General Knowledge Quiz No. 146

[Carl]

• 1. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known ?

• 2. What is the name given to a triangle where all sides are of different lengths and all angles of different size ?

• 3. Who were the first band to have a number one hit single with the word 'drugs' in it ?

• 4. Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe ?

• 5. What colour in art is said to signify royalty ?

• 6. With which famous rock band did John Paul Jones play guitar ?

• 7. In which sport might you adopt the 'egg' position ?

• 8. What was the sequel to the 1987 film 'Three Men and a Baby' called ?

• 9. Which US star of many comedy films died during the making of the 1994 film 'Wagon's East' ?

• 10. On a typewriter, which word beginning with 'l' and ending in 'p' is the longest word that can be typed only using the right side of a typewriter ?

• 11. Which group had a hit first with 'Sweets for My Sweet' ?

• 12. What does AC/DC stand for ?

• 13. What nation developed a secret coding device called the 'Enigma' ?

• 14. What is the normal colour of sulphur ?

• 15. What number on the Beaufort scale represents a calm wind ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Mother Theresa
2 Scalene

[gail]

12. Alternating current/direct current
14. Yellow

[elcarretero]

13 Germany

[gail]

5. Purple

[LucindaC]

8. Three men and a little lady
15. 0

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known ? Mother Theresa

• 2. What is the name given to a triangle where all sides are of different lengths and all angles of different size ? Scalene

• 3. Who were the first band to have a number one hit single with the word 'drugs' in it ? The Verve

• 4. Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe ? Sir Francis Drake

• 5. What colour in art is said to signify royalty ? Purple

• 6. With which famous rock band did John Paul Jones play guitar ? Led Zepplin

• 7. In which sport might you adopt the 'egg' position ? Skiing

• 8. What was the sequel to the 1987 film 'Three Men and a Baby' called ? Three Men And A Little Lady

• 9. Which US star of many comedy films died during the making of the 1994 film 'Wagon's East' ? John Candy

• 10. On a typewriter, which word beginning with 'l' and ending in 'p' is the longest word that can be typed only using the right side of a typewriter ? Lollipop

• 11. Which group had a hit first with 'Sweets for My Sweet' ? The Searchers

• 12. What does AC/DC stand for ? Alternating current / direct current

• 13. What nation developed a secret coding device called the 'Enigma' ? Germany

• 14. What is the normal colour of sulphur ? Yellow

• 15. What number on the Beaufort scale represents a calm wind ? Zero