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General Knowledge Quiz No. 300
Posted: 18 Sep 2025 21:02
by Carl
- 1. Which two significant European rivers formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire ?
- 2. Which hollywood sex symbol, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died in 2011, aged 89 ?
- 3. Prunes are dried what ?
- 4. What city, named after a month of the year, claims in recent tradition to host the largest street carnival in the world ?
- 5. In what 'royal' village was Diana, Princess of Wales born ?
- 6. Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office in 2003 as prime minister of which country, connecting Europe and Asia ?
- 7. What nation ended conscription to its Bundeswehr in 2011 ?
- 8. What is the main cereal component of UK flapjacks, known as Hudson Bay Bars in the USA ?
- 9. Mixing blue, red, and green light produces what colour ?
- 10. Mixing blue, red and yellow paint produces what colour ?
- 11. Printer paper typically graded at 90 or 100 refers to 90 or 100 what ?
- 12. What, that you might wear, may be welted ?
- 13. What piece starts at square A1 on a chessboard ?
- 14. Cheese is said to combat tooth erosion because it contains what ?
- 15. What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 300
Posted: 19 Sep 2025 07:03
by gail
3. Plums
4. Rio de Janeiro
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 300
Posted: 19 Sep 2025 07:36
by elcarretero
2 Jane Russell
6 Turkey
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 300
Posted: 19 Sep 2025 18:26
by gail
8.Oats
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 300
Posted: 20 Sep 2025 06:45
by elcarretero
7 Germany
9 White
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 300
Posted: 25 Sep 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. Which two significant European rivers formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire ? Rhine and Danube
- 2. Which hollywood sex symbol, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died in 2011, aged 89 ? Jane Russell
- 3. Prunes are dried what ? Plums
- 4. What city, named after a month of the year, claims in recent tradition to host the largest street carnival in the world ? Rio de Janeiro
- 5. In what 'royal' village was Diana, Princess of Wales born ? Sandringham
- 6. Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office in 2003 as prime minister of which country, connecting Europe and Asia ? Turkey
- 7. What nation ended conscription to its Bundeswehr in 2011 ? Germany
- 8. What is the main cereal component of UK flapjacks, known as Hudson Bay Bars in the USA ? Oats
- 9. Mixing blue, red, and green light produces what colour ? White
- 10. Mixing blue, red and yellow paint produces what colour ? Brown
- 11. Printer paper typically graded at 90 or 100 refers to 90 or 100 what ? GSM
- 12. What, that you might wear, may be welted ? Shoes
- 13. What piece starts at square A1 on a chessboard ? White Castle
- 14. Cheese is said to combat tooth erosion because it contains what ? Alkali
- 15. What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called ? Dry ice