General Knowledge Quiz No. 165

[Carl]

• 1. How many years of marriage is celebrated on the Ivory anniversary ?

• 2. What famous landmark was moulded in gold during a bullion robbery in the 1951 film The Lavender Hill Mob ?

• 3. At which ski resort would you see the Cresta Run ?

• 4. In which ocean are the Canary Islands ?

• 5. The headquarters of Greenpeace is in which European city ?

• 6. What colour is the gemstone garnet ?

• 7. Which sign of the Zodiac are people born on 30th October ?

• 8. What type of food is Quark ?

• 9. Which Alex Graham cartoon appears in the Daily Mail newspaper ?

• 10. What did Harry Beck design in 1931 and is still used in London today ?

• 11. What is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium ?

• 12. What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's Famous Five books ?

• 13. What was the codename of the Allied forces landing at Normandy in 1944 ?

• 14. In the human body what is the Axilla commonly known as ?

• 15. How many finger holes does a tin whistle (pennywhistle) have ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Eiffel Tower
4 Atlantic

[gail]

6. Red
8. Cheese

[elcarretero]

10 London Tube Map

[LucindaC]

9 Fred Bassett

[elcarretero]

11 K

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. How many years of marriage is celebrated on the Ivory anniversary ? 14

• 2. What famous landmark was moulded in gold during a bullion robbery in the 1951 film The Lavender Hill Mob ? The Eiffel Tower

• 3. At which ski resort would you see the Cresta Run ? St Moritz

• 4. In which ocean are the Canary Islands ? Atlantic

• 5. The headquarters of Greenpeace is in which European city ? Amsterdam

• 6. What colour is the gemstone garnet ? Red

• 7. Which sign of the Zodiac are people born on 30th October ? Scorpio

• 8. What type of food is Quark ? Cheese

• 9. Which Alex Graham cartoon appears in the Daily Mail newspaper ? Fred Basset

• 10. What did Harry Beck design in 1931 and is still used in London today ? London Underground Map

• 11. What is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium ? K

• 12. What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's Famous Five books ? Timmy

• 13. What was the codename of the Allied forces landing at Normandy in 1944 ? Overlord

• 14. In the human body what is the Axilla commonly known as ? Armpit

• 15. How many finger holes does a tin whistle (pennywhistle) have ? 6