General Knowledge Quiz No. 96

[Carl]

• 1. Three countries have both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coast. France and Spain are two, but what is the other ?

• 2. Which type of pasta's name translates literally as 'little worms' ?

• 3. What is the more common name for the medical condition of periorbital hematoma ?

• 4. Which South American country has borders with Columbia and Peru ?

• 5. Which country did Celine Dion represent when singing in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 ?

• 6. What group with a palindromic name had a hit single that was also a palindrome ?

• 7. Which was the first colour film to win a Best Picture Oscar ?

• 8. What is the purpose of the black stripe on a school crossing warden's 'lollipop' ?

• 9. What is the dot on the letter 'i' called ?

• 10. What is the name of the pan in which you make paella ?

• 11. What is measured on the Mohs scale ?

• 12. Which famous sailor was born in 1758 at Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk ?

• 13. In which African country is Mount Kilimanjaro ?

• 14. Which island near Hong Kong is famous for gambling and motor racing ?

• 15. In which city were the 1916 Olympic Games scheduled to take place before being cancelled due to the war ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 vermicelli
3 A black eye

[LucindaC]

5 France (or maybe Switzerland)
9 Tittle

[elcarretero]

4. Brazil

[elcarretero]

1 Morocco?
6. Abba, SOS ?
8 To use as a chalkboard to write down reg.no.´s of offending motorists

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Three countries have both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coast. France and Spain are two, but what is the other ? Morocco

• 2. Which type of pasta's name translates literally as 'little worms' ? Vermicelli

• 3. What is the more common name for the medical condition of periorbital hematoma ? Black eye

• 4. Which South American country has borders with Columbia and Peru ? Ecuador

• 5. Which country did Celine Dion represent when singing in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 ? Switzerland

• 6. What group with a palindromic name had a hit single that was also a palindrome ? ABBA (with SOS)

• 7. Which was the first colour film to win a Best Picture Oscar ? Gone With The Wind (1939)

• 8. What is the purpose of the black stripe on a school crossing warden's 'lollipop' ? To write in chalk the registration number of traffic offenders

• 9. What is the dot on the letter 'i' called ? A tittle

• 10. What is the name of the pan in which you make paella ? Paella (Paella is the word for 'frying pan' in Valencian)

• 11. What is measured on the Mohs scale ? The hardness of minerals

• 12. Which famous sailor was born in 1758 at Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk ? Horatio Nelson

• 13. In which African country is Mount Kilimanjaro ? Tanzania

• 14. Which island near Hong Kong is famous for gambling and motor racing ? Macau

• 15. In which city were the 1916 Olympic Games scheduled to take place before being cancelled due to the war ? Berlin