GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 5.
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:58 pmQ1. Who invented the compact disc? JAMES T. RUSSELL
Q2. Humans can contract how many different diseases from dogs? 65
Q3. In what city was Jimi Hendrix born? SEATTLE
Q4. What is the largest lizard in the world? KOMODO DRAGON
Q5. How many points are there on a Maltese cross? EIGHT
Q6. An Isohyet is a line on a map joining places of equal what ? RAINFALL
Q7. Americans eat the equivalent of how many acres of pizza a day? 18
Q8. The femur is a bone in what part of the body? THIGH
Q9. You can get a suntan on the palms of your hands. true or false? FALSE
Q10. Smallpox was declared to have been eradicated in what year? 1980
Q11. Of the following, which was the largest company, in terms of employees, at the turn of the 21st century?
A) Telefonica B) INDIAN RAILWAY NETWORK C) Singapore Airlines D) Microsoft
Q12. Dave Grohl the lead singer of the Foo Fighters, was once the drummer for which other famous band, that is no longer together? NIRVANA
Q13. The Border collie (dog) originated between the borders of which two countries in the 1500's? ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
Q14. What regal figure of legend rode a horse named Spumador? KING ARTHUR
Q15. Marantz manufactures what? STEREO EQUIPMENT
Q16. What civilization is believed to be the first to have harvested the cacao tree, used in modern times to make chocolate products? OLMEC
Q17. Where is the Mutter Museum? PHILADELPHIA
Q18. There are more Indian restaurants in the U.K. city of Bradford than there are in Calcutta? true or false. TRUE
Q19. Which poet penned 'Isabella'? JOHN KEATS
Q20. What is the size of the average hockey rink? 61M X 26M
Q21. What is the largest university in the world (population-wise as at 2001)? UNIVERSITY OF PARIS
Q22. Who invented the "hills hoist"? LANCE HILL
Q23. The James Bond film 'You only Live Twice' was released in what year? 1967
Q24. If you are a Mancinicist, what are you? LEFT HANDED
Q25. In what country was the first computer built? ENGLAND
Q26. Can you name the fictional detective who first appeared in print in 1893 and had rooms in Baker Street SEXTON BLAKE
Q27. How many people were aboard the Ark? EIGHT
Q28. If a cow moos and a cockerel crows, what does an ape do? JIBBER
Q29. What does the J in Homer J. Simpson stand for ? JAY
Q30. Who said there are 'lies, damned lies and statistics' ? MARK TWAIN
Q31. Which great explorer's last words were 'I have not told you half of what I saw'? MARCO POLO
Q32. Who popularised the expression 'The Iron Curtain' ? SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Q33. The biggest pyramid in the world is in which country ? MEXICO
Q34. Born Arthur Jefferson in 1890, what was this comic better known as ? STAN LAUREL
Q35. The element helium got its name from... ? GREEK WORD FOR SUN...HELIOS
Q36. Copernicus was from which country? POLAND
Q37. The world record for the highest parachute jump was set in 1960. How high was the jump? 31KM
Q38. The first horse was a small, dog-like creature, what was it called? EOHIPPUS
Q39. What does the name 'Buddha' mean? ENLIGHTENED ONE
Q40. Which monarch ruled Great Britain the longest? QUEEN VICTORIA
Q2. Humans can contract how many different diseases from dogs? 65
Q3. In what city was Jimi Hendrix born? SEATTLE
Q4. What is the largest lizard in the world? KOMODO DRAGON
Q5. How many points are there on a Maltese cross? EIGHT
Q6. An Isohyet is a line on a map joining places of equal what ? RAINFALL
Q7. Americans eat the equivalent of how many acres of pizza a day? 18
Q8. The femur is a bone in what part of the body? THIGH
Q9. You can get a suntan on the palms of your hands. true or false? FALSE
Q10. Smallpox was declared to have been eradicated in what year? 1980
Q11. Of the following, which was the largest company, in terms of employees, at the turn of the 21st century?
A) Telefonica B) INDIAN RAILWAY NETWORK C) Singapore Airlines D) Microsoft
Q12. Dave Grohl the lead singer of the Foo Fighters, was once the drummer for which other famous band, that is no longer together? NIRVANA
Q13. The Border collie (dog) originated between the borders of which two countries in the 1500's? ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
Q14. What regal figure of legend rode a horse named Spumador? KING ARTHUR
Q15. Marantz manufactures what? STEREO EQUIPMENT
Q16. What civilization is believed to be the first to have harvested the cacao tree, used in modern times to make chocolate products? OLMEC
Q17. Where is the Mutter Museum? PHILADELPHIA
Q18. There are more Indian restaurants in the U.K. city of Bradford than there are in Calcutta? true or false. TRUE
Q19. Which poet penned 'Isabella'? JOHN KEATS
Q20. What is the size of the average hockey rink? 61M X 26M
Q21. What is the largest university in the world (population-wise as at 2001)? UNIVERSITY OF PARIS
Q22. Who invented the "hills hoist"? LANCE HILL
Q23. The James Bond film 'You only Live Twice' was released in what year? 1967
Q24. If you are a Mancinicist, what are you? LEFT HANDED
Q25. In what country was the first computer built? ENGLAND
Q26. Can you name the fictional detective who first appeared in print in 1893 and had rooms in Baker Street SEXTON BLAKE
Q27. How many people were aboard the Ark? EIGHT
Q28. If a cow moos and a cockerel crows, what does an ape do? JIBBER
Q29. What does the J in Homer J. Simpson stand for ? JAY
Q30. Who said there are 'lies, damned lies and statistics' ? MARK TWAIN
Q31. Which great explorer's last words were 'I have not told you half of what I saw'? MARCO POLO
Q32. Who popularised the expression 'The Iron Curtain' ? SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Q33. The biggest pyramid in the world is in which country ? MEXICO
Q34. Born Arthur Jefferson in 1890, what was this comic better known as ? STAN LAUREL
Q35. The element helium got its name from... ? GREEK WORD FOR SUN...HELIOS
Q36. Copernicus was from which country? POLAND
Q37. The world record for the highest parachute jump was set in 1960. How high was the jump? 31KM
Q38. The first horse was a small, dog-like creature, what was it called? EOHIPPUS
Q39. What does the name 'Buddha' mean? ENLIGHTENED ONE
Q40. Which monarch ruled Great Britain the longest? QUEEN VICTORIA
