General Knowledge Quiz No. 159

[Carl]

• 1. Does an average trained typist use their left or right hand to type more ?

• 2. Invented in Germany by Margaret Steiff, what type of toy would an arctophile collect ?

• 3. Who was the American president when the Berlin Wall was constructed ?

• 4. Pearl is the birthstone for which month ?

• 5. What is the name of the donkey in the film 'Shrek' ?

• 6. Which of these oceans is the largest ? Arctic, Atlantic or Indian ?

• 7. What is the name of the rabbit in the Magic Roundabout ?

• 8. In what year did Slade first have a hit with the song 'Merry Christmas Everybody' ? 1973, 1975 or 1977 ?

• 9. In which ocean would you be if you were at the geographical position 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude ?

• 10. What was Dom Perignon the first to insert in a bottle ?

• 11. In which two cities would you find Cleopatra's needles ?

• 12. What actor played 'Crocodile Dundee' ?

• 13. In which year did Britain change to decimal currency ?

• 14. What word can be used to describe a group of Kangaroos or Baboons ?

• 15. In morse code which letter is symbolized by dot dash ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Teddy Bear
6 Atlantic

[gail]

12. Paul Hogan
13. 1971

[LucindaC]

11 New York and London

[elcarretero]

7 Dylan

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Does an average trained typist use their left or right hand to type more ? Left

• 2. Invented in Germany by Margaret Steiff, what type of toy would an arctophile collect ? Teddy Bears

• 3. Who was the American president when the Berlin Wall was constructed ? John F Kennedy

• 4. Pearl is the birthstone for which month ? June

• 5. What is the name of the donkey in the film 'Shrek' ? Donkey

• 6. Which of these oceans is the largest ? Arctic, Atlantic or Indian ? Atlantic

• 7. What is the name of the rabbit in the Magic Roundabout ? Dylan

• 8. In what year did Slade first have a hit with the song 'Merry Christmas Everybody' ? 1973, 1975 or 1977 ? 1973

• 9. In which ocean would you be if you were at the geographical position 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude ? Atlantic

• 10. What was Dom Perignon the first to insert in a bottle ? A cork

• 11. In which two cities would you find Cleopatra's needles ? London and New York

• 12. What actor played 'Crocodile Dundee' ? Paul Hogan

• 13. In which year did Britain change to decimal currency ? 1971

• 14. What word can be used to describe a group of Kangaroos or Baboons ? A troop

• 15. In morse code which letter is symbolized by dot dash ? A