General Knowledge Quiz No. 185

[Carl]

• 1. Malibu Beach is in which US state ?

• 2. Which insect lives in a formicary ?

• 3. Lupine relates to which animals ?

• 4. What is ascorbic acid commonly known as ?

• 5. What type of 'nuts' are used to make marzipan ?

• 6. What is a negatively charged electrode called ?

• 7. Which war started following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ?

• 8. What did the rat eat 'that lay in the house that Jack built', in the nursery rhyme The House that Jack Built ?

• 9. A paradiddle is a playing technique for which instrument ?

• 10. An oenophile is a connoisseur of what ?

• 11. A terawatt is how many megawatts ?

• 12. Which British airport was opened to passengers in 1946 ?

• 13. What is decompression sickness commonly known as ?

• 14. What is the offspring of a donkey and a horse called ?

• 15. What is the art of decorative writing called ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Ant
3 Wolves

[LucindaC]

5 almond
13 the bends

[elcarretero]

6 Cathode

[stowie39]

15. Calligraphy

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Malibu Beach is in which US state ? California

• 2. Which insect lives in a formicary ? Ant

• 3. Lupine relates to which animals ? Wolves

• 4. What is ascorbic acid commonly known as ? Vitamin C

• 5. What type of 'nuts' are used to make marzipan ? Almond

• 6. What is a negatively charged electrode called ? Cathode

• 7. Which war started following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ? World War I

• 8. What did the rat eat 'that lay in the house that Jack built', in the nursery rhyme The House that Jack Built ? Malt

• 9. A paradiddle is a playing technique for which instrument ? Drum

• 10. An oenophile is a connoisseur of what ? Wine

• 11. A terawatt is how many megawatts ? A million

• 12. Which British airport was opened to passengers in 1946 ? Heathrow

• 13. What is decompression sickness commonly known as ? The bends

• 14. What is the offspring of a donkey and a horse called ? A mule

• 15. What is the art of decorative writing called ? Caligraphy