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The spelling of the answer to question 33 was corrected - thanks J Limage - 11 Apr 2010.
quizballs 78 - free general knowledge quiz - questions and answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes
- What does the Regina mean in the British Queen's official title Elizabeth Regina? Queen (it's Latin)
- What formal two-word term refers to the investigation before completing a business investment or acquisition? Due diligence
- People born between about 1960-1980 are often referred to as Generation what? X
- What note is the second (second highest) string on a guitar when tuned to standard concert pitch? B
- In Britain a hamlet traditionally became a village when it acquired: a school, church, pub, or post-office? Church
- Donald Tusk became the prime minister of which country in November 2007? Poland
- Called Coleoptera, meaning sheathed wing, what commonly known order of creatures contains more species than any other? Beetles
- The symbol ∞ (sideways 8) means what in mathematics? Infinity
- Who was Henry the Eighth's sixth wife? Katherine Parr
- In poker which two-card combination has various cryptic nicknames related to dogs? King and Nine (from K9, canine)
- What type of food is taleggio? Cheese
- Which playwright wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? Tennessee Williams
- What does a Leyden jar store? Static electricity
- Which singer/musician was born Steveland Judkins? Stevie Wonder
- Which organisation retains copyright ownership of the laws of cricket? MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club)
- MICEX is the major stock exchange of which country? Russia (Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange)
- The country Myanmar is still known in many parts of the world by what prior name? Burma
- In which English midlands city was author Alan Sillitoe born? Nottingham
- Who was the target of an assassination plot in the 1978 film Foul Play? The Pope
- In UK road traffic lights what commonly follows a single amber light: red, green, red and amber, or green and amber? Red
- The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded in which city in 1780? Boston
- In which country was the painter Ford Madox Brown born? France
- A logophile is a lover of what? Words
- What is a line on a map called which connects points of equal temperature? Isotherm
- Loosehead is a position in which sport? Rugby
- Which country had the Roman name Cambria? Wales
- What word, meaning something left in a will, refers to an old and incompatible organisational computing system? Legacy
- Alpha, Nevada and Snow Crown are types of which vegetable? Cauliflower
- What was the name of the Space Shuttle which exploded after take-off in January 1986? Challenger
- Which American writer said of golf, 'a good walk spoiled' ? Mark Twain
- Which year saw the last commercial hovercraft English Channel crossing? 2000
- What is the medical condition Herpes Zoster commonly called? Shingles
- What breed of dog is known as the Carriage Dog (because they were trained to run with horse-drawn carriages as guard dogs)? Dalmatian
- The Futhark is what type of alphabet? Runic
- In which country is Timbuktu? Mali (Africa)
- Who in the 1940s invented the Aqua-Lung? Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
- What is the furcula of a bird more commonly called? Wishbone
- What is the title of Thomas Hardy's last novel? Jude the Obscure
- Genuphobia is the irrational fear of what part of the body? Knee
- Lake Pontchartrain is in which US state? Louisiana
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