General Knowledge Quiz No. 44

[Carl]

• 1. What does the acronym 'LASER' stand for ?

• 2. In which four countries will you find a Disneyland ?

• 3. Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of which period ? The Cretaceous, The Paleogene or The Jurassic ?

• 4. In which year did Disneyland first open in California ? 1955, 1960 or 1965 ?

• 5. How old was Elvis Presley when he had his first number one single ?

• 6. In music, how was Jiles Perry Richardson better known ?

• 7. What was Marilyn Monroe's first married surname ?

• 8. What is measured in Scoville Units ?

• 9. How tall in feet is Salisbury Cathedral's spire from ground to tip ?

• 10. Who is known as the father of geometry ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

8. Chilli and pepper heat
10.Euclid

[elcarretero]

3. Jurassic

[stowie39]

6. Big Bopper

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What does the acronym 'LASER' stand for ? Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation

• 2. In which four countries will you find a Disneyland ? USA, France, Japan and Hong Kong

• 3. Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of which period ? The Cretaceous, The Paleogene or The Jurassic ? Creaceous

• 4. In which year did Disneyland first open in California ? 1955, 1960 or 1965 ? 1955

• 5. How old was Elvis Presley when he had his first number one single ? 21

• 6. In music, how was Jiles Perry Richardson better known ? The Big Bopper

• 7. What was Marilyn Monroe's first married surname ? Dougherty

• 8. What is measured in Scoville Units ? The heat of chillies

• 9. How tall in feet is Salisbury Cathedral's spire from ground to tip ? 404 feet

• 10. Who is known as the father of geometry ? Euclid