General Knowledge Quiz No. 85

[Carl]

• 1. Which film director's real name was Terrence Nezman ?

• 2. In what year did Stanley Baldwin first become Prime Minister in the United Kingdom ?

• 3. What is the birthstone for the month of June ?

• 4. Which Southern Hemisphere country was the first in the world to allow women to vote ?

• 5. How old was Tiger Woods when he won the US Masters in 1997 ?

• 6. Which continent can be credited with the invention of hot chocolate ? Africa, South America or Europe ?

• 7. What famous book was published in 1816 by Mary Shelley ?

• 8. Out of all the animals in the Chinese horoscope, which comes last alphabetically ?

• 9. Who, in 1996, became the first actress to be paid 10 million dollars for a role in a film and what was the film ?

• 10. What is the chemical symbol for the element Radon ? Ra, Rd or Rn ?

• 11. The Jurassic and Triassic periods fall into which era ? Caenozoic, Mesozoic or Palaezoic ?

• 12. What do the letters in QANTAS, the Australian international airline, stand for ?

• 13. In which country was actress Vivien Leigh born ?

• 14. The Chaco War of 1932 - 1935 was between which two South American countries ?

• 15. FINA is the governing body of which sport ?

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

[elcarretero]

6 South America
12 Queensland and Northern Terretories Airline Service

[LucindaC]

3 pearl

[gail]

10 Rn

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which film director's real name was Terrence Nezman ? Stanley Kubrick

• 2. In what year did Stanley Baldwin first become Prime Minister in the United Kingdom ? 1923

• 3. What is the birthstone for the month of June ? Pearl

• 4. Which Southern Hemisphere country was the first in the world to allow women to vote ? New Zealand

• 5. How old was Tiger Woods when he won the US Masters in 1997 ? 21

• 6. Which continent can be credited with the invention of hot chocolate ? Africa, South America or Europe ? South America

• 7. What famous book was published in 1816 by Mary Shelley ? 'Frankenstein'

• 8. Out of all the animals in the Chinese horoscope, which comes last alphabetically ? Tiger

• 9. Who, in 1996, became the first actress to be paid 10 million dollars for a role in a film and what was the film ? Julia Roberts in 'Mary Reilly'

• 10. What is the chemical symbol for the element Radon ? Ra, Rd or Rn ? Rn

• 11. The Jurassic and Triassic periods fall into which era ? Caenozoic, Mesozoic or Palaezoic ? Mesozoic

• 12. What do the letters in QANTAS, the Australian international airline, stand for ? Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service

• 13. In which country was actress Vivien Leigh born ? India

• 14. The Chaco War of 1932 - 1935 was between which two South American countries ? Bolivia and Paraguay

• 15. FINA is the governing body of which sport ? Swimming