General Knowledge Quiz No. 225

[Carl]

• 1. In Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's 1839 painting Dignity and Impudence, what breeds are the two dogs featured ?

• 2. The 400 year-old Siberian Russian city of Tomsk lies somewhat obviously on which river ?

• 3. In the Contract Bridge card game what are used to denote the four players' positions: Numbers; Letters; Compass points; or The Four Seasons ?

• 4. What notable member of the British royal family was born in 1948 ?

• 5. So called after two descriptive Greek root words, what is the order of creatures called Diptera ?

• 6. Who was the first British-born chef, and at the time the youngest ever, to win three Michelin Stars ?

• 7. An anagram of Swap Shop, what was the purple dinosaur in the UK children's TV show of that name ?

• 8. Which Australian city is nicknamed The Big Smoke ?

• 9. Who composed the opera Cosi Fan Tutte ?

• 10. Suomi is the local name for which European country ?

• 11. Bell, Wax, Jalapeño, Habanero and Poblano are types of which fruit, (which some think is a vegetable) ?

• 12. The term Paraskavedekatriaphobia informally refers to an irrational fear of what time-related concern ?

• 13. The Attan, a Pashtun ethnic dance, is the national dance of which country ?

• 14. The Vitra Design Museum is in which European country ?

• 15. Diplopia is the medical term for which condition of the human body ?

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

[stowie39]

3. Compass points
11. Pepper

[elcarretero]

4 King Charles III
7 Posh Paws

[crummy]

2. River Tom
12. Friday the thirteenth..

[elcarretero]

9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

[elcarretero]

10 Finland

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's 1839 painting Dignity and Impudence, what breeds are the two dogs featured ? Bloodhound and a West Highland Terrier

• 2. The 400 year-old Siberian Russian city of Tomsk lies somewhat obviously on which river ? Tom

• 3. In the Contract Bridge card game what are used to denote the four players' positions: Numbers; Letters; Compass points; or The Four Seasons ? Compass Points

• 4. What notable member of the British royal family was born in 1948 ? King Charles III

• 5. So called after two descriptive Greek root words, what is the order of creatures called Diptera ? Flies

• 6. Who was the first British-born chef, and at the time the youngest ever, to win three Michelin Stars ? Marco Pierre White

• 7. An anagram of Swap Shop, what was the purple dinosaur in the UK children's TV show of that name ? Posh Paws

• 8. Which Australian city is nicknamed The Big Smoke ? Sydney

• 9. Who composed the opera Cosi Fan Tutte ? Mozart

• 10. Suomi is the local name for which European country ? Finland

• 11. Bell, Wax, Jalapeño, Habanero and Poblano are types of which fruit, (which some think is a vegetable) ? Chilli pepper

• 12. The term Paraskavedekatriaphobia informally refers to an irrational fear of what time-related concern ? Friday 13th

• 13. The Attan, a Pashtun ethnic dance, is the national dance of which country ? Afghanistan

• 14. The Vitra Design Museum is in which European country ? Germany

• 15. Diplopia is the medical term for which condition of the human body ? Double vision