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quizballs 87 - free general knowledge quiz - questions and answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes
- What is the longest line of latitude on the Earth? Equator
- Pisciculture is the breeding and rearing of what? Fish
- In which US city is the 1974 film Towering Inferno set? San Francisco
- Which artist is famous for painting at the Moulin Rouge? Toulouse-Lautrec (fully Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec)
- What long-necked instrument, now usually with four pairs of strings, originated in Greece and is still popularly associated with Greek music? Bouzouki
- Who was the first driver to be knighted for his services to motor sport? Jack Brabham
- In global finance what does IMF stand for? International Monetary Fund
- The Davis Strait lies between Baffin Island and which country (also considered a dependency)? Greenland
- January King, Meteor, and Salarite are varieties of which vegetable? Cabbage
- The city of Breda is in which European country? Netherlands
- Sitophobia is the fear of what: bricks and rubble; telescopes; food; or settees and armchairs? Food (from Greek sito, food)
- Mount Elbrus (5,642 metres) is the highest mountain in which continent? Europe (in Russia, in the Caucasus range)
- What is the fastest running bird in the world: emu; roadrunner; ostrich; or the erect-crested penguin? Ostrich
- Who became president of the USA in 1989? George Bush, Senior
- What type of creature is a copperhead? Snake
- Nicholas Rowe's 1703 play The Fair Penitent originated what character, whose name has since referred to a seducer of women? Lothario
- Dresden china originated in which country? Germany
- Brothers Harry, Samuel, Albert and Jack established which film company in 1923? Warner Brothers
- In Greek mythology what are the goddesses or spirits which inspire the creation of literature and the arts? Muses
- Coober Pedy, the largest opal mine in the world, is in which country? Australia
- The suffix 'stan' in a country's name such as Afghanistan derives from what early Indo-European meaning: mountain; stand; flag; or goat? Stand (referring to standing somewhere, evolving afterwards to mean a place, nation, etc.)
- What is the name of the shallow circular transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of micro-organisms? Petri dish (after German bacteriologist Julius Petri)
- Mrs Maria Fitzherbert was the wife of which British monarch? George the Fourth
- Canada Day (previously Dominion Day) is celebrated on which date? 1st July (anniversary of the 1 July 1867 enactment of the British North America Act, forming a single country called Canada)
- Which is the only city to lie in two continents? Istanbul (in Asia and Europe)
- Selhurst Park is the home ground of which English football club? Crystal Palace
- What is the name of the substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish, used in brewing and winemaking? Isinglass
- Which US state is known as the Sunflower State? Kansas
- The lahara, used in the liqueur Curacao, is an adaptation of which common fruit? Orange
- Heliotherapy is the therapeutic use of what? Sunlight
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