GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 10
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:41 pmQ1. 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
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
...it's A. 8 1/2 lbs