General Knowledge Quiz No. 243

[Carl]

• 1. 100000 and 200000 are the postal codes for the two major cities of which nation ?

• 2. How many 'eyes' does a coconut have at its base ?

• 3. Sicilian, Spanish and Ruy Lopez are types of tactical moves in what game ?

• 4. The old unit of measurement, a league, was originally a distance typically: Walked in one hour; To the visible horizon; An arrow flies from a longbow; or Sailed in a day with a following wind ?

• 5. What was the last manned mission to the moon ?

• 6. The Italian words for 'three roads' provided the name for which famous Rome monument ?

• 7. Spell (the heart-starting instrument): Defibulator; Defibrillator; Defibralater: Defibrulator ?

• 8. The term 'circadian rhythm' refers to a cycle of what length ?

• 9. Barra Island in the Outer Hebrides, has the world's only official beach-based what ?

• 10. An Olympic gold medal is mainly made of what metal ?

• 11. Name the Italian red wine from Tuscany traditionally available in a squat bottle in a straw basket, called a fiasco ?

• 12. What was the BBC's teletext information service called ?

• 13. The main feature of the human illness diabetes is the body's inability to produce what hormone ?

• 14. The (mainly London) backslang 'ewif yenneps' referred to what monetary sum ?

• 15. Born George Jamieson in Liverpool 1935, name the 1960s model noted for her transgender equality campaigning ?

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

[stowie39]

3. Chess
10. Silver

[gail]

6. Trevi fountain
7. Defibrillator

[elcarretero]

2 Three
4 Distance walked in an hour

[gail]

11. Chianti
13. Insulin

[elcarretero]

12 Ceefax

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. 100000 and 200000 are the postal codes for the two major cities of which nation ? China

• 2. How many 'eyes' does a coconut have at its base ? 3

• 3. Sicilian, Spanish and Ruy Lopez are types of tactical moves in what game ? Chess

• 4. The old unit of measurement, a league, was originally a distance typically: Walked in one hour; To the visible horizon; An arrow flies from a longbow; or Sailed in a day with a following wind ? Walked in one hour

• 5. What was the last manned mission to the moon ? Apollo 17

• 6. The Italian words for 'three roads' provided the name for which famous Rome monument ? Trevi Fountain

• 7. Spell (the heart-starting instrument): Defibulator; Defibrillator; Defibralater: Defibrulator ? Defibrillator

• 8. The term 'circadian rhythm' refers to a cycle of what length ? Day

• 9. Barra Island in the Outer Hebrides, has the world's only official beach-based what ? Airport

• 10. An Olympic gold medal is mainly made of what metal ? Silver

• 11. Name the Italian red wine from Tuscany traditionally available in a squat bottle in a straw basket, called a fiasco ? Chianti

• 12. What was the BBC's teletext information service called ? Ceefax

• 13. The main feature of the human illness diabetes is the body's inability to produce what hormone ? Insulin

• 14. The (mainly London) backslang 'ewif yenneps' referred to what monetary sum ? Five pence

• 15. Born George Jamieson in Liverpool 1935, name the 1960s model noted for her transgender equality campaigning ? April Ashley