quizballs 79 - general knowledge quiz - questions & answers
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Typos in questions 13 and 34 were corrected, notably the 'breadfruit voyage' was 1791-94 not 1971-74 - thanks K Price - 3 Feb 2010.
quizballs 79 - free general knowledge quiz - questions and answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes
- The North England town of Beverley is named after what creature? Beaver
- Köppen-Geiger is the name of a classification system for what? Climate
- What was the first invention to break the sound barrier? The whip (c.5,000BC in China - hence the crack of a whip)
- What is the most common bird in the world? Chicken
- The Greek word Xero (pronounced zero) in xerography and related terminology means what? Dry
- Dove vive? (pronounced 'dovay veevay') means 'where do you live?' in what language? Italian
- In astronomy and metaphorical language what is the opposite of zenith? Nadir (loosely meaning highest point, zenith, and lowest point, nadir)
- The Latin abbreviation 'cf.' commonly in dictionary definitions means what in English? Compare (confer in Latin)
- What is the standard geometric name for a regular quadrilateral? Square
- What inventor was nicknamed The Wizard of Menlo Park? Thomas Edison
- In which year were car tax discs launched in the UK? 1921
- Diabolism is the worship of what? The Devil
- The Centigrade temperature scale is also known commonly by what name? Celsius
- Who was the prime minister of Rhodesia from 1965-79? Ian Smith
- In the 2001 film Black Hawk Down what is the Black Hawk? Helicopter (Fully: Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk)
- Which actor was the puppet character from TV's Stingray said to have been modelled on? James Garner
- Former FBI director W Mark Felt revealed himself in 2005 to be what codenamed whistleblower? Deep Throat (informant in the Watergate scandal, which led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974)
- What traditionally represents a fifth year wedding anniversary? Wood
- In physics what single word term normally represents 'rate of change of position'? Velocity
- What is the name of the blue rose unveiled by Japanese company Suntory in October 2009? Applause
- The word 'wiki', as in Wikipedia, means what, and in what language? Quick in Hawaiian
- Who produced, directed and narrated the best film Oscar winning 1952 movie The Greatest Show On Earth? Cecil B deMille
- The Order of the British Empire was founded by which monarch? George the Fifth
- At which castle was Mary Queen of Scots beheaded? Fotheringhay
- In the human body what is the common name for hemicrania? Migrane (headache)
- Which Beatle was first to become a grandfather? Ringo Starr
- Elsanta is a variety of which fruit? Strawberry
- What was the submarine developed by US engineer Robert Fulton in 1803? Nautilus
- Who captained the 2009 England women's cricket team? Charlotte Edwards
- Martin Van Buren was president of which country in the 19th century? USA
- The Buddy Holly song That'll Be the Day is said to have been inspired by what John Wayne film? The Searchers
- In the 1952 Olympic Games who won gold medals in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and marathon? Emile Zatopek
- TR is the international car registration for which country? Turkey
- Whose second 'breadfruit voyage' as captain was on the ship HMS Providence, 1791-94? William Bligh
- What animal is a brocket? Deer
- In law what does the old term 'felo de se' mean? Suicide (literally 'felon of himself')
- Which playing card is known as the Curse of Scotland? Nine of Diamonds
- In computing what does DOS stand for? Disk Operating System
- What is the tenth and final day of the Hindu festival of Navrati called? Dussehra
- Who wrote the classic two-part 19th century German play Faust? Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
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