General Knowledge Quiz #65

General Knowledge Quiz #65

Questions

1. What is the square root of two-hundred and eighty-nine?
2. A dibber (or dibble is used in what: gardening; bingo; brain surgery; or boating?
3. What railway line is green on the traditional map of the London Underground (Tube?
4. The Roman numerals DCLXVI equate to what number?
5. In Charles Kingsley's 1863 novel The Water-Babies, addressing child labour and Victorian morality, what is the boy Tom's occupation?
6. Nicholas Briggs is the long-time voice of which TV evil force?
7. In what European city is the historic port of Piraeus?
8. What name, adapted from the male term, refers to a female tree-feller, popularised in Britain during World War II?
9. Which footballer scored all of England's five goals in their 1975 5-0 defeat of Cyprus?
10. Eyjafjallajokull is what: a Norwegian football club; an Alaskan horse; a disease of the feet; or Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud?
11. Who against huge odds knocked defending champion John Higgins out of the 2010 World Snooker Championship?
12. ICO - the UK agency responsible for data protection, privacy and freedom of information - stands for what?
13. What word for a wild or half-tamed horse derives from the Spanish word for rough wood and specifically a knot in wood?
14. A 'Coney Island whitefish' is slang for a what: a battered sausage; a professional wrestling throw; a floppy hair-style; or a discarded condom?
15. What is the traditional name for a spot on a domino?
16. Yukon and Nunavut are Federal Territories of which country?
17. How many degrees is each angle in an equilateral triangle?
18. What does Samantha Cameron have tattooed on her ankle: the Conservative Party tree emblem; a Union Jack; a skull and cross-bones; or a dolphin?
19. What creature is a pismire?
20. Who first published and popularised the stories Snow White, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Red Riding Hood?
21. What title was shared by three different songs which achieved UK or US number one positions within a few months of each other during 1984-85?
22. In the 2010 Formula One motor racing season how many points are awarded to the winning driver of a Grand Prix?
23. Before 'Poppy Appeal' what words appeared on the central black buttons of poppies sold in Poppy Appeal in the UK every year?
24. What word, meaning 'crown' in Latin, refers to a visible electrical discharge and a planetary halo?
25. Who wrote the lines, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night..." ?
26. Cambridge Late Pine, Redgauntlet and Elsanta are varieties of what fruit?
27. Japanese Haiku poetry is generally said to contain how many lines and how many syllables when presented in English?
28. Which politician, buried in Westminster Abbey in 1833, campaigned for more than 50 years against British slavery?
29. A dibber (or dibble) is used in what: gardening; bingo; brain surgery; or boating?
30. Keflavik International Airport is in which country?
31. What railway line is green on the traditional map of the London Underground (Tube)?

1. What is the square root of two-hundred and eighty-nine?

   Seventeen
2. A dibber (or dibble is used in what: gardening; bingo; brain surgery; or boating?

   Gardening 
3. What railway line is green on the traditional map of the London Underground (Tube?

   District Line
4. The Roman numerals DCLXVI equate to what number?

   666
5. In Charles Kingsley's 1863 novel The Water-Babies, addressing child labour and Victorian morality, what is the boy Tom's occupation?

   Chimney sweep
6. Nicholas Briggs is the long-time voice of which TV evil force?

   The Daleks 
7. In what European city is the historic port of Piraeus?

   Athens 
8. What name, adapted from the male term, refers to a female tree-feller, popularised in Britain during World War II?

   Lumberjill
9. Which footballer scored all of England's five goals in their 1975 5-0 defeat of Cyprus?

   Malcolm MacDonald 
10. Eyjafjallajokull is what: a Norwegian football club; an Alaskan horse; a disease of the feet; or Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud?

    Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud
11. Who against huge odds knocked defending champion John Higgins out of the 2010 World Snooker Championship?

    Steve Davis
12. ICO - the UK agency responsible for data protection, privacy and freedom of information - stands for what?

    Information Commissioner's Office
13. What word for a wild or half-tamed horse derives from the Spanish word for rough wood and specifically a knot in wood?

    Bronco
14. A 'Coney Island whitefish' is slang for a what: a battered sausage; a professional wrestling throw; a floppy hair-style; or a discarded condom?

    A discarded condom
15. What is the traditional name for a spot on a domino?

    Pip 
16. Yukon and Nunavut are Federal Territories of which country?

    Canada
17. How many degrees is each angle in an equilateral triangle?

    Sixty
18. What does Samantha Cameron have tattooed on her ankle: the Conservative Party tree emblem; a Union Jack; a skull and cross-bones; or a dolphin?

    A dolpin
19. What creature is a pismire?

    Ant 
20. Who first published and popularised the stories Snow White, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Red Riding Hood?

    The Brothers Grimm
21. What title was shared by three different songs which achieved UK or US number one positions within a few months of each other during 1984-85?

    The Power of Love
22. In the 2010 Formula One motor racing season how many points are awarded to the winning driver of a Grand Prix?

    25
23. Before 'Poppy Appeal' what words appeared on the central black buttons of poppies sold in Poppy Appeal in the UK every year?

    Haig Fund
24. What word, meaning 'crown' in Latin, refers to a visible electrical discharge and a planetary halo?

    Corona
25. Who wrote the lines, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night..." ?

    William Blake 
26. Cambridge Late Pine, Redgauntlet and Elsanta are varieties of what fruit?

    Strawberry
27. Japanese Haiku poetry is generally said to contain how many lines and how many syllables when presented in English?

    Three lines and seventeen syllables 
28. Which politician, buried in Westminster Abbey in 1833, campaigned for more than 50 years against British slavery?

    William Wilberforce 
29. A dibber (or dibble) is used in what: gardening; bingo; brain surgery; or boating?

    Gardening 
30. Keflavik International Airport is in which country?

    Iceland
31. What railway line is green on the traditional map of the London Underground (Tube)?

    District Line