General Knowledge Exercise 17
1 What kind of creature was Sam on the Muppet Show2 Who had a hit with Tiger Feet
3 Patty Hearst was kidnapped (later joined) which organisation
4 The Murryfield Racers play which sport
5 Quakers Natural, Prewetts Honey, California Revival - types what
6 What was Paul McCartney's first solo album called
7 What company pioneered floppy discs
8 What were Tricity Triumph, Kelvinator, Lec De Lux
9 What tennis players name meant Tall trees by still water
10 Which musical did the song Send in the Clowns come from
11 Where in Australia were British satellites launched in early 70s
12 What was Clint Eastwood's first film as a director
13 Who wrote the Science Fiction novel Slaughterhouse Five
14 What was a Royal Navy frigate accused throwing Cod War 1973
15 Who wrote the novel The French Lieutenants Woman
16 Whose cat was sold for $153000 in an Arizona auction
17 Who wrote the play Amadeus
18 Jeff Lynne - Roy Wood - Bev Bevan - what pop group
19 Where did Jim Morrison die
20 What did the Ayatollah Khomeni ban in 1979
21 Mstislav Rostropovich was a maestro on what instrument
22 What is Kensington Gore
23 Margarita Carmen Casino became famous as who
24 What job does the Gaffer do in the film industry
25 What was the name of Dagwood Bumstead and Blondies dog
26 What short sighted cartoon character had a nephew - Waldo
27 What Shakespeare play was the basis of The Forbidden Planet
28 Frederick Austerlitz became famous as who
29 What is a Maine Coon once thought to be extinct
30 What dictator was the first to be abducted prosecuted USA drugs
31 In which EEC country is abortion still illegal
32 What heavyweight boxer was nicknamed The Cinderella Man
33 What is the capitol of Chechnya
34 What is absinthe traditionally flavoured with
35 In 1829 Cyrill Damien invented which musical instrument
36 At the battle of Actium who beat Mark Anthony and Cleopatra
37 What links Ada - Lisp - Algol
38 How did Joy Friedericke Victoria Adamson die in 1985
39 What city stands on the river Torens
40 In Hindu mythology Agni is the god of what
41 To the ancient Greeks what was an agora
42 Tomika and Uyeshiba are the two main forms of what
43 Where was Napoleon bornAjaccio -
44 Which Greek astronomer wrote the Almagest
45 The Queen has what music with her breakfast
46 Baile Atha Cliath - Official name what capitol city
47 In the wild what animal pollinates banana plants
48 What colour is the Black Box carried in aircraft
49 Taidje Khan became famous under which name
50 Autolycus - accomplished invisible thief Greek myth whose son
51 In the theatre what is behind Barn Doors
52 Joe Yule became famous as who
53 Norse mythology who was killed with mistletoe by blind Hodur
54 Bob Clampett created which character in 1938
55 Who wrote the children's classic Ann of Green Gables
56 Gaur, Gayal, Banteng and Kouprey are types of what
57 What is the literal meaning of Cenotaph
58 The Yellow Kid by Richard Felton Outcault in 1896 first what
59 What did drinkers first see on Jan 24 1935
60 Allium Sativum is better known as what
61 Rhapsody, Aromel, Tamella Cambridge favourite types of what
62 What arts/literary movement founded by Tristan Tzara in 1915
63 Which author wrote screenplay Bonds You Only Live Twice
64 Dalmatian dogs are born which colour or colours
65 What did Emily Davidson do
66 Edward de Bono - Maltese Doctor - developed what concept
67 The song I Talk to the Trees comes from what musical
68 What is the capitol of Ghana
69 In Greek mythology who was the Goddess of Chastity
70 What was Madam Curie's husbands name
71 The USA president lives in the White House - Who Blue House
72 What does an aronophobe fear
73 What links Edegra, Cavetra and Erix
74 In what city is the worlds largest carpet manufacturer
75 What element was named after the Greek word for green
76 What hotel hosted the first Oscar ceremony
77 The name of which Indian city means Village of Boiled Beans
78 James Hoban designed what
79 Semiology is the study of what
80 What county has its map on its flag
81 What X rated movie won an Oscar
82 Lucknow is a city in India - and what other country
83 Mitsibushi - now cars - planes during war - literally means what
84 What invention was nicknamed the Noisy Serpent in 1902
85 In which sport would you find the Sag Wagon
86 What product was introduced as a cure for urinatary problems
87 In New Zealand what is morepork
88 In what city was Audry Hepburn born
89 In what country was the worlds first wildlife sanctuary set up
90 What word could Ernie Bilko not say without stuttering
91 What country has a regiment of bicycle mounted soldiers
92 Who did Valerie Solernis shoot on Jun 3rd 1968 in New York
93 Shakespeare character says "Blow winds and crack your cheeks
94 In what Hitchcock film did the heroine find shrunken head in
95 Amaxophobia is the fear of what
96 The Bovespa is the stock exchange in which country
97 What is a Dandie Dinmont
98 Shoot a Waco was the original name for what drink
99 Who wrote the satire Candide published in 1759
100 Whose ghost appears in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
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