General Knowledge Quiz No. 173

[Carl]

• 1. Peanuts is the work of which cartoonist ?

• 2. Which British Prime Minister's mother, Jenny Jerome, invented the Manhattan cocktail ?

• 3. What was the first underground railway line in London ?

• 4. Which sea has no land borders ?

• 5. What is the currency of Iran ?

• 6. Who is the Roman God of the sea ?

• 7. What does the H in H-Bomb stand for ?

• 8. Lexicology is the study of what ?

• 9. In which country is Interpol based ?

• 10. What is the line called behind which darts players stand when throwing ?

• 11. Who was the first leader of Polish trade union Solidarity ?

• 12. Neroli is an essential oil distilled from the flowers of which fruit ?

• 13. What was Tom Jones' first UK number one single ?

• 14. What flavour is the liqueur cassis ?

• 15. What product was the first to appear in a UK TV commercial (in 1955) ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Winston Churchill (Jennie Jerome, though, not Jenny)
4 Sargasso sea

[gail]

7. hydrogen
14. Blackcurrant

[elcarretero]

6 Neptune

[gail]

1. Schultz

[LucindaC]

11 Lech vallensa - not sure about spelling of surname

[elcarretero]

5 Rial

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Peanuts is the work of which cartoonist ? Charles Shulz

• 2. Which British Prime Minister's mother, Jenny Jerome, invented the Manhattan cocktail ? Winston Churchill

• 3. What was the first underground railway line in London ? Metropolitan Line (Paddington to Farringdon, 1863)

• 4. Which sea has no land borders ? The Sargasso Sea

• 5. What is the currency of Iran ? Rial

• 6. Who is the Roman God of the sea ? Neptune

• 7. What does the H in H-Bomb stand for ? Hydrogen

• 8. Lexicology is the study of what ? Words

• 9. In which country is Interpol based ? France

• 10. What is the line called behind which darts players stand when throwing ? Oche

• 11. Who was the first leader of Polish trade union Solidarity ? Lech Walesa

• 12. Neroli is an essential oil distilled from the flowers of which fruit ? Orange

• 13. What was Tom Jones' first UK number one single ? It's Not Unusual

• 14. What flavour is the liqueur cassis ? Blackcurrant

• 15. What product was the first to appear in a UK TV commercial (in 1955) ? Toothpaste