General Knowledge Quiz No. 222

[Carl]

• 1. In electrics, what does AC/DC stand for ?

• 2. In June 1935, which well-known but discreet support organization was founded by William G Wilson and Dr Robert Smith in Akron, Ohio ?

• 3. A hazzan, or chazzan, leads the congregation in songful prayer in which religion ?

• 4. In meteorology, okta is a unit or measurement of what ?

• 5. Which famous artist's studio was known as The Factory ?

• 6. Oster-monath was the Anglo Saxon name for which month of the year ?

• 7. Who wrote the 1899 poem/song lyrics 'The Absented-Minded Beggar', set to music and used to raise money for British Boer War soldiers ?

• 8. The Bell Rock Lighthouse, said to be the oldest surviving offshore lighthouse in the world, lies off the coast of which European country ?

• 9. French farmer's wife, Marie Harel, reputedly invented which cheese in 1791 ?

• 10. Who was the father of British King James ll ?

• 11. If an insect is micropterous it has small or reduced what: Eyes; Legs; Wings; or Ears ?

• 12. The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine is used for immunisation against what ?

• 13. Which strait separates Wales form the island of Anglesey ?

• 14. According to the Bible, in which river did Pharaoh's daughter find the baby Moses in a basket ?

• 15. How many cubic centimetres are in a cubic metre ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Alternating current and direct current
5 Andy Warhol

[gail]

13. Menai

[elcarretero]

6 April

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In electrics, what does AC/DC stand for ? Alternating Current/Direct Current

• 2. In June 1935, which well-known but discreet support organization was founded by William G Wilson and Dr Robert Smith in Akron, Ohio ? Alcoholics Anonymous

• 3. A hazzan, or chazzan, leads the congregation in songful prayer in which religion ? Jewish

• 4. In meteorology, okta is a unit or measurement of what ? Cloud

• 5. Which famous artist's studio was known as The Factory ? Andy Warhol

• 6. Oster-monath was the Anglo Saxon name for which month of the year ? April

• 7. Who wrote the 1899 poem/song lyrics 'The Absented-Minded Beggar', set to music and used to raise money for British Boer War soldiers ? Rudyard Kipling

• 8. The Bell Rock Lighthouse, said to be the oldest surviving offshore lighthouse in the world, lies off the coast of which European country ? Scotland

• 9. French farmer's wife, Marie Harel, reputedly invented which cheese in 1791 ? Camembert

• 10. Who was the father of British King James ll ? King Charles I

• 11. If an insect is micropterous it has small or reduced what: Eyes; Legs; Wings; or Ears ? Wings

• 12. The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine is used for immunisation against what ? Tuberculosis

• 13. Which strait separates Wales form the island of Anglesey ? Menai Strait

• 14. According to the Bible, in which river did Pharaoh's daughter find the baby Moses in a basket ? River Nile

• 15. How many cubic centimetres are in a cubic metre ? 1 million