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10000 General Knowledge

Questions and Answers

Part 1
No Questions Quiz 20 Answers
1 Jacqueline Du Prey is a master on what instrument Cello
2 Who wrote the music for Showboat Jerome Kern
3 Who said sex is a bad thing it rumples the clothes Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis
4 The average Manhattan wife takes 14 minutes to do what in bed Turn off Light
5 Which animal sleeps with one eye open Dolphin
6 Sandra Wes of Texas died in 1977 was buried in what Her blue Ferrari
7 What happened to the man who tried to hang himself over river Rope broke –
drowned in river
8 After sex what does the female marine bristleworm do Bites off eats penis
9 What nationality was Pontius Pilot by birth Scottish - Fortingale nr Dunkeld
10 The average person spends 12 years of their life doing what Watching TV
11 St Appolonia is the patron saint of what Toothache
12 Packy Ease an amateur boxer - what name become famous Bob Hope
13 What was stolen from a Hotel Garden in Britain in 1991 Onion Crop
14 What word comes from Arabic means reunion of broken parts Algebra
15 Charles Conrad took a cassette to the moon on Apollo 11 who Jerry Lee Lewis
16 First feature film US TV Heart of New York what was subject Washing machine
inventors
17 Royal Society Prevention Accidents 1991 7500 injured by what Shopping Trolleys
18 4000 patents for a variation of what issued since first 1838 Mousetrap
19 A Limousine was originally what (From Limousine in France) French shepherds
protective cloak
20 Dwight Eisenhower was the first president to hold what Pilots Licence
21 What does a geophage enjoy Eating earth
22 The Reknas company - Calcutta worlds biggest exporter what Human (skeletons)
23 At least a quarter of humanity is what Short Sighted
24 What first occurred at California Disneyland in March 1981 Murder
25 Who said "sex older women best they think its their last time" Ian Fleming
26 Ping Pong and Pang are characters in which opera Turendot - by Puccini
27 1300 to 1500 it was illegal for Englishmen to have 3 what a day Meals
28 Harold J Smith a Canadian changed name famed as sidekick Jay Silverheels Tonto
29 What is special about the hooded pitohui bird (New Guinea) It’s highly poisonous
30 In 1984 Bloomingdale's started selling 100000 year old what Glacial ice from
Greenland
31 What happened to golfer Lee Travino on green 13 27 June 1975 Hit by Lightning
32 What links elephanta, bad-i-sad-o-bistroz, oe, whuly, zonda All winds
33 What tree is mentioned just once in the Bible Poplar
34 The average Britain consumes 14571 what in their lifetime Pints of beer
35 What job involves walking an average 60 miles in a 5 day week Waiter
36 In the UK 3% of people store what in their fridges Live Maggots
37 The city council of Chico California set a $500 fine for what Exploding nuclear
bomb in city
38 A tittiliomaniac has a compulsion to do what Scratch
39 Police in Winchester - got call - Man being held by wife - how Hidden artificial leg
40 Stephano and Trinculo characters in which Shakespeare play The Tempest
41 William Hurt won best actor Oscar for which 1985 film The Kiss of the
Spiderwoman
42 Fescue is a generic type of what Grass
43 Creed Prayer Alms Fasting Pilgrimage five pillars what religion Islam
44 Alex Raymond created which comic strip character in 1934 Flash Gorden
45 What does a carpophagus animal feed on Fruit
46 Gregorys powder is a type of what Laxative
47 What does a Hafiz know Koran by Heart
48 Pocahontas was baptised and given what English name Rebecca
49 In London 1915 what became illegal subject to £100 fine Buying a round of
drinks
50 What is the longest river in Australia Murray-Darling