quizballs 75 - general knowledge quiz - questions & answers
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quizballs 75 - free general knowledge quiz - questions and answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes
- What was the old English silver coin worth four pre-decimal pennies? Groat
- Who was the first British black woman to win an Olympic gold medal (for Britain)? Tessa Sanderson (Javelin, Los Angeles 1984)
- What gas is in the bubbles of sparkling drinks such as fizzy lemonade and champagne? Carbon dioxide (CO2)
- Hepatic relates to which organ of the human body? Liver
- The Bay of Plenty is on the coast of which country? New Zealand
- WWII General Joseph Stilwell's nickname was also the name of what 1970s rock act fronted by Elkie Brooks? Vinegar Joe
- Who played Louise Sawyer in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise? Susan Sarandon
- What name for a temple derives from the ancient Greek meaning 'to all gods' ? Pantheon
- The corporate IT brand HP stands for what name? Hewlett-Packard
- What is commonly produced by pouring water into a pan of boiling cooking oil - an indoor rainbow, dry ice, popcorn, or a fierce kitchen fire? A fierce kitchen fire
- What is the gambling system called in which stakes are continually doubled? Martingale
- The natural geological columns of Fingal's Cave and the Giant's Causeway are formed of which rock? Basalt
- Who was the last emperor of China? Pu Yi ('Henry' Pu Yi)
- What does the c stand for in the equation E=mc2 ? The speed of light (in a vacuum, i.e., 299,792,458 metres per second, or 300,000km/sec or 186,000miles/sec)
- What was the title of Al Gore's Oscar-winning 2006 documentary? An Inconvenient Truth
- The introduction of what vegetable coincided with the coronation of the British monarch in 1902? King Edward potato (after King Edward VII, reigned 1901-1910)
- Mount Ararat is in which country? Turkey
- How many strings does a mandolin commonly have? Eight
- What three-letter brand meaning 'flight' is the Polish national airline? LOT (Polskie Linie Lotnicze, meaning Polish Airlines)
- Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy played the title roles in which UK 1970s TV sitcom? George and Mildred
- What are the first names of writer J R R Tolkien? John Ronald Reuel
- Which British cyclist crashed out of the 1998 Tour de France while wearing the Yellow Jersey? Chris Boardman
- What pub paraphernalia does a tegestologist collect? Beermats
- Musician Dizzy Gillespie most famously played what instrument? Trumpet
- Deoxyribonucleic acid is commonly known as what? DNA
- Who was the voice of the genie in the 1992 animated Disney film Aladdin? Robin Williams
- A Dagwood is what type of snack, named after cartoon character Dagwood Bumstead? Sandwich
- What country had the Roman name Lusitania? Portugal
- The Book of Kells is in which city? Dublin (in Trinity College Library, it's the four gospels of the New Testament)
- The Prorsum collection is made by which fashion label? Burberry
- What is the Greek and Turkish delicacy of spiced rice and meat wrapped in vine leaves? Dolma
- Which French prime minister was executed for treason in 1945? Pierre Laval
- A logion is a saying attributed to whom? Jesus Christ
- The 'Mach' speed measurement (for example Mach 1, or Mach 2, etc) is based essentially on multiples of the speed of what? Sound
- What is the name of the village near Birmingham, UK, established by George and Richard Cadbury? Bournville
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