General Knowledge Quiz No. 179

[Carl]

• 1. What Age followed the Bronze Age ?

• 2. What is the third sign of the Zodiac ?

• 3. How many bones are in the human skull ?

• 4. Who was the first boxer to beat Muhammed Ali as a professional ?

• 5. What is the collective name for a group of peacocks ?

• 6. In Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and fell to his death when his wax wings melted ?

• 7. What type of structure is a campanile ?

• 8. How many strings are on a viola ?

• 9. What is the second highest mountain in the world ?

• 10. Which rock band played the first ever concert at London's Roundhouse (in 1966) ?

• 11. What does an onomast study ?

• 12. In which country is the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon ?

• 13. Who was the first person in space ?

• 14. Vulpine relates to which animals ?

• 15. Which song did Sting sing first at Live Aid in 1985 ?

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

[elcarretero]

6 Icarus
7 Bell Tower

[gail]

14. Foxes

[LucindaC]

1 iron

[elcarretero]

8 Four

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What Age followed the Bronze Age ? Iron Age

• 2. What is the third sign of the Zodiac ? Gemini

• 3. How many bones are in the human skull ? 28

• 4. Who was the first boxer to beat Muhammed Ali as a professional ? Joe Frazier

• 5. What is the collective name for a group of peacocks ? A Muster

• 6. In Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and fell to his death when his wax wings melted ? Icarus

• 7. What type of structure is a campanile ? Bell tower

• 8. How many strings are on a viola ? 4

• 9. What is the second highest mountain in the world ? K2

• 10. Which rock band played the first ever concert at London's Roundhouse (in 1966) ? Pink Floyd

• 11. What does an onomast study ? Names

• 12. In which country is the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon ? Iraq

• 13. Who was the first person in space ? Yuri Gagarin

• 14. Vulpine relates to which animals ? Foxes

• 15. Which song did Sting sing first at Live Aid in 1985 ? Roxanne