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10000 General Knowledge

Questions and Answers

Part 1
No Questions Quiz 18 Answers
1 What kind of creature was Sam on the Muppet Show Eagle
2 Who had a hit with Tiger Feet Mud
3 Patty Hearst was kidnapped (later joined) which organisation Symbionese
Liberation Army
4 The Murryfield Racers play which sport Ice Hockey
5 Quakers Natural, Prewetts Honey, California Revival - types what Museli
6 What was Paul McCartney's first solo album called McCartney
7 What company pioneered floppy discs IBM
8 What were Tricity Triumph, Kelvinator, Lec De Lux Refrigerators
9 What tennis players name meant Tall trees by still water Evonne Goolagong
10 Which musical did the song Send in the Clowns come from A Little Night Music
11 Where in Australia were British satellites launched in early 70s Woomera
12 What was Clint Eastwood's first film as a director Play Misty for Me
13 Who wrote the Science Fiction novel Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
14 What was a Royal Navy frigate accused throwing Cod War 1973 Carrots at Icelandic
Gunboat
15 Who wrote the novel The French Lieutenants Woman John Fowles
16 Whose cat was sold for $153000 in an Arizona auction Adolf Hitler's
17 Who wrote the play Amadeus Peter Shaffer
18 Jeff Lynne - Roy Wood - Bev Bevan - what pop group Electric Light
Orchestra
19 Where did Jim Morrison die Bath - in Paris hotel
20 What did the Ayatollah Khomeni ban in 1979 Music on radio
21 Mstislav Rostropovich was a maestro on what instrument Cello
22 What is Kensington Gore Actors fake blood
23 Margarita Carmen Casino became famous as who Rita Heyworth
24 What job does the Gaffer do in the film industry Chief Electrician
25 What was the name of Dagwood Bumstead and Blondies dog Daisy
26 What short sighted cartoon character had a nephew - Waldo Mr Magoo
27 What Shakespeare play was the basis of The Forbidden Planet The Tempest
28 Frederick Austerlitz became famous as who Fred Astair
29 What is a Maine Coon once thought to be extinct A 20 lb cat
30 What dictator was the first to be abducted prosecuted USA drugs General Manual
Noriega- Panama
31 In which EEC country is abortion still illegal Ireland
32 What heavyweight boxer was nicknamed The Cinderella Man James J Braddock
33 What is the capitol of Chechnya Grozny
34 What is absinthe traditionally flavoured with Wormwood
35 In 1829 Cyrill Damien invented which musical instrument Accordion
36 At the battle of Actium who beat Mark Anthony and Cleopatra Octavian - Emperor
Augustus
37 What links Ada - Lisp - Algol Program Languages
38 How did Joy Friedericke Victoria Adamson die in 1985 Murdered in Kenya
39 What city stands on the river Torens Adelaide - Australia
40 In Hindu mythology Agni is the god of what Fire
41 To the ancient Greeks what was an agora Public meeting place /
market (forum)
42 Tomika and Uyeshiba are the two main forms of what Aikido
43 Where was Napoleon bornAjaccio - Corsican capitol
44 Which Greek astronomer wrote the Almagest Ptolomy
45 The Queen has what music with her breakfast Bagpipes - Started by
Victoria
46 Baile Atha Cliath - Official name what capitol city Dublin - its Irish
Gaelic
47 In the wild what animal pollinates banana plants Bats
48 What colour is the Black Box carried in aircraft Orange
49 Taidje Khan became famous under which name Yul Brynner
50 Autolycus - accomplished invisible thief Greek myth whose son Hermes