General Knowledge Quiz No. 92

[Carl]

• 1. How many countries does the equator run through ? 12, 16 or 21 ?

• 2. For how many days did the Great Fire of London last ?

• 3. Which two countries border Costa Rica ?

• 4. Who wrote a book of childrens poems called 'Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats' ?

• 5. Yuri Gagarin was the first to orbit Earth in which year ?

• 6. The first artificially refrigerated ice rink opened in which country ? U.S.A., England or China ?

• 7. What is the first bridge that the boats pass under in the Oxford - Cambridge boat race ?

• 8. What was Jimi Hendrix's only UK number 1 single ?

• 9. On the London Underground, which is the only line to connect at some point with every other line on the system ?

• 10. Which famous actress once said 'I've been in more laps than a napkin' ?

• 11. James Cagney is often misquoted by impressionists as saying 'You dirty rat'. What was his exact original words that led to this misquote ?

• 12. What is the collective noun for a group of monkeys ?

• 13. Which chemical element is derived from the Greek word for 'male' ?

• 14. Which six countries made up the EEC when it formed in 1957 ?

• 15. Who first argued that the world was not flat ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00

[elcarretero]

4. T.S Elliot
9. Central Line?

[LucindaC]

2 4
7 Hammersmith

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. How many countries does the equator run through ? 12, 16 or 21 ? 12

• 2. For how many days did the Great Fire of London last ? 4

• 3. Which two countries border Costa Rica ? Nicaragua and Panama

• 4. Who wrote a book of childrens poems called 'Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats' ? T.S.Elliot

• 5. Yuri Gagarin was the first to orbit Earth in which year ? 1961

• 6. The first artificially refrigerated ice rink opened in which country ? U.S.A., England or China ? England

• 7. What is the first bridge that the boats pass under in the Oxford - Cambridge boat race ? Hammersmith

• 8. What was Jimi Hendrix's only UK number 1 single ? 'Voodoo Chile'

• 9. On the London Underground, which is the only line to connect at some point with every other line on the system ? The Jubilee Line

• 10. Which famous actress once said 'I've been in more laps than a napkin' ? Mae West

• 11. James Cagney is often misquoted by impressionists as saying 'You dirty rat'. What was his exact original words that led to this misquote ? 'You dirty double-crossing rat'

• 12. What is the collective noun for a group of monkeys ? A troop

• 13. Which chemical element is derived from the Greek word for 'male' ? Arsenic

• 14. Which six countries made up the EEC when it formed in 1957 ? Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands

• 15. Who first argued that the world was not flat ? Aristotle