General Knowledge Quiz No. 172

[Carl]

• 1. An ennead is a group or set of how many ?

• 2. What do the US Marine Corps, the city of Exeter and Plymouth Argyle FC have in common ?

• 3. What chemical element has the symbol Fe ?

• 4. What is a Maori ceremonial war-dance called ?

• 5. What salad is named after the Mexican Restaurateur who invented it ?

• 6. Which city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympic games ?

• 7. In which year did the Gunpowder Plot take place ?

• 8. Who was the original presenter of TV's University Challenge ?

• 9. Who was known as Little Sparrow ?

• 10. What is the minimum alcohol content of wine under EU laws ?

• 11. From which English county do Bakewell tarts (technically 'Bakewell puddings') originate ?

• 12. What type of creature is a bandy-bandy ?

• 13. What is the largest gland in the human body ?

• 14. Which Hindu God is depicted with the head of an elephant ?

• 15. What is the collective name for a large number of islands ?

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

[elcarretero]

3 Iron
4 Haka

[stowie39]

8. Bamber Gasgoine
9. Edith Piaf

[gail]

15. Archipelago

[LucindaC]

6 Barcelona

[elcarretero]

11 Derbyshire

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. An ennead is a group or set of how many ? 9

• 2. What do the US Marine Corps, the city of Exeter and Plymouth Argyle FC have in common ? Their motto, Semper Fidelis

• 3. What chemical element has the symbol Fe ? Iron

• 4. What is a Maori ceremonial war-dance called ? Haka

• 5. What salad is named after the Mexican Restaurateur who invented it ? Caesar

• 6. Which city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympic games ? Barcelona

• 7. In which year did the Gunpowder Plot take place ? 1605

• 8. Who was the original presenter of TV's University Challenge ? Bamber Gascoigne

• 9. Who was known as Little Sparrow ? Edith Piaf

• 10. What is the minimum alcohol content of wine under EU laws ? 7%

• 11. From which English county do Bakewell tarts (technically 'Bakewell puddings') originate ? Derbyshire

• 12. What type of creature is a bandy-bandy ? Snake

• 13. What is the largest gland in the human body ? Liver

• 14. Which Hindu God is depicted with the head of an elephant ? Ganesha

• 15. What is the collective name for a large number of islands ? Archipelago