General Knowledge Quiz No. 154

[Carl]

• 1. Which island was awarded the George Cross in 1942 ?

• 2. Which of the following countries does not share a border with Luxembourg ? Germany, Netherlands or Belgium ?

• 3. What is the only vegetable that is also a flower ?

• 4. The condition Scriveners Palsy is more commonly known as what ?

• 5. Dhaka is the capital of which Asian country ?

• 6. If the cheetah is the fastest thing on four legs, what is the fastest on two legs ?

• 7. Which London museum was originally called the Museum of Ornamental Art ?

• 8. Which element forms 80% of the Earth's atmosphere ?

• 9. Which famous artist painted 'Guernica' about the Spanish Civil War ?

• 10. Which element has the chemical symbol As ?

• 11. In which English County can you find 4 towns with the suffix Regis ?

• 12. In what year was Martin Luther King assassinated ?

• 13. Which number is written 1010 in binary ?

• 14. What name is given to the home of an otter ?

• 15. What is theophobia the fear of ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Malta
2 Netherlands

[gail]

5. Bangladesh

[elcarretero]

6 Ostrich

[LucindaC]

4 writers cramp

[elcarretero]

8 Nitrogen

[elcarretero]

3 Broccoli
13 Ten
14 Holt

[freddo]

11 Dorset

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which island was awarded the George Cross in 1942 ? Malta

• 2. Which of the following countries does not share a border with Luxembourg ? Germany, Netherlands or Belgium ? Netherlands

• 3. What is the only vegetable that is also a flower ? Broccoli

• 4. The condition Scriveners Palsy is more commonly known as what ? Writers cramp

• 5. Dhaka is the capital of which Asian country ? Bangladesh

• 6. If the cheetah is the fastest thing on four legs, what is the fastest on two legs ? The ostrich

• 7. Which London museum was originally called the Museum of Ornamental Art ? The Victoria and Albert Museum

• 8. Which element forms 80% of the Earth's atmosphere ? Nitrogen

• 9. Which famous artist painted 'Guernica' about the Spanish Civil War ? Pablo Picasso

• 10. Which element has the chemical symbol As ? Arsenic

• 11. In which English County can you find 4 towns with the suffix Regis ? Dorset

• 12. In what year was Martin Luther King assassinated ? 1968

• 13. Which number is written 1010 in binary ? 10

• 14. What name is given to the home of an otter ? A holt

• 15. What is theophobia the fear of ? God