General Knowledge Quiz No. 300

[Carl]

• 1. Which two significant European rivers formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire ?

• 2. Which hollywood sex symbol, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died in 2011, aged 89 ?

• 3. Prunes are dried what ?

• 4. What city, named after a month of the year, claims in recent tradition to host the largest street carnival in the world ?

• 5. In what 'royal' village was Diana, Princess of Wales born ?

• 6. Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office in 2003 as prime minister of which country, connecting Europe and Asia ?

• 7. What nation ended conscription to its Bundeswehr in 2011 ?

• 8. What is the main cereal component of UK flapjacks, known as Hudson Bay Bars in the USA ?

• 9. Mixing blue, red, and green light produces what colour ?

• 10. Mixing blue, red and yellow paint produces what colour ?

• 11. Printer paper typically graded at 90 or 100 refers to 90 or 100 what ?

• 12. What, that you might wear, may be welted ?

• 13. What piece starts at square A1 on a chessboard ?

• 14. Cheese is said to combat tooth erosion because it contains what ?

• 15. What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called ?

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

[gail]

3. Plums
4. Rio de Janeiro

[elcarretero]

2 Jane Russell
6 Turkey

[gail]

8.Oats

[elcarretero]

7 Germany
9 White

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which two significant European rivers formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire ? Rhine and Danube

• 2. Which hollywood sex symbol, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died in 2011, aged 89 ? Jane Russell

• 3. Prunes are dried what ? Plums

• 4. What city, named after a month of the year, claims in recent tradition to host the largest street carnival in the world ? Rio de Janeiro

• 5. In what 'royal' village was Diana, Princess of Wales born ? Sandringham

• 6. Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office in 2003 as prime minister of which country, connecting Europe and Asia ? Turkey

• 7. What nation ended conscription to its Bundeswehr in 2011 ? Germany

• 8. What is the main cereal component of UK flapjacks, known as Hudson Bay Bars in the USA ? Oats

• 9. Mixing blue, red, and green light produces what colour ? White

• 10. Mixing blue, red and yellow paint produces what colour ? Brown

• 11. Printer paper typically graded at 90 or 100 refers to 90 or 100 what ? GSM

• 12. What, that you might wear, may be welted ? Shoes

• 13. What piece starts at square A1 on a chessboard ? White Castle

• 14. Cheese is said to combat tooth erosion because it contains what ? Alkali

• 15. What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called ? Dry ice