General Knowledge Quiz 49

Questions

1. Who was the first British black woman to win an Olympic gold medal (for Britain?

2. Deoxyribonucleic acid is commonly known as what?

3. Who was the voice of the genie in the 1992 animated Disney film Aladdin?

4. A Dagwood is what type of snack, named after cartoon character Dagwood Bumstead?

5. What country had the Roman name Lusitania?

6. The Book of Kells is in which city?

7. The Prorsum collection is made by which fashion label?

8. What is the Greek and Turkish delicacy of spiced rice and meat wrapped in vine leaves?

9. Which French prime minister was executed for treason in 1945?

10. A logion is a saying attributed to whom?

11. The 'Mach' speed measurement (for example Mach 1, or Mach 2, etc) is based essentially on multiples of the speed of what?

12. What is the name of the village near Birmingham, UK, established by George and Richard Cadbury?

13. Musician Dizzy Gillespie most famously played what instrument?

14. What gas is in the bubbles of sparkling drinks such as fizzy lemonade and champagne?

15. WWII General Joseph Stilwell's nickname was also the name of what 1970s rock act fronted by Elkie Brooks?

16. What is commonly produced by pouring water into a pan of boiling cooking oil - an indoor rainbow, dry ice, popcorn, or a fierce kitchen fire?

17. The natural geological columns of Fingal's Cave and the Giant's Causeway are formed of which rock?

18. What does the c stand for in the equation E=mc2 ?

19. The introduction of what vegetable coincided with the coronation of the British monarch in 1902?

20. Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy played the title roles in which UK 1970s TV sitcom?

21. Which British cyclist crashed out of the 1998 Tour de France while wearing the Yellow Jersey?

22. What is the Greek and Turkish delicacy of spiced rice and meat wrapped in vine leaves?

23. The 'Mach' speed measurement (for example Mach 1, or Mach 2, etc is based essentially on multiples of the speed of what?

24. What is the name of the village near Birmingham, UK, established by George and Richard Cadbury?

25. Who was the last emperor of China?

26. Who was the first British black woman to win an Olympic gold medal (for Britain)?

27. What gas is in the bubbles of sparkling drinks such as fizzy lemonade and champagne?

28. Hepatic relates to which organ of the human body?

29. The Bay of Plenty is on the coast of which country?

30. WWII General Joseph Stilwell's nickname was also the name of what 1970s rock act fronted by Elkie Brooks?

31. Who played Louise Sawyer in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise?

32. What name for a temple derives from the ancient Greek meaning 'to all gods' ?

33. The corporate IT brand HP stands for what name?

34. What is commonly produced by pouring water into a pan of boiling cooking oil - an indoor rainbow, dry ice, popcorn, or a fierce kitchen fire?

35. What is the gambling system called in which stakes are continually doubled?

36. The natural geological columns of Fingal's Cave and the Giant's Causeway are formed of which rock?

37. What was the old English silver coin worth four pre-decimal pennies?

38. What does the c stand for in the equation E=mc2 ?

39. What was the title of Al Gore's Oscar-winning 2006 documentary?

40. The introduction of what vegetable coincided with the coronation of the British monarch in 1902?

41. Mount Ararat is in which country?

42. How many strings does a mandolin commonly have?

43. What three-letter brand meaning 'flight' is the Polish national airline?

44. Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy played the title roles in which UK 1970s TV sitcom?

45. What are the first names of writer J R R Tolkien?

46. Which British cyclist crashed out of the 1998 Tour de France while wearing the Yellow Jersey?

47. What pub paraphernalia does a tegestologist collect?