GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 141

[magpie in the 80's]

1 The zodiac sign Capricorn is symbolised by which animal?
GOAT
2 Which planet is more than twice as heavy as all of the other planets put together?
JUPITER
3 Which professional wrestler ended his career as the Masked Executioner in 1977?
KILLER KOWALSKI
4 What is a karanga - A) a Maori ceremonial chant of welcome, B) a small rectangular block of sugar or C) an article of artistic worth?
A MAORI CEREMONIAL CHANT OF WELCOME
5 What in the US is the City of Brotherly Love?
PHILIDELPHIA
6 Which month has the least number of days?
FEBRUARY
7 What is Scotch woodcock?
SCRMABLED EGGS SERVED WITH ANCHOVIES
8 Who recorded the 1966 hit These Boots Are Made for Walkin'?
NANCY SINATRA
9 Who is the federal Education Minister?
PETER GARRETT
10 What does the expression "rain on someone's parade" mean?
TO SPOIL SOMEONE'S HOPES OR ILLUSIONS
11 Which nursery rhyme character "sat on a wall" and "had a great fall"?
HUMPTY DUMPTY
12 Which company makes the Forester SUV (sports utility vehicle)?
SUBARU
13 What is the 24th letter of the English alphabet?
X
14 In which country did the Boxer Rebellion take place?
CHINA
15 What is the Latin word for sea?
MARE
16 Who wrote the 1981 book Gorky Park?
MARTIN CRUZ SMITH
17 Name the US singer who said: "I don't know anything about music - in my line you don't have to".
ELVIS PRESLEY
18 What is the official language of Lebanon?
ARABIC
19 Nuclei is a plural of which word?
NUCLEUS
20 In Greek mythology, who was the queen of the underworld?
PERSEPHONE
21 In which country was gunpowder invented?
CHINA
22 How old is author and Advertiser columnist Max Fatchen?
90
23 In cookery, what do the French words "au poivre" mean?
WITH PEPPER
24 Mt Bogong is the highest peak in which Australian state?
VICTORIA
25 What is the shape of an oviform object?
EGG SHAPED
26 The line "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" comes from which poem by John Keats?
ODE TO AUTUMN
27 What is Australia's national flower?
GOLDEN WATTLE
28 What is a passepied?
AN OLD FRENCH DANCE
29 Who played the title character in the 1955 film Marty?
ERNEST BORGNINE
30 What is the American term for a nappy?
A DAIPER
31 Which river flows through the Hungarian capital of Budapest?
DANUBE
32 To which actor is Australian model Miranda Kerr married?
ORLANDO BLOOM
33 Polenta, a dish of maize, flour and water, comes from which country?
ITALY
34 What colour is a giraffe's tongue?
BLUE
35 What is the study of rocks called?
PETROLOGY
36 Which board game was called Alfapet when it was introduced in Sweden in 1954?
SCRABBLE
37 Into which sea does England's River Thames flow?
NORTH SEA
38 For what did the letters in the former international airline BOAC stand?
BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION
39 Who played the tailor Pippo Popolino in the 1954 film Casanova's Big Night?
BOB HOPE
40 Name the sadistic slave owner in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
SIMON LEGREE
41 Name the dynasty which ruled China from 1368 to 1644
MING
42 Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand?
JOHN KEY
43 What is the capital of Cuba?
HAVANA
44 What colour are emu eggs?
GREEN
45 Name the hurricane which devastated the US city of New Orleans in August 2005
KATRINA
46 In which ocean are the Marshall Islands?
PACIFIC OCEAN
47 What is the square of 12?
144
48 Which school is the setting of the musical Grease?
RYDALL HIGH SCHOOL
49 What name is given to a score of 111 in cricket?
NELSON
50 Who wrote the play Entertaining Mr Sloane?
JOE ORTON

[redandblack]

1 Goat
5 Pennsylvania
6 February
11 Humpty Dumpty
13 X
14 China
15 Mare
19 Nucleus
24 Victoria
30 Diaper
31 Danube
42 John Keys
43 Havana
47 144
49 Nelson

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Goat
5 Pennsylvania
6 February
11 Humpty Dumpty
13 X
14 China
15 Mare
19 Nucleus
24 Victoria
30 Diaper
31 Danube
42 John Keys
43 Havana
47 144
49 Nelson

ALL OTHERS CORRECT RAB

[redandblack]

5 Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania is the state, of course, not the city.

[Media Park]

5. Chicago?
9. Nicola Roxon?
18 (seems to obvious) Lebanese
45 Katrina

[magpie in the 80's]

5 Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania is the state, of course, not the city.

try another P

[magpie in the 80's]

5. Chicago?
9. Nicola Roxon?
18 (seems to obvious) Lebanese
45 Katrina

others incorrect mp

[Media Park]

seems a bit unfair...

5 philly.

[magpie in the 80's]

seems a bit unfair...

5 philly.

[Dogwatcher]

7) meal - game bird
Nancy Sinatra
9) Garrett
10) ruin someones good time/news
12) Subaru
21) China
22) 90. Mrs DW said 80.
25) Egg shape
27) Wattle
32) Orlando Bloom
33) Italy
34) Purple
41) Ming
44) Blue
46) Pacific
48) Rydell High

[godoubleblues]

Q16 - martin cruz smith
Q38 - british overseas airways corp

[FlyingHigh]

2/ Jupiter
17/ Bruce Springsteen
22/ 84

[FattyLumpkin]

8, Nancy Sinatra
12 Suburu
25 egg-shaped
32 Orlano Bloom ??

[NokturnL OdysseY]

16 - Martin Cruz Smith
29 - Ernest Borgnine
35 - Petrology

[redandblack]

seems a bit unfair...

5 philly.

Thanks, MP

I watched a program on it only this week, so the above was brain fade time.

[magpie in the 80's]

7) meal - game bird
Nancy Sinatra
9) Garrett
10) ruin someones good time/news
12) Subaru
21) China
22) 90. Mrs DW said 80.
25) Egg shape
27) Wattle
32) Orlando Bloom
33) Italy
34) Purple
41) Ming
44) Blue
46) Pacific
48) Rydell High

OTHERS CORRECT/CLOSE ENOUGH DW

[magpie in the 80's]

Q16 - martin cruz smith
Q38 - british overseas airways corp

[magpie in the 80's]

2/ Jupiter
17/ Bruce Springsteen
22/ 84

[magpie in the 80's]

8, Nancy Sinatra
12 Suburu
25 egg-shaped
32 Orlano Bloom ??

[magpie in the 80's]

16 - Martin Cruz Smith
29 - Ernest Borgnine
35 - Petrology