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General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 05 Oct 2023 21:10
by Carl
- 1. In what year was suffragette Emily Davidson killed by King George V's horse in the Epsom Derby ?
- 2. What is the line called on a ship which is the limit to which it may be loaded ?
- 3. Nur-Sultan (previously Astana) is the capital of which country ?
- 4. What is the Latin term used in referencing which means 'in the same place' ?
- 5. What is the flap which covers the human windpipe when swallowing ?
- 6. Born Henry John Deutschendorf Junior, which American singer died when his light aircraft crashed into the sea off California in 1997 ?
- 7. The town of Fray Bentos, after which the meat products brand was named, is in what country ?
- 8. Barack Obama's best selling book is called 'The Audacity of..' what ?
- 9. Graham Vivian Sutherland's official portrait of which UK Prime Minister was destroyed by the subject's wife because she hated it ?
- 10. Which common chemical element has the atomic number 20 ?
- 11. For which film did Henry Fonda win his best actor Oscar ?
- 12. What is the word for a surprise attack, and is also a collective noun for group of tigers ?
- 13. ACAS is the UK's Advisory, Conciliation and 'what' Service ?
- 14. What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates ?
- 15. What is the word for the weight on the end of a pendulum ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 05 Oct 2023 22:54
by elcarretero
2 Plimsoll Line
5 Epiglottis
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 06 Oct 2023 10:30
by gail
12. Ambush
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 07 Oct 2023 00:14
by elcarretero
7 Uruguay
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 07 Oct 2023 16:49
by LucindaC
8 Hope
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 08 Oct 2023 14:57
by elcarretero
11 On Golden Pond
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 11 Oct 2023 18:38
by elcarretero
6 John Denver
13 Arbitration
15 Bob
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 198
Posted: 12 Oct 2023 21:02
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. In what year was suffragette Emily Davidson killed by King George V's horse in the Epsom Derby ? 1913
- 2. What is the line called on a ship which is the limit to which it may be loaded ? Plimsoll Line
- 3. Nur-Sultan (previously Astana) is the capital of which country ? Khazakhstan
- 4. What is the Latin term used in referencing which means 'in the same place' ? Ib. (or Ibid. from full latin word ibidem)
- 5. What is the flap which covers the human windpipe when swallowing ? Epiglotis
- 6. Born Henry John Deutschendorf Junior, which American singer died when his light aircraft crashed into the sea off California in 1997 ? John Denver
- 7. The town of Fray Bentos, after which the meat products brand was named, is in what country ? Uruguay
- 8. Barack Obama's best selling book is called 'The Audacity of..' what ? Hope
- 9. Graham Vivian Sutherland's official portrait of which UK Prime Minister was destroyed by the subject's wife because she hated it ? Sir Winston Churchill
- 10. Which common chemical element has the atomic number 20 ? Calcium
- 11. For which film did Henry Fonda win his best actor Oscar ? On Golden Pond
- 12. What is the word for a surprise attack, and is also a collective noun for group of tigers ? Ambush
- 13. ACAS is the UK's Advisory, Conciliation and 'what' Service ? Arbitration
- 14. What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates ? Abu Dhabi
- 15. What is the word for the weight on the end of a pendulum ? Bob