General Knowledge Quiz No. 169

[Carl]

• 1. Who wrote the book Brave New World ?

• 2. Which musician received the first gold disc, in 1941 ?

• 3. On which part of the body would you wear a deer-stalker ?

• 4. Which type of beans are used to make baked beans ?

• 5. What musical aid did trumpeter John Shore invent in 1711 ?

• 6. Which prime minister took the UK into the EEC (as was then called) ?

• 7. What is a person who shoes horses called ?

• 8. What colour is the cabbage moth ?

• 9. Dendrology is the scientific study of what ?

• 10. What does a gricer take photographs of ?

• 11. How long is Johnny Walker Black Label whisky matured for ?

• 12. What is the capital of Finland ?

• 13. Who was the first chancellor of the late-20th century re-united Germany ?

• 14. Madarosis is the absence or loss of which part of the body ?

• 15. In which sport would a niblick be used ?

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

[elcarretero]

3 Head
4 Haricot

[gail]

6. Edward Heath
7. Blacksmith

[freddo]

1 Aldous Huxley
12 Helsinki

[LucindaC]

11 10 years

[elcarretero]

15 Golf

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Who wrote the book Brave New World ? Aldous Huxley

• 2. Which musician received the first gold disc, in 1941 ? Glen Miller

• 3. On which part of the body would you wear a deer-stalker ? Head

• 4. Which type of beans are used to make baked beans ? Haricot

• 5. What musical aid did trumpeter John Shore invent in 1711 ? The tuning fork

• 6. Which prime minister took the UK into the EEC (as was then called) ? Edward Heath

• 7. What is a person who shoes horses called ? Farrier

• 8. What colour is the cabbage moth ? Brown

• 9. Dendrology is the scientific study of what ? Trees

• 10. What does a gricer take photographs of ? Trains

• 11. How long is Johnny Walker Black Label whisky matured for ? 12 years

• 12. What is the capital of Finland ? Helsinki

• 13. Who was the first chancellor of the late-20th century re-united Germany ? Helmut Kohl

• 14. Madarosis is the absence or loss of which part of the body ? Eyelashes

• 15. In which sport would a niblick be used ? Golf