General Knowledge Quiz No. 215

[Carl]

• 1. Diacetylmorphine is the technical term for which drug ?

• 2. The actress Caryn Johnson is better known by which name ?

• 3. Iapetus (or Japetus) is a satellite of which planet ?

• 4. Name the Panama military dictator imprisoned from 1992-2007 in the USA for drug trafficking, racketeering and money laundering, and subsequently extradited to France for money laundering, and imprisoned again in 2010 ?

• 5. A muumuu is a brightly coloured dress traditionally worn by women on which island ?

• 6. Laconia is a southern region of which European country ?

• 7. What is the large dog breed named after a town in south-west Germany, with St Bernard, Newfoundland and Pyrenean Mountain Dog ancestry ?

• 8. Named after the Greek words for good and sound, what is the valved brass tenor instrument resembling a small tuba ?

• 9. Car exhaust fumes contain mainly what poisonous gas ?

• 10. What is the longest river in Scotland ?

• 11. How many imperial gallons are in an imperial peck ?

• 12. David Low created what pompous British cartoon officer character, first appearing in London's Evening standard in the 1930s ?

• 13. What are the basic three 'alter ego' states (of a individual) identified and used within Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis theory ?

• 14. Name the ballet dancer who requested asylum in France while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet, in June 1961 ?

• 15. In February 1967, Ronald Ryan became the last man to be hanged in which country, for murdering a guard while escaping from prison in 1965 ?

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

[elcarretero]

8 Euphonium
12 Colonel Blimp

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Diacetylmorphine is the technical term for which drug ? Heroin

• 2. The actress Caryn Johnson is better known by which name ? Whoppi Goldberg

• 3. Iapetus (or Japetus) is a satellite of which planet ? Saturn

• 4. Name the Panama military dictator imprisoned from 1992-2007 in the USA for drug trafficking, racketeering and money laundering, and subsequently extradited to France for money laundering, and imprisoned again in 2010 ? General Manuel Noriega

• 5. A muumuu is a brightly coloured dress traditionally worn by women on which island ? Hawaii

• 6. Laconia is a southern region of which European country ? Greece

• 7. What is the large dog breed named after a town in south-west Germany, with St Bernard, Newfoundland and Pyrenean Mountain Dog ancestry ? Leonberger

• 8. Named after the Greek words for good and sound, what is the valved brass tenor instrument resembling a small tuba ? Euphonium

• 9. Car exhaust fumes contain mainly what poisonous gas ? Carbon Monoxide

• 10. What is the longest river in Scotland ? River Tay

• 11. How many imperial gallons are in an imperial peck ? 2

• 12. David Low created what pompous British cartoon officer character, first appearing in London's Evening standard in the 1930s ? Colonel Blimp

• 13. What are the basic three 'alter ego' states (of a individual) identified and used within Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis theory ? Parent, adult and child

• 14. Name the ballet dancer who requested asylum in France while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet, in June 1961 ? Rudolph Nureyev

• 15. In February 1967, Ronald Ryan became the last man to be hanged in which country, for murdering a guard while escaping from prison in 1965 ? Australia