General Knowledge Quiz No. 196

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General Knowledge Quiz No. 196

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  • 1. Which station has the longest escalator in London's Tube network ?
  • 2. Caprine relates to which animal ?
  • 3. The Welland Ship Canal is in which country ?
  • 4. Where on a woman's body would you see a bindi ?
  • 5. From which European country does Limburger cheese originate ?
  • 6. Mount Godwin-Austen is better known by which name ?
  • 7. Who composed the ballet music Swan Lake in 1877 ?
  • 8. In which European city is the sixteenth century limestone Bridge of Sighs ?
  • 9. The person holding what office sits on the Woolsack in the UK's House of Lords?
  • 10. What significant member of the British government drowned when HMS Hampshire was sunk by a mine off Orkney in 1916 ?
  • 11. Byssinosis is a disease affecting which part of the body ?
  • 12. Which American animator created Daffy Duck and Droopy Dog ?
  • 13. What range of hills between the UK's Northumberland and the Scottish borders gave their name to a farm breed ?
  • 14. On April 1st 1957 the normally serious BBC TV news programme Panorama convinced thousands of English viewers that what type of food grew on trees ?
  • 15. A spheksophobic fears which insects ?

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2 Goat
4 Forehead
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7. Tchaikovsky
9. Speaker
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6 K2
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1 Canary Wharf
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8 Venice
14 Spaghetti
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13 Cheviots
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ANSWERS
  • 1. Which station has the longest escalator in London's Tube network ? Angel
  • 2. Caprine relates to which animal ? Goat
  • 3. The Welland Ship Canal is in which country ? Canada
  • 4. Where on a woman's body would you see a bindi ? Forehead
  • 5. From which European country does Limburger cheese originate ? Belgium
  • 6. Mount Godwin-Austen is better known by which name ? K2
  • 7. Who composed the ballet music Swan Lake in 1877 ? Tchaikovsky
  • 8. In which European city is the sixteenth century limestone Bridge of Sighs ? Venice
  • 9. The person holding what office sits on the Woolsack in the UK's House of Lords ? The Lord Speaker
  • 10. What significant member of the British government drowned when HMS Hampshire was sunk by a mine off Orkney in 1916 ? Lord Kitchener
  • 11. Byssinosis is a disease affecting which part of the body ? Lungs
  • 12. Which American animator created Daffy Duck and Droopy Dog ? Tex Avery
  • 13. What range of hills between the UK's Northumberland and the Scottish borders gave their name to a farm breed ? Cheviot (sheep)
  • 14. On April 1st 1957 the normally serious BBC TV news programme Panorama convinced thousands of English viewers that what type of food grew on trees ? Spaghetti (The highly respected broadcaster Richard Dimbleby provided the voiceover, which was a major factor in achieving the hoax, aside from general ignorance among English people of the times about 'foreign food'.)
  • 15. A spheksophobic fears which insects ? Wasps

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