General Knowledge Quiz No. 8

[Carl]

• 1. Which surgical device has a name derived from the Latin for "small knife" ?

• 2. Ermine is the winter fur of which animal ?

• 3. In 1901, whom did King Edward VII succeed as the British monarch ?

• 4. What is the largest internal organ in the human body ?

• 5. Which is second book of the Old Testament ?

• 6. Alberta and Manitoba are provinces of which country ?

• 7. By what name is the Standard English keyboard layout known ?

• 8. What is the line on a weather map connecting points of equal pressure called ?

• 9. Who was the alter ego of Robin in the Batman stories ?

• 10. The historic Route 66 runs from Illinois to which coastal state in the USA ?

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

[briggsy]

1. Scapel
6. Canada
7. Qwerty
10. California

[Lincoln45]

2. Stoat/Weasel
4. Liver
5. Exodus (The second book of Moses)

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which surgical device has a name derived from the Latin for "small knife" ? Scalpel

• 2. Ermine is the winter fur of which animal ? Stoat

• 3. In 1901, whom did King Edward VII succeed as the British monarch ? Queen Victoria

• 4. What is the largest internal organ in the human body ? The Liver

• 5. Which is second book of the Old Testament ? Exodus

• 6. Alberta and Manitoba are provinces of which country ? Canada

• 7. By what name is the Standard English keyboard layout known ? QWERTY

• 8. What is the line on a weather map connecting points of equal pressure called ? An Isobar

• 9. Who was the alter ego of Robin in the Batman stories ? Dick Grayson

• 10. The historic Route 66 runs from Illinois to which coastal state in the USA ? California