General knowledge Questions Quiz 8

General knowledge  Questions Quiz 8  part 1

1 Joseph Lister - first operation antiseptic - 1867 on who His sister

2 What was Black Beauties original name Darkie

3 Who was the original Peeping Tom looking at Lady Godiva

4 What element is present in all organic compounds Carbon

5 What was Professor Moriarties first name James

6 Who was known as the Little Brown Saint Ghandi

7 Who rode a horse called Morengo Napoleon at Waterloo

8 A skulk is a group of which animals Foxes

9 Who defended World heavyweight title twice on same night in 1906 Tommy Burns – both1st Kos

10 What part of an aircraft is the empennage Tail Unit

11 We know who wrote Little Women but who wrote Little Men Lousia May Alcott

12 Who was the Goddess of the rainbow Iris

13 In European city can you be jailed for not killing furry caterpillars Brussels

14 Who was Olive Oyls boyfriend - before Popeye Ham Gravy

15 Sienna law forbids women of what name from prostitution Maria

16 What do the letters MG stand for on cars Morris Garages

17 Who was the first actor to appear on cover of Time magazine Charlie Chaplin

18 Polyphemus was the leader of which group of mythical giants Cyclops

19 What does a pluviomoter measure Rainfall

20 Which game was illegal in Elizabethan England Bowls

21 What nationality was Oddjob Korean

22 What is a Knout Russian flogging whip

23 What language has the most words English

24 Which film star used to be a circus acrobat Burt Lancaster

25 The comma bacillus causes what disease Cholera

26 Which country invented Venetian Blinds Japan

27 What is a quadriga Roman 4 horse chariot

28 What is a brickfielder Hot SE Aussie wind

29 Pupik means belly button in what language Yiddish

30 What is the main ingredient in Borsch Beetroot

31 What was the name of Dr Dolittle’s Parrot Polynesia

32 What was the name of William Tells son (the apple head boy) Walter

33 Laika was the first ever dog to do what Go into space

34 Where could you spend a Markka Finland

35 What links a bick, throat, half swage, punching hole Anvil they are parts ofit

36 The Fagus is the Latin name of what type of tree Beech

37 If you have Chlorosis what colour does the skin go Green

38 The French say Bis - what word do the English use Encore

39 Of what are Karakul, Texel, Romney Marsh types Sheep

40 What is biltong Dried meat

41 What type of fish is Scomber Scombrus Mackerel

42 What are brick, fontina, port salut, quargel types of Cheese

43 In which country did the turnip originate Greece

44 Tchaikovsky died of which disease Cholera

45 Sam Barraclough owned which film star Lassie

46 Which animals can live longest without water Rats

47 Captain Hanson Gregory Crockett created what void in 1847 Hole in Doughnuts

48 Kaka means parrot in which language Maori

49 Who wrote A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute

50 Which fruit contains the most protein Avocado