Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2008 16:27:43 GMT
Yet another one on General Knowledge. Something for everyone, hopefully.
No more than 10 answers per person in any one four-hour period, please, otherwise points start coming off !
1 In golf, what is the opposite of a slice ?
2 In 2002, which Canadian author won the Booker prize for The Life of Pi ?
3 Which golfer was nicknamed ‘Boom Boom’ ?
4 Name the months of the year which have exactly 30 days.
5 Which British prime minister became the First Earl of Stockton ?
6 Horney Peak is the highest point of which US mountain range ? (BB Reaper bonus)
7 Which film star’s stage appearance at Glastonbury in 1999 was greeted with a shower of fruit ?
8 What name is given to a pathologically strong fear of something ?
9 Which sign of the zodiac lies between Leo and Libra ?
10 What name is given to the religious practice of driving out evil spirits ?
11 If ‘ingress’ is the action of entering, what is the word for the action of leaving ?
12 Which expression meaning ‘in a meaningless or complicated language’ is derived from the name of an African tribal god Mama Dyumbo ?
13 Which French phrase describes an alluring or seductive woman, especially one who causes men to love her to their own distress ?
14 What is the translation of the Latin phrase ‘exempli gratia’ ?
15 What word was army slang for a raw recruit and is now used in sport, especially golf and American football to describe a first year professional ?
16 What six-letter word beginning with ‘g’ is the name Latin Americans give to people from an English-speaking country ?
17 Who was Meryl Streep’s co-star in the 1981 movie The French Lieutenants’s Woman
18 Who played the title role in the two Crocodile Dundee films ?
19 Who sang the theme song of the James Bond film Moonraker ?
20 What are the leaves of ferns and palm trees called ?
21 Which Danish author wrote The Snow Queen and The Ugly Ducking ?
22 What is the largest city in Switzerland ?
23 In which European country is the university city of Uppsala ?
24 Which US architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York ?
25 What relation was Napoleon III to Napoleon I ?
26 In which country is the town of Ypres, the scene of three major battles of World War I ?
27 Which German city is the capital of Bavaria ?
28 What name is given to an official count of the population ?
29 In which US state is the city of Anchorage ?
30 What name is given to animals such as the gazelle, eland and gnu ?
That’s it, 1pt for each question or part-question answered successfully. And, as ever, possible quizmeister’s bonus point for no particular reason ! Good luck !
No more than 10 answers per person in any one four-hour period, please, otherwise points start coming off !
1 In golf, what is the opposite of a slice ?
2 In 2002, which Canadian author won the Booker prize for The Life of Pi ?
3 Which golfer was nicknamed ‘Boom Boom’ ?
4 Name the months of the year which have exactly 30 days.
5 Which British prime minister became the First Earl of Stockton ?
6 Horney Peak is the highest point of which US mountain range ? (BB Reaper bonus)
7 Which film star’s stage appearance at Glastonbury in 1999 was greeted with a shower of fruit ?
8 What name is given to a pathologically strong fear of something ?
9 Which sign of the zodiac lies between Leo and Libra ?
10 What name is given to the religious practice of driving out evil spirits ?
11 If ‘ingress’ is the action of entering, what is the word for the action of leaving ?
12 Which expression meaning ‘in a meaningless or complicated language’ is derived from the name of an African tribal god Mama Dyumbo ?
13 Which French phrase describes an alluring or seductive woman, especially one who causes men to love her to their own distress ?
14 What is the translation of the Latin phrase ‘exempli gratia’ ?
15 What word was army slang for a raw recruit and is now used in sport, especially golf and American football to describe a first year professional ?
16 What six-letter word beginning with ‘g’ is the name Latin Americans give to people from an English-speaking country ?
17 Who was Meryl Streep’s co-star in the 1981 movie The French Lieutenants’s Woman
18 Who played the title role in the two Crocodile Dundee films ?
19 Who sang the theme song of the James Bond film Moonraker ?
20 What are the leaves of ferns and palm trees called ?
21 Which Danish author wrote The Snow Queen and The Ugly Ducking ?
22 What is the largest city in Switzerland ?
23 In which European country is the university city of Uppsala ?
24 Which US architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York ?
25 What relation was Napoleon III to Napoleon I ?
26 In which country is the town of Ypres, the scene of three major battles of World War I ?
27 Which German city is the capital of Bavaria ?
28 What name is given to an official count of the population ?
29 In which US state is the city of Anchorage ?
30 What name is given to animals such as the gazelle, eland and gnu ?
That’s it, 1pt for each question or part-question answered successfully. And, as ever, possible quizmeister’s bonus point for no particular reason ! Good luck !
