General Knowledge Quiz No. 13

[Carl]

• 1. Which swimming stroke is named after an insect ?

• 2. Which metal is used to manufacture thermometers ?

• 3. What flavour does the liquor Kailua have ?

• 4. Which breakfast TV show was launched in 1983 by amongst others, David Frost, Anna Ford and Michael Parkinson ?

• 5. How many moons does Mars have ?

• 6. The Khyber Pass links which two countries ?

• 7. Who created "Star Trek" ?

• 8. With which country did Britain fight "The War of Jenkins' Ear" ?

• 9. What do the following American words translate to in UK English, [1] Car Trunk, [2] Eggplant, [3] Fall, [4] Suspenders and [5] Period ?

• 10. Who wrote the 1960 novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird" ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Butterfly
2 Mercury
3
4
5 2
6 Pakistan and
7 Gene Rodenberry
8
9 Boot, Aubergine, Autumn, Braces, Full Stop
10

[stowie39]

10. Harper Lee

[reddragon]

3. Coffee ?
6. Afghanistan
8. Spain

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which swimming stroke is named after an insect ? Butterfly

• 2. Which metal is used to manufacture thermometers ? Mercury

• 3. What flavour does the liquor Kailua have ? Coffee

• 4. Which breakfast TV show was launched in 1983 by amongst others, David Frost, Anna Ford and Michael Parkinson ? TV-AM

• 5. How many moons does Mars have ? Two (Phobes & Deimos)

• 6. The Khyber Pass links which two countries ? Pakistan and Afghanistan

• 7. Who created "Star Trek" ? Gene Roddenberry

• 8. With which country did Britain fight "The War of Jenkins' Ear" ? Spain

• 9. What do the following American words translate to in UK English, [1] Car Trunk, [2] Eggplant, [3] Fall, [4] Suspenders and [5] Period ? [1] Boot, [2] Aubergine, [3] Autumn, [4] Braces and [5] Full stop

• 10. Who wrote the 1960 novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird" ? Harper Lee