Wednesday, December 11, 2013

D Unit Exam General Knowledge

No Questions Quiz 3
1 What film won the best visual effects Oscar in 1985 Cocoon
2 Where could you spend a Rufiyya - Capital Male Maldives
3 Tomatillo is a feature in what countries cusine Mexico
4 The golden lion is awarded at which film festival Venice
5 In computing what does EPOS stand for Electronic Point of
Sale
6 In English its worth 10 points but in Polish only one what is Letter Z in scrabble
7 Who broke Bearings bank and inspired the film Rogue Trader Nick Leason
8 Who created the animated characters Wallace and Grommet Nick Parks
9 Vanilla is part of which plant family Orchids
10 Which English monarch was first to make Xmas day broadcast George V
11 The Vatican is the worlds smallest country what's second Monaco
12 What does anti pasta literally mean Before the meal
13 Fire bellied Spadefoot and Midwife are all types of what Toads
14 In the man from UNCLE what does UNCLE stand for Utd. Net. Com. Law
Enforcement
15 What is also known as liberty cabbage Sauerkraut
16 Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
17 What 1979 film won the Oscar for best visual effects Alien
18 Which element is extracted from the ore Scheelite Tungsten
19 Where could you spend a Metical - capital Maputo Mozambique
20 Which country consumes the most wine per capita 16.7 gal per Luxemburg
21 And what the least - two tablespoons per person Egypt
22 In Oct 1992 Bernard Lavery of Wales grew an 18lb 3oz what Brussels Sprout
23 Name the most downloaded cyberpet over 14 million MOPy fish
screensaver
24 How may Oscars did Richard Burton win None – Seven
Nomination
25 In the Mohs scale of hardness what comes in at number eight Topaz
26 A Pascal is the SI unit of what Pressure
27 Herman Zapf designed what Dingbats font
28 Inderan, Delgado, LeMond and Fignon names in what sport Cycling
29 A cappella is unaccompanied singing but what it literally mean In the style of the
chapel
30 William Joyce US born of Irish descent famous as who in WW2 Lord Haw-Haw –
executed 1946
31 Artist - The Monarch of the Glen in 1850 - Lions Trafalgar square Sir Edwin Henry
Landseer
32 Name woman set up free birth control clinic in Holloway in 1920 Marie Stopes
33 What was the last black and white film to win Oscar best film The Apartment 1960
Jack Lemon
34 Who wrote the opera Der Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss
35 Who designed the first jet engine - flew in 1941 Sir Frank Whittle
36 The Wright brothers made aircraft but what was their other job Bicycle manufacturers
37 Who was the first Plantagenet monarch of England 1154 to 89 Henry II
38 Where could you spend a Dram - Capital Yerevan Armenia
39 In ancient Rome what was the triclinium Dining Room
40 Which SF author created the character Lazarus Long Robert Heinlein
41 Somali, Balinese and Abyssinian breeds of what Cat
42 Which city is the capital of Tuscany Florence
43 What type of adornment is a Postiche Small Hairpiece
44 Only one world team horseracing event at Ascot what trophy Shergar Cup
45 Ursus Artus Horribilus - the Latin name of what creature Grizzly Bear
46 Which Graham Green book and film had Pinky as the star Brighton Rock
47 What film won the best sound effects Oscar in 1985 Back to the Future
48 If you dial 123 in the UK what service do you get The speaking clock
49 What is the opposite of nocturnal Diurnal
50 Who wrote the book Interview with a Vampire Ann Rice

51 Which element is extracted from the ore Sphalerite Zinc
52 What country consumes the most meat per capita 124 lb Argentina
53 Mens world championships started 1903 but 1934 women what Gymnastics
54 Where could you spend your Tala - Capital Apia Samoa
55 According to the 2000 census in the UK what is now a religion Jedi Knight
56 What is used to make a classic wiener schnitzel Veal
57 What can be Inline, flat or v Car cylinders
58 Traditionally there are 100 pleats in what item A Chefs hat
59 The Amazon river rises in which country Peru
60 What is the most commonly used condiment in the world Mustard
61 What film won the best makeup Oscar in 1988 Beetlejuice
62 What fruit does not ripen after picking Pineapple
63 Which gangster escaped from jail using a wooden gun John Dillinger
64 Who wrote four consecutive number one songs in 1978 Barry Gibb
65 What is the characters name of Agent 86 Maxwell Smart
66 What was the sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shock Treatment
67 The oldest one in America still working opened in 1829 what Brewery
68 The Spinet is another name for what old musical instrument The Virginal
69 Harold the Fairhead was the first supreme ruler of where Norway
70 In astrology which heavenly body rules the sign of Cancer The Moon
71 Who said I've have take more out of alcohol that it has out of me Sir Winston Churchill
72 If you sailed due West from Japan what country would you hit Korea
73 What are the seeds of the herb cilantro called used as a spice Coriander
74 Estelle Parsons best supporting actress Oscar what 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde
75 Which French artist designed ballet sets for Diaghilev Henri Matisse
76 Where might you spend a Ceti - Capital Accra Ghana
77 What family used to live in Bug Tussel The Clampets
78 In 1924 the worlds first book of what was published Crosswords
79 A flocculent thing resembles what Wool
80 What European city is nicknamed Auld Reekie Edinburgh
81 Selma Lagerlof of Sweden in 1909 first woman to get what Nobel Prize for
Literature
82 What is a quahog Type of clam
83 Which Saints day is 1st March David
84 Who does the voiceover at the end of Michael Jackson's Thriller Vincent Price
85 If you climbed the Dolomites what country are you in Italy
86 The earliest recorded one held 1887 Sheen House Richmond ? Motorcycle Race
87 Which film won the best story and best song Oscars in 1969 Butch Cassidy and
Sundance Kid
88 Ad Lib is short for the Latin Ad libitum what's it literally mean At Pleasure
89 Which comedian and actors real first name were Leslie Townes Bob Hope
90 In 1976 what show appeared on TV for the first time Charlie Angels
91 Name the American pilot shot down over Russia in 1960 Francis Garry Powers
92 The film 10 Rillington Place is based on which British serial killer Reginald Christie
93 In German cusine what are kartofflen Potato dumplings
94 Membrenaphone musical instruments commonly called what Drums
95 Where might you spend a Won North or South Korea
96 Who wrote the novel The Money Changers Arthur Hailey
97 Who was the first English Poet Laureate in 1616 Benjamin Jonson
98 Helsinki 52, Melbourne 56 , Rome 60 what comes next Tokyo 64 - venues
Olympics
99 What country consumes the most coffee per capita 25 Lb Finland
100 Lee Marvin won the best actor Oscar for what 1965 film Cat Ballou

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