General Knowledge Quiz #14

General Knowledge Quiz #14

Questions

1. If a dish is parmentier what is it cooked or served with?
2. If an insect is apterous what has it not got?
3. In which country would you find the Southern Alps?
4. What does OPEC stand for?
5. Padauk is a type of what natural substance?
6. How many carats is pure gold?
7. What was the first name of Sir Winston Churchill's wife?
8. What was the Rolling Stones' first UK number 1 hit?
9. What is the bullet-proof screen on a military vehicle called?
10. The Battle of Naseby was fought during which war?
11. How many hulls does a catamaran have?
12. Jazz singer Eleanor Gough McKay was better known by which name?
13. In which country is Africa's highest ski resort?
14. What are classified using the Munsell system?
15. In boxing what weight is between a flyweight and a featherweight?
16. Boudicca (Boadicea) was queen of which tribe of people?
17. What type of plant is a saguaro?
18. Which designer was made famous by his headwear worn by his mother Gertrude?
19. In which city were the 1972 Summer Olympics held?
20. Which politician came second in the 2001 Tory Party leadership contest?
21. What colour is stone lapis lazuli?
22. What is a camel with one hump called?
23. What spirit is used to make a Harvey Wallbanger?
24. Who took over from Richard Whiteley as the presenter of TV's Countdown?
25. Which Home Secretary, later becoming Prime Minister, was criticised for closely observing the Siege of Sidney Street in 1911?
26. Boudicca (Boadicea was queen of which tribe of people?
27. What type of creature is a hairstreak?
28. Who became US president after John F Kennedy was assassinated?
29. Who wrote the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
30. What does an acrophobe fear?
31. Which band released an album entitled Wish You Were Here?
32. Who is the Roman god of fire?
33. What is a carrick bend a type of?
34. What is an equilibrist?
35. Whose husband was Cosmopolitan magazine's first nude centrefold?
36. In which English county is the ancient monument Stonehenge?
37. Which Sunday newspaper was founded by Lord Beaverbrook in 1918?
38. What is the collective name for a group of beavers?
39. Who discovered penicillin?
40. What is the capital of Peru?
41. Which film starring Robert Redford is set in Wakefield Prison Farm?
42. Aileen Wuornos was notorious for being the world's first what?
43. What type of fruit is a McIntosh?
44. Which Home Secretary, later becoming Prime Minister, was criticised for closely observing the Siege of Sidney Street in 1911?
45. Kulfi is a type of which Indian food?
46. Eugene the Jeep featured in which comic strip?
47. Who sang the theme tune to the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies?
48. What is Oenology the study of?
49. What acid is associated with muscles in the body experiencing oxygen debt?
50. In 1960 which country had the first ever woman prime minister?
51. Nephritis is the inflamation of which part of the body?
52. Who played the father in the 1950 film Father Of The Bride?

1. If a dish is parmentier what is it cooked or served with?

   Potatoes
2. If an insect is apterous what has it not got?

   Wings
3. In which country would you find the Southern Alps?

   New Zealand
4. What does OPEC stand for?

   Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
5. Padauk is a type of what natural substance?

   Wood
6. How many carats is pure gold?

   24
7. What was the first name of Sir Winston Churchill's wife?

   Clementine
8. What was the Rolling Stones' first UK number 1 hit?

   It's All Over Now
9. What is the bullet-proof screen on a military vehicle called?

   Mantlet
10. The Battle of Naseby was fought during which war?

    English Civil War
11. How many hulls does a catamaran have?

    2
12. Jazz singer Eleanor Gough McKay was better known by which name?

    Billie Holiday
13. In which country is Africa's highest ski resort?

    Morocco
14. What are classified using the Munsell system?

    Colours
15. In boxing what weight is between a flyweight and a featherweight?

    Bantamweight
16. Boudicca (Boadicea) was queen of which tribe of people?

    The Iceni
17. What type of plant is a saguaro?

    Cactus
18. Which designer was made famous by his headwear worn by his mother Gertrude?

    David Shilling
19. In which city were the 1972 Summer Olympics held?

    Munich
20. Which politician came second in the 2001 Tory Party leadership contest?

    Kenneth Clarke
21. What colour is stone lapis lazuli?

    Blue
22. What is a camel with one hump called?

    Dromedary
23. What spirit is used to make a Harvey Wallbanger?

    Vodka
24. Who took over from Richard Whiteley as the presenter of TV's Countdown?

    Des Lynham
25. Which Home Secretary, later becoming Prime Minister, was criticised for closely observing the Siege of Sidney Street in 1911?

    Winston Churchill
26. Boudicca (Boadicea was queen of which tribe of people?

    The Iceni
27. What type of creature is a hairstreak?

    Butterfly
28. Who became US president after John F Kennedy was assassinated?

    Lyndon B Johnson
29. Who wrote the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

    Washington Irving
30. What does an acrophobe fear?

    Heights
31. Which band released an album entitled Wish You Were Here?

    Pink Floyd
32. Who is the Roman god of fire?

    Vulcan
33. What is a carrick bend a type of?

    Knot
34. What is an equilibrist?

    Tightrope walker
35. Whose husband was Cosmopolitan magazine's first nude centrefold?

    Germaine Greer
36. In which English county is the ancient monument Stonehenge?

    Wiltshire
37. Which Sunday newspaper was founded by Lord Beaverbrook in 1918?

    The Sunday Express
38. What is the collective name for a group of beavers?

    Colony
39. Who discovered penicillin?

    Alexander Fleming
40. What is the capital of Peru?

    Lima
41. Which film starring Robert Redford is set in Wakefield Prison Farm?

    Brubaker
42. Aileen Wuornos was notorious for being the world's first what?

    Female serial killer
43. What type of fruit is a McIntosh?

    Apple
44. Which Home Secretary, later becoming Prime Minister, was criticised for closely observing the Siege of Sidney Street in 1911?

    Winston Churchill
45. Kulfi is a type of which Indian food?

    Ice cream
46. Eugene the Jeep featured in which comic strip?

    Popeye
47. Who sang the theme tune to the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies?

    Sheryl Crow
48. What is Oenology the study of?

    Wine
49. What acid is associated with muscles in the body experiencing oxygen debt?

    Lactic acid
50. In 1960 which country had the first ever woman prime minister?

    Sri Lanka
51. Nephritis is the inflamation of which part of the body?

    Kidneys
52. Who played the father in the 1950 film Father Of The Bride?

    Spencer Tracy