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General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 18 May 2023 21:05
by Carl
- 1. What is the birth stone for November ?
- 2. Who wrote the opera Madama Butterfly ?
- 3. Which town is the administrative centre of Shetland ?
- 4. In the TV comedy Dad's Army what is Captain Mainwaring's first name ?
- 5. Pershore, Victoria and Washington are types of which fruit ?
- 6. What did Tim Berners Lee invent ?
- 7. Which US city hosted the 1985 Live Aid concert ?
- 8. What is the fatty substance found naturally on sheep's wool called ?
- 9. Mal de Mer is the French term for which ailment ?
- 10. Who played the original Daisy Duke in TV's Dukes Of Hazard ?
- 11. What is the second largest island in the world ?
- 12. What type of animal is a Saki ?
- 13. What are parentheses otherwise known as ?
- 14. What type of animal is a caribou ?
- 15. Who wrote the novel Gulliver's Travels ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 18 May 2023 23:33
by elcarretero
5 Plum
8 Lanolin
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 19 May 2023 07:43
by stowie39
2. Puccini
9. Sea sickness
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 19 May 2023 07:48
by elcarretero
13 Brackets
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 19 May 2023 08:20
by gail
6. World wide web
14. Reindeer
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 19 May 2023 09:47
by elcarretero
15 Jonathan Swift
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 20 May 2023 16:22
by LucindaC
12 Monkey
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 25 May 2023 16:56
by elcarretero
3 Lerwick
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 178
Posted: 25 May 2023 21:04
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. What is the birth stone for November ? Topaz
- 2. Who wrote the opera Madama Butterfly ? Puccini
- 3. Which town is the administrative centre of Shetland ? Lerwick
- 4. In the TV comedy Dad's Army what is Captain Mainwaring's first name ? George
- 5. Pershore, Victoria and Washington are types of which fruit ? Plum
- 6. What did Tim Berners Lee invent ? The internet
- 7. Which US city hosted the 1985 Live Aid concert ? Philadelphia
- 8. What is the fatty substance found naturally on sheep's wool called ? Lanolin
- 9. Mal de Mer is the French term for which ailment ? Sea sickness
- 10. Who played the original Daisy Duke in TV's Dukes Of Hazard ? Catherine Bach
- 11. What is the second largest island in the world ? New Guinea
- 12. What type of animal is a Saki ? Monkey
- 13. What are parentheses otherwise known as ? Brackets
- 14. What type of animal is a caribou ? Reindeer
- 15. Who wrote the novel Gulliver's Travels ? Jonathan Swift