General Knowledge Quiz No. 14

[Carl]

• 1. What is Mascarpone ?

• 2. In which city did Burke and Hare ply their trade ?

• 3. Which city, an anagram of the current capital, used to be the capital of Japan ?

• 4. Which element has the symbol P ?

• 5. What was the name of the orphaned piglet adopted by a sheepdog in the 1995 movie ?

• 6. What is the name of the sugar found naturally in milk ?

• 7. What name is given to an angle of more than 180 degrees ?

• 8. Which children's book features the tales of Toad, Mole and Ratty ?

• 9. Who was the first athlete to run a sub-four minute mile ?

• 10. What was the nick-name of the British ski-jumper who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Cheese
2 Edinburgh
3 Kyoto
4 Phosphorus
5 Babe
6 lactose
7 Reflex
8 Wind in the Willows
9 Roger Bannister
10 Eddie the Eagle

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is Mascarpone ? An Italian Cream Cheese

• 2. In which city did Burke and Hare ply their trade ? Edinburgh

• 3. Which city, an anagram of the current capital, used to be the capital of Japan ? Kyoto

• 4. Which element has the symbol P ? Phosphorus

• 5. What was the name of the orphaned piglet adopted by a sheepdog in the 1995 movie ? "Babe"

• 6. What is the name of the sugar found naturally in milk ? Lactose

• 7. What name is given to an angle of more than 180 degrees ? Reflex

• 8. Which children's book features the tales of Toad, Mole and Ratty ? The Wind in the Willows

• 9. Who was the first athlete to run a sub-four minute mile ? Roger Bannister

• 10. What was the nick-name of the British ski-jumper who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics ? Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards