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General Knowledge Quiz No. 14

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 21:10
by Carl
  • 1. What is Mascarpone ?
  • 2. In which city did Burke and Hare ply their trade ?
  • 3. Which city, an anagram of the current capital, used to be the capital of Japan ?
  • 4. Which element has the symbol P ?
  • 5. What was the name of the orphaned piglet adopted by a sheepdog in the 1995 movie ?
  • 6. What is the name of the sugar found naturally in milk ?
  • 7. What name is given to an angle of more than 180 degrees ?
  • 8. Which children's book features the tales of Toad, Mole and Ratty ?
  • 9. Who was the first athlete to run a sub-four minute mile ?
  • 10. What was the nick-name of the British ski-jumper who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics ?

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

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 14

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 22:40
by elcarretero
1 Cheese
2 Edinburgh
3 Kyoto
4 Phosphorus
5 Babe
6 lactose
7 Reflex
8 Wind in the Willows
9 Roger Bannister
10 Eddie the Eagle

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 14

Posted: 02 Apr 2020 21:04
by Carl
ANSWERS
  • 1. What is Mascarpone ? An Italian Cream Cheese
  • 2. In which city did Burke and Hare ply their trade ? Edinburgh
  • 3. Which city, an anagram of the current capital, used to be the capital of Japan ? Kyoto
  • 4. Which element has the symbol P ? Phosphorus
  • 5. What was the name of the orphaned piglet adopted by a sheepdog in the 1995 movie ? "Babe"
  • 6. What is the name of the sugar found naturally in milk ? Lactose
  • 7. What name is given to an angle of more than 180 degrees ? Reflex
  • 8. Which children's book features the tales of Toad, Mole and Ratty ? The Wind in the Willows
  • 9. Who was the first athlete to run a sub-four minute mile ? Roger Bannister
  • 10. What was the nick-name of the British ski-jumper who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics ? Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards