General Knowledge Quiz No. 79

[Carl]

• 1. Who composed the opera 'Prince Igor' ? Borodin, Offenbach or Weill ?

• 2. In what year did the first human heart transplant take place ?

• 3. In which film did Jodie Foster play a character called 'Tallulah' ?

• 4. Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first introduced in 1957 ?

• 5. In which city is world's largest football stadium ?

• 6. How many books are in the Bible ?

• 7. What colour of flowers signify death in Mexico and infidelity in France ?

• 8. What was the only word spoken by mime artist Marcel Marceau in the 1976 film 'Silent Movie' ?

• 9. Which element has the chemical symbol Po ?

• 10. What are only three animals which walk by moving their front and hind legs on one side, then on the other ?

• 11. Which country's flag has a cedar tree in the middle ?

• 12. In kilometres, what is the circumference of the Earth's equator ?

• 13. Which of the following elements has the lowest atomic number ? Mercury, Radium or Tungsten ?

• 14. What was the name of the largest dinosaur ?

• 15. What are the three largest Cathedrals in England ?

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

[elcarretero]

1. Borodin
3. Bugsy Malone

[Brandyboy]

7 Yellow.
11 Lebanon.

[elcarretero]

9 Polomium

[LucindaC]

8 no

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Who composed the opera 'Prince Igor' ? Borodin, Offenbach or Weill ? Borodin

• 2. In what year did the first human heart transplant take place ? 1967

• 3. In which film did Jodie Foster play a character called 'Tallulah' ? 'Bugsy Malone'

• 4. Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first introduced in 1957 ? Frisbee

• 5. In which city is world's largest football stadium ? Rio De Janiero (The Maracana)

• 6. How many books are in the Bible ? 66

• 7. What colour of flowers signify death in Mexico and infidelity in France ? Yellow

• 8. What was the only word spoken by mime artist Marcel Marceau in the 1976 film 'Silent Movie' ? 'No'

• 9. Which element has the chemical symbol Po ? Polonium

• 10. What are only three animals which walk by moving their front and hind legs on one side, then on the other ? Cat, Camel, Giraffe

• 11. Which country's flag has a cedar tree in the middle ? Lebanon

• 12. In kilometres, what is the circumference of the Earth's equator ? 40,076km

• 13. Which of the following elements has the lowest atomic number ? Mercury, Radium or Tungsten ? Tungsten

• 14. What was the name of the largest dinosaur ? Seismosaurus

• 15. What are the three largest Cathedrals in England ? St Pauls, York Minster and Lincoln