GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 10

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. Where was the game of dominoes invented? CHINA
Q2. Where was the Olympic flame introduced to the Olympic games? AMSTERDAM
Q3. Where was Tennessee Williams born? MISSISSIPPI
Q4. Where is Earth's seawater saltiest? THE POLAR REGIONS
Q5. Where is almost all the U.S.' commercial ginger grown? HAWAII
Q6. One of Steinbeck's best known books is "East of Eden", filmed by Elia Kazan and starring James Dean. What Biblical land was east of Eden? NOD
Q7. You all know Mr. Magoo, the nearsighted old codger voiced by Jim Backus. But do you know what is his first name? QUINCY
Q8. What is the only bird known to have nostrils at the tip of its beak? KIWI
Q9. What do psephologists study? ELECTIONS AND POLLS
Q10. What popular toy did U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War use for makeshift radio antennas? SLINKY
Q11. Who was the first American to suggest Daylight Saving Time? BEN FRANKLIN
Q12. Who designed St. Louis' famed Gateway Arch? EERO SAARINEN
Q13. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction? EDITH WHARTON
Q14. Who was the first mathematician to use X to symbolise unknown factors? RENE DESCARTES
Q15. Ever read the Jonathan Swift masterwork "Gulliver's Travels"? If so, do you know who lived in Glubbdubdrib? SORCERERS
Q16. How high must the sun be above the horizon for a rainbow to form?
A) 10 degrees or less B) 40 degrees or less C) 35 degrees or less D) 60 degrees or less 40 DEGREES OR LESS
Q17. How many notes are in a traditional Chinese music scale? 5
Q18. How wide is Atlantic City's famous boardwalk?
A) 50 feet B) 60 feet C) 20 feet D) 10 feet B) 60 FEET
Q19. How many toes do most cats have? 18
Q20. Everyone knows of the famed "Oscar" statuette. How much does it weigh?
A) 8 1/2 pounds B) 9 1/4 pounds C) 6 7/8 pounds D) 5 1/2 pounds 8 1/2 POUNDS

[Dirko]

4.Red Sea
2.Modern ? 1928 Netherlands (Amsterdam) KNVB yahoo !!!!

[godoubleblues]

7 - Quincy
9 - Elections
16 - B

[magpie in the 80's]

4.Red Sea........INCORRECT
2.Modern ? 1928 Netherlands (Amsterdam) .........CORRECT...KNVB yahoo !!!!

[magpie in the 80's]

7 - Quincy
9 - Elections

BOTH CORRECT GDB

[godoubleblues]

16 - B

[magpie in the 80's]

16 - B

CORRECT

[Dirko]

1.China
4.Dead Sea

[godoubleblues]

10 - slinky

[magpie in the 80's]

1.China.........CORREECT
4.Dead Sea........INCORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

10 - slinky

CORRECT

[JAS]

Wow this is a toughie

Q6 Have a feeling it's the Land of Nod
Q13 Maybe Harper Lee with To Kill A Mockingbird
Q18 Errrrrrrr....A. 50 feet
Q19 Not sure, I never eat the feet but I'll guess 5
Q20 At last a question in old money ...it's A. 8 1/2 lbs

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Wow this is a toughie

Q6 Have a feeling it's the Land of Nod........CORRECT
Q13 Maybe Harper Lee with To Kill A Mockingbird......INCORRECT
Q18 Errrrrrrr....A. 50 feet.......INCORRECT
Q19 Not sure, I never eat the feet but I'll guess 5.......INCORRECT
Q20 At last a question in old money ...it's A. 8 1/2 lbs........CORRECT

Regards
JAS

[Psyber]

A few quick guesses - I'm cook tonight!

Q4. Where is Earth's seawater saltiest? At the polar regions
Q8. What is the only bird known to have nostrils at the tip of its beak? Pelican?
Q15. Ever read the Jonathan Swift masterwork "Gulliver's Travels"? If so, do you know who lived in Glubbdubdrib? Yahoos?
Q17. How many notes are in a traditional Chinese music scale? 12
Q18. How wide is Atlantic City's famous boardwalk? 20 feet
Q19. How many toes do most cats have? 18 counting the dew claws otherwise 16.
[i.e. 4 on each foot plus the dew claws a little way up the front legs.]

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[magpie in the 80's]

A few quick guesses - I'm cook tonight!

Q4. Where is Earth's seawater saltiest? At the polar regions............CORRECT
Q8. What is the only bird known to have nostrils at the tip of its beak? Pelican?......INCORRECT
Q15. Ever read the Jonathan Swift masterwork "Gulliver's Travels"? If so, do you know who lived in Glubbdubdrib? Yahoos?.........INCORRECT
Q17. How many notes are in a traditional Chinese music scale? 12.........INCORRECT
Q18. How wide is Atlantic City's famous boardwalk? 20 feet .........INCORRECT
Q19. How many toes do most cats have? 18 counting the dew claws........CORRECT..... otherwise 16.
[i.e. 4 on each foot plus the dew claws a little way up the front legs.]

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[bulldogproud]

Q3 - very close to his mummy's womb

[RustyCage]

3 - Tennesse?

[magpie in the 80's]

Q3 - very close to his mummy's womb

correct for you BDP

[magpie in the 80's]

3 - Tennesse?

incorrect

[magpie in the 80's]

this quiz must be to hard. only half the questions answered