General Knowledge Quiz No. 205

[Carl]

• 1. Who wrote the novel The Cider House Rules ?

• 2. In golf what is the name of a score of one stroke over par for a hole ?

• 3. Who invented the centigrade thermometer in 1742 ?

• 4. What does the initials DVD commonly now stand for ?

• 5. Glen Moy and Autumn Bliss are varieties of which fruit ?

• 6. Exodus, the second book of the Bible, recounts the departure of the Israelites from which country ?

• 7. What was the nationality of Lazlo Josef Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen ?

• 8. Which singer held a gladiolus in his first appearance on BBC TV's Top of the Pops in 1983 ?

• 9. Which US spacecraft was launched from Cape Kennedy in October 1968 ?

• 10. Which British singer's real name is Thomas Woodward ?

• 11. What is the legislative assembly of Spain called ?

• 12. A pelisse is what type of garment ?

• 13. Which English Queen was executed on 19 May 1536 ?

• 14. A boyar was a member of the aristocracy in which country ?

• 15. What are the five events of the modern pentathlon ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Bogie
3 Anders Celsius

[stowie39]

8. Tiny Tim

[elcarretero]

7 Hungarian

[gail]

10. Tom Jones

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Who wrote the novel The Cider House Rules ? John Irving

• 2. In golf what is the name of a score of one stroke over par for a hole ? Bogey

• 3. Who invented the centigrade thermometer in 1742 ? Anders Celsius

• 4. What does the initials DVD commonly now stand for ? Digital Versatile Disc

• 5. Glen Moy and Autumn Bliss are varieties of which fruit ? Raspberry

• 6. Exodus, the second book of the Bible, recounts the departure of the Israelites from which country ? Egypt

• 7. What was the nationality of Lazlo Josef Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen ? Hungarian

• 8. Which singer held a gladiolus in his first appearance on BBC TV's Top of the Pops in 1983 ? Morrisey

• 9. Which US spacecraft was launched from Cape Kennedy in October 1968 ? Apollo Seven

• 10. Which British singer's real name is Thomas Woodward ? Tom Jones

• 11. What is the legislative assembly of Spain called ? Cortes Generales

• 12. A pelisse is what type of garment ? Cloak

• 13. Which English Queen was executed on 19 May 1536 ? Anne Boleyn

• 14. A boyar was a member of the aristocracy in which country ? Russia

• 15. What are the five events of the modern pentathlon ? Cross country, Fencing, Riding, Shooting and Swimming