General Knowledge Quiz No. 151

[Carl]

• 1. Which English King was publicly beheaded in front of his palace in 1649 ?

• 2. In which country was Albert Einstein born ?

• 3. Where is the world's oldest motorcycle race held ?

• 4. How many of the Beatles' were left handed ?

• 5. Who managed the first English soccer side to win the European Cup ?

• 6. How many degrees apart are two lines of longitude which determine a time zone ?

• 7. What is the name given to an object with four sides, where all sides are of the same length, but none of the angles are right angles ?

• 8. Who played the leading role in the 1971 version of the film 'Get Carter' and who played him the 2000 version ?

• 9. What type of animal is a flying fox ? A fish, a bat or a squirrel ?

• 10. A menorah is a candleholder used by people of which religion ?

• 11. Which of the following animals have fingerprints that are very similar to human fingerprints ? Chimpanzees, Koala Bears or Possums ?

• 12. What is the only anagram of the word 'stationed' ?

• 13. At which battle in World War I were tanks used for the first time ?

• 14. Which Scottish football team are nicknamed the Arabs because they used to play on a pitch which was very sandy ?

• 15. The modern flushing toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper, but the soldiers of which war were first to use it ?

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

[stowie39]

9. Bat
10. Jewish

[elcarretero]

6 fifteen degrees (360/15=24)

[elcarretero]

7 Quadrilateral

[LucindaC]

8 Michael Caine / Sylvester Stallone

[elcarretero]

12 Antidotes

[elcarretero]

11 Chimpanzees

[stowie39]

4. Paul McCarthy

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which English King was publicly beheaded in front of his palace in 1649 ? Charles I

• 2. In which country was Albert Einstein born ? Germany

• 3. Where is the world's oldest motorcycle race held ? The Isle of Man

• 4. How many of the Beatles' were left handed ? 2

• 5. Who managed the first English soccer side to win the European Cup ? Matt Busby

• 6. How many degrees apart are two lines of longitude which determine a time zone ? 15

• 7. What is the name given to an object with four sides, where all sides are of the same length, but none of the angles are right angles ? A rhombus

• 8. Who played the leading role in the 1971 version of the film 'Get Carter' and who played him the 2000 version ? Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone

• 9. What type of animal is a flying fox ? A fish, a bat or a squirrel ? A bat

• 10. A menorah is a candleholder used by people of which religion ? Judaism

• 11. Which of the following animals have fingerprints that are very similar to human fingerprints ? Chimpanzees, Koala Bears or Possums ? Koala Bears

• 12. What is the only anagram of the word 'stationed' ? Antidotes

• 13. At which battle in World War I were tanks used for the first time ? The Battle Of The Somme

• 14. Which Scottish football team are nicknamed the Arabs because they used to play on a pitch which was very sandy ? Dundee United

• 15. The modern flushing toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper, but the soldiers of which war were first to use it ? World War I