General Knowledge Quiz #21
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General Knowledge Quiz #21
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Questions
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What is the collective term for a group of woodpeckers?
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Which famous US architect designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo in 1916?
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Ichthyology is a branch of zoology concerning which creatures?
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W Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of which painter?
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How many international caps did English footballer Stanley Matthews (later Sir Stanley Matthews) win?
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Who became leader of the People's National Party in Jamaica in 1969?
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What element is mixed with Iron to make cast iron?
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Which type business traditionally has three balls hanging outside?
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What is the fictional Scottish island setting of the 1973 film The Wicker Man?
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Which famous Mormon church leader and educational pioneer died in Salt Lake City in 1877?
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Which US actress's real name is Mary Cathleen Collins?
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In which body of water are the Balearic Islands?
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Who was hanged in Edinburgh in 1829 for multiple murder in supplying doctors with corpses for dissection?
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Mariolatry is the idolatrous worship of whom?
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Who said in a radio broadcast in 1939, "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia" ?
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What is Zurich's main river?
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In 1987 a French court found which Gestapo chief guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment?
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What is the name of the Cambridge University College that was originally for women only?
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Who was King of Egypt from 1936-52?
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In which European town is the Menin Gate Memorial to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers?
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Sounding like a placename, what is the traditional pronged spear used for catching Salmon called?
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Which country had the Roman name Mauritania (also spelled Mauretania?
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Which country (at July 2007 boasts the world's longest suspension bridge span between towers?
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What does OAPEC (not OPEC stand for?
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In 1987 a French court found which Gestapo chief guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment?
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W Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of which painter?
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How many international caps did English footballer Stanley Matthews (later Sir Stanley Matthews win?
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Which famous Mormon church leader and educational pioneer died in Salt Lake City in 1877?
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Who was hanged in Edinburgh in 1829 for multiple murder in supplying doctors with corpses for dissection?
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Who said in a radio broadcast in 1939, "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia" ?
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What is the name of the Cambridge University College that was originally for women only?
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Jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton played which instrument?
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In the human body which gland secretes the hormone insulin?
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The state of Nebraska was sold to the USA in 1803 by which country?
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Tala is the basic monetary unit of which country?
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Carrageen is an edible variety of what?
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Who composed the opera Turandot?
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Which English cathedral has 'The Clock with no Face'?
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Who was the first woman to walk in space?
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Spiro Agnew was US vice-president to which president?
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In which European town is the Menin Gate Memorial to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers?
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The Lowell Observatory is in which US state?
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Who was the president of Chile from 1974-90?
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What is the world's smallest republic?
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Who played the prison warden in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz?
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Sounding like a placename, what is the traditional pronged spear used for catching Salmon called?
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Who succeeded Michael Foot as leader of the Labour Party in the UK?
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What Latin phrase means operational method, or the way a job is done?
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Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire, England, is famous for which annual event?
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Which country had the Roman name Mauritania (also spelled Mauretania)?
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The Laughing Cavalier is a work by which painter?
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What type of rock is carbonado?
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What is limnophobia a fear of?
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Ribes Nigrum is the Latin name for which fruit?
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What type of animal is a Garron?
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In which US city was the 2006 Super Bowl held?
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Which country (at July 2007) boasts the world's longest suspension bridge span between towers?
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What does OAPEC (not OPEC) stand for?
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In which country was fashion designer Rifat Ozbek born?
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What is the main ingredient of guacamole?
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Which country has the international car registration DZ?
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In which city is the United Nations headquarters?
Questions & Answers
Interactive Quiz
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What is the collective term for a group of woodpeckers?Descent
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Which famous US architect designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo in 1916?Frank Lloyd Wright
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Ichthyology is a branch of zoology concerning which creatures?Fish
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W Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of which painter?Paul Gaugin
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How many international caps did English footballer Stanley Matthews (later Sir Stanley Matthews) win?54
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Who became leader of the People's National Party in Jamaica in 1969?Michael Manley
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What element is mixed with Iron to make cast iron?Carbon
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Which type business traditionally has three balls hanging outside?Pawnbroker (or Pawnshop - the three balls can be traced back to the symbol associated with the Medici family, adopted the medieval bankers of Lombardy, who developed the pawnbroking system of money-lending to circumvent the religious constraints of the times. The word Lombard was the formal term for a pawnbroker banker in the late middle ages, hence Lombard Street in London and other financial centres)
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What is the fictional Scottish island setting of the 1973 film The Wicker Man?Summerisle
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Which famous Mormon church leader and educational pioneer died in Salt Lake City in 1877?Brigham Young
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Which US actress's real name is Mary Cathleen Collins?Bo Derek
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In which body of water are the Balearic Islands?Mediterranean Sea
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Who was hanged in Edinburgh in 1829 for multiple murder in supplying doctors with corpses for dissection?William Burke
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Mariolatry is the idolatrous worship of whom?The Virgin Mary
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Who said in a radio broadcast in 1939, "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia" ?Winston Churchill
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What is Zurich's main river?The Limmat
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In 1987 a French court found which Gestapo chief guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment?Klaus Barbie
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What is the name of the Cambridge University College that was originally for women only?Girton
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Who was King of Egypt from 1936-52?Farouk
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In which European town is the Menin Gate Memorial to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers?Ypres
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Sounding like a placename, what is the traditional pronged spear used for catching Salmon called?Leister
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Which country had the Roman name Mauritania (also spelled Mauretania?Morocco
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Which country (at July 2007 boasts the world's longest suspension bridge span between towers?Japan
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What does OAPEC (not OPEC stand for?Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
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In 1987 a French court found which Gestapo chief guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment?Klaus Barbie
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W Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of which painter?Paul Gaugin
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How many international caps did English footballer Stanley Matthews (later Sir Stanley Matthews win?Fifty-four
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Which famous Mormon church leader and educational pioneer died in Salt Lake City in 1877?Brigham Young
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Who was hanged in Edinburgh in 1829 for multiple murder in supplying doctors with corpses for dissection?William Burke
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Who said in a radio broadcast in 1939, "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia" ?Winston Churchill
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What is the name of the Cambridge University College that was originally for women only?Girton
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Jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton played which instrument?Piano
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In the human body which gland secretes the hormone insulin?Pancreas
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The state of Nebraska was sold to the USA in 1803 by which country?France
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Tala is the basic monetary unit of which country?Samoa (fully the Independent State of Samoa - the Tala is comprised of 100 Sene - and incidentally the words Tala and Sene are derived from dollar and cent.)
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Carrageen is an edible variety of what?Seaweed
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Who composed the opera Turandot?Puccini
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Which English cathedral has 'The Clock with no Face'?Salisbury (apparently a clock-face was considered unnecesary because the time was announced by bells)
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Who was the first woman to walk in space?Svetlana Savitskaya
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Spiro Agnew was US vice-president to which president?Richard Nixon
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In which European town is the Menin Gate Memorial to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers?Ypres (Flanders in Belgium, location of some of the worst fighting and heaviest losses of WW1)
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The Lowell Observatory is in which US state?Arizona
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Who was the president of Chile from 1974-90?Augusto Pinochet
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What is the world's smallest republic?Nauru
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Who played the prison warden in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz?Patrick McGoohan
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Sounding like a placename, what is the traditional pronged spear used for catching Salmon called?Leister
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Who succeeded Michael Foot as leader of the Labour Party in the UK?Neil Kinnock
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What Latin phrase means operational method, or the way a job is done?Modus Operandi
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Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire, England, is famous for which annual event?Cheese rolling
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Which country had the Roman name Mauritania (also spelled Mauretania)?Morocco
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The Laughing Cavalier is a work by which painter?Frans Hals
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What type of rock is carbonado?Diamond
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What is limnophobia a fear of?Lakes (or big bodies of water)
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Ribes Nigrum is the Latin name for which fruit?Blackcurrant
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What type of animal is a Garron?Horse
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In which US city was the 2006 Super Bowl held?Detroit (Michigan)
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Which country (at July 2007) boasts the world's longest suspension bridge span between towers?Japan (opened in 1998, the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge, or Pearl Bridge, connects Akashi near Kobe to the island Awaji-shima - total length 3,990m with a centre span of 1,990m. The Great Belt Fixed Link Bridge in Denmark is much longer overall but its longest span is shorter than the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge at just over 1,660m.)
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What does OAPEC (not OPEC) stand for?Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
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In which country was fashion designer Rifat Ozbek born?Turkey
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What is the main ingredient of guacamole?Avocado
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Which country has the international car registration DZ?Algeria
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In which city is the United Nations headquarters?New York
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