General Knowledge Quiz No. 168

[Carl]

• 1. How many square yards are in a British acre ?

• 2. What is the white of an egg called ?

• 3. What are kept in an apiary ?

• 4. What poisonous chemical element has the atomic number 33 ?

• 5. Which country has the longest coastline ?

• 6. What fish family is the anchovy a member of ?

• 7. Who was the first person to cross the English Channel in a plane ?

• 8. Which fashion designer introduced the Polo label in 1967 ?

• 9. What is Hanson's disease commonly known as ?

• 10. The word 'anserine' relates to which type of birds ?

• 11. In electronics what does LED stand for ?

• 12. If an object is hastate what shape is it ?

• 13. What is the world's largest sea, (excluding seas normally called oceans) ?

• 14. What is the first sign of the Zodiac ?

• 15. Who is the Greek Goddess of Victory ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Albumen
3 Bees

[stowie39]

11. Light emitting diode

[elcarretero]

4 Arsenic

[gail]

8. Ralph Lauren

[elcarretero]

5 Canada

[LucindaC]

6 herring

[elcarretero]

10 Gesse and ducks

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. How many square yards are in a British acre ? 4840

• 2. What is the white of an egg called ? Albumen

• 3. What are kept in an apiary ? Bees

• 4. What poisonous chemical element has the atomic number 33 ? Arsenic

• 5. Which country has the longest coastline ? Canada

• 6. What fish family is the anchovy a member of ? Herring

• 7. Who was the first person to cross the English Channel in a plane ? Louis Bleriot

• 8. Which fashion designer introduced the Polo label in 1967 ? Ralph Lauren

• 9. What is Hanson's disease commonly known as ? Leprosy

• 10. The word 'anserine' relates to which type of birds ? Geese

• 11. In electronics what does LED stand for ? Light Emitting Diode

• 12. If an object is hastate what shape is it ? Triangular

• 13. What is the world's largest sea, (excluding seas normally called oceans) ? Philippine Sea

• 14. What is the first sign of the Zodiac ? Aries

• 15. Who is the Greek Goddess of Victory ? Nike