General Knowledge Exercise 65
1 Odele and Odette appear in what Tchaikovsky ballet
2 In what country is The Duma part of parliament
3 Nonage is what reason to stop a marriage
4 Kier Auro is good morning in what language
5 In what sport does herringboning take place
6 What is a marcupium
7 At epiquarian.com you would find information about what
8 What does a konimeter measure
9 A stellate object is shaped like what
10 What is MMM minus MD
11 Balsa wood gets its name from Spanish what's literal meaning
12 Who is the Patron Saint of Accountants
13 In what country did the Sabines live
14 Who often solved a three pipe problem
15 The tumblebug is an alternative name for which insect
16 St Stevens Tower is usually misnamed what
17 What type of clothing article is a Belcher
18 Who was kidnapped in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped
19 Jewish boys have a Barmitsva at 13 what do girls get at 12
20 What European capitol stands on the river Aare
21 In which Dickens novel does Little Nell appear
22 Name Harry Potters non magical cousin
23 Which real person took name meaning Man of Steel
24 What are woolly and spider types of
25 Where do boy scout leaders get their names from
26 Where would you find a Mott Bailey and Keep
27 In what country was fashion designer Yves St Laurent born
28 What common British river name come from Celtic for river
29 Jayne Austin is famous but who reigned Britain when she wrote
30 What composer was the there of the 1947 film Song of Love
31 Who is known as The father of Poetry
32 Who was the first US president to be sworn in by a woman
33 Who sometimes used the pseudonym Al Brown
34 What does Monaco get most of its income from
35 Professor Kelp transformed into who
36 What is the commonest item traded internationally
37 Lake Tittikaka is in Peru and what other country
38 Who was the first British monarch to visit America
39 Collective nouns - A nye of what
40 Where was the Hesperus wrecked
41 Britain's oldest existing Trade Union was founded in 1747 what trade
42 In the creation myth on the fourth day God made what
43 All PCs have a BIOS what does bios stand for
44 British soldiers mentioned in despatches get which bronze award
45 In 1967 an Australian had one 11lb in weight - what
46 Sissy Jupe adopted by Thomas Gradgrind which Dickens novel
47 Operation Thunderbolt was the nickname given to which raid
48 In Japan what is Raku
49 Skimbleshanks was a T S Elliot cat what was his area
50 What is the largest Island in The Greater Antilles
51 What country used the first aircraft equipped bomber in war
52 In what sport would you find a coffin
53 John Huxham in 1750 invented which word
54 TABSO is the national airline of which country
55 Who wrote the comic opera Robinson Crusoe
56 What was Didus Ineptus better known as
57 What sport featured in the 1980 film Breaking Away
58 Ambigu was an early form of what card game
59 The cast iron plant is another name for which pot plant
60 What does the name Tokyo mean
61 Sir Walter Raleigh found what odd lake in Trinidad
62 Worlds oldest existing treaty of 1373 between England and who
63 Bargasse is what type of vegetable matter
64 Who was Hiawatha's father
65 Kitty, fire, draw and tuck in are terms in what sport
66 Ordinary seaman Able Seaman what comes next
67 What was Thin Lizzies first hit in 1973
68 The sprat belongs to what fish family
69 The Horned Planet is better known as what
70 Who did the painting on the cover of The Bands first album
71 Carrantual is the highest peak in which country
72 Who wrote The Symphony of a Thousand
73 What is Greece's second city after Athens
74 What was Paul the Apostles real name
75 When is Superman's birthday
76 John Young, Gemini 3, 1968 first to do what in space
77 What is the Curia
78 The locals call it Firenze what do we call it
79 What common sign derived from the Medici family crest
80 What is a sound below 20 cycles a second called
81 Goldaming in Surrey was the first English town to have what
82 Jim Bakus supplied the voice of which cartoon character
83 Who speaks Quechua
84 Generally cornflowers are what colour
85 Starting highest write the Roman Numerals in descending order
86 Yoi, Yame, Seremade and Hantai terms in what sport
87 Africa's four great rivers Nile, Congo Zambezi and what
88 Catriona was a sequel to which famous novel
89 Who sang the original version of Blue Suede Shoes
90 What kind of material is guipure
91 Name a quadruped beginning with the letter N
92 Unusual (for him) role Bogart play in The Return of Doctor X 1939
93 In Norway what is a brisling
94 Who composed the Symphonies Fantastique
95 Mediolanum was the Roman name for what Italian city
96 Which British city had the first pavements (sidewalks) in 1688
97 What is considered to be the worlds fastest team game
98 What song did Marilyn Munroe sing in the film Bus Stop
99 Which King was the first to use the Royal We
100 The locals call it Shqiperia what do we call this country
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