General Knowledge Exercise 64
1 Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4 minute mile who ran 2nd
2 What can be types called chordate, needle and cruciform
3 Musca Domestica can cause disease in man - what is it
4 Name the English chemist who first isolated sodium
5 Who wrote Moon River used in Breakfast at Tiffanies
6 Name Stephen King's first published novel
7 The locals call it Kaapstad what do we call it
8 Interpol was founded in 1923 in what city
9 Musophobia is a fear of what
10 The opera Aida was commissioned in 1869 to mark what event
11 In ancient Greece what was a hoplite
12 In the Harry Potter books what is Aragog
13 Who wrote Goodbye Mr Chips
14 Only 15% of French wines have what on the label
15 What are blombergs, oak and fire bellied types of
16 Sherlock Holmes paid 55 shillings for what
17 What is an arras
18 Steven Georgi is now Yussef Islam what other name had he
19 What literary prize ( worth £30000 ) is for women authors only
20 The musical Chu Chin Chow is based on what fable
21 Where would you find a parlour, scriptorium, dorter and cellarium
22 US tennis open held at Flushing Meadows used to be where
23 Where would you find Volans
24 The De Beaumont centre in London specialises in what sport
25 Sir Francis Drake named it New Albion what is it today
26 Which artist painted sixty two self portraits
27 What elements name comes from the Greek meaning lazy
28 Who directed Star Trek films 3 and 4
29 Cretinism is caused by a failure of what
30 In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice name Shylocks wife
31 Gold Discs Platinum Discs but who won first Rhodium Disc
32 What is a Fata Morgana
33 You can do a degree in brewing at Heriot-Watt University where
34 Zimbabwe won its first ever Olympic gold in 1980 in what event
35 What is or was the capitol of Hong Kong
36 In Britain in 1746 what type of clothing was made illegal
37 What creature can live up to one year without eating ( you? )
38 The worlds first was 69.5 feet long and took a year to make ?
39 What film began "Most of what follows is true"
40 The thickness of silk is measured in what
41 Charcoal Sulphur Saltpetre make what
42 The word Sofa comes from the Arabic meaning what
43 What are Arran Pilot Homeguard and Ulster Chieftain
44 In 1961 Anton Geesink was the first non Japanese to do what
45 What colour is the most popular eye shadow of all time
46 Where is the worlds oldest university
47 Who was known in Germany as Der Bingle
48 Ancient Carthage is in what modern country
49 Who's first play was The Room
50 What type of creature was Salar - that Tarka would like to eat
51 The capitol of Nigeria was Lagos what is it now
52 Who composed The Dream of Gerontius
53 Captain Macmorris only ever Irishman in what Shakespeare play
54 Tintoretto did most of his painting in what city
55 What Olympic event only takes place at 70 and 90 meters
56 To whom are the Jews Gentiles
57 Which plant gets its name from the Persian for turban
58 What does GP mean on a music score when all players silent
59 What celestial body gets its name from the Greek long haired
60 A petrologist studies what
61 Sir Wilfred is the real name of which eponymous character
62 What are the Roman numerals for 505
63 The Daleks come from what planet Skaro
64 Who was voted most popular film performer in the USA in 1926
65 Name the river that flows through Baghdad
66 Handel's Largo comes from which opera
67 What happened to Catherine Eddowes on 30th September 1888
68 Madam Hooch teaches what at Hogwarts school
69 90% of all thoroughbreds are descended from what horse
70 Who's first book was "Down and Out in Paris and London"
71 What killed 23 people in Rostov Russia in July 1923
72 What does a librettist do
73 How did Dr Watson's first wife die
74 Beethoven's third symphony is nicknamed what
75 To whom was the Eroica dedicated
76 In medieval France a persons rank was shown by the length of ?
77 Women's international gymnastics Beam Box Floor and what
78 What song did Rick ask Sam to play in Casablanca
79 Pali is the sacred language of who
80 In WW1 what were Lucifer's
81 In legend who killed the mobster Grendel
82 Who stole the English Crown Jewels was pardoned Charles II
83 She died at 28 but her book on household management famous
84 The Hindu trinity are Shiva Vishnu and who
85 Name Hercule Poirot's valet
86 Charles S Stratton became famous as who
87 In mythology who slew the nine headed hydra
88 What country holds the Olympic polo championship
89 In Gulliver's Travels name the flying island
90 Who wrote Never Love a Stranger
91 What city has the most canals
92 Where was Oceanus Hopkins born in 1620
93 In China big wigs have four but lesser men only two what
94 What is the world's warmest sea
95 Who played Beau Geste in the 1939 film
96 Who composed the Christmas Oratorio
97 In Animal Farm what was the name of the farm
98 Who owned a chimp called Chee-Chee
99 Who's directorial debut was with Reservoir Dogs
100 Where was pizza first invented Milan
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