General Knowledge Quiz 73

Questions

1. What item of his apparel was made of liquorice and eaten by Charlie Chaplin in the film 'The Gold Rush'?

   1. Hat
   2. Tie
   3. Boot
   4. Belt

2. The white sea-borne floating mineral (magnesium silicate called meerschaum, used in making tobacco pipes, takes its name from the German meaning of what?

   1. Pipe Stone
   2. Sea Foam
   3. White Sponge

3. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE is better known by what DuPont brand name?

   1. Corian
   2. Teflon
   3. Kevlar
   4. Tyvek

4. What is produced in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas?

   1. Hormones
   2. Blood
   3. Urine
   4. Saliva

5. Who wore England's number 9 shirt in their 1966 World Cup Final victory over Germany?

   1. Geoff Hurst
   2. Martin Peters
   3. Bobby Charlton
   4. Roger Hunt

6. A dendogram is a diagram of what shape?

   1. Egg
   2. Diamond
   3. Pyramid
   4. Tree

7. The Battle of Antietam was fought during which war?

   1. World War I
   2. American Civil War
   3. The Boer War

8. Cuisses were medieval armour worn to protect which part of the body?

   1. Hand
   2. Thigh
   3. Arm
   4. Head

9. Which British artist painted The Pond?

   1. L S Lowry
   2. Francis Bacon
   3. David Hockney

10. What colour are the flowers of plants called Leopard's Bane?

    1. Blue
    2. Pink
    3. Yellow

11. What primarily causes an ice-skate to melt ice, creating lubricated contact helpful for skating?

    1. Pressure
    2. Friction
    3. Chemical reaction between steel and ice

12. Who wrote the play The Winslow Boy?

    1. Alan Ayckbourn
    2. Terence Rattigen
    3. Harold Pinter

13. The white sea-borne floating mineral (magnesium silicate) called meerschaum, used in making tobacco pipes, takes its name from the German meaning of what?

    1. Pipe Stone
    2. Sea Foam
    3. White Sponge

14. In which year did the ocean liner the QE2 make her maiden voyage?

    1. 1959
    2. 1964
    3. 1969, or 1974

15. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is better known by what DuPont brand name?

    1. Corian
    2. Teflon
    3. Kevlar
    4. Tyvek

16. The port of Plymouth is in which English county?

    1. Devon
    2. Dorset
    3. Hampshire
    4. Cornwall

17. What are Climax, Intercourse, Accident, Sugar Tit, and Fred?

    1. Towns in the USA
    2. Bono's pet donkeys
    3. Codenames for UK Vice-Squad operations
    4. Bands who've appeared on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage

18. Tirana is the capital of which country?

    1. Romania
    2. Albania
    3. Bosnia
    4. Slovakia

19. Orzo is what type of foodstuff?

    1. Pasta
    2. Cheese
    3. Berry
    4. Meat

20. Which baseball star was known as 'The Fordham Flash'?

    1. Micky Mantle
    2. Frankie Frisch
    3. Jimmie Foxx

21. In physics, 'the rate of change of position' is a basic definition of what term?

    1. Velocity
    2. Force
    3. Momentum
    4. Acceleration

22. What was US tennis player Anne White instructed to cease wearing at Wimbledon in 1985?

    1. Stars and Stripes headband
    2. White lycra jumpsuit
    3. Glinting necklace
    4. Extraordinarily strong musk perfume

23. Farringford House on the Isle of Wight was the home of which poet?

    1. Philip Larkin
    2. Alfred Lord Tennyson
    3. Lord Byron
    4. William Wordsworth

24. Who was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover?

    1. Queen Victoria
    2. Queen Anne
    3. Edward VII
    4. George V

25. Charlotte Brew was the first woman to?

    1. Ride in the Grand National
    2. Be elected to Parliament
    3. Win the Miss World contest

26. What is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, representing approximately a quarter of its mass?

    1. Iron
    2. Carbon
    3. Silicon
    4. Calcium

27. Which European country ceased to be a monarchy in 1910?

    1. France
    2. Italy
    3. Portugal
    4. Austria

28. The 2,228m high Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mainland mountain of which country?

    1. Japan
    2. Greece
    3. Denmark
    4. Australia

29. What appears directly below the expiry date on a UK Vehicle Tax disc?

    1. A barcode
    2. Vehicle registration
    3. Fee paid
    4. Vehicle classification

30. What is the bodyguard character played by Kevin Costner in the 1992 film 'The Bodyguard'?

    1. Frank Farmer
    2. Frank Carpenter
    3. Frank Baker
    4. Frank Butcher

31. Bafana Bafana, the South African nickname for its national football team means?

    1. The Boys
    2. The Footballers
    3. The Winners
    4. The Warriors

32. In Greek mythology, what was the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous?

    1. Strawberry Fields
    2. Elysian Fields
    3. Safaniya Fields