Wednesday, December 11, 2013

General Knowledge in English

Part 7
1 What star sign is Harry Potter Leo
2 The word Mongol means what in Mongolian Brave
3 In the USA it’s the Oscars what is it in France Caesars
4 What is the correct name for a virgin (uncalfed) cow Heifer
5 In the USA what is Marine One Presidents Helicopter
6 In the Bible who climbed Mount Nebo Moses to see
promised land
7 Where could you spend your Gourde Haiti
8 What sausage gets it's name from the Italian for Onion Chipolata
9 What does a cadastral map show Large scale individual
properties
10 In what area of France is champagne made Reims
11 The longest recorded one lasted 51.5 minutes - what Tennis rally1029
strokes
12 Who was the first British Royal to become a motorist Prince of Wales
Edward VII
13 Ford Prefect came from a star in which constellation Orion (Betelgeuse)
14 What makes Argon, Neon and Helium unique in chemistry No compounds
15 In the Bible who put Daniel in the lions den King Darius
16 Cheval-vapeur in France is equal to what in English Horse power
17 The author of Moll Flanders wrote which more famous work Robinson Crusoe
18 On the Beaufort scale what is defined as force 11 A Storm
19 The Spink standard catalogue lists information about what Coins
20 If you suffer from diplopia what have you got Double vision
21 What Shakespeare play Course true love never did run smooth Midsummer Nights
Dream
22 All my Yesterdays is which actors autobiography Edward G Robinson
23 Which type of full moon follows a harvest moon Hunters Moon
24 Which pop singer was Glad to be Gay Tom Robinson
25 The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White basis for what Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes
26 On average it takes 1.5 hours to do what Fully cremate a corpse
27 In Kiplings poem Gunga Din what job had Gunga Din Water Carrier
28 What began in 1877 but banned women until 1884 Wimbledon Tennis
29 Who is the boss of UNCLE Mr Waverley
30 Which cities public transport lost property office is the busiest Tokyo
31 Name only boxer to win a world title who never had a manager Jake La Motta
32 The opera The Tsar Sultan contains what famous musical piece The Flight of the
Bumblebee
33 Five tons are mined annually - five tons of what Diamonds
34 In Venezuela lovers use pink what Envelopes - post half
price
35 What country in distance is furthest from New Zealand Spain
36 Whose girlfriend had a pet snake called Enid Adolf Hitler
37 What word is in 1200 different languages without changing Amen
38 Whose horse was Black Nell Wild Bill Hickoks
39 Old Honiton Genoese and Mechlin all types of what Lace
40 Name the first teddy bear in space Mishka 1980 Olympic
mascot
41 In France who are nicknamed the Kepis blancs Foreign Legion
42 Name Ernest Hemmingway's book dealing with bullfighting Fiesta
43 Which animal pronks Springbok
44 In the Wizard of Oz name the Good Witch of the North Glinda
45 Britain France and who fought the battle of Trafalgar Spain
46 Who's first book was Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov
47 Whose original back up group were The Blue Moon Boys Elvis Presley
48 Britannia female embodiment of Britain who is the French Marianne
49 Who wrote the line East is East and West is West Rudyard Kipling
50 Which American city used to be called Yerba Buena San Francisco

51 What's capital of The Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen Aden
52 Who played Louis Armstrong in 1954 film The Glen Miller Story He played himself
53 The Old Aztecs played ollamalitzi what game does it resemble Basketball
54 In literature who lived at 7 Savile Row Phileas Fogg
55 What is the only Shakespeare play that mentions America The Comedy of Errors
(Act III Scene ii)
56 Jan Lodvik Hock changed his name to what Robert Maxwell
57 What is the longest golf course to stage the British Open Carnoustie 7066 yards
58 Atlanta burned in Gone With the Wind was what old film set King Kong it needed
clearing
59 What are Unaone, Soxisix and Novenine International phonetic
numbers 169
60 If something is caseous what is it like Cheese
61 William Herschel astronomer was a musician what instrument Organ
62 UK snooker players call it doubling what do US pool players say Banking
63 In MASH what was the character Radars full name Walter O'Reilly
64 Whose only novel was The Cardinals Mistress Benito Mussolini
65 Jimmy Doyle died during a title fight in 1947 who was opponent Sugar Ray Robinson
66 In 1900 Persian soldiers were paid with what Donkeys
67 In Islington in London it’s a £50 fine for sleeping where The Public Library
68 Dr Deidrich Knickerbocker invented which famous character Rip Van Winkle
69 What occupation would use a dibber Gardener - to make
planting holes
70 Which group of people first used gold fillings Incas of Peru
71 Miss Lemon is what detectives confidential secretary Hercule Poirot
72 Name Alice's pet cat Dinah
73 In the siege of Mafeking who led the defenders Robert Baden Powell
74 Beethoven's fifth piano concerto is nicknamed what The Emperor
75 What did Aristotle claim as the most delicate of table meats Camel
76 Which annual world championship is held at Coxheath Kent Custard Pie throwing
77 In which film did Cliff Richard sing Living Doll in 1959 Serious Charge
78 Which Lombardy town is famed for its cheese Gorgonzola
79 Which acid dissolves glass Hydrofluoric Acid
80 Who wrote The female of the species more deadly than the male Rudyard Kipling
81 Musical terms - what does De Capo mean on a score From the beginning
82 What is a half of a half of a half of a half A Sixteenth
83 Who recorded as Dib Cochran and the Earwigs Marc Bolan and
David Bowie
84 In what country is Tiahuanaco Bolivia
85 What exactly are chitterlings Fried animals birds
small intestines
86 What was Winston Churchill's codename during WW2 Agent
87 There are 4.5 gallons of ale in what container Pin
88 Of what did the poet John Milton die Gout
89 The musical instrument piccolo means what in Italian Small
90 In what country could you spend a tugrik Mongolia
91 All the pictures of which king are always shown in profile King of Diamonds
92 Pernell Roberts played which character in a TV western series Adam Cartwright
93 1937 saw the first BBC TV broadcast of which event Wimbledon Tennis
94 Which orchestral instrument can play the highest note The Violin
95 Who was the runner up in the 1979 Le Mans 24 hour race Paul Newman
96 Airman T E Shaw in WW2 was better known as who T E Laurence of
Arabia
97 Italian painter Jacopo Robusti is better known as who Tintoretto
98 What were volitos first demonstrated in Soho London in 1823 Roller Skates
99 Which Mozart opera is subtitled School for Lovers Cosi fan Tuti
100 In literature who married Mary Morstan Dr John Watson

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