General Knowledge Quiz #71

General Knowledge Quiz #71

Questions

1. What did Irish Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in May 1671?
2. Used in riot control, what is a lachrymator commonly known as?
3. The Blarney Stone is in which county of the Republic of Ireland?
4. What, in 1961, was the first animated cartoon TV show to be nominated for an Emmy?
5. Provolone is what type of foodstuff?
6. What are the four smaller inner planets of the Solar System, also called the terrestrial planets?
7. Actress Nancy Davis (born Anne Francis Robbins in 1921) became wife of which famous leader?
8. "A floating object displaces its own weight in fluid" is essentially what principle?
9. Shah Jahan of India had what built as his wife's tomb?
10. What is the name of Long John Silver's parrot in the novel Treasure Island?
11. Which TV character worked for Gateman, Goodbury and Graves funeral parlour?
12. A flittermouse is an old term for which type of creature?
13. Robert Hawke was the prime minister of which country?
14. Nyotaimori and Nantaimori refer to the rare Japanese practice of eating sushi or sashimi from what surface: Wood; Leaves; Newspaper; or a Naked Person?
15. What air traffic control centre (as at 2010 commands the largest airspace in Europe: Heathrow; Frankfurt; Paris; or Prestwick?
16. Penalty shoot-outs were introduced to the FIFA World Cup in which tournament (state the year of the Finals?
17. Actress Nancy Davis (born Anne Francis Robbins in 1921 became wife of which famous leader?
18. Which famous 18th century English theologian and chemist pioneered the discovery of oxygen?
19. Which English county is the setting for most of painter John Constable's works: Suffolk; Norfolk; Essex; or Cornwall?
20. What is the call-sign name of the US presidential helicopter?
21. Penalty shoot-outs were introduced to the FIFA World Cup in which tournament (state the year of the Finals)?
22. In botany, if a plant is monocarpic what does it do only once?
23. Kenneth Moore portrayed which famous 2nd World War fighter pilot in the 1956 film Reach for the Sky?
24. What air traffic control centre (as at 2010) commands the largest airspace in Europe: Heathrow; Frankfurt; Paris; or Prestwick?
25. Translating as 'place of the way' what Japanese word describes a facility for teaching physical skills such as martial arts?
26. The phrase 'eleven plus two' is an anagram of what phrase which also suggests a total of thirteen?
27. Over which desert did France test its first atom bomb in 1960?
28. Which Cornish castle is said to be the birth place of King Arthur?
29. Notaphily is the collecting of what?
30. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of which country in 1877: Canada; Rhodesia; India; or Australia?
31. What colour is the No 5 engine James, featured in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories?
32. In video and audio data, what does MPEG stand for?
33. In 1958, Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to compete in which sport?

1. What did Irish Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in May 1671?

   The Crown Jewels
2. Used in riot control, what is a lachrymator commonly known as?

   Tear gas
3. The Blarney Stone is in which county of the Republic of Ireland?

   Cork 
4. What, in 1961, was the first animated cartoon TV show to be nominated for an Emmy?

   The Flintstones
5. Provolone is what type of foodstuff?

   Cheese 
6. What are the four smaller inner planets of the Solar System, also called the terrestrial planets?

   Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
7. Actress Nancy Davis (born Anne Francis Robbins in 1921) became wife of which famous leader?

   Ronald Reagan 
8. "A floating object displaces its own weight in fluid" is essentially what principle?

   The Archimedes Principle 
9. Shah Jahan of India had what built as his wife's tomb?

   The Taj Mahal
10. What is the name of Long John Silver's parrot in the novel Treasure Island?

    Captain Flint
11. Which TV character worked for Gateman, Goodbury and Graves funeral parlour?

    Herman Munster
12. A flittermouse is an old term for which type of creature?

    Bat
13. Robert Hawke was the prime minister of which country?

    Australia 
14. Nyotaimori and Nantaimori refer to the rare Japanese practice of eating sushi or sashimi from what surface: Wood; Leaves; Newspaper; or a Naked Person?

    A naked person
15. What air traffic control centre (as at 2010 commands the largest airspace in Europe: Heathrow; Frankfurt; Paris; or Prestwick?

    Prestwick 
16. Penalty shoot-outs were introduced to the FIFA World Cup in which tournament (state the year of the Finals?

    1978 
17. Actress Nancy Davis (born Anne Francis Robbins in 1921 became wife of which famous leader?

    Ronald Reagan 
18. Which famous 18th century English theologian and chemist pioneered the discovery of oxygen?

    Joseph Priestley 
19. Which English county is the setting for most of painter John Constable's works: Suffolk; Norfolk; Essex; or Cornwall?

    Suffolk
20. What is the call-sign name of the US presidential helicopter?

    Marine One
21. Penalty shoot-outs were introduced to the FIFA World Cup in which tournament (state the year of the Finals)?

    1978 
22. In botany, if a plant is monocarpic what does it do only once?

    Bear fruit
23. Kenneth Moore portrayed which famous 2nd World War fighter pilot in the 1956 film Reach for the Sky?

    Douglas Bader
24. What air traffic control centre (as at 2010) commands the largest airspace in Europe: Heathrow; Frankfurt; Paris; or Prestwick?

    Prestwick 
25. Translating as 'place of the way' what Japanese word describes a facility for teaching physical skills such as martial arts?

    Dojo
26. The phrase 'eleven plus two' is an anagram of what phrase which also suggests a total of thirteen?

    Twelve plus one
27. Over which desert did France test its first atom bomb in 1960?

    Sahara
28. Which Cornish castle is said to be the birth place of King Arthur?

    Tintagel
29. Notaphily is the collecting of what?

    Banknotes 
30. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of which country in 1877: Canada; Rhodesia; India; or Australia?

    India
31. What colour is the No 5 engine James, featured in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories?

    Red
32. In video and audio data, what does MPEG stand for?

    Moving Pictures Experts Group
33. In 1958, Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to compete in which sport?

    Formula One Grand Prix