GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 108

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which U.S. jazz trumpeter was nicknamed Satchmo?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
2 The national flag of Nepal has how many sides?
5
3 The Cinecitta film studios are in which European city?
ROME
4 In which year was the Cuban missile crisis?
1962
5 In finance, what does "add alpha" mean?
TO ADD VALUE TO A TRANSACTION WITHOUT INCREASING RISK
6 Who defeated Australian player Jelena Dokic in a quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne on January 27?
DINARA SAFIN
7 Which is America's Lone Star State?
TEXAS
8 Who wrote the book Jane Eyre?
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
9 Broadway, a street famous for its theatres, is in which American city?
NEW YOK
10 Who was the U.S. vice-president from 1993-2001?
AL GORE
11 Eland, the largest species of antelope, is native of which continent?
AFRICA
12 Who is Premier of Queensland?
ANNA BLIGH
13 On which date is St Patrick's Day celebrated annually in honour of the patron saint of Ireland?
MARCH 17TH
14 The orca is also known as what kind of whale?
KILLER
15 Who is the lead singer of The Rolling Stones?
MICK JAGGER
16 Unscramble these letters to name an Adelaide suburb – OOODNRW.
NORWOOD
17 Point Danger, site of the first laser beam lighthouse in the world, is in which Australian state?
NEW SOUTH WALES
18 Name the Norwegian artist who painted The Scream.
EDVARD MUNCH
19 Which is the brightest planet?
VENUS
20 What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
HARARE
21 In which 1968 film did U.S. comedian Groucho Marx play God?
SKIDOO
22 Name the U.S. Secretary of State.
HILLARY CLINTON
23 For how many years did biblical patriarch Methuselah live?
969 YEARS
24 Which Australian prime minister pledged "no child will be living in poverty by 1990"?
BOB HAWKE
25 What is a Roman nose?
A NOSE HAVING A PROMINANT UPPER PART
26 What does the expression "cut the mustard" mean?
TO BE ADEQUATE ( FOR SOME SPECIFIED TASK)
27 In which year did Greg Anderson (Port Adelaide) win the Magarey Medal?
1986
28 Who was the first American to fly in space?
ALAN SHEPARD IN 1961
29 What are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell?
UNIVERSITIES IN THE USA
30 What is the highest mountain in the Northern Territory?
MOUNT ZEIL
31 Name the two daughters of Michelle and U.S. President Barack Obama.
MALIA AND SASHA
32 Which budget airline will launch its second Australian base in Adelaide on March 1?
TIGER AIRWAYS
33 John Lenders is the treasurer of which Australian state?
VICTORIA
34 What are said to speak louder than words?
ACTIONS
35 Torres Strait is between Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and the southern coast of which country?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
36 In the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, how old is the title character when Humbert Humbert first meets her?
12
37 What is a poker face?
AN EXPRESSIONLESS FACE
38 Who was the first person to climb the Matterhorn?
EDWARD WHYMPER
39 In which British city is the Victoria and Albert Museum?
LONDON
40 The routine of which English comedian included a monologue about a woman named Sonia Snell who found herself stuck to a newly painted toilet seat in a railway station lavatory?
ARTHUR ACKEY
41 Complete the title of this popular song first heard in 1922 – I'll Build a Stairway to ...
PARADISE
42 Who composed the music for Song of Australia?
CARL LINGER
43 What is Adelaide's palindromic beachside suburb?
GLENELG
44 Who is Australia's Foreign Minister?
STEPHEN SMITH
45 What does the expression "leave someone holding the baby" mean?
TO ABANDON SOMEONE WITH A PROBLEM NOT RIGHTLY THEIRS
46 In which year were the Olympic Games held in Melbourne?
1956
47 Name the founder of the Mormon Church.
JOSEPH SMITH
48 What is the word for T in the phonetic alphabet?
TANGO
49 What is the simplest compound of hydrogen and oxygen?
WATER
50 February contains how many days in a leap year?
29

[Thiele]

50.29
6. Dirana Safina
16.Norwood
46.1956
12.Anna Bligh

[Hazbeen]

1. Louis Armstrong
2. 3
7. Texas
9. New York
10. Al Gore
11. Africa
13. March 17th
14. Killer Whale
15. Mick Jagger
20. Harare
24. Paul Keating
29. Universities
32. Tiger
34. Actions
43. Glenelg
48. Tango
49 H2O - Water

[Peterxtc]

4. 1962?

[magpie in the 80's]

50.29
6. Dirana Safina
16.Norwood
46.1956
12.Anna Bligh

CORRECT JT WELL DONE

[magpie in the 80's]

4. 1962?

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Louis Armstrong
2. 3
7. Texas
9. New York
10. Al Gore
11. Africa
13. March 17th
14. Killer Whale
15. Mick Jagger
20. Harare
24. Paul Keating
29. Universities
32. Tiger
34. Actions
43. Glenelg
48. Tango
49 H2O - Water

ALL OTHERS CORRECT HB

[old moz]

27---1986
28--john glenn

[magpie in the 80's]

27---1986
28--john glenn

John Glenn became the fifth person in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962,

[Interceptor]

2. 5
19. Venus
22. Hilary Clinton
24. Bob Hawke
28. Alan Shepard
37. expressionless

[magpie in the 80's]

2. 5
19. Venus
22. Hilary Clinton
24. Bob Hawke
28. Alan Shepard
37. expressionless

correct inter

[silicone skyline]

18. Edvard Munch

[silicone skyline]

47. I know it's Joseph someone isn't it?

[magpie in the 80's]

18. Edvard Munch

correct SS

[magpie in the 80's]

47. I know it's Joseph someone isn't it?

yep it is joseph but not someone

[silicone skyline]

35. Seems a bit obvious, but is it Papua New Guinea or East Timor?

[magpie in the 80's]

35. Seems a bit obvious, but is it Papua New Guinea or East Timor?

CORRECT ON PNG

[westozfalcon]

23. 969 years
26. To succeed, make the grade
47. Joseph Smith

[magpie in the 80's]

23. 969 years
26. To succeed, make the grade
47. Joseph Smith

CORRECT WOF

[Peterxtc]

39. London
44. Steven Smith