General Knowledge Quiz No. 198

[Carl]

• 1. In what year was suffragette Emily Davidson killed by King George V's horse in the Epsom Derby ?

• 2. What is the line called on a ship which is the limit to which it may be loaded ?

• 3. Nur-Sultan (previously Astana) is the capital of which country ?

• 4. What is the Latin term used in referencing which means 'in the same place' ?

• 5. What is the flap which covers the human windpipe when swallowing ?

• 6. Born Henry John Deutschendorf Junior, which American singer died when his light aircraft crashed into the sea off California in 1997 ?

• 7. The town of Fray Bentos, after which the meat products brand was named, is in what country ?

• 8. Barack Obama's best selling book is called 'The Audacity of..' what ?

• 9. Graham Vivian Sutherland's official portrait of which UK Prime Minister was destroyed by the subject's wife because she hated it ?

• 10. Which common chemical element has the atomic number 20 ?

• 11. For which film did Henry Fonda win his best actor Oscar ?

• 12. What is the word for a surprise attack, and is also a collective noun for group of tigers ?

• 13. ACAS is the UK's Advisory, Conciliation and 'what' Service ?

• 14. What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates ?

• 15. What is the word for the weight on the end of a pendulum ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Plimsoll Line
5 Epiglottis

[gail]

12. Ambush

[elcarretero]

7 Uruguay

[LucindaC]

8 Hope

[elcarretero]

11 On Golden Pond

[elcarretero]

6 John Denver
13 Arbitration
15 Bob

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In what year was suffragette Emily Davidson killed by King George V's horse in the Epsom Derby ? 1913

• 2. What is the line called on a ship which is the limit to which it may be loaded ? Plimsoll Line

• 3. Nur-Sultan (previously Astana) is the capital of which country ? Khazakhstan

• 4. What is the Latin term used in referencing which means 'in the same place' ? Ib. (or Ibid. from full latin word ibidem)

• 5. What is the flap which covers the human windpipe when swallowing ? Epiglotis

• 6. Born Henry John Deutschendorf Junior, which American singer died when his light aircraft crashed into the sea off California in 1997 ? John Denver

• 7. The town of Fray Bentos, after which the meat products brand was named, is in what country ? Uruguay

• 8. Barack Obama's best selling book is called 'The Audacity of..' what ? Hope

• 9. Graham Vivian Sutherland's official portrait of which UK Prime Minister was destroyed by the subject's wife because she hated it ? Sir Winston Churchill

• 10. Which common chemical element has the atomic number 20 ? Calcium

• 11. For which film did Henry Fonda win his best actor Oscar ? On Golden Pond

• 12. What is the word for a surprise attack, and is also a collective noun for group of tigers ? Ambush

• 13. ACAS is the UK's Advisory, Conciliation and 'what' Service ? Arbitration

• 14. What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates ? Abu Dhabi

• 15. What is the word for the weight on the end of a pendulum ? Bob