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- 2. 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 1 Answers 1 Carl and the Passions changed band name to what Beach Boys 2 How many rings on the Olympic flag Five 3 What colour is vermilion a shade of Red 4 King Zog ruled which country Albania 5 What colour is Spock's blood Green 6 Where in your body is your patella Knee ( it's the kneecap ) 7 Where can you find London bridge today USA ( Arizona ) 8 What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow mule Vodka 9 Who was the first man in space Yuri Gagarin 10 What would you do with a Yashmak Wear it - it's an Arab veil 11 Who betrayed Jesus to the Romans Judas Escariot 12 Which animal lays eggs Duck billed platypus 13 On television what was Flipper Dolphin 14 Who's band was The Quarrymen John Lenon 15 Which was the most successful Grand National horse Red Rum 16 Who starred as the Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors 17 In the song Waltzing Matilda - What is a Jumbuck Sheep 18 Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the Eagle Mekon 19 What is Dick Grayson better known as Robin (Batman and Robin) 20 What was given on the fourth day of Christmas Calling birds 21 What was Skippy ( on TV ) The bush kangaroo 22 What does a funambulist do Tightrope walker 23 What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dog Gnasher 24 What are bactrians and dromedaries Camels (one hump or two) 25 Who played The Fugitive David Jason 26 Who was the King of Swing Benny Goodman 27 Who was the first man to fly across the channel Louis Bleriot 28 Who starred as Rocky Balboa Sylvester Stallone 29 In which war was the charge of the Light Brigade Crimean 30 Who invented the television John Logie Baird 31 Who would use a mashie niblick Golfer 32 In the song who killed Cock Robin Sparrow 33 What do deciduous trees do Lose their leaves in winter 34 In golf what name is given to the No 3 wood Spoon 35 If you has caries who would you consult Dentist - its tooth decay 36 What other name is Mellor’s famously known by Lady Chatterlys Lover 37 What did Jack Horner pull from his pie Plum 38 How many feet in a fathom Six 39 which film had song Springtime for Hitler The Producers 40 Name the legless fighter pilot of ww2 Douglas Bader 41 What was the name of inn in Treasure Island Admiral Benbow 42 What was Erich Weiss better known as Harry Houdini 43 Who sailed in the Nina - Pinta and Santa Maria Christopher Columbus 44 Which leader died in St Helena Napoleon Bonaparte 45 Who wrote Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 46 What does ring a ring a roses refer to The Black Death 47 Whose nose grew when he told a lie Pinocchio 48 Who has won the most Oscars Walt Disney 49 What would a Scotsman do with a spurtle Eat porridge (it’s a spoon) 50 Which award has the words for valour on it Victoria Cross Page 2
- 3. 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 1 Answers 51 If you had pogonophobia what would you be afraid of Beards 52 Who would take silk as part of their job Barrister 53 Who won an Oscar for the African Queen Bogart 54 Who sang the theme song in 9 to 5 Dolly Parton 55 What in business terms is the IMF International Monetary Fund 56 Ringo Star narrates which children's TV series Thomas the tank engine 57 Which country grows the most fruit China 58 Which company is owned by Bill Gates Microsoft 59 What would you do with a maris piper Eat it - it’s a potato 60 In Casablanca what is the name of the nightclub Rick's 61 What was the first James Bond book Casino Royal 62 What kind of animal is a lurcher Dog 63 What is the currency of Austria Schilling 64 What is the Islamic equal to the red cross Red Crescent 65 In fable who sold a cow for five beans Jack ( and grew a beanstalk ) 66 How did Alfred Nobel make his money He invented Dynamite 67 Who was the first man to run a sub four minute mile Roger Bannister 68 What are Munroes Mountains in Scotland 69 Which car company makes the Celica Toyota 70 Air Lingus is the national airline of which country Republic of Ireland or Eire 71 Who discovered radium The Curies 72 What does an alopecia sufferer lack Hair 73 Who painted The Haywain John Constable 74 Triskadeccaphobia is the fear of what Number 13 75 What is a baby rabbit called Kit or Kitten 76 Which country had The Dauphin as a ruler France 77 Who did Michael Caine play in the Ipcress File (both names) Harry Palmer 78 Who won Euro song contest Save All Your Kisses For Me Brotherhood of Man 79 Which country had the guns of Naverone installed Turkey 80 Ictheologists study what Fish 81 What is a Winston Churchill Cigar 82 Who or what lives in a formicarium Ants 83 What type of acid is used in car batteries Sulphuric 84 It’s a flock of sheep what's a group of owls called Parliament 85 What animal would you find in a form Hare 86 Who in books and films was the man of bronze Doc Savage 87 Who was Stan Laurels partner Oliver Hardy 88 What kind of food is Cullan Skink Fish 89 What is classified by the A B O system Blood Groups 90 What plant does the Colorado beetle attack Potato 91 Where did the Pied Piper play Hamlin 92 To where in France do the sick make pilgrimages Lourdes 93 In which city was the famous black hole Calcutta 94 Christopher Cockerel invented what Hovercraft 95 Ray Bolger played who in The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow 96 Sabotage is French - What did the saboteurs use Shoes - sabot means shoe 97 Which part of the human body contains the most gold Toenails 98 If you had rubella what would you have caught German Measles 99 Mohs scale hardest substance is diamond - what's the softest Talc 100 La Giaconda is better known as what Mona Lisa Page 3
- 4. 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 2 Answers 1 Who wrote the Opera Madam Butterfly Puccini 2 What links - Goa - Kerula - Assam - Bihar India 3 Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which author George Orwell 4 Names - Baker Cook obvious what did Cordwainer do Shoemaker 5 Which country do Sinologists study China 6 Rudy Stevens became famous under which name Barbara Stanwyck 7 Which non alcoholic cordial is made from pomegranates Grenadine 8 What is Orchesis - either professional or amateur Art of Dancing 9 Taken literally what should you see in a Hippodrome Horses 10 Who wrote the Man in the Iron Mask Alexander Dumas 11 Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a witch Hocus Pocus 12 Who piloted the first flight across the English channel Louis Bleriot 13 What was the first James Bond film Dr No 14 What 1991 film won best film, actor, actress, director Oscars Silence of the Lambs 15 What was the capital of Ethiopia Addis Ababa 16 Aescapalious emblem staff snake Greek Roman god of what Medicine 17 Giacomo Agostini - 122 Grand Prix 15 world titles what sport Motorcycle Racing 18 What is the largest state in the USA Alaska 19 Led Deighton trilogy Game Set Match What 3 Capitals Berlin MexicoLondon 20 Alan Stuart Konigsberg famous as who Woody Allen 21 Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977 Amnesty International 22 Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela 23 What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter Tutankamen tomb 24 Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930 Pluto 25 Who won the women's heptathlon at Seoul in 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersey 26 Who wrote Northanger Abbey Jayne Austin 27 Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka Archimedes 28 Who composed the Brandeberg concertos full names Johan Sebastian Bach 29 Who won the World Series in 1987 Minnesota twins 30 What is the correct term of address to the Pope Your Holiness 31 In which city was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847 Edinburgh 32 Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky 33 AG Bell opened school in Boston in 1872 for Teachers of what The Deaf 34 Benjamin Kubelsky 1894 fame as what comedian Jack Benny 35 In the Old Testament what book comes between Obadiah - Micah Jonah 36 Robin Williams dressed in drag for which 1993 film Mrs Doubtfire 37 Which chess piece could be a member of the church Bishop 38 Which German word means lightning war used in WW2 Blitzkrieg 39 Broccoli belongs to what family of plants Cabbage 40 Who designed the first Iron ship the Great Britain in 1845 I. Kingdom Brunel 41 Whose boat Bluebird was recently raised from Coniston water Donald Campbell 42 in 1951 which (of two) car companies introduced power steering Buick - Chrysler 43 Who wrote Catch 22 (both names) Joseph Heller 44 Which country set up the world’s first chemistry lab in 1650 Netherlands 45 What links the names Botvinik, Tal, Karpov, Fischer Chess World Champs 46 What is the national flower of Japan Chrysanthemum 47 Bombardier Billy Wells was seen on many Rank films - why Hit Gong 48 Where in France do claret wines come from Bordeaux 49 What did mathematician John Napier invent in 1614 Logarithms 50 What was the world’s first high level programming language 1957 IBM FORTRAN Page 4
- 5. 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 2 Answers 51 Consumption was the former name of which disease Tuberculosis 52 Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond State Delaware 53 What are the Sirocco, Mistral and Chinook Winds 54 Who wrote about Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl 55 Who, at USA customs declared, nothing but my genius Oscar Wilde 56 Issur Danielovitch became famous a who Kirk Douglas 57 Who sailed in the Golden Hind Sir Francis Drake 58 What was the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind Tara 59 Who won the 1988 Superbowl Washington Redskins 60 Which group believes in The Great Architect of the Universe Freemasons 61 Robert Alan Zimmerman real name of who Bob Dylan 62 Processed Galena produces which metal Lead 63 Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels (both names) Jonathon Swift 64 What is a Ha Ha Sunken Fence 65 In Japan what is Seppuku Hari Kari - suicide 66 Who discovered blood circulation William Harvey 67 The dunnock is another name for which common bird Hedge Sparrow 68 If someone said they were from Hellas - which country Greece 69 Who was the son of Zeus and Maia - Gods Messenger Hermes 70 Roy Scherer jr became famous as who Rock Hudson 71 Who wrote Brave New World (full name) Aldus Huxley 72 What links Calabria, Liguria, Puglia and Veneto Regions of Italy 73 Which city in Rajasthan has riding breeches named after it Jodhpur 74 Portugal has had six Kings with what first name John 75 What martial arts name means gentle way Judo 76 Jean Claude Killy famous in which sport Skiing 77 Kimberlite contains what precious item Diamonds 78 Who directed Dr Strangelove - 2001 - The Shining (full name) Stanley Kubrick 79 Rene Lalique - Art Nouveau designer worked what material Glass 80 Who created the children's land of Narnia and Lion Witch Wardrobe Clive Staples Lewis 81 What animal lives in a drey Squirrel 82 Why is Louise Brown - born 1978 famous First test tube baby 83 The title of whose book translates as my struggle Adolf Hitler 84 Anna Mary Robinson - famous American painter - what name Grandma Moses 85 In which country would you find the Negev desert Israel 86 Which character has been played by the most actors Sherlock Holmes 87 In Greek mythology a Hamadryads spirit guarded what Trees 88 Jocasta was the wife of Laius and the mother of who Oedipus 89 Who wrote The Rights of Man - and The Age of Reason Thomas Paine 90 What is the capital of Sicily Palermo 91 What was invented by Dr Edward Land in 1947 Polaroid 92 Syd Barett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason - Group Pink Floyd 93 Carlo Collodi created which famous children's character Pinocchio 94 What is mainly extracted from pitchblende Uranium 95 Which connects Delft, Sevres, Wedgwood, Chelsea Porcelain 96 Which country introduced the worlds first diesel loco in 1912 Germany 97 in 1656 Christian Huygens invented what type of timekeeper Pendulum clock 98 Duvali, Dushira and Holi are religious days in which religion Hindu 99 In what industry did John Davidson Rockefeller get rich Oil 100 The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late 50s early 60s Kenya Page 5
- 6. 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 3 Answers 1 What movie cast included James Garner, Richard Attenbourough, The Great Escape Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many others 2 If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong Nosebleed 3 In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout Around the world in 80 days 4 What animals name translates as water horse Hippopotamus 5 In Greek mythology who killed the Gorgon Perseus 6 Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter Tin and Lead 7 In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what Kodak 1 - hand held roll film cam 8 What links - Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and Decartes Philosophers 9 In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what Barometer 10 Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 - also 4 year blue Pablo Picasso 11 Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle Pitcairn Islands 12 What is the longest river in Italy Po 13 What does a polyandric women have more than one of Husband 14 What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola Colonies of Portugal 15 What is the American equivalent of the Irish Poteen Moonshine 16 Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son Pyrrhus Priam 17 In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered what lost city Machu Picchu 18 Who won the Superbowl in 1989 San Francisco 49 ers 19 Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby Dick Herman Melville 20 Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess Dick Turpin 21 Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superhero The Flash 22 In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first time Mercedes 23 Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state Queensland 24 In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battle Ragnarok 25 In 1890 the first electric what opened in London Underground railway 26 Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransom 27 Oil seed rape belongs to which plant family Mustard 28 Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitor Vidkun Quisling 29 What is the capitol of Morocco Rabat 30 What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navy Square Thus Square meal 31 What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi day Buddhist 32 Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what Linux computer operating system 33 The bander macaque has which commoner name Rhesus Monkey 34 Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called what Rhodesia 35 What is the staple food of one third of the worlds population Rice 36 Paul Robeson the singer of old man river had what profession Lawyer 37 Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810 Stethoscope 38 Jagger, Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts, Stewart - which band The Rolling Stones 39 What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals Zero 40 Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names) Erwin Rommel 41 What aid to archaeologists from 197 bc was found in Egypt 1799 Rosetta Stone 42 Which annual sporting event between 2 teams started in 1829 The University Boat Race 43 Who was the jeweller to the Russian Court famous Easter eggs Faberge 44 What type of food is Taramasalata Cured /smoked cod roe 45 What links Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, Harlan Ellison Science Fiction 46 Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy actor Randolph Scott 47 Ageusia is the loss of which sense Taste 48 Which Irish political parties name translates as we ourselves Sein Fein 49 Henry Ford used assembly line in 1908 but someone before 1901 Ransome Olds 50 Who performed the first heart transplant in South Africa Christian Barnard Page 6
- 7. 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 3 Answers 51 What is the common name for the star Sirius Dog Star 52 What calculating aid was invented by William Oughtred in 1662 Slide Rule 53 Which Athenian philosopher wrote nothing - immortalised by Plato Socrates 54 Who designed the WW 1 plane Camel and co designed Hurricane Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith 55 Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were born in which US state South Dakota 56 In 1666 Jesuit Bark was used as a prevention against what Malaria 57 In 1971 which USA space probe was first to orbit another planet Mariner 9 58 What links Catalonia, Andalusia, Cantabria, Galicia Regions of Spain 59 Ingemar Stenmark won record 85 world cup races in what sport Skiing 60 Who wrote the music for the ballets Firebird and Rites of Spring Igor Stravinsky 61 What common legal item literally means under penalty Subpoena 62 Who was the only person to win world titles on bikes and cars John Surtees 63 What is the oldest swimming stroke Breaststroke 16th century 64 Which European country is divided into areas called Cantons Switzerland 65 Which medical tool was developed by Sanctorius in 1612 Thermometer 66 What weapon was invented by Ernest Swinton used in 1916 Tank 67 Which mythological King chained grapes rose water fell Tantalus 68 Who created Tarzan (all names) in 1914 Edgar Rice Burroughs 69 Camellia Sinesis evergreen shrub better known as what Tea 70 In 1901 who first transmitted radio signals across Atlantic Marconi 71 Who won six consecutive Wimbledon titles in the 1980s Martina Navratilova 72 What Italian building material translates as baked earth Terracotta 73 What links Buddy Holly, Lyndon Johnston, Janice Joplin State of Texas 74 Which eponymous character was Thane of Cawder Glaimes Macbeth 75 Who wrote the 39 steps (both names) John Buchan 76 Who won the Superbowl in 1987 New York Giants 77 What is the food tofu made from Soya Bean Curd – via Soya milk 78 Who was the son of Poseidon and Ampherite Triton 79 Annie Mae Bullock became famous under which name (both) Tina Turner 80 What linked Armenia, Georgia, Latvia and Moldavia USSR 81 What is the state capitol of New Jersey Trenton 82 Who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in Spartacus 1960 Peter Ustinov 83 What was invented by James Dewer in 1872 Vacuum or thermos flask 84 Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth Vesta 85 Viticulture is the growing of what plants Vines 86 In 1953 what was first successfully transmitted in the USA Colour Television 87 Who wrote the Thin Man in 1934 (both names) Dashiell Hammett 88 Angel falls Venezuela Highest but where second Highest Yosemite USA 89 Whitcome Judson in 1891 invented what for fastening shoes Zip Fastener 90 Who sold Louisiana to the USA in 1803 Napoleon 91 Gregory Pincus, John Rock, Gerhart Domangk developed what Oral Contraceptive 92 The Gloucester E 28/39 first flew in 1941 - what was unusual Whittle Jet Engine 93 Women compete between USA and UK in Wightman Cup - Sport Tennis 94 Woolworth's - the 5 /10 cent store started in which us state 1979 Lancaster Pennsylvania 95 Which actress starred in the original King Kong in 1933 (both) Fay Wray 96 Except Australia 1 New Zealand 1 USA all since 1870 want? America's Cup 97 What's missing from ale that’s included in beer Hops 98 Until 1971 what was the name of Zaire Congo 99 Karl Lienstater discovered which medical breakthrough in 1901 ABO Blood Groups 100 Who is the only American president elected unopposed George Washington 1798 1792 Page 7
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