General Knowledge Quiz No. 83

[Carl]

• 1. Which author and poet famously wrote the line 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male' ?

• 2. If you are being lapidated, what is happening to you ?

• 3. In what year was Elvis Presley born ?

• 4. From 'The Famous Five' who is missing from George, Anne, Dick and Timmy ?

• 5. Who was the first golfer to achieve a hole-in-one on British TV ?

• 6. Who wrote the poem 'Venus and Adonis' ?

• 7. Who painted 'The Laughing Cavalier' ?

• 8. What is the smallest bird in the world ?

• 9. What did the 'F' in John F. Kennedy stand for ?

• 10. Which British King wrote farming articles under the pseudonym Ralph Robinson ?

• 11. Which precious stone is the birthstone for the month of April ?

• 12. What was Jimi Hendrix's first single to reach the UK top 40 called ?

• 13. Before becoming Liverpool football team manager, Gerard Houllier once had another job in Liverpool. What was it ?

• 14. In which month is the French national holiday, Bastille Day ?

• 15. Which 'Sesame Street' character is named after a taxi driver in the film 'It's A Wonderful Life' ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Being Stoned
10 george III

[LucindaC]

14 july
15 ernie

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which author and poet famously wrote the line 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male' ? Rudyard Kipling

• 2. If you are being lapidated, what is happening to you ? You are being stoned to death

• 3. In what year was Elvis Presley born ? 1935

• 4. From 'The Famous Five' who is missing from George, Anne, Dick and Timmy ? Julian

• 5. Who was the first golfer to achieve a hole-in-one on British TV ? Tony Jacklin

• 6. Who wrote the poem 'Venus and Adonis' ? William Shakespeare

• 7. Who painted 'The Laughing Cavalier' ? Frans Hals

• 8. What is the smallest bird in the world ? The Bee Hummingbird

• 9. What did the 'F' in John F. Kennedy stand for ? Fitzgerald

• 10. Which British King wrote farming articles under the pseudonym Ralph Robinson ? George III

• 11. Which precious stone is the birthstone for the month of April ? Diamond

• 12. What was Jimi Hendrix's first single to reach the UK top 40 called ? 'Hey Joe'

• 13. Before becoming Liverpool football team manager, Gerard Houllier once had another job in Liverpool. What was it ? Teacher

• 14. In which month is the French national holiday, Bastille Day ? July

• 15. Which 'Sesame Street' character is named after a taxi driver in the film 'It's A Wonderful Life' ? Ernie