General Knowledge Quiz No. 229

[Carl]

• 1. The Capuchin Catacombs are on which Mediterranean island ?

• 2. An isohel is a line on a map connecting two points which have the same duration of what ?

• 3. Who, having a name which brings to mind a children's game played all around the world, was appointed Home Secretary in Britain in May 1997 ?

• 4. Glyptogography, or glyptics, is the art of carving or engraving on what ?

• 5. Which artist painted the 'Man in a Red Turban' ?

• 6. 'The Landlord's Game', patented in the US by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, was a form of which now popular board game ?

• 7. Which musical note has the same value as half a semibreve or two crochets ?

• 8. Which sportswear company was founded as 'Blue Ribbon Sports' by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight in 1964 ?

• 9. In the religious calendar, what are the last two weeks of Lent known as ?

• 10. What type of insect is a devil's coach horse ?

• 11. In which controversial novel and film does the Korova Milk Bar appear ?

• 12. What is the highest US military award for bravery ?

• 13. What is the term for a word formed from the initial letters of other words, such as NATO ?

• 14. What is the ancient axe-like hand tool used for shaping wood, especially in boat-building, with a curved blade at right angles to the line of the handle (unlike a conventional axe whose blade is in line with the handle) ?

• 15. If something is colubrine, it resembles or relates to which type of creature ?

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

[elcarretero]

7 Minim
13 Acronym

[gail]

6. Monopoly?

[elcarretero]

14 Adz

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. The Capuchin Catacombs are on which Mediterranean island ? Sicily

• 2. An isohel is a line on a map connecting two points which have the same duration of what ? Sunshine

• 3. Who, having a name which brings to mind a children's game played all around the world, was appointed Home Secretary in Britain in May 1997 ? Jack Straw

• 4. Glyptogography, or glyptics, is the art of carving or engraving on what ? Gemstones

• 5. Which artist painted the 'Man in a Red Turban' ? Jan van Eyck

• 6. 'The Landlord's Game', patented in the US by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, was a form of which now popular board game ? Monopoly

• 7. Which musical note has the same value as half a semibreve or two crochets ? Minim

• 8. Which sportswear company was founded as 'Blue Ribbon Sports' by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight in 1964 ? Nike

• 9. In the religious calendar, what are the last two weeks of Lent known as ? Passiontide

• 10. What type of insect is a devil's coach horse ? Beetle

• 11. In which controversial novel and film does the Korova Milk Bar appear ? A Clockwork Orange

• 12. What is the highest US military award for bravery ? Medal of Honor

• 13. What is the term for a word formed from the initial letters of other words, such as NATO ? Acronym

• 14. What is the ancient axe-like hand tool used for shaping wood, especially in boat-building, with a curved blade at right angles to the line of the handle (unlike a conventional axe whose blade is in line with the handle) ? Adze

• 15. If something is colubrine, it resembles or relates to which type of creature ? Snake