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General Knowledge Quiz No. 44

Posted: 22 Oct 2020 21:14
by Carl
  • 1. What does the acronym 'LASER' stand for ?
  • 2. In which four countries will you find a Disneyland ?
  • 3. Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of which period ? The Cretaceous, The Paleogene or The Jurassic ?
  • 4. In which year did Disneyland first open in California ? 1955, 1960 or 1965 ?
  • 5. How old was Elvis Presley when he had his first number one single ?
  • 6. In music, how was Jiles Perry Richardson better known ?
  • 7. What was Marilyn Monroe's first married surname ?
  • 8. What is measured in Scoville Units ?
  • 9. How tall in feet is Salisbury Cathedral's spire from ground to tip ?
  • 10. Who is known as the father of geometry ?

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

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 44

Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:38
by stowie39
8. Chilli and pepper heat
10.Euclid

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 44

Posted: 23 Oct 2020 09:51
by elcarretero
3. Jurassic

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 44

Posted: 24 Oct 2020 07:41
by stowie39
6. Big Bopper

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 44

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 21:10
by Carl
ANSWERS
  • 1. What does the acronym 'LASER' stand for ? Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation
  • 2. In which four countries will you find a Disneyland ? USA, France, Japan and Hong Kong
  • 3. Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of which period ? The Cretaceous, The Paleogene or The Jurassic ? Creaceous
  • 4. In which year did Disneyland first open in California ? 1955, 1960 or 1965 ? 1955
  • 5. How old was Elvis Presley when he had his first number one single ? 21
  • 6. In music, how was Jiles Perry Richardson better known ? The Big Bopper
  • 7. What was Marilyn Monroe's first married surname ? Dougherty
  • 8. What is measured in Scoville Units ? The heat of chillies
  • 9. How tall in feet is Salisbury Cathedral's spire from ground to tip ? 404 feet
  • 10. Who is known as the father of geometry ? Euclid