's the non obvious link Left handed
37 Which is the only Shakespeare play not to contain a song The Comedy of Errors
38 A fimetarious organism grows where In faeces or shit
39 What lasted 5 hours and twelve minutes in 1969 longest ever Wimbledon TV match
no tie break
40 Which film won the best visual effects Oscar in 1984 Indiana Jones Temple
of Doom
41 Mount Logan is the highest mountain in which country Canada
42 The Napstar logo shows headphones on what A cat
43 What sporting contest Peter Christian win in Jan 77 with 1/16 oz Angling - total (only)
catch
44 If a dog is canine, cat feline what creature is accipitrine A hawk
45 Rene Raymond is better known as which author Raymond Chandler
46 What got named by novelist Gilbert Frankau at a party in 1926 Zip he said Zip its
open Zip its shut
47 In 19th century USA what was The Mongolian Curse Opium
48 If you suffered from scripturience what are you compelled to do Write things down
49 Link Aurora Texas, Spitsbergen Norway and Ubatuba Brazil UFO crash sites
50 What's the US equivalent to the Department of Health in the UK Surgeon General

51 Jean Montgolfier in 1157 built the worlds first what Paper factory
52 Link the sports Cricket, Rackets, Croquet and Motorboat racing Only appeared once in
Olympics
53 Which TV gangster owns the nightclub called The Ba Da Bing Tony Soprano
54 Where would you find or what are guntlines Rope - groves
55 How many one legged popes have there been None
56 Israel Baline became more famous under what name Irving Berlin
57 Which US state was known as "The mother of Presidents" Virginia 4 out of 1st 5
58 Why did certain busses in Staffordshire refuse to pick up people Keeping to schedule
59 The three toed sloth only does it every 10 days - what Defecate - or crap
60 Who is the only director to win 3 Oscars within five years in 30s Frank Capra 1934
1936 1938
61 Whose first single released July 1961 was Buttered Popcorn The Supremes
62 Where are a whales nipples On its back
63 What theologian claimed he could drive away the devil with a fart Martin Luther
64 Who devised the idea of a flat rate postal charge Charles Babbage
65 How to you turn a woman into a cuckquean Shag her husband
female cuckold
66 Where would you find a Rocker, Eight, Loop and Three Figures in Ice Skating
67 Samuel Pepys wife always slept with what in her hand His Dick
68 The medical journal Practitioner 1923 said it will never happen? Teaching of
contraception
69 Bruce Philip in 1985 recorded what sporting first Rowed for Oxford and
Cambridge
70 What is measured in units called jnd Sensitivity Just
noticeable difference
71 In the UK which school choir had a No 1 with a song grandma Saint Winifred's
72 In the pasa doble what is the female dancer supposed to be A bullfighters cloak
73 A napiform thing is shaped like what A turnip
74 What was the first country in 1824 to legalise Trade Unions Britain
75 What is the worlds longest insect Borneo stick insect
76 The angel shark has what other name The monkfish
77 Which mummified tendon was auctioned at Christies in 1969 Napoleons Penis
78 Marie Stopes discovered what in British Museum after marriage Should not be virgin
79 What does a callipygian person have Pretty shaped buttocks
80 Which 1977 film won seven Oscars but none for acting Star Wars
81 It came into football in 1923 men say women don’t understand? The offside rule
82 What is a nidologist interested in Birds nests
83 Name Eleanor Roosevelt's job 1932 husband became president Editor of magazine
Babies
84 Arthur Sarsfield Ward the creator of Fu Man Chu is which author Sax Rohmer
85 Who wrote Servants of the Wankh in 1969 Jack Vance SF
86 What song was on the B side of The Beatles We can work it out Day Tripper
87 Georges Claude invented what in 1911 Neon lights
88 In which country did the first Christmas stamp appear in 1898 Canada
89 How does paella get its name From cooking pan
90 Alfred Hitchcock's daughter appeared in Psycho - name her Patricia Hitchcock
91 Who lived in Honalee Puff the magic dragon
92 What is the largest wild animal in the UK The Scottish red deer
93 In the song who told Laura he loved her in 1960 Ricky Valance
94 Who owns Dartmoor prison Prince Charles
95 Name the subject Harry Harrison's 1977 book Great Balls of Fire Sex in Science Fiction
96 Isaiah Sellers did it before Samuel Clements - did what Used Mark Twain
97 Which English King holds the official record of bastards 21 Henry I
98 Where would you find a corbicula Honey bee – sacks
carry pollen
99 In 1951 the shortest ever lasted 2.5 minutes - shortest what Boat race Oxford sank
100 Which film won the best story Oscar in 1958 The Defiant Ones

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