Thursday, December 12, 2013

GK Questions Quiz and Answers

 Quiz No 1
1 In the cartoon Scooby Do what is Scrappy Do's battle cry Puppy Power
2 What was innovative about Co-op winter warmer ale Labelled in Braille
3 In the UK they are butter beans what in the USA Lima Beans
4 Who said I have had a talent for irritating women since I was 14 Marilyn Munroe
5 Peter Sellers played Clouseau but who dropped the role Peter Ustinov
6 Parorexia is the desire for what Strange Foods
7 What job links Kris Kristoffensen and Gene Roddenbery Both worked as pilots
8 Legend says tortellini was created to honour what part of Venus Her belly button
9 Who invented the dumb waiter Thomas Jefferson
10 What was the top grossing film of the 60s The Sound of Music
11 In 2000 what word was written on Sydney bridge in fireworks Eternity
12 STDs are the most costly health problem in the USA what's 2nd Dog Bites
13 Scarlet O'Hara had what original first name Patsy
14 Who wrote the post nuclear war novel On the Beach Neville Schute
15 In ancient Rome what could be candida, picta, pulla or virilis Types of Toga styles
16 Name the one person who has won a Nobel and an Oscar G B Shaw Lit 1925
Pygmalion 1938
17 First used in Salt Lake 1980s what was a jarvik Artificial heart
18 Excluding the what word appears most in Bond film titles Never
19 Which character did not appear in the cartoon Star Trek Chekov
20 What is a casaba A Melon
21 A screwdriver becomes a fuzzy screw when you add what Peach Schnapps
22 Hungarian doctor Karolyn Maria Beekert coined what word 1869 Homosexual
23 Pine, Beach, Stone, Sable or American types of what creature Martins
24 Name Roman soldier who is supposed to have stabbed Jesus Longinius
25 What can be a font, architectural style or novel type Gothic
26 What is Colombo's first name Phillip
27 Boothby blonde, China long, straight 8 varieties of what Cucumber
28 Santiago is the capitol of Chile what does it mean Saint Iago - or Saint
James
29 The ancient Egyptians worshiped a sky Goddess name her Nut
30 Aprosexia is the abnormal inability to do what Concentrate
31 Peter George wrote Two Hours to Doom filmed as what Dr Strangelove
32 Hugh Hefner and Katherine Hepburn both had degrees in what Psychology
33 What is a hen of the woods A mushroom
34 Which film of the 70s received the most Oscars Cabaret 1972
35 In Hindu mythology Meru is equal to what Greek site Olympus
36 357 UK roads are specially marked to protect what Toads during mating
season
37 In China its 19 grams but in Denmark 42 grams average what Weight of mans
testicles
38 Name the smurf spin off characters that live underwater Snorks
39 One quarter of people who lose sense of small also lose what Desire for sex
40 Which vegetable has the highest sugar content Onion
41 Quarter oz whiskey half ounce sloe gin makes a black what Hawk
42 Which tough guy actor was once a drop hammer operator Robert Mitchum
43 Which group govern in a plutocracy The most wealthy
44 In western palmistry the index finger is linked to which planet Jupiter
45 The Central Perk Café appears in which TV series Friends
46 What does sputnik literally mean Fellow Traveller
47 The Volga is Europe longest river what is the second longest Danube
48 An archangel cat has what colour coat Blue
49 What instrument did Glen Miller play Trombone
50 Debby Boone sang the No 1 song of the 70s name it You light up my life

51 In Ecuador if you were served tronquito what have you eaten Bull penis soup
52 From Here to Eternity gets its name from a poem by who Tennyson
53 Where would you find a coffin joint Horses foot
54 What phenomenon do cereologists study Crop circles
55 In 1995 what was the most common name given to girls in USA Ashley
56 And again in 1995 what was the one given to boys in USA Michael
57 Which Shakespeare play ends in marriage of Benedict Beatrice Much ado About
Nothing
58 Lord Lovat was the last in England to do what Be judicially
beheaded
59 Name the cowardly member of Dick Dastardly's squadron Zilly
60 What is the correct topping for a pastitsio Béchamel sauce
61 Mojo is a Filipino what Alcoholic fruit punch
62 In 1940s California it was illegal to serve alcohol to who Homosexuals
63 Name actor fired as no star quality because of big Adams apple Clint Eastwood
64 What was Buddy Hollies current single when he died It doesn't matter any
more
65 Who wrote April is the cruellest month in poem The Wasteland T S Elliot
66 What is 40 in Roman numerals XL
67 What is a shubunkin A goldfish
68 What was the first company formed to manufacture motor cars Daimler
69 Which brother sister won Wimbledon mixed doubles in 1980 John Tracy Austin
70 Alicante, Money-maker and Ailsa Craig varieties of what Tomatoes
71 Be prepared is the boy scout motto what's the girl guides motto Be prepared
72 Again in Ecuador if you were served cuy what have you eaten Guinea pig
73 In military terms what is a SLR Self Loading Rifle
74 London and which UK city are joined by the Grand Union canal Birmingham
75 Who wrote the children's story The Old man of Lochnagar Prince Charles
76 What are the devils bones Dice
77 Name Tina Turners solo comeback album of 1984 Private Dancer
78 What was the first nationally released film with a PG 13 rating Red Dawn
79 On a poll 50% men said sex in bed favourite 20% fem what fem Reading 23%
80 What is the main ingredient of a booyah Chicken
81 What does the VO on a bottle of Seagrams stand for Very Old
82 What actor was once fruit picker iceman truck driver propman John Wayne
83 USA supreme court 1962 said who cant be imprisoned - illegal Drug Addicts
84 How did Scrooge McDuck earn his first dime Shining shoes
85 What is the currency of Turkey Lira
86 The word planet comes from Greek what's it literally mean Wanderers
87 Sailors round the horn - off which country are they doing it Chile
88 American comes from USA what someone from Monaco called Monagasque
89 On an ordinance survey map what does a H in circle represent Hospital
90 Which fashion designer said - A woman is as old as her knee Mary Quant
91 A professional boxer is limited to 36 feet - feet of what Bandages on hands
92 On the Beaufort scale 8 represents what A Gale
93 What is the capitol of Belarus Minsk
94 Soyuz was a soviet spacecraft but what's it literally mean Union
95 Which American author wrote The turn of the Screw Henry James
96 Who sang about Angel in a Centrefold J Geils Band
97 Who first starred in the film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble John Travolta
98 Surveyed 70% of US females said they preferred this to sex what Chocolate
99 Which English speaking country consumes most table wine per Australia
100 What are garbanzo beans also known as Chick

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