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10000 General Knowledge

Questions and Answers

Part 1
No Questions Quiz 33 Answers
1 Who was the first woman to receive The Order of Merit 1907 Florence Nightingale
2 In terms of hair what does FSH stand for Follicle Stimulating
Hormone
3 On a prescription the Latin expression Ter in Die means what Three times daily
4 What was Sherpa Tensing surname Norgay
5 Kolduns popular in Russia as analysts in America what are they Witches
6 What month was named after Latin for to open April
7 What is the more common name for Alkane Paraffin or Kerosene
8 How long can a bedbug live without food One Year
9 What is a Caryatid Building support
woman shaped
10 In Portugal if you bought sem chumbo what is it Unleaded Petrol
11 What Japanese name means fried food often at the table Tempura
12 What is Nelson Mandela's middle name Rolihlahla
13 What thin net of silk or Rayon named after French place it made Tulle
14 What French word literally means little skip Cabriolet
15 Bib-label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda better known as what Seven Up
16 In Slovenian if you heard Na Mesta Pozor Zdaj what sport Athletics - Marks set
Go
17 What country has the most Post Offices India
18 Who said about his songs "some are 10 minutes long some are 6" Bob Dylan
19 Who would use a punty in their job Glass blowers rod
20 Who would use an ankus in their job Mahout to goad an
elephant
21 What is the correct name for the honey bear or potto Kinkajou
22 The Marino sheep originated in what country Spain
23 What was the first battleship powered by steam turbines 1906 HMS Dreadnought
24 Dick Tracy the comic strip started life as what name Plainclothes Tracy
25 Carson City in Nevada - dubious distinction first what 1924 Gas Chamber used
26 What magazine started in America March 1923 Time
27 Tenzin Gyatso became what in 1937 Dali Lama
28 In what country was Mother Theresa born Albania
29 In 1918 what were Jelly Babies renamed Peace Babies
30 Who was Prime Minister of China 1949 to 1976 Chou En-Lai
31 The Egg and I was whose first film Marilyn Munroe
32 What British Motor vehicle displayed at 1948 Amsterdam show Land Rover
33 Who first appeared in All Star Comics in 1941 Wonder Woman
34 What fashion designer was responsible for "The New Look" Christian Dior
35 The British Patent Office since 1949 banned patents for what Perpetual Motion
Machine
36 What colour was Ian Flemming's typewriter Gold
37 Which Canadian won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for Suez Lester Pearson
38 Who was the first commoner to appear Royal Mail pack 1964 William Shakespeare
39 What did Canada's Grand Falls change their name to 1964 Churchill
40 Which comic character was dynamited to death in issue 428 Robin
41 What happened to Charles Brooks in 1982 First legal death
by lethal Injection
42 What artist was nicknamed "Jack the Dripper" action painting Jackson Pollock
43 In what George Bizet opera do Zugra and Nbadir appear The Pearl Fishers
44 Charles Adrian Wettach became famous as what clown Grock
45 Martin Fallon Hugh Marlow James Graham Harry Patterson who Jack Higgins
46 Who created Popeye Elzie Seger
47 The film The Madness of King George III Dropped III - why So Americans don’t
think it’s a sequel
48 Who had the part of Dirty Harry - hurt hand - dropped out Frank Sinatra
49 What are Demy, Medium, Royal, Double Crown Paper Sizes
50 Collective nouns - A Chatter of what Budgerigars