Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2013 14:41:43 GMT
General Knowledge CCLXXXVI Quiz
Here is another themed quiz. You will find that each set of 10 contains 10 answers that rhyme with each other ! 1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
Part A
1 Which film based on a novel by Jackie Collins co-starred her sister Joan alongside Oliver Tobias ?
2 What do animals descriped as ruminants chew ?
3 Who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels in May 1671 ?
4 Who accidentally tripped Mary Decker in the final of the 3000m at the 1984 Olympic games ?
5 Who led the workers-group called the Army of Redressers that destroyed machinery in Nottingham factories in 1811 ?
6 Which actress drowned whilst in the process of making a film called Brainstorm ?
7 Who is the arch-enemy of the Tracy family in Thunderbirds ?
8 What is the body covered in when undergoing a process called pelotherapy ?
9 Which animated hunter made his cartoon debut in a 1938 short called A Feud There Was ?
10 Which opera by Benjamin Britten was set aboard HMS Indomitable ?
Part B
11 Who did Jennifer Aniston marry in 2000 ?
12 Who was chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982 ?
13 In which (former) Yugoslav city is the Palace of Diocletian ?
14 What foodstuff has a name that literally means 'baked twice'?
15 Which female entertainer starred as Catwoman in the TV series Batman and also recorded several records including 'Under the Bridges of Paris ?
16 Which dish consists of melted cheese on toast ?
17 What was the chief fighter plane used by the German Luftwaffe during WWII called ?
18 In computing, what name is given to one eighth of a byte ?
19 Which East German figure skater was born in 1965 and won her first world title in 1984 ?
20 Which classical language of India has a name that means 'cultured' or 'refined' ?
Part C
21 What would you be eating if you ordered calamari in a restaurant ?
22 By what shorter name was the Spanish commander Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known ?
23 To which order of insects do spiders belong ?
24 Where in the human body is the skin the thinnest ?
25 Which book did Sigmund Freud write in 1923 on his theories on the structure of the mind ?
26 Which member of the grasshopper family got its name from the familiar sound made by males when rubbing their wings together ?
27 What is the highest capital city in Europe ?
28 Which Wild West outlaw was born William Bonney ?
29 Which 'A' word is an alternative name for a greenfly that secretes a sweet substance called honeydew ?
30 Who is the male hero in the R.D.Blackmore novel, Lorna Doone ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
Here is another themed quiz. You will find that each set of 10 contains 10 answers that rhyme with each other ! 1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
Part A
1 Which film based on a novel by Jackie Collins co-starred her sister Joan alongside Oliver Tobias ?
2 What do animals descriped as ruminants chew ?
3 Who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels in May 1671 ?
4 Who accidentally tripped Mary Decker in the final of the 3000m at the 1984 Olympic games ?
5 Who led the workers-group called the Army of Redressers that destroyed machinery in Nottingham factories in 1811 ?
6 Which actress drowned whilst in the process of making a film called Brainstorm ?
7 Who is the arch-enemy of the Tracy family in Thunderbirds ?
8 What is the body covered in when undergoing a process called pelotherapy ?
9 Which animated hunter made his cartoon debut in a 1938 short called A Feud There Was ?
10 Which opera by Benjamin Britten was set aboard HMS Indomitable ?
Part B
11 Who did Jennifer Aniston marry in 2000 ?
12 Who was chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982 ?
13 In which (former) Yugoslav city is the Palace of Diocletian ?
14 What foodstuff has a name that literally means 'baked twice'?
15 Which female entertainer starred as Catwoman in the TV series Batman and also recorded several records including 'Under the Bridges of Paris ?
16 Which dish consists of melted cheese on toast ?
17 What was the chief fighter plane used by the German Luftwaffe during WWII called ?
18 In computing, what name is given to one eighth of a byte ?
19 Which East German figure skater was born in 1965 and won her first world title in 1984 ?
20 Which classical language of India has a name that means 'cultured' or 'refined' ?
Part C
21 What would you be eating if you ordered calamari in a restaurant ?
22 By what shorter name was the Spanish commander Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known ?
23 To which order of insects do spiders belong ?
24 Where in the human body is the skin the thinnest ?
25 Which book did Sigmund Freud write in 1923 on his theories on the structure of the mind ?
26 Which member of the grasshopper family got its name from the familiar sound made by males when rubbing their wings together ?
27 What is the highest capital city in Europe ?
28 Which Wild West outlaw was born William Bonney ?
29 Which 'A' word is an alternative name for a greenfly that secretes a sweet substance called honeydew ?
30 Who is the male hero in the R.D.Blackmore novel, Lorna Doone ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
"Thunderbirds will be MINE !"
