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General Knowledge Quiz No. 237
Posted: 04 Jul 2024 21:02
by Carl
- 1. How many squares are in the grid of a Sudoku number puzzle (this is not a trick question - individual squares - not including other 'squares' which could be formed from blocks of individual squares) ?
- 2. What English monarch was born in 1533 ?
- 3. Who wrote the play Man and Superman ?
- 4. Invented in 1987, what game for two players, played on a hexagonal board with 61 spaces and 28 marbles (14 per player - aiming to remove 6 of the opponent's marbles) shares its name with a decorative marine mollusc ?
- 5. If a leaf is obcordate, what shape is it ?
- 6. The ground-dwelling mesite bird is confined to which island, fourth-largest globally, behind Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo (given that Australia is regarded as a continent, not an island) ?
- 7. In Arthurian and Welsh Romance legendary stories, who was the faithful wife of Geraint/Gereint ?
- 8. How many stars are on the national flag of The Cook Islands ?
- 9. What is the Italian brandy (whose name means 'grape stalk') distilled from fermented residue of grapes used in winemaking ?
- 10. Producing meibum, an oily sealant, where on the human head are the meibomian glands ?
- 11. Storm Surge, a ride at the the UK's Thorpe Park in Surrey, was relocated due to it being reportedly what: Unsafe; Haunted; Sun-facing; or Built on sand ?
- 12. What common term for a man and increasingly pluralized for a group of people arose from a 1605 conspiracy ?
- 13. Colin Firth starred in the film of the famous book, Girl with a Pearl.. (what?): Earring; Necklace; Nosering; or Drumkit ?
- 14. In the Bible, what are the (English names of the) five books of the Pentateuch, also called the Torah and the Five Books of Moses ?
- 15. What was the previous brand-name of the Nissan automotive corporation ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 237
Posted: 05 Jul 2024 08:25
by gail
13. Earring
15. Datsun
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 237
Posted: 06 Jul 2024 10:11
by elcarretero
1 81
9 Grappa
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 237
Posted: 11 Jul 2024 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. How many squares are in the grid of a Sudoku number puzzle (this is not a trick question - individual squares - not including other 'squares' which could be formed from blocks of individual squares) ? 81
- 2. What English monarch was born in 1533 ? Elizabeth I
- 3. Who wrote the play Man and Superman ? George Bernard Shaw
- 4. Invented in 1987, what game for two players, played on a hexagonal board with 61 spaces and 28 marbles (14 per player - aiming to remove 6 of the opponent's marbles) shares its name with a decorative marine mollusc ? Abalone
- 5. If a leaf is obcordate, what shape is it ? Heart-shaped
- 6. The ground-dwelling mesite bird is confined to which island, fourth-largest globally, behind Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo (given that Australia is regarded as a continent, not an island) ? Madagascar
- 7. In Arthurian and Welsh Romance legendary stories, who was the faithful wife of Geraint/Gereint ? Enid
- 8. How many stars are on the national flag of The Cook Islands ? 15
- 9. What is the Italian brandy (whose name means 'grape stalk') distilled from fermented residue of grapes used in winemaking ? Grappa
- 10. Producing meibum, an oily sealant, where on the human head are the meibomian glands ? Eyelids
- 11. Storm Surge, a ride at the the UK's Thorpe Park in Surrey, was relocated due to it being reportedly what: Unsafe; Haunted; Sun-facing; or Built on sand ? Haunted
- 12. What common term for a man and increasingly pluralized for a group of people arose from a 1605 conspiracy ? Guy/Guys
- 13. Colin Firth starred in the film of the famous book, Girl with a Pearl.. (what?): Earring; Necklace; Nosering; or Drumkit ? Earring
- 14. In the Bible, what are the (English names of the) five books of the Pentateuch, also called the Torah and the Five Books of Moses ? Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
- 15. What was the previous brand-name of the Nissan automotive corporation ? Datsun