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General Knowledge Quiz No. 224

Posted: 04 Apr 2024 21:02
by Carl
  • 1. South-West is how many degrees on a compass ?
  • 2. In the Blandings Castle stories by P G Wodehouse, what kind of animal is The Empress of Blandings ?
  • 3. 'Cucumber Time' is the quiet season in which trade ?
  • 4. Which bird, which lays the largest egg in proportion to its body size of all birds, is an apteryx ?
  • 5. Who is the twin sister of Sebastian in William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' ?
  • 6. What, alluding to a piece of broken glass, became London's tallest building when under construction during 2010 ?
  • 7. What was secret police of East Germany ?
  • 8. The Shatt-al-Arab River is formed by the confluence of which two rivers, at Al-Qurnah, Iraq near Basra ?
  • 9. 9.9498744 (to the nearest seven decimal places) is the square root of which whole number ?
  • 10. What section of a Qwerty keyboard can type most English words, left or right ?
  • 11. In what popular book (and its many movies and adaptations) about an activity holiday does a dog Montmorency feature with three male characters ?
  • 12. What was the highest grossing movie of 2010 ?
  • 13. What fruity expression refers traditionally to a small nation state which is politically unstable due to dependence on a single commodity controlled by external finances ?
  • 14. How many minutes are there in a degree of an angle ?
  • 15. Also a comic book character, what is an orderly assigned to serve a British Military Officer ?

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

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 224

Posted: 04 Apr 2024 22:30
by stowie39
6. Shard
15. Batman

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 224

Posted: 04 Apr 2024 22:38
by elcarretero
1 225
9 99

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 224

Posted: 05 Apr 2024 08:51
by gail
10. Left
13. Banana

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 224

Posted: 05 Apr 2024 08:57
by elcarretero
14 Sixty

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 224

Posted: 11 Apr 2024 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
  • 1. South-West is how many degrees on a compass ? 225
  • 2. In the Blandings Castle stories by P G Wodehouse, what kind of animal is The Empress of Blandings ? Pig
  • 3. 'Cucumber Time' is the quiet season in which trade ? Tailoring
  • 4. Which bird, which lays the largest egg in proportion to its body size of all birds, is an apteryx ? Kiwi
  • 5. Who is the twin sister of Sebastian in William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' ? Viola
  • 6. What, alluding to a piece of broken glass, became London's tallest building when under construction during 2010 ? The Shard
  • 7. What was secret police of East Germany ? Stasi
  • 8. The Shatt-al-Arab River is formed by the confluence of which two rivers, at Al-Qurnah, Iraq near Basra ? Tigris and Euphrates
  • 9. 9.9498744 (to the nearest seven decimal places) is the square root of which whole number ? 99
  • 10. What section of a Qwerty keyboard can type most English words, left or right ? Left
  • 11. In what popular book (and its many movies and adaptations) about an activity holiday does a dog Montmorency feature with three male characters ? Three Men In A Boat
  • 12. What was the highest grossing movie of 2010 ? Toy Story 3
  • 13. What fruity expression refers traditionally to a small nation state which is politically unstable due to dependence on a single commodity controlled by external finances ? Banana Republic
  • 14. How many minutes are there in a degree of an angle ? 60
  • 15. Also a comic book character, what is an orderly assigned to serve a British Military Officer ? Batman