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10000 General Knowledge

Questions and Answers

Part 1
No Questions Quiz 21 Answers
1 Who said "This game is about beating the crap out of everyone" Bears Quarterback
Jim McMahon
2 Who failed his entrance exams to school aged 16 Einstein – Zurich poly
3 Where are a crickets ears located Front legs
4 In 1903 Frank Hanaway was US first what in The Great Train Robbery Stuntman
5 What is the first race in the Grand Prix season Brazilian
6 University Western Australia developed a robot to do what Shear Sheep
7 The word bank comes from the Italian banco - literal meaning what Bench – where
moneylender sat
8 The Roman roadbuilders lacked which elementary tool Wheelbarrow
9 The Welcome Stranger 173 lb was largest what ever found 1869 Gold Nugget
10 In 1605 Japanese Emperor made what compulsory in schools Learning swimming
11 Who refused the Nobel Literature prize in 1958 Boris Pasternak
12 A P Herbert editor of Punch once wrote a cheque on what Side of a cow
13 What was the Acta Diurna introduced by Julius Caesar 59 BC Daily News (paper)
posted in forum
14 What happened to women who tried to watch original Olympics Thrown off cliff
15 Gertrude Ederlie (USA) was the first woman to do what Swim English
Channel
16 What is the sacred animal of Thailand White Elephant
17 The word puppy comes from the French poupee - literally what Doll
18 The leach has 32 what - humans only got one Brains
19 Who speak a language called Mudderschproch Amish (Pennsylvania
Dutch)
20 Frank Vos Bob Seagren Wolfgang Nordwig all held what Pole vault record
21 Transylvanian people believed sleeping with what was dangerous Mouth open
22 We have all heard Hari Krishna - what does Krishna mean Dark as a cloud
23 In Japan what would you find in a Heya Sumo wrestlers
24 What modern dance was supposed to cure a spiders bite Tarantella
25 If you had 2 eight enders in one bonspiel what are you playing Curling
26 A comet for the Greek Kometes literally means what Long Haired
27 Sandra Bullock, Kris Christophensen, Bruce Willis - Job Links Not Acting –
Bartender
28 In Yemen after a wedding what lasts an average 21 days The wedding feast
29 Who featured on the cover of the first Rolling Stone magazine John Lennon
30 What was Christopher Deans job before Ice Skating Policeman
31 An average of 708 what in the USA each year Tornados
32 At German country weddings the couple had to do what together Saw through a log
33 Schubert always slept with what on Spectacles - in case he
got idea
34 Satori is a term in which religion Zen Buddhism
35 What is the fastest swimming ocean fish over 60 mph Sailfish - Marlin
36 If you were taking a class in pistology what are you studying Faith
37 Pine Eyes is the literal translation of which characters name Pinocchio
38 Feline cats - Bovine Cows - Aquiline what Eagle
39 What is the translation of the Greek name Vanessa Butterfly
40 Who refereed the 1876 Sharky Fitzsimmons fight with a gun Wyatt Earp
41 The Algonquin Indians believed the earth was on what Giant tortoise
42 A gazette - is obvious what was a gazetta where word comes A small Italian coin –
pay for news
43 What country has the highest voting age 25 Andorra
44 Two out of 3 adults in the USA suffer from what Piles
45 Where was the first public library opened in 1747 Warsaw Poland
46 In Atlanta Georgia what is it illegal to do to a giraffe Tie it to tel pole
47 Federal law prohibits the recycling of used - what in USA Eyeglasses
48 What did a clue originally mean Ball of Thread
49 What animal is the symbol of long life in Korea Deer
50 New Orleans USA - Southampton GB same nick football team Saints