General Knowledge Quiz No. 130

[Carl]

• 1. What name is given to the artistic style invented by Picasso and Braque in which the subject is reduced to basic geometric shapes ?

• 2. The explorer Sir Edmund Hillary was from which country ?

• 3. What is the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup golf tournament called ?

• 4. Who released the autobiography 'Honest' in 2002 ?

• 5. Who is better known as 'Topolino' in Italy ?

• 6. How many English counties border the south coast ?

• 7. Which country is the world's largest producer of rice ? Russia, China or USA ?

• 8. Actor Hugh Grant graduated from which University with a degree in English ?

• 9. In which century was the world's first public railway opened ?

• 10. Mickey Mouse made his on-screen debut in the same cartoon as Minnie Mouse made hers ? True or False ?

• 11. The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous ?

• 12. What was King William II killed by ? An arrow, the plague or old age ?

• 13. Which famous actress appeared as the first Playboy centerfold in 1953 ?

• 14. Which guitarist played the lead guitar solo on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' ?

• 15. Who had a number one in 1974 called 'Seasons In The Sun' ?

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

[stowie39]

15. Terry Jacks

[elcarretero]

1 Cubism
11 Dynamite

[LucindaC]

5 mickey mouse
7 china

[elcarretero]

13 Marilyn Monroe

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What name is given to the artistic style invented by Picasso and Braque in which the subject is reduced to basic geometric shapes ? Cubism

• 2. The explorer Sir Edmund Hillary was from which country ? New Zealand

• 3. What is the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup golf tournament called ? The Walker Cup

• 4. Who released the autobiography 'Honest' in 2002 ? Ulrika Jonsson

• 5. Who is better known as 'Topolino' in Italy ? Mickey Mouse

• 6. How many English counties border the south coast ? 7

• 7. Which country is the world's largest producer of rice ? Russia, China or USA ? China

• 8. Actor Hugh Grant graduated from which University with a degree in English ? Oxford

• 9. In which century was the world's first public railway opened ? 19th

• 10. Mickey Mouse made his on-screen debut in the same cartoon as Minnie Mouse made hers ? True or False ? True (in the silent cartoon 'Plane Crazy')

• 11. The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous ? Dynamite

• 12. What was King William II killed by ? An arrow, the plague or old age ? An arrow

• 13. Which famous actress appeared as the first Playboy centerfold in 1953 ? Marilyn Monroe

• 14. Which guitarist played the lead guitar solo on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' ? Eddie Van Halen

• 15. Who had a number one in 1974 called 'Seasons In The Sun' ? Terry Jacks