General Knowledge Quiz No. 192

[Carl]

• 1. From which creatures can Newcastle disease transfer to humans, causing mild conjunctivitis and flu symptoms ?

• 2. What household gadget did Melville R Bissell invent 1876 ?

• 3. British Landrace, Pietrain and Tamworth are what sort of animals ?

• 4. A Salchow (usually pronounced 'salco' or 'salcov') is a jump in which sport ?

• 5. What is the capital of Barbados ?

• 6. Of Albanian descent, by what name is 1979 Nobel Prizewinner Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known ?

• 7. Mjosa (more precisely Mjøsa) is the largest lake of which country ?

• 8. What is the highest volcano in Africa ?

• 9. The German Deutschmark was comprised of one hundred what ?

• 10. The traditional biathlon most commonly (for example at the Olympics) consists of which two sports ?

• 11. The word deltiologist, derived from the Greek 'deltos' meaning writing-tablet, refers to a collector of what ?

• 12. What year did the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France open ?

• 13. Aconcagua is the highest peak in which mountain range ?

• 14. What item of attire is a leghorn ?

• 15. What does an oologist collect ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Carpet sweeper
3 Pigs

[gail]

5. Bridgetown
12. 1993 or 1994...

[elcarretero]

9 Phennig

[LucindaC]

6 Mother Teresa

[elcarretero]

7 Norway

[elcarretero]

4 Ice skating
8 Kilimanjero
10 Skiing and shooting

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. From which creatures can Newcastle disease transfer to humans, causing mild conjunctivitis and flu symptoms ? Birds

• 2. What household gadget did Melville R Bissell invent 1876 ? Carpet sweeper

• 3. British Landrace, Pietrain and Tamworth are what sort of animals ? Pigs

• 4. A Salchow (usually pronounced 'salco' or 'salcov') is a jump in which sport ? Figure skating

• 5. What is the capital of Barbados ? Bridgetown

• 6. Of Albanian descent, by what name is 1979 Nobel Prizewinner Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known ? Mother Teresa

• 7. Mjosa (more precisely Mjøsa) is the largest lake of which country ? Norway

• 8. What is the highest volcano in Africa ? Kilimanjaro

• 9. The German Deutschmark was comprised of one hundred what ? Pfennig

• 10. The traditional biathlon most commonly (for example at the Olympics) consists of which two sports ? Skiing and shooting

• 11. The word deltiologist, derived from the Greek 'deltos' meaning writing-tablet, refers to a collector of what ? Postcards

• 12. What year did the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France open ? 1994

• 13. Aconcagua is the highest peak in which mountain range ? Andes

• 14. What item of attire is a leghorn ? Hat (made of straw)

• 15. What does an oologist collect ? Birds' eggs